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Understanding Horses

Sometimes we forget how many different types of equines there are, and how many different things we do with them. As president of the Kentucky Horse Council (I needed something else to do), I was involved this past weekend with our Horse Fair. I

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Ground Work

What training tips do you have for working with a horse that hasn’t been ridden in four years?

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feeding the orphan foal; Feeding Horses for Joint Health

Foal Handling And Restraint

What can you do to help prevent injury not only to yourself, but to the foal? In this article, we will discuss some methods used to teach foals to lead without the fight, how to restrain foals in a safe manner, and handling newborn foals in order to have them be more willing to accept human contact in the future, otherwise known as imprint training.

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UF Faculty Member Receives Achievement Award

Eleanor Myers Green, Dipl. ACVIM, Dipl. ABVP, chair of the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine’s department of large animal clinical sciences, has received the American Association of Veterinary Clinicians’ (AAVC) 1999 Faculty

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