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Melanoma Vaccine for Horses in the Works
Approximately 80% of white or grey horses develop melanomas. Melanomas are skin cancers more common to certain breeds – Arabian, lippizzaner and Percheron – who have a high incidence of grey horses. They can be easily detected as they are usually black and found commonly around lips, eyes, ears, salivary glands, anus, penis and vulva. […]
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A while back, de-worming a horse was a job for the veterinarian. A tube was passed through the horse’s nose into the stomach. A liquid de-wormwer was then pumped through the tube. The latest de-wormers (called anthelmintics) made by drug manufacturers can be administered by horse owners. They require simply squirting a dose of gel […]
Improved Tieback Technique for Horses
A collapsed airway is known as Laryngeal Hemiplegia, also “roaring” due to the abnormal sound it can make. It commonly affects thoroughbreds, standardbreds and draft horses. A collapsed airway occurs due to the paralysis of the arytinoid cartilage in which vocal folds turn inward constricting airflow in and out of the lungs. It happens when […]