Horse health article archive
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Exercise
Diet, exercise supreme in controlling insulin resistance
The secret behind that lathery horse sweat!
Guide to dehydration and electrolyte use in horses
Diseases / Viruses
Hendra horrors: what does the future hold?
Germ warfare on the home front
Does NZ need a GM horse vaccine?
Reducing equine disease transmission – hand hygiene study
Contagious Equine Metritis (CEM)
EPM: Learn to recognize the symptoms
Strangles: Young horses more at risk
ELM: Equine leukoencephalomalacia
Horses and Foot and Mouth disease
Foot and Mouth – advice for horse owners
Equine influenza:
Influenza in horses and humans: the perils of viral marketing
Ten things New Zealand can learn from Australia’s equine flu outbreak
Genetic
HERDA – Hereditary equine regional dermal asthenia
HYPP – Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis
Tetanus
Immunisation gives long-term tetanus protection
Colic
Researchers reveal fresh colic findings
Donkey colic study reveals risk factors
Wounds & Injuries
NZ manuka honey shown to speed healing of horse wounds
Treating old scar tissue in horses
Treating eye injuries in horses
The Accident: to treat and spell or to spell and treat?
Bill’s diary: illustrated story on recovering from injury
Laminitis
Laminitis: what new research is telling us
Joints and movement
New method for treating tendon damage
New screw for pastern implants
Stem cell therapy targets cartilage defects
Dr Wayne McIlwraith on US research into joint issues
New ideas for tendon treatment
Hooves
Research needed to better understand navicular disease
Brent Jury explains the farrier’s work
“Why your horse should go barefoot”
Correct shoeing for vets and owners
Treatments
Recognising and preventing nitrate poisoning in horses
New procedure to correct equine heart rhythm problem
Breakthrough in ultrasound technique for horses
Tramadol: Common human painkiller may be effective for horses
Thermography speeds up diagnosis
The ‘Bute’ Debate and Herbal Alternatives
Nerving: A farrier’s viewpoint
Conditions
Oral endoscopes reveal more teeth defects
Common anti-viral drug effective against sarcoids – study
Horse researcher finds parallels with human conditions
Diet, exercise supreme in controlling insulin resistance
Cure closer for sweet itch in horses
Aussie shrub extract shows promise against mud rash
Crib-biting could be hereditary trait
Sweet Itch: researchers closer to beating ailment
Stress explored as factor in stomach ulcers
Link between cribbing and tummy upsets
Gastric ulceration common in NZ racehorses
Gastric ulcers: reducing the risk
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Parasites
Warning of multi-drug resistant redworms in horses
Taking the fight to equine parasites
Drug resistance of equine internal parasites
Massage/chiropractic
Why is massage therapy important for your horse?
Herbals
New ideas for tendon treatment
Coping with EIPH or Exercise Induced Pulmonary Haemorrhage (Bleeders)
Alternative therapies/treatments:
Stem cells could help knee, stifle injuries
Benefits of equine Breathing for Endurance Horses
Healing chronic conditions with Equine Breathing
Shock-wave therapy machine brings new treatment option
Endosurgery will make healthcare easier
Holistic medicine: are we listening?
Alternative therapy in equine medicine
Power pads a boon to sore horses
General:
Urine Factories and the Menopause Horse Industry
Horse health research projects get $US1.1m grant
Just what’s in those menopause pills? – a look at Premarin
Equine Health Association update
Important equine hormone developed
Special conditions for competition horses in MAF import review
Ag ministry releases horse standards
Killer virus could cause human depression
Researchers to study nutrition, stress
