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September 19, 2009 - Feeding For the Ages

cdawahare — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:37:32 GMT

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By Jeannie Blancq Putney

You are what you eat. This is probably truer for young Thoroughbred racehorses than it is for many other creatures. Unfortunately, many misconceptions exist about what is and isn’t good for the growing Thoroughbred. One thing is certain—paying attention to what your growing horse is ingesting will only make for a better athlete along the way and may help prevent deficiencies that can cause developmental abnormalities.

Research on equine nutrition is abundant, but one of the best places to start is with the National Research Council 2007. Now in its sixth revised edition, the NRC’s Nutrient Requirements of Horses offers reference material for feeding various classes of horses. The NRC breaks horses into five age groups for nutritional purposes: weanling (4-to-6 months old), yearling (12 months), long yearling (18 months with classifications of sedentary, light, or moderate exercise), 2-year-olds in-training (with four variations of exercise intensity, including light, moderate, heavy, and very heavy), and mature exercising horse (with the same four variations of exercise intensity). The NRC does not include a 3-year-old category, because it classifies horses as mature at the age of 24 months.

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Archives:
Transportation Tips - September 5, 2009
Disease Control Yearly Planner - August 8, 2009
Foot Flops & Fixes - July 25, 2009
Get Ready - June 26, 2009
Therapy For Thoroughbreds - May 5, 2009
Dirt or Synthetic - Which is Safer? - April 25, 2009
AAEP: Focus on Horse Health News - March 21, 2009
Infectious Disease at the AAEP Convention - February 21, 2009
When Foaling Goes Wrong - December 6, 2008
Feeding the Pregnant Mare - November 15, 2008
Broodmare Vaccinations - November 1, 2008
Transport Stress in Horses - October 18, 2008

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August 8, 2009: Disease Control Yearly Planner

cdawahare — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:16:03 GMT

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By Dr. Nancy Loving

To perform to the utmost capacity, a horse must be healthy and sound throughout the year. The smallest details of farm management often have the greatest impact on a horse’s general wellness, and such strategies provide a critical template for minimizing the risk for contracting disease. By being proactive and implementing disease-reducing programs based on risk, season, and climate, a horse owner can make a major difference in controlling horse health on a farm.

Contagious Disease issues
As winter thaws and the days lengthen into spring, owners are preparing and conditioning horses for competitions and events that take them off the property. This places them in proximity to other horses, with increased likelihood of exposure to disease. Spring immunizations are an essential part of any disease control program, particularly against mosquito-borne viruses (West Nile virus and other types of encephalitis) and contagious respiratory viruses (influenza and rhinopneumonitis due to equine herpesvirus). Annually, owners should vaccinate against tetanus and rabies in endemic areas.

In addition to the incentive to travel more with your horse in the spring, there is more activity around the farm as well. Dr. Josie Traub-Dargatz, a professor of
equine medicine at Colorado State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, has been instrumental in developing prevention and recognition programs to protect against contagious equine diseases. Traub-Dargatz recommends segregating new arrivals and monitoring for disease as critical elements of disease control on a property. She stresses that additional biosecurity efforts should include disinfection of all equipment that might have been contaminated with disease-causing agents. One such example (and only one of many possibilities) would be the inside of a horse trailer, particularly one in which horses from other farms have been hauled.

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Archives:
Foot Flops & Fixes - July 25, 2009
Get Ready - June 26, 2009
Therapy For Thoroughbreds - May 5, 2009
Dirt or Synthetic - Which is Safer? - April 25, 2009
AAEP: Focus on Horse Health News - March 21, 2009
Infectious Disease at the AAEP Convention - February 21, 2009
When Foaling Goes Wrong - December 6, 2008
Feeding the Pregnant Mare - November 15, 2008
Broodmare Vaccinations - November 1, 2008
Transport Stress in Horses - October 18, 2008

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July 25, 2009: Foot Flops and Fixes

cdawahare — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:19:38 GMT

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By Christy West

What do Quality Road, Big Brown, Tiznow, and E Dubai have in common? They're all major stakes winners with at least one other commonality-hoof problems that affected their careers. They're certainly not alone; hoof problems strike Thoroughbreds, from Triple Crown contenders to claimers, resulting in lameness, high farrier bills, and lost training days, races, and purses.

We'd all like to avoid sore heels, quarter cracks, sole bruises, wall separations, interference injuries, and other hoof problems in our racehorses. But as these big runners with top-of-the-line care illustrate, sometimes these obstacles are just facts of life for horses whose job is hurtling their 1,000-plus pounds (plus a jockey) down the track at 35-40 miles per hour.

Luckily, there is good news: With vigilance, good horsemanship, and care from experienced professionals, most hoof problems can be prevented or managed so horses can train and race to their full potential.

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Archives:
Get Ready - June 26, 2009
Therapy For Thoroughbreds - May 5, 2009
Dirt or Synthetic - Which is Safer? - April 25, 2009
AAEP: Focus on Horse Health News - March 21, 2009
Infectious Disease at the AAEP Convention - February 21, 2009
When Foaling Goes Wrong - December 6, 2008
Feeding the Pregnant Mare - November 15, 2008
Broodmare Vaccinations - November 1, 2008
Transport Stress in Horses - October 18, 2008

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March 21, 2009: AAEP Focus on Horse Health News

Blood-Horse Staff — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:09:16 GMT

Every year veterinarians flock to the Kester News Hour at the American Association of Equine Practitioners’ Convention for reports on research that are too brief or too new to be included in the scientific program. For the past two years the session has been anchored by Dr. Scott Palmer of the New Jersey Equine Clinic and a past president of the AAEP (presenting on lameness/surgery); Dr. Margo Macpherson of the University of Florida (presenting on reproduction); and Dr. Bonnie Rush of Kansas State University (presenting on medicine). Following are synopses of some of the studies discussed during the fast-paced news broadcast, held Dec. 7, 2008, in San Diego, Calif.

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Infectious Disease at the AAEP Convention - February 21, 2009
When Foaling Goes Wrong - December 6, 2008
Feeding the Pregnant Mare - November 15, 2008
Broodmare Vaccinations - November 1, 2008
Transport Stress in Horses - October 18, 2008
Controlling Parasites in Mature Horses - October 4, 2008
Colic Update - September 20, 2008
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