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New Equine Health Website Launched to Empower Horse Owners 

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Survey Identified Knowledge Gaps Among Owners on Many Health Topics Horse owners have a new, science-based resource for expert information on equine health with the launch of LeadWithCare.com, a website dedicated to providing comprehensive educational materials on horse wellness. Developed by Boehringer Ingelheim, a global leader in equine health, the platform is a destination where … Read More

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What are the First Signs of Cushing’s Disease in Horses?

(SAINT JOSEPH, Mo., November 21, 2024) Horses are the friends we didn’t know we needed – or maybe we did know. Horses listen with their soul to our life’s biggest issues and deepest secrets, which are safe with our horses. Perhaps that is why it is so hard to see … Read More

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Business Profile: Fat Pony Feeders LLC

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Images Courtesy Fat Pony Feeders.

Karin Antoni Strives to Help Metabolic Horses How and why did you get started in business? I was gifted a morbidly obese pony in 2012 and I like to say she was one carrot away from a catastrophic metabolic event! The ideal products I needed to rehab my new fat … Read More

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Equine Wellness: Minerals and Insulin Resistance

Mineral and Insulin Resistance
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By Eleanor M. Kellon, VMD for the ECIR Group Inc. A Balanced Intake of Key Minerals is Essential for the Support of IR Horses Minerals have direct and indirect involvement in virtually every action in the body and have important effects on insulin resistance (IR) or its consequences. IR is different … Read More

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Weekend Wellness: The Role of the Hind Gut in Laminitis

The Role of the Hind Gut in Laminitis
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A lot of attention has been directed to bacterial endotoxins, MMP enzyme activators, and fructan or starch fermentation as factors in laminitis, but how much are they really involved? With laminitis, it is usually hormones, not the hind gut. In the “horse broke into the feed bin” scenario, too much … Read More

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