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Merck Animal Health Presents: EPM Treatment Effectiveness
When it Comes to EPM Not Just Any Treatment Will Do Brought to you by Merck Animal Health Stumbling. Weakness and muscle atrophy in the hind end. Behavioral changes. Lameness. Any of these could be a sign your horse has equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM). It can have devastating effects on a horse’s ability to perform. A progressive and potentially fatal infection of the central nervous system, EPM is caused by a single-celled protozoal microorganism, most commonly Sarcocystis neurona (S. neurona), and is primarily transmitted by opossums through their feces. EPM is one of the most common neurological diseases of horses in North America. Researchers estimate that approximately 30 to 80%…
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Burned: A Pony Club Mystery
Julie Herman, author of Burned, gives us a great review of her new series. This series aimed at middle grade equine lovers is available at Shop Pony Club or Amazon.com (be sure to use the SMILE program and designate Pony Club as the recipient!). It took me a long five years to write BURNED. Even from the first draft of the book, I knew that capturing Sophie’s voice was going to take a lot of effort. I have been a twelve-year-old girl, but that was a long time ago. Fortunately, there are a lot of Pony Club members I could use as example of how they think and speak to…
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Rider Athletic Camp at the US Olympic Center
Have you ever wanted to ride and train like an Olympian? Share in the Olympic experience this year! For the first time ever, the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) and Coach Daniel Steward have gotten together to create equestrian athlete training camps for riders of any age, riding level, and discipline. The clinics are held at the US Olympic Training Centers in Colorado Springs, Colorado and Sarasota, Florida. Most camps run Friday to Monday with a Friday night dinner and welcome reception. Tuition includes all meals in the athletes dinning hall and shared-accommodations in the athlete dorms from Friday night to Monday afternoon. Each day begins at 7AM with a…
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Tales of a Pony Club Saddlemaker-In-Training Part 3
Adrienne Hendricks, H-A graduate, Boise Pony Club, in the Intermountain Region has agreed to blog her journey as an Apprentice Saddle Maker. Follow along as Adrienne shares her highs and lows of becoming a Master Saddler Here is an older saddle that needed to be re-flocked. This turned out to be a great way to show how to re flock a wool panel and also how the panels are attached to the tree. It helped that I needed to use white tread so you can see the stitching easier. The term “reflock” can cause lots of confusion as adjustments often get lumped into the term “reflock”. An adjustment or spot…
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