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Campaign Pushes For Routine PPID Tests

A British pharmaceutical company calls for older horses to be regularly tested for PPID
May 24, 2017 | Posted in Diseases, Lamenesses
Source: VetSurgeon.org
Pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim is urging veterinary surgeons in the U.K. to test for Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction, also known as Cushing’s disease, routinely at the annual health check or vaccination visit for horses older than 15.
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Farriers And Blacksmiths Celebrate Their Heritage In Maryland

May 22, 2017
Source: The Baltimore Sun
Some say this country evolved on the backs of blacksmiths who supplied and repaired tools and equipment, household goods and weapons through the Colonial era. Working at a hot brick hearth or forge, backs bent, they pumped bellows to feed the fires until metal at the end of their tongs became pliable. They banged and hammered their way into the Industrial Age.
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Remembering Red Renchin with Mark Ellis: Part 3

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