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    Each year about 340 horses die due to effects of insulin resistance. That is almost half the deaths caused by horse racing. If a horse or pony suffering from Insulin Resistance and they eat high sugar feed, and eat normal, unsoaked hay the large increase in sugar may cause death or lead to serious life threatening conditions. In horses that don’t suffer from Insulin Resistance and Cushing’s it wouldn’t be as great a concern if they got out and ate feed and hay, but thus act becomes life threatening

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    be culled is because they cannot feed, mastitis, bad feet/hoofs, too thin, and or bred too late. At this operation they have biosolid fields. These fields have 30% protein on them. One problem with the fields this year was grass tetany, because of this rapid growing grass three cows died. More deaths include 3.8% death loss in ewes. These deaths usually are due to foot rot. Farmers have worked on killing bacteria and strengthening the hoofs of ewes. Waste management was not really talked about

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    Lameinitis Essay

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    causing pain and breakdown of tissue layers. Blood may seep from the hoof with severe laminitis. The pedal bone can rotate within three days from the onset of the disease and the foot’s sole will develop a hole when there is unsuccessful treatment of laminitis. When treatment is unsuccessful, other infections can develop. Acute can turn into chronic due to the disease occurring often. Chronic will change the shape of the hoof and the hoof will have unnormal growth, and porous bone development. Equine who

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    Laminitis

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    inflicts intense painful discomfort in ungulates due to inflammation of the laminae tissue within the hoof capsule. Although it can happen to other hoofed animals, the most common is equine. This often compromises the return of physical activity and reproduction. This disease is the second leading cause of both lameness and euthanasia. Laminae are interdigitated dermal and epidermal tissues found in the hoof. This forms the attachment to the distal skeleton. The junction between the dermal and epidermal

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    change in the balance of the digestive bacteria of this area. Large amounts of lactate producing bacteria develop under these conditions and produce exotoxins which release enzymes from the basement membrane of the horses hoof laminae causing inflammation and separation of the hoof from the live dermal laminae. These complex carbohydrates are present in rich grass and particularly so in cereals (hence, laminitis after raiding the food bins) but also are present when pasture is 'stressed' such as after

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    the mysterious white horse heavily panting as he pulls and thrashes, trying to free his hoof from the fence. However, the most shocking thing is that flailing in the air are two wings, practically glowing with an unearthly light. Carefully, I calm the horse down, muttering soothing words to him, and he looks up at me with trusting liquid eyes. Scrambling around Pegasus, I reach underneath the tightly wedged hoof and wiggle it from between the posts. At last, Pegasus is free. With a glance in my direction

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    The Devil Research Paper

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    NOT A HOOF LEFT BEHIND When Mark Twain moved to a mining town in Colorado, he said the town was wide open with brothels and bars on every corner and that it was no place for a Christian so he had decided not to be one. Others have responded in much the manner as Mr. Twain. When they realize the difficulty involved in being a Christian, they either quit trying or compromise their convictions. Those who held the doctrine of the Nicolaitans were compromisers. In order to get along with the world

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    in the same genus, Equus. The most prominent feature of zebras is the bold patterns on their coats Horses can be as big as 69 inches also 175 centimeters from hoof to shoulder and weigh as much as 2,200 lbs. (998 kilograms). Tiny horses exist, too. The smallest breeds of horses can be as small as 30 inches or76 centimeters from hoof to shoulder and weigh only 120 lbs and 54 kg. Horses are found in almost every country in the world and every continent except Antarctica. For example, the Abyssinian

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    types of propaganda used include name-calling and the application of fear. The poster includes three scenes or images depicted from the book; an animal hoof stepping on a human hand that held a whip, Napoleon, and one of the guard dogs killing a pig that is intended to be Snowball. Ethos is present in the poster from all of the images. The hoof on the hand propaganda plays into the minds of the animals on the farm, showing what they believe morally in the rebellion

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    Xenia Research Paper

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    Hospitality, or xenia, played a very big role in Ancient Greece. It had such a big role that the people who did not participate in xenia, were frowned upon by many who did participate in xenia. Xenia was important in Greek culture, because it gave a person a good reputation, and created a guest-host friendship. It was also conducted a certain way, because of fear from the gods wrath. Firstly, xenia was conducted by giving and receiving gifts, meals, and other bodily needs. More specifically, when

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