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Healthy aging horses choosing a career switch over retirement
A study posted in the September volume of the journal Preventing Chronic Disease finds that working in one’s 60s and 70s is associated with better physical and mental health. Keeping active and remaining socially engaged has also proven to lead to a longer, healthier life. And it’s no different for senior horses. “However they start […]
Read More...December 4th, 2015
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Horse Gerontology: studying and caring for the aging horse
“Wisdom comes with winters” ― Oscar Wilde Geriatric horses (those 15 years and older) comprise almost 30 percent of the equine population. When it comes to aging horses, caretakers must take a different kind of care than when their horses were young. Equine geriatric medicine and equine gerontology are fields in the study of aging horses. […]
Read More...March 10th, 2015
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