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Shivers in the Horse: A Review

by: Nancy S. Loving, DVM
John Baird, BVSc, PhD, of the University of Guelph's Ontario Veterinary College, presented information on "shivers," at the AAEP Convention 2006. Shivers has been recognized by horse owners for more than a century, and refers to a chronic nervous or neuromuscular condition that in a 1962 text was stated to be "as common as dirt." This was referring ...



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