Drs. Ryan Carpenter and Sara Langsam will assist in providing timely health updates on equine athletes during nationally televised events.
Equine Soundness Professionals’ first educational event will take place March 16, in Wellington, Florida, and feature presentations about a variety of hoof-related topics.
The BLM will accept bids through May 3 from Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas Panhandle (only north of Hwy 82 and 84), Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
This two-day conference for regulatory and official racetrack veterinarians is designed to provide training and discuss and implement best practices directly related to protecting racehorse health and welfare.
The BLM signed a decision record which authorizes a wild horse gather in the North Hills Joint Management Area and updated the short and long-term management objectives for the wild horses and their habitat.
The free event will take place Tuesday, March 5, at 6:30 p.m. in New Bolton Center’s Alumni Hall, located at 382 West Street Road, in Kennett Square.
The total population of the Maryland herd is currently at 76 horses, including 21 stallions and 55 mares.
World Equestrian Center officials said Feb. 15 that six more horses had tested positive for equine influenza, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to nine.
Researchers found that endocrine-disrupting chemical accumulation in blood could explain some environmental variance seen in EMS horses, but the precise role they play in EMS development isn’t yet clear.
Officials confirmed EIA in nine racing Quarter Horses located at a Smith County premises. Subsequently, seven of the EIA-positive horses and one additional horse on the property tested positive for equine piroplasmosis.
When the affected horses exhibited signs of disease, show veterinarian Holly Helbig, DVM, isolated them at the WEC Veterinary Clinic, where they’ve been under her care and supervision since Feb. 10.
The BLM is seeking public comments on motorized vehicles and aircraft use in managing wild horses and burros on agency-managed lands in Montana and the Dakotas.
The BLM said excessive grazing has degraded sage-grouse habitat and, due to a lack of forage and water within the HMA, an increasing number of horses have been moving outside the HMA, creating traffic hazards, conflicts with local property owners, and other public safety issues.
The 2019 National Equine Forum, scheduled to take place March 7 in London, U.K., will be live-streamed online.
In addition, the BLM said public comments are needed on the proposed update to the Fifteenmile HMA plan, which will guide management of the HMA and the wild horses within it for the next several years.
The conference, scheduled for March 4-5 at Gulfstream Park, will focus on medication, pharmacology, and medication regulation in horse racing.
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