A new grant initiative is designed to protect horses by combating barriers for addressing equine cruelty, the ASPCA says.
More than 100 of those horses were sent to 20 other states across the country. The Colorado Department of Agriculture is working to locate, quarantine, and retest those horses.
The Maryland Department of Agriculture’s Animal Health program is reminding horse owners to keep vaccinations up-to-date current after three unvaccinated horses tested positive for WNV in August.
The University of Maryland Thoroughbred breeding program will be suspended until a more sustainable funding model can be identified.
The BLM said continued drought conditions and an overpopulation of wild horses has prompted the gather.
Dr. Terence Wan, the Hong Kong Jockey Club’s chief advisor of doping control, will serve as chairman and Dr. Ludovic Bailly‐Chouriberry, MSc, PhD, director of Laboratoire des Courses Hippiques, in France, will serve as vice-chairman.
The first 67 of 550 equine athletes have arrived at the Tryon International Equestrian Center, nine days before the start of the FEI World Equestrian Games Tryon 2018.
Abraham Verghese, MD, will address the importance of the physical examination in modern medicine.
The BLM gathered and removed 801 horses from the Nevada Wild Horse Range, in Nye County.
The unvaccinated 12-year-old gelding from Camden County was euthanized on Aug. 27.
The event will take place Sept. 21 at the Lanceri di Montebello military academy, where equine welfare pioneer Captain Federico Caprilli worked in the 1800s.
In 2018 the AAEP Foundation approved $701,723 to fund 28 organizations, projects, and programs committed to its mission of improving horse health and welfare.
The affected horse has been isolated from the remaining horses on the Weld County facility. The exposed horses will be observed and retested in 60 days.
The American Quarter Horse from Chesapeake, with an incomplete vaccination history, was euthanized due to disease severity.
The BLM said the Spruce-Pequop HMA’s Boone Spring area currently has minimal to nearly nonexistent water which cannot sustain the more than 300 wild horses observed regularly waiting for water at this location.
Common feeding practices could be causing your horse’s stomach acid levels to rise.
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