Grant Joins HSUS Horse Racing Advisory Council
Barrie Grant, DVM, Dipl. ACVS, has been an equine veterinarian for more than 50 years and has been an official California Horse Racing Board veterinarian since 2009.
Barrie Grant, DVM, Dipl. ACVS, has been an equine veterinarian for more than 50 years and has been an official California Horse Racing Board veterinarian since 2009.

David Jones, DVM, was recognized and celebrated for his and the organization’s global equitarian efforts.

Remember these helpful tips for a successful road trip with your horse to make it to your destination safe and sound.
Gene doping involves the transfer or modification of genes or genetically modified cells of healthy athletes, human and equine, for nontherapeutic purpose to enhance athletic performance.
The AHC honored Tim Capps posthumously for his work to improve the horse industry in Maryland and Kentucky.
Two annual scholarships are awarded to AAEP-member veterinarians beginning careers in equine research in graduate school.

The BLM said the analysis focuses on a proposal to gather and remove excess wild horses in response to several issues currently occurring in the HMA.
Scholarship applications will be accepted until July 15 and winners will receive awards on Aug. 15.
The Little Bookcliffs HMA covers more than 36,000 acres, and the BLM manages the area for an appropriate management level of between 90 and 150 wild horses.

The Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act of 2018 included an amendment to increase Veterans Affairs’ Adaptive Sports Grant Program funding equine-assisted therapy.

Officials say “spring shots” can help protect horses from mosquito-borne diseases like West Nile virus and Eastern equine encephalitis virus.

Although Hendra virus—which has only been diagnosed in Australia thus far—can strike at any time, traditionally there are more cases during the winter months, which have arrived in Australia.

The BLM is seeking public comment on two potential wild horse gathers this summer or fall to help maintain healthy wild horse populations on healthy lands in Northwest Colorado.

Justify’s connections have committed to donating a percentage of earnings from Saturday’s Belmont Stakes to support New Vocations’ mission to rehabilitate, retrain, and rehome retired racehorses.
The U.S. Forest Service is planning to gather approximately 1,000 wild horses from the Devil’s Garden Plateau Wild Horse Territory.

The BLM Idaho’s Owyhee Field Office will release 26 wild horses to the Sands Basin Herd Management Area, nearly all of which was burned by the 279,144-acre Soda Fire in 2015,
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