Applications Open for Kentucky Horse Council Scholarship
Edited Press Release
October 5, 2017
Applications will be accepted until Nov. 15 and the scholarship will be awarded on Dec. 1.
Applications will be accepted until Nov. 15 and the scholarship will be awarded on Dec. 1.
Skin diseases and lameness were the most commonly reported ailments, affecting 31.1% and 23.4% of horses, respectively.
The board will meet Oct. 18-19 in Grand Junction to discuss wild horses and burros residing on public lands.
The agency has proposed a wild horse gather in the Onaqui Herd Management Area in Utah.
Dr. David Frisbie will be installed during the Nov. 20 President’s Luncheon at the 2017 AAEP Convention.
Funding for the renovation was provided by a donation from the Pfeiffer-Burt estate.
Johnson’s horse Luke Skywalker 46 tested positive for the local anesthetic pramoxine in January.
Equine groups hope to help the more than 800 Thoroughbreds at Camarero Race Track and other horses on the island.
Dr. Janet Beeler-Marfisi is studying better ways to diagnose equine lung disease using cell markers and flow cytometry.
As part of a three-year commitment, Boehringer Ingelheim has become FEI Equine Health Partner and FEI Campus Partner.
The effort to outfit mares with GPS collars effort began last winter but was suspended due to poor weather conditions.
Officials say the new regulations are strengthening the integrity of the state’s horse racing industry.
The 9-year-old Atlantic County mare had not been vaccinated against EEE for two years and is undergoing treatment.
Three horses tested positive for the banned substance diisopropylamine, a vasodilator.
Seventy-two percent of vets polled disagreed that “corporatization is inevitable and will benefit vets and clients.”
Mares released back to the HMA will be retreated with a fertility-control vaccine to reduce population growth.
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