Finalists Selected for 2016 Equine Industry Vision Award
Edited Press Release
April 18, 2016
Finalists include Tootie Bland, Gary Carpenter, the EQUUS Foundation, and the
Retired Racehorse Project.
Finalists include Tootie Bland, Gary Carpenter, the EQUUS Foundation, and the
Retired Racehorse Project.
Hypoglycin A is the toxin behind the potentially deadly muscular disease atypical myopathy.
Microchips will become mandatory for the registration of Thoroughbred foals born in 2017 and later.
Additionally, Ben Pendergrass has been promoted to vice president for policy and legislative affairs.
The fifth International Consensus Conference on Concussion in Sport will take place Oct. 27-28 in Berlin, Germany.
The new measures come in response to a number equine herpesvirus-1 cases at nearby Parx Racing, in Pennsylvania.
The meeting, scheduled for April 21 in Nevada, is being held to inform the public of the project and address questions.
The presentation on the Equimagine system will take place May 6 at the Penn Vet New Bolton Center.
A basic training class and an operations-level course (which will be open to auditors) will be offered.
The “Help a Horse” contest will award $100,000 in grant prizes to equine organizations across the country.
Certification standards address injury prevention, uniform medication testing and penalties, safety research, and more.
Nuclear scintigraphy is especially useful for honing in on the locations of active bone conditions in horses.
The UHVRC has delivered more than 21,000 free vaccines to horses in need since its inception in December 2008.
The equine ambulance will be used to transport ailing horses to the New Bolton Center from local events.
Thoroughbred owner/breeder Earle Mack made the donation in honor of Dinny Phipps, who died April 6.
Research topics include musculoskeletal and respiratory issues, parasites on stud farms, early pregnancy loss, and more.
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