Wet Spring, High Mosquito Numbers Could Mean More WNV
Edited Press Release
July 29, 2015
Horse owners should take steps to protect their animals, including vaccinating and implementing insect control measures.
Horse owners should take steps to protect their animals, including vaccinating and implementing insect control measures.
The $15,000 grant will be used to construct new run-in sheds on Old Friends’ expanded Georgetown, Kentucky, facility.
The Aug. 18 lecture topic will be “Biosecurity and Vaccination: Evaluating Flu and Herpes Risk.”
The AAEP has awarded the Unwanted Horse Coalition a grant of $5,000 to be put towards its Operation Gelding fund.
Both riders had been provisionally suspended after their horses tested positive for prohibited substances.
The move follows an investigation into horse welfare issues and noncompliance with FEI endurance rules and regulations.
The final premises released was in Ward County, approximately 30 miles north of Fort Stockton.
Thoroughbred trainer Tom Amoss was suspended for 45 days and fined $5,000 for a 2011 positive test for methocarbamol.
Scott McClure, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVS, ACVSMR, is an equine veterinarian at Iowa State’s Lloyd Veterinary Medical Center.
Officials say a horse in Boulder County has been diagnosed with West Nile Virus (WNV).
A south Texas horse tested positive for WNV while the EEE cases were found in the eastern part of the state.
Testing confirmed that a horse residing in the Atherton Tablelands died from the virus earlier this week.
Facilities in Delta, La Plata, Larimer, Las Animas, Montezuma, and Montrose counties are under quarantine.
The BLM Montana will hold a public hearing July 31 to address the use of motor vehicles in managing wild horses.
Buyers can have yearlings and horses in training to be exported to Great Britain tested for anabolic steroids.
Recipients are evaluated on academics, leadership, and involvement in activities benefiting horses’ health and welfare.
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