UF’s Annual Healthy Horses Conference Scheduled for April 27
Lecture topics will include horse health myths, fly control, hay selection, equine pythiosis, lameness, horses with anhydrosis, subfertile mares, and more.
Lecture topics will include horse health myths, fly control, hay selection, equine pythiosis, lameness, horses with anhydrosis, subfertile mares, and more.
In addition to a virtual tour of the farrier museum, the presentation will examine how the past might influence the future concepts of equine hoof care.

Owners are urged to ensure their horses’ vaccination status is current for maximum protection against WNV.
The AHC has elected John Long, Scott Wells, and Don Treadway to the organization’s Board of Trustees.
Animal health officials are urging horse owners talk with vets about vaccinating against WNV, EEE, and rabies.
West Virginia has joined a group of states in an agreement to accept six-month equine health certificates.
The meetings will impart best practices in the diagnosis and treatment of core areas of equine health.
The fourth edition has been completely updated and has several new sections added.
Since the beginning of the year Operation Gelding has helped to castrate more than 85 horses in six states.
State officials say they’ll be more stringently enforcing requirements for six-month equine travel passports
Equine Guelph has opened registration for a second offering of their eWorkshop on colic prevention.
All quarantines related to the EHV-1 outbreak in Cache County that began in late February have been lifted.

Attendees discussed improving the international movement of top-level sport horses at the FEI Sports Forum.
This year’s theme will be “Embracing Science to Enhance Equine Welfare and Horse-Human Interactions.”
The increasing number of reported AHS cases in South Africa prompted the movement restrictions.
The USEF issued a statement regarding the use of equine nutritional supplements on April 1.
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