FEI to Add GABA, Hydroxy-GABA to Prohibited Substance List
Edited Press Release
May 7, 2012
The USEF banned GABA, an inhibitory neurotransmitter, use in February following documented adverse reactions.
The USEF banned GABA, an inhibitory neurotransmitter, use in February following documented adverse reactions.
This year’s Congress will cover a broad range of day-to-day equine medicine and surgery topics.
One BHA official said factors that couldn’t have been forseen or prevented contributed to the horses’ deaths.
Topics included vet regulations, blood during competition, international movement of horses, and cloning.
The rule would have effectively barred employees under 16 from working in most agricultural capacities.
The new system requires veterinarians to pass the online exam based on the relevant FEI regulations.
On Parklane Hawk, William Fox-Pitt won the four-star event for the second time in three years.
The Paddock Foundation will fund TAKE2 classes at five horse shows in Texas this year.
William Fox-Pitt (GBR) guided Parklane Hawk to a faultless cross-country round to take over the lead.
The National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board meeting April 23-24 in Reno, Nev., can be viewed online.
The hind limb lameness seminar will be held in conjunction with the AAEP’s Business Education Workshop.
Since the program’s founding in August 2011, Operation Gelding clinics have castrated 406 horses to date.
The London Fire Brigade donated the horse as a thanks for large animal handling training the RVC provides.
Two hundred riders and horses will be competing in jumping, dressage, and three-day eventing at the Olympics.
In 2011, 15 horses in California were confirmed positive for WNV; four of those 15 were euthanized.
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