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August 4, 2009

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Novus Nutrition Brands
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Arenus Adds Equilite Product Lines

St. Louis, Missouri, August 10, 2009 — Striving to be the

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) reopened the FY 2009 H-2B visa petition filing period Thursday, Aug. 6, for temporary foreign nonagricultural workers, and it will immediately accept new H-2B petitions, reported the American Horse Council.
 
On Jan. 7 USCIS announced that it had received enough H-2B petitions to meet the annual cap of 66,000. However, only 40,640 H-2

Molly the Pony, Katrina survivor and amputee, will be appearing at the United States Equestrian Federation Pony Finals at the Kentucky Horse Park this weekend (Aug. 8-9).

Molly

Health Connection announces the release of an innovative, hand-held horse massage technology, the Horse Massager.

This unique device allows the rider or trainer to manually reach all areas of the horse with ease

Advanced Monitors Corporation announces the release of the Tele-View TV-500 Equine Exercise Endoscope.

The Tele-View Equine Exercise Endoscope is an easy-to-use method of analyzing airway restriction problems in the upper respiratory tract during exercise.

This new lightweight, halter-mounted system can be quickly moved from one horse to the next. The self-contained harness

Nature’s Balance Care promotes Groomer Concentrate for healthy, natural relief of rain rot and scratches.

Groomer Concentrate is an all natural, skin scrub, rinse, and spray with an Organic listing through the Organic Materials Review Institute. This product can provide relief for bacterial and fungus related skin conditions such as rain rot and scratches.

Groomer Concentrate

Union Jack Stable and Garden announce the release of the Solid One-Piece Hygiene Shovel, an ideal tool for stable owners, barn managers, and equine health professionals.

This new product is made from a solid piece of lightweight, high-grade polypropylene. The shovel’s seamless and nonporous design makes it hard for bacteria and muck to hide in cavities. Its non-stick surface can be

Steeve Giguère, PhD, DVM, Dipl ACVIM, has been appointed to the Marguerite Thomas Hodgson Chair of Equine Studies in the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine.

The Hodgson Chair is funded by a $1million endowment established by a donation to the department of large animal medicine from Marguerite Thomas Hodgson. The purpose of the endowment is to support a faculty member who

The Mt. Eden Vaulters, of Saratoga, Calif., dominated the first day of the Kentucky Cup Vaulting at the Kentucky Horse Park. The Kentucky Cup is the vaulting test event for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games next September.

Vaulters representing the Mt. Eden team, of Saratoga, Calif., are leading the all four individual divisions and both of the team competitions.

In Thursday’

With the large amount of rain Maine has experienced this summer, it has been a challenge to produce quality hay for Maine’s livestock industry. If hay growers did not take advantage of excellent weather for dry hay production at the end of May and very early part of June, they are now faced with crops that are of low nutritional quality and weather patterns that are not conducive to good drying.

Steven Brinsko, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACT, associate professor and chief of Theriogenology in the Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, has been named the 2009 vice president of the American College of Theriogenologists (ACT).

Brinsko will begin his four-year term as the ACT vice president next mont

State game lands can be beautiful places to ride horses. However, riding (along with hiking, biking, and other uses) is permitted or restricted by individual state’s policies. The purchase and maintenance of these lands is generally funded by the sale of licenses and sporting goods purchased by anglers and hunters. If equestrians wish to ride on state wildlife management areas, they must

Raptors will take flight in the new Agnes Varis Auditorium and an expected crowd of thousands will gather to learn about all the furry, galloping, and ruminating animals at Tufts University’s Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine annual Open House, Sept. 12 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m in Grafton, Mass. The event is free and open to the public, rain or shine.

Canines of all types wil

Horses at Rolling Hills Ranch stable in Bridgeville, Allegheny County, Pa., have been quarantined after at least three horses tested positive for the neurologic form of equine herpesvirus-1, or EHV-1, Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff said today.

“Equine herpesvirus causes upper respiratory infection and can cause severe neurological disease in horses,” said Wolff. “The quarantine was

The Back Country Horsemen of America (BCHA) and the Equine Land Conservation Resource (ELCR) have formed an alliance.

Back Country Horsemen of America is a national membership organization whose mission is to preserve horseback riding and recreational stock in America’s backcountry and public lands. BCHA work to achieve this through offering time, equipment, and stock on projects with