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One Year to Go Until 2010 WEG Tickets Become Available

Tickets for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games will go on sale Sept. 25, 2009.


“We are excited to announce the much-anticipated on-sale date for tickets to the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games,” said Ruth Mason, directo

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Ohio State Vet Honored for Laminitis Research

James Belknap, DVM, MS, PhD, Dipl. ACVS, associate professor of equine surgery in the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences at The Ohio State University, has been awarded the annual Equine Veterinary Journal Open Award for 2007 for

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ASPCA Provides Funding for Hay in Hurricane Areas

The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) has dispersed and pledged more than $75,000 in grant funding to organizations in Texas and Louisiana following Hurricanes Ike and Gustav, in addition to deploying a disaster

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EEE Diagnosed in Maine Horse

A Standardbred horse in Lebanon, Maine, has been diagnosed with Eastern equine encephalomyelitis (EEE).

According to a statement released by Maine State Veterinarian Donald E. Hoenig, VMD, the recumbent horse presented to Myhre Equine Clini

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Ohio State to Offer Online Courses for Vets, Horse Owners

Beginning in November, The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine will begin to offer new online continuing education courses available to all veterinarians, technicians, breeders, and owners–nationally.

This program continue

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Four Equine Piroplasmosis Quarantines Lifted in Florida


Four additional premises in Florida have been released from quarantine as all horses on those premises have tested negative for equine piroplasmosis. There are currently 15 premises still under quarantine. Five of those premises have at

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Moyer Named AAEP Vice President

William Moyer, DVM, has been named the 2009 vice president of the American Association of Equine Practitioners. Moyer, of College Station, Texas, will join the Executive Committee next year and will serve as AAEP president in 2011.

Moyer is

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Texas Veterinarians Call for Generators, Gas

The Texas Veterinary Medical Association Foundation is asking for assistance buying fuel for generators for veterinary clinics hit by Hurricane Ike. Due to massive power outages that are expected to last through the week, the Texas Veterinary

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HSUS Takes in Abandoned Horses, Offers Reward

There is a resolution in sight for 11 abandoned horses found near Molalla, Ore., earlier this month. Six of the horses were purchased by families at a public auction Sept. 10. At the request of the Oregon Department of Agriculture, The Humane

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Unwanted Horse Group Continues to Compile Facility List

The Unwanted Horse Coalition (UHC) is still working on its list of facilities that accept, place, or use horses. Currently, there are more than 200 facilities listed on the UCH Web site.

“This is a continuing process for the coalition,” sai

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Disposal Directions for Eqvalan Dewormer Revised

The FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) has alerted veterinarians of revised directions for the disposal of Eqvalan (ivermectin) Liquid for Horses. The CVM has received a small number of reports of precipitate forming in opened or leaky

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Find Equine Evacuation Sites in Texas

The Texas Animal Health Commission is advising those evacuating for Hurricane Ike to call 2-1-1 for the latest information on available facilities open for emergency animal sheltering for livestock and pets.

“The 2-1-1 operators assist

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