Readers Respond: Calling the Shots
Erin Ryder
February 21, 2008
More than 1,800 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “When do you vaccinate your horse(s)?”
More than 1,800 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “When do you vaccinate your horse(s)?”
The Ryder Report is a weekly video broadcast presented by News Editor Erin Ryder, reviewing the top headlines in equine health care, management, and welfare news. View all Ryder Reports in the
More than 1,000 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “Do you use imprinting or desensitization techniques with your foals?”
The Homes for Horses Coalition has launched a new Web site, www.homesforhorses.org.
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), along with the Animal Welfare Institute an
Mineral oil, a traditional equine laxative, clears sand from the equine intestine more effectively when used in conjunction with psyllium, according to new research from the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, in Austria. These results are
Six stables in Delaware were today released from equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1) quarantine, according to a statement released by the State Veterinarian Sara Busch, DVM, and the Delaware Department of Agriculture.
Agriculture officials
Faculty members of Utah State University, along with several undergraduate students, recently completed and published a paper entitled “The State of the Horse Industry Since the Closing of
More than 3,100 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “Would you have supported the proposed South Dakota horse slaughter plant incentive?”
The six stables currently quarantined for equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1) in Delaware could be released later this week, according to a statement released by State Veterinarian Sara Busch, DVM. The hold orders on these farms could be lifted Feb. 7.
A police force in Britain will have to pay damages of ?80,000 (around $157,000) for wrongfully detaining a seized horse, The Lancashire Evening
More than 1,300 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “Have horses close to you experienced EPM?”
Six stables in Delaware are under official quarantine after a horse that displayed neurologic signs was confirmed positive for equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1).
The affected horse was euthanatized Jan. 17. While polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
A bill that would make a state-funded loan of up to $1 million available to construct a horse slaughtering facility in South Dakota is scheduled for a hearing in the state’s Senate Agriculture Committee on Tuesday (Jan. 29).
The bill, known as
More than 1,200 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “Do uninvited guests bunk in your barn during the winter?”
