Animal health authorities have confirmed two cases of equine infectious anemia (EIA) in Wiltshire, England. The two horses were recently imported from Romania via Belgium, noted a statement from the Department for the Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).
The infected horses will be euthanized and other horses on the Wiltshire premises will be tested.
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Veterinary and agriculture groups are organizing a response effort in the wake of Tuesday’s 7.0 earthquake centered in Haiti’s capital of Port-au-Prince.
Christian Veterinary Mission has served in Haiti since the early 1980s and has set up a dedicated fund for earthquake relief
A British man who claimed to be a veterinarian and doctor has been sentenced to two years in prison, Horse and Hound reported.
Russell Lewis Oakes registered as a vet in the UK after buying a fake degree certificate on the Internet. Authorities investigated after area veterinarians complained
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Blue, a 5-year-old Pinto mare reported stolen in Iredell County, N.C., has been located and returned to her owners, CharlotteObserver.com reported.
A woman who purchased the mare for $60 alerted police after she saw a local television broadcast about the missing horse. The thief had ridden
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NZB Gandalf, an eventer piloted to the 2008 Olympics by Mark Todd, was euthanized due to a neurologic disorder, Horse and Hound reported.
New Zealand Bloodstock, Todd’s sponsor, told Horse and Hound the horse suffered seizures that left him blind in his right eye and a danger to him
As part of a racetrack screening program, three New Mexico horses have been identified as carrying Theileria equi, the causative agent for equine piroplasmosis. These infections are noteworthy as these horses are not epidemiologically linked to those involved in a larger ongoing investigation centered on horses from a South Texas ranch.
Information on the new cases, and an
Dr. Michele Frazer explains this condition and the prognosis for affected horses’ future sales and performance. (5:00)
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A harness track barn fire at a county fairgrounds in southwest Ohio early Saturday morning killed two people and an estimated 43 horses, The Associated Press reported. The initial number of equine fatalities was projected at more than 60.
Fire Capt. Krista Wyatt told the AP the barn roof had already collapsed by the time firefighters arrived at the Warren County Fairgrounds, about
Animal health authorities investigating an outbreak of equine piroplasmosis on a South Texas ranch have now located 317 positive horses. These horses include 288 on the index ranch, seven on other premises in Texas, one in Alabama, two in California, five in Florida, one in Georgia, five in Louisiana, one in Minnesota, two in North Carolina, three in New Jersey, one in Tennessee, and one i
Two horses in New Jersey have tested positive for equine piroplasmosis. The animals were among four purchased in 2008 from a ranch in South Texas on which 288 horses have now tested positive for the tick-borne disease.
"Additional testing on the imported horses and contact horses is under way," noted a
Due to the ongoing investigation into equine piroplasmosis in the state of Texas, the Kentucky Department of Agriculture's State Veterinarian's Office has opted to require testing of all horses from Texas entering the state of Kentucky.
A statement released by the Kentucky State Veterinarian's Office Oct. 29 indicated that more than 100 horses in Texas have now teste
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