Florida Horse Dies After Being Pulled from Mud
Erin Ryder
April 10, 2007
A horse in St. Johns County, Fla., died yesterday (April 9) after rescuers spent several hours freeing it from thick mud in a retention pond,
A horse in St. Johns County, Fla., died yesterday (April 9) after rescuers spent several hours freeing it from thick mud in a retention pond,
The test samples are still pending, but officials have instituted a precautionary ban on equine movement into the areas of the Western Cape considered under surveillance and free of African horse sickness, the
The FDA has announced pergolide is to be voluntarily withdrawn for human use. Pergolide is commonly used for horses with pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction (PPID), also known as equine Cushing’s disease.
According to the FDA announcement
The owner of 74 horses seized from a Sharpsburg, Md., farm in December 2006, was sentenced to five years of probation today, NBC
A horse in Lalru, India, died after being struck by an errant cricket ball, The Times of India reported.
The
Ireland’s Department of Agriculture and Food on March 21 lifted all movement restrictions still in place due to the outbreak of equine infectious anemia (EIA) that started last summer and claimed 28 horses. The last case was confirmed
The rehabilitation effort for 69 horses found in an alleged state of neglect on a Grass Lake, Mich., farm has begun. A rescue group coordinating the effort is requesting assistance from area horse people and farmers.
Laura Steenrod, a
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) released a statement March 29 praising a new requirement that jockeys in flat races be required to use only shock-absorbing whips. The Horseracing Regulatory Authority’s rule wil
Two horses in a suburb of Tampa, Fla., were euthanatized last weekend after showing deteriorating clinical signs of the neurological form of equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1). Both horses tested positive for the virus on numerous samples submitted fo
Veterinarians are continuing to investigate the source of the recent outbreak of equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1) in San Mateo County, Calif. While some reports have claimed a link between these cases and a case from December, a veterinarian
A $1,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the recovery of Sizzle, a roan Quarter Horse mare used in Black Hawk College’s equestrian program. Sizzle was stolen from her stall at the Kewanee, Ill., college on March 10. A
Researchers connected to an outbreak of equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1) in Ohio at the University of Findlay’s English riding facility several years ago have recently published a report correlating age and specific clinical signs to horses’ incidence
The Associated Press today (March 26) released a new article by Jeffrey McMurray concerning horse abandonment in Eastern Kentucky and the alleged link to the closure of U.S. slaughter facilities.
A supervisor at Hong Kong’s Happy Valley racetrack uncovered a device believed to be a tranquilizer gun embedded in the turf track, Reuters reported on MSNBC. A police officer sai
While some of the differences between donkeys and their horse cousins are obvious, others take a little research to discover. Veterinary researchers from the University of Liverpool, U.K., performed a retrospective analysis on the rate and
Multiple reproduction topics were discussed at the 2006 AAEP Convention, including cryptorchids, uterine torsion, ulcers, uterine inflammation, superovulation and embryo transfer, reinforcement breeding, embryo survival and monitoring, foaling and foal care tips, cloning, contagious equine metritis, and equine viral arteritis.
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