Vetscan Imagyst™: Positive Results in a Mixed Veterinary Practice
The team leader at Adobe Veterinary Center in Arizona describes how the business has incorporated Vetscan Imagyst into its equine practice.
The team leader at Adobe Veterinary Center in Arizona describes how the business has incorporated Vetscan Imagyst into its equine practice.
One of the largest Arabian breeders in the Pasco, Wash., area lost four horses in a barn fire,
Amazon.com has created a new app for your PC that allows you to read Kindle electronic books on your personal computer.
There is controversy across the United States about the practice of equine dentistry by lay persons versus licensed veterinarians.
Illinois Rep. Jim Sacia is a horse owner, and while he stated in an article that he would not personally use slaughter plants as an end-of-life choice for his animals, he believes that decision should be left up to individual horse owners.
A man in southeast Houston, Texas, is accused of abusing four horses, one of which died before it could be euthanized by the Houston Humane Society, according to kvue.com.
Duke is the most popular and longest-serving police horse on the Lancaster City, Pennsylvania, police force. While he is expected to make a full recovery from colic surgery performed at the University of Pennsylvania’s New Bolton Center, the mounted police unit needs help paying those bills.
“This was a big hit to themounted unit,” said Lt. Todd Umstead, Public Infor
 Thoroughbred Placement and Rescue (TPR), a 501(c)(3) located in Upper Marlboro, Md., specializes in retraining and placing horses directly off of the racetrack to pleasure and show homes. In the past year, even with the downturn in the economy, TPR (as their fans fondly call them) still found homes for 123 horses. While this does not quite match their hightest number of 150 (before the
Because of New York state budget problems, the drug testing laboratory at Cornell University might close and move to another institution, according to an article on cornellsun.com. The laboratory tests horse blood and uring samples for p
The San Diego mounted police unit is being disbanded and the horses sold due to budget deficits, according to an article at SignOnSanDiego.com. In January all eight mounted police horses and most of the equipment will be auctioned off.
Duke, a gray Percheron/Thoroughbred cross police horse in the Lancaster, Pa., mounted unit, was rushed to the University of Pennsylvania’s New Bolton Center on Dec. 16 for emergency colic surgery. Duke is expected to make a full recovery and return to duty in about three months.
The American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) will host its 12th annual Resort Symposium Jan. 24-26, 2010, in Guanacaste, Costa Rica. The focus of this year’s Resort Symposium is equine performance evaluation, lameness, and neurological disease.
Increased worldwide movement of equids means increased potential for spread of horse diseases. The impact of a disease outbreak on the health of the animals in a country, as well as the health of the country’s economy, was evidenced with the equine influenza outbreak in Australia in 2007 and 2008.
“Clinicians (veterinarians) can no longer afford to delegate their
"The more we look for neurologic signs, the more we discover new syndromes," said I.G. Joe Mayhew, BVSc, FRCVS, PhD, Dipl ACVIM, ECVN, head of Equine Massey and professor of Equine Studies at Massey University in New Zealand, at the 2009 WEVA Congress. Mayhew gave several presentations, including an update on emerging neurologic syndromes.
"Over the last five year
The State of Victoria in Australia will prohibit jump racing after the 2010 season, stated an article on straitstimes.com.
The governing body in that state, Racing Victoria Limited (RVL), made the announcement today (Nov. 27).
The article noted that eight horses die
A $1,000 reward is being offered for information about who shot and killed a 6-year-old Palomino gelding named Firecracker near Fawn Grove, Penn., just across the Maryland state line, according to an article on inyork.com.
According to the article the shooting probably took place the
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