The New South Wales (NSW) Department of Primary Industries announced today (Aug. 25) that stiff penalties have been imposed on people illegally moving horses during the current quarantine due to equine influenza in New South Wales, Australia. Th
It’s Sunday morning, Aug. 26, in Australia, and the news isn’t good.
Horse movement throughout the country has been halted; Thoroughbred and Standardbred racing has been cancelled until Tuesday, perhaps longer, except in the Northern
After a Newton, N.H., resident was hospitalized and diagnosed with Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), city officials said spraying to kill mosquitoes (which transmit the virus) began yesterday (Aug. 22), according to an article on
What is flu? “It’s a hit-and-run disease,” said Tom Chambers, PhD, who heads The OIE international influenza reference laboratory at the University of Kentucky’s Gluck Equine Research Center in Lexington. “When it hits, it causes big problems,
The Horse contacted more than 100 industry and welfare groups in North America from the list in The Horse Source industry directory to ask them specific questions regarding their organizations, how they serve the horse, and what
To celebrate 25 years in the animal and food safety industries, Neogen Corporation is holding an educational seminar and open house on Friday, Sept. 14, for veterinarians and farm managers.
Two three-day courses designed to instruct first responders, veterinarians, and horse owners on the art of hands-on rescue and transport of a recumbent horse, containment of large animals, mud and water rescues, and night search and rescue will
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(Editor’s Note: Last month we discussed the start of using pressure to work on ground
On July 26, the FDA published the final rule on designation of new animal drugs for minor uses or minor species. This means that drugs intended to help uncommon diseases or conditions in horses (which are considered major species) could get
The need for world-wide rabies eradication has brought together for the first time leaders from veterinary, animal wildlife, and human medicine to create the Alliance for Rabies Control, a non-profit group based in the United Kingdom. The group’
Doug Byars, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM, of Georgetown, Ky., was the first private equine veterinarian to receive the Robert W. Kirk Award for Professional Excellence in the award’s 18-year history. Byars received the award at the 25th annual
TheHorse.com, companion Web site to The Horse: Your Guide To Equine Health Care, the equine industry’s foremost horse health care magazine, has archived its 10,000th
The Biologic and Therapeutic Agents Forum at the 2006 AAEP Convention was facilitated by Craig Barnett, DVM, Intervet Senior Equine Technical Services Specialist, and co-facilitator Carol Clark, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM, of Peterson & Smith
About one person every 10 minutes dies of rabies somewhere in the world.
This harsh statistic has brought together for the first time leaders from veterinary, animal wildlife, and human medicine to create an Alliance for Rabies
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