Research was presented on how to control Eastern Tent Caterpillars and mare reproductive loss syndrome (MRLS).
The face of equine influenza is evolving, and so must our understanding of its behavior and the vaccines that protect against it. Updating flu vaccines, transmission of flu between horses and dogs, and flu mutation were featured topics in a
According to the latest update from the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service on Nov. 21, 35 premises in five states remain under vesicular stomatitis (VS) quarantine. Of those, 27 premises are on their 21-day countdowns for quarantine
Tennessee Farmers Cooperative officials voluntarily recalled four lots of horse feed in early and mid-November after a horse’s death was linked to the feed, which contained high levels of a livestock drug. The 10% Grain Mix (item #93638) was
For more than eight weeks, Bonnie Clark, president of the Louisiana Equine Council (LEC) and publisher of Horseman’s Guide of the South Central Region, set her life aside, unpaid, to head up an operation at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center i
Only 57 premises remain under quarantine for vesicular stomatitis (VS) in the United States today (Nov. 10), signaling that the disease continues to decline. Nearly 440 ranches and farms have reported outbreaks of the disease since April. Colorado, Montana, and Wyoming have reported new VS premises since the end of October. Nebraska released the last of three previously quarantined VS premise
Many of Dr. Allison Barca’s clients were in some way affected by Hurricane Katrina. Since the storm, she says she’s been living a sort of hell, seeing clients each day who have lost family, horses, and homes to the hurricane, and identifying dead horses so their owners can have closure.
A loose horse that wandered onto a roadway near Woodland, Calif., last week was killed by one vehicle and its body was hit by a second automobile, according to the Woodland Daily Democrat (
As a responsible horse owner, you make management decisions that affect the current well-being of your horse and his future vitality.
As news editor of The Horse, I had asked myself: How was I to communicate to readers the enormous amount of devastation Hurricane Katrina caused to everything in her path? Her effects on people and property have been extensively covered
“I knew right away that it was definitely a burn,” stated Brian K. Garrett, DVM, of Animal Hospital of Fayetteville in Fayetteville, N.C., Dixie’s treating veterinarian. Trespassers maliciously burned the 2-year-old Spotted Saddle Horse filly’s
A U.K. researcher examined how age, exercise, and riding discipline and level affect hock joints, and she hopes to make recommendations on how to take better care of equine athletes’ hocks.
Orthopedic research technician Marion Branch,
When a horse inhales mold spores or other irritants, neutrophils (specific types of white blood cells) release reactive oxidants–generally very reactive substances that can break down mold in the airways. That’s not a bad thing, really. “But if
“I guess you can ‘what-if’ your whole life away,” said a melancholy Tina Johnson about her family’s excruciating loss of three horses and two ponies in a furious barn fire on Sunday night, Oct. 16. What began as an idyllic afternoon of young
“The roads into the Keys are basically tide-dependent at this point,” described John Haven, Veterinary Emergency Treatment Service (VETS) branch director, from the State Agricultural Response Team (SART) incident command post that is currently
Hurricane Wilma is pounding the southern Florida peninsula after coming ashore as a Category 2 hurricane early this morning (Oct. 24). As of 9 a.m. EDT, the center of Hurricane Wilma was about 45 miles southwest of West Palm Beach, Fla. The
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