Beginning this fall, the University of Maryland’s Institute of Applied Agriculture will offer a two-year certificate program in Equine Business Management. The program is designed to train people who wish to own and/or manage horse boarding
The Performance Horse Registry office opened for business at its new home with the American Horse Shows Association on Sept. 15. Prior to the move, the Jockey Club was providing support services to the PHR through the transition period.
More than 85 of the world’s leading equine experts will discuss the latest advances in horse health during the American Association of Equine Practitioners’ (AAEP) 46th Annual Convention, November 26-29 in San Antonio, Texas. The four-day
In the last two weeks, six horses that died in the Chesapeake and Suffolk area with central nervous system symptoms have been referred to the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ Regional Animal Health Laboratory System for
The American Youth Horse Council has released a new set of facts sheets, which supplement the well-known Horse Industry Handbook. Thousands have come to rely upon the Horse Industry Handbook as an indispensable source for
On February 7, 2000, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) presented its proposed Fiscal Year 2001 budget to Congress. This marks the beginning of the annual budgeting process for the federal government.
During this budget
Visitors to Pennsylvania’s West Nile virus website—https://www.WestNile.state.pa.us —now can get weekly updates on the statewide mosquito surveillance”H3>PA West Nile Virus Web Site Expanded
Visitors to Pennsylvania’s West Nile virus website—PA West Nile Virus Web Si
The United States Equestrian Team (USET) has changed the location of its Dressage Olympic Selection Trials, scheduled for the weekends of May 13-14 and May 20-21.
The trials, which will also serve as the State Line Tack/USET Grand Prix
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced that horse facility owners Emil and Anna Jung of Gehlenberg-Friesoythe, Germany, have been sentenced after pleading guilty to three counts each of false statements and mail fraud.
On
Colorado State University’s Veterinary Medicine program was ranked second in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report’s annual 2001 Graduate Guide issued recently.
The veterinary medical program, which awards Doctor
The American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) has announced the appointment of deputy executive director and convention manager David Foley as its new executive director, effective May 1. Foley succeeds Gary Carpenter, who leaves the
Communicating for Agriculture (CA), a non-profit rural advocacy organization, is offering young adults pursuing a career in the equine industry the opportunity to travel to England in July 2000 for a month-long stay at an equine stable. Trainees
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is alerting veterinarians and others involved in the livestock industry in certain areas of the United States to be on the lookout for screwworm.
On Februar
Journal Watch Infectious Diseases, a literature surveillance newsletter from the Massachusetts Medical Society, will be going online early next month. It features short (about 250 words) summaries of important, recently published,
EQUITANA USA, “The World’s Fair of Equestrian Sports,” hosted 53,234 horse lovers from across the country and abroad at its fifth annual North American show June 15-18 in Louisville, Kentucky.
“This year’s attendance
The American Youth Horse Council has released a new set of facts sheets, which supplement the well-known Horse Industry Handbook. Thousands have come to rely upon the Horse Industry Handbook as an indispensable source for information about care and management of the horse. Owners praise the Horse Industry Handbook for its extensive information in an easy to access
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