The Blood-Horse, Inc., an international publishing house for top Thoroughbred and general equine magazines, books, videos, CD-Roms and annual references, announces ECLIPSE PRESS as its new book publishing division. Previously, Blood-Horse”P>The Blood-Horse, Inc., an international publishing house for top Thorough
James B. Towle, president of Rio Vista Products, announced March 13 that he will offer all equine rescue agencies as much space necessary on the company’s web site and in its Journal, so they may list their horses that are available for
Seniors will be admitted free to the HITS Desert Horse Park in Indio, California on March 5 from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm for the Fourth Annual Seniors Day festivities. Sponsored by Heritage Palms, KESQ TV3, and the Fabulous Palm Springs Follies,
Applications are now being accepted for the 2000 AHSA/Cosequin Junior Dressage Team Championships, scheduled to be held August 10-13 at High Prairie Farm, Parker, Colorado. The fourth annual Jr. Championships are one of three AHSA competitions t
The American Horse Council reports that all restrictions in connection with the West Nile virus outbreak in the United States have been lifted on shipping horses to the European Union. The change took effect as of February 1.
The Florida Horsemen’s Protective and Benevolent Association (HBPA), in an effort to raise awareness of the importance of equine health and its impact on performance, has partnered with Merial, the maker of GASTROGARD (omeprazole) Paste, the
Due to United States measures to improve the monitoring program to test for unauthorized substances in fresh meat and meat products, the European Union’s import ban of hormone-free beef or any other meat or meat product will not be imposed befor
An ongoing struggle between the European Union (EU) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) over the importation of U.S. beef containing growth hormones has, in turn, brought the U.S. slaughter horse industry to a halt.
The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) started the new millennium off in a big way—adopting 35 mustangs through cyberspace. Over 288 applications flooded into BLM computer e-mail in-boxes during the three week
In just its first two years, the National Reining Breeders Classic has paid out over a half million dollars and has become the largest added money reining event in the world, with over $215,000 added.
According to NRBC officials, the
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is issuing a final rule declaring Qatar, a small country on the Persian Gulf, free of African horse sickness (AHS). This change in disease status relieves import restrictions on horses from Qatar.
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The AHSA has announced the winners of the seventh annual AHSA Media Awards. The 1999 honorees represent a full spectrum of media outlets, including print and broadcast journalism, and all of the winners share a common talent: producing
The total number of horses which have tested positive for equine infectious anemia (EIA) in northeastern Pennsylvania has risen to 23. Twenty-two of the horses have been destroyed, and three remain under quarantine. Another horse tested positive
Big Ben, Canada’s most famous show jumping horse, died early Saturday, Dec. 11, from colic. He was 23.
Big Ben, ridden for over a decade by Ian Millar of Perth, came down with colic around 6 p.m. EST on Friday. He was euthanized in orde
Courtesy of USDA, APHIS, Veterinary Services, Emergency Programs
Infectious Disease Table Topics, AAEP Convention
(Report of November 18, 1999)
West Nile Virus (WNV) has been identified in birds, mosquitoes,
A very favorable summer growing season over much of Michigan has produced a tremendous supply of surplus hay for many farms. According to Jerry Lindquist, the coordinator of the Michigan Hay Seller’s List and Michigan State University (MSU)
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