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AQHA Unveils “Equestrian Public Service Award”

The American Quarter Horse Association’s (AQHA) Executive Committee gave the official green light last week to launch a new award to recognize American Quarter Horses, which are specifically used in the public service sector. The Association has launched the new program based on the special role American Quarter Horses fill for the public’s safety.

The goal of the award will be to

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Agriculture Department Sponsoring Photo Contest

Got an eye for agriculture? If so, you may be interested in a new statewide contest for photographers being sponsored by the Kentucky Department of Agriculture, West Kentucky Corporation and Kentucky Farm Bureau.

The goal of this”P>Got an eye for

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Final Reports from NAHMS Study Released

The USDA’s National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS) has announced the availability of four information sheets based on its Equine ’98 study. These sheets represent the final products of the study.

Equine ’98

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AAEP Task Force To Review Vaccination Guidelines

A special task force formed by the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) will evaluate and recommend changes to the group’s Guidelines for Vaccinating Horses. One of the Task Force’s chief assignments is developing broad guidelines

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Morris Animal Foundation Calls For Pre-Proposals

Morris Animal Foundation announces its call for pre-proposals for the fiscal year 2001. The deadline for application is Nov. 1, 2000, and funding is limited to companion animal and wildlife/special species studies. The Foundation is committed to

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AQHA Accepting Grant Applications

The American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) is accepting applications for its annual research grants. AQHAâs Equine Research Committee was founded in 1960 and is comprised of leading Quarter Horse breeders, veterinarians, and individuals

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Kentucky Public Invited to Attend Farm Policy Conference

Decisions made in Washington D.C. will have a profound effect on the future of Kentucky agriculture. To learn about that impact, the public is being urged to attend a daylong educational conference, 2002 Farm Policy and You.

Decisions made in Was

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Flu-Avert Patented; Bound For Canada

Heska received a patent for its equine intranasal influenza vaccine, Flu Avert I.N., on March 15, 2001. The unique vaccine is administered in one dose using a nasal applicator.

The modified live vaccine was introduced in November of 1999,

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World-Wide Strangles Research

Strangles is probably the most important bacterial disease of the horse, explained John Timoney, MVB, PhD, DSc, MRCVS, of the University of Kentucky’s Gluck Equine Research Center, and one for which a safe and effective vaccine is so very”P>Strangles is probably the most important bacterial disease of the horse, explained John Timoney, MVB, PhD, DSc, MRCVS, of the University of Kentucky’s Gluck Equine Research Center, and one for which a safe and effective vaccine is so v”>Strangles is probably the most important bacterial disease of the horse, explained John Timoney, MVB, PhD, DSc, MRCVS, of the University of Kentucky’s Gluck Equine Research Center, and one for which a safe and effective vaccine is so”Strangles is probably the most important bacterial disease of the horse, explained John Timoney, MVB, PhD, DSc, MRCVS, of the University of Kentucky’s Gluck Equine Research Center, and one for which a safe and effective vaccine is s”Strangles is probably the most important bacterial disease of the horse, explained John Timoney, MVB, PhD, DSc, MRCVS, of the University of Kentucky’s Gluck Equine Research Center, and one for which a safe and effective vaccine is s”trangles is probably the most important bacterial disease of the horse, explained John Timoney, MVB, PhD, DSc, MRCVS, of the University of Kentucky’s Gluck Equi”rangles is probably the most important bacterial disease of the horse, explained John Ti”angles is probably

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AHSA Names New Executive Director

Lori Rawls recently was appointed executive director of the American Horse Shows Association by Alan F. Balch, the organization’s president. Rawls was chosen with the unanimous recommendation of the AHSA Search Com-mittee and Executive Committee

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College Equine Program Adopts Myotherapy

Whether it is a concentration on stud farm management or therapeutic riding, there’s a niche for career-bound horse enthusiasts in universities all over the country. This fall, Teikyo Post University became the first college in New England to

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Sperm Sorting

Sex pre-selection in horses might become a commercial reality. The sperm sorting method initially was developed by USDA scientists about 12 years ago. XY Inc., a Fort Collins, Colo., biotech company, now can sort more than 2,000 male- and

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Proposed Guidelines For Alternative Therapies

The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), which is the organizing group for all veterinarians, in late December 2000 proposed guidelines for complementary and alternative veterinary medicine. The document states: These guidelines are”P>The American Veter

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Honor Your Vet

The American Farriers Journal is accepting nominations for the International Equine Veterinarians Hall of Fame’s class of 2001. The Hall of Fame was established by the American Farriers Journal in 1997 to recognize veterinarians wh

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Model Horse Sales Help Research

Sales of a small scale horse are benefiting large horses everywhere. Beckie Kearns, the 1998 Quarter Horse Congress Queen, chose equine research as her charity after Pressed For Change, the horse for which this Peter Stone Original is made,”P>Sales of a small scale horse are benefiting large horses everywhere. Beck

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