Innovative equine surgeon Gregory Beroza, DVM, Dipl. ACVS, Dipl. ABVP, will be the featured lecturer at the Cornell Veterinary College symposium scheduled for Feb. 22 on the college’s
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From the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
In 1998, the FDA approved a
The popular Purina Mills-sponsored Equine Education Series are back this year loaded with training tidbits, nutritional know-how, and incredible deals. Purina Mills Gold Program dealers across the country will be hosting the annual seminars from
Colorado State University biosecurity experts will discuss biological threats, how those threats have changed since Sept. 11, and how Colorado is protected at 7 p.m. Jan. 22 in Room A101 Clark Building on the university’s campus in Fort
For young people interested in the Thoroughbred racing industry, there have traditionally been two career options–apprenticeship in a racing stable or at a breeding and training farm. Morrisville College in upstate New York has added another
The James L. Voss Veterinary Teaching Hospital at Colorado State University is now among the first veterinary teaching hospitals in the country to offer acupuncture and chiropractic services to equine clients.
Gayle W. Trotter, DVM, MS,
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine want to determine the efficacy and safety of extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT), and are seeking horses to participate in a study using the therapy.
From the American Association of Equine Practitioners
Note: The Summit report follows in its entirety. Jim Gallagher and Dr. Wayne McIlwraith are serving as the spokespersons for this effort. Mr. Gallagher can be reached at
From Equine Disease Quarterly, Funded by Underwriters at Lloyd’s, London, Brokers, and Their Kentucky Agents,
An understanding of the horses’ digestive tract, where feedstuffs are digested and how that impacts the end products of digestion, is necessary to help the horse meet these challenges. The digestive tract of the horse is divided into two sections
Plans to review, modernize and simplify outdated laws on animal welfare were unveiled Jan. 2 by the United Kingdom’s Animal Welfare Minister Elliot Morley.
Animal welfare groups, local authority representatives, courts, police and
From Equine Disease Quarterly, Funded by Underwriters at Lloyd’s, London, Brokers, and Their Kentucky Agents, https://www.uky.edu/Agriculture/VetScience/q_jan02/q-jan02.htm.
Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis (EPM) is an infectious, degenerative protozoal disease of the central nervous system
Morris Animal Foundation recently announced the induction of University of Wisconsin-Madison veterinarian Benjamin Darien, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM, into its Veterinary Honor Roll. Darien was nominated for the Honor Roll by Dan, Dayle and
Corolla, N.C., residents have pulled together to help find the killer of four wild horses that were shot to death in Nov., 2001. A $10,000 bounty has been posted for information that leads to a felony conviction of the killer, according to an Associated Press report.
Authorities believe that the killer used a high-powered rifle to shoot a stallion, three mares, and one resident’s mule
Fort Dodge Animal Health has taken a proactive approach to keeping horse owners informed on the spread and dangers of West Nile virus (WNV) by launching an information-packed web site and developing educational literature.
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