The Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) announced to its members and to the feed industry on Aug. 4 that kava should not be used as an ingredient in animal feeds. An enforcement strategy event for kava in animal feeds, recommended to begin on Dec. 2, follows a notification period informing manufacturers and distributors of animal feed that many of the ingredients they are

The American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) board of directors recently approved a new position statement regarding the tail docking of horses. The statement was written by the Equine Welfare Committee and reads as follows:

Position on Tail Docking in Horses

Tail docking in horses should only be performed when it is a medical necessity or when it i

The traditional Italian bareback race known as the Palio has claimed another equine life, prompting protests from animal rights activists, according to the Associated Press.

Alghero, a 6-year-old sorrel, was kicked by another horse before the Aug. 16 race. Municipal veterinarians checked the horse over and allowed Alghero to run, however at the first curve he went down with a fracture

The most significant single difference between the tapeworm and most other parasite life cycles is that the tapeworm life cycle involves an intermediate host–the forage (or oribatid) mite. This mite is highly prevalent in equine environments, being found in hay, straw, and grass in densities of up to 20,000/m². It ingests tapeworm eggs that are passed in the horse’s feces and

According to CBC Alberta, three teenagers who shot at four horses in northeastern Alberta will be incarcerated and have to pay hefty fines for the crime.

Three of the horses died from their wounds. The 17-year-old boys had earlier pleaded guilty to “willfully killing or injuring the horses, mischief, and a number of firearms-related charges.” The boys initially faced 67 charges. They

The hindquarters of a 15-year-old gelding in Devon, United Kingdom, were slashed in a suspected knife attack, according to Horse and Hound online (HHO).

“He has been cut twice, probably by a long knife, leaving a gash 6 in. long and 4 in. deep on his right hindquarter plus another minor injury.”

The once-placid gelding has turned into a “jumpy wreck” according to his owner,

The world’s first cloned horse, created by Italian scientists from a single skin cell taken from a mare, has been born, according to a Washington Post article.

The birth of the healthy foal, announced in Thursday’s issue of the journal Nature, brings to nine the number of mammalian species that scientists have cloned from adult cells, along with sheep, mice, rabbits,

The Horse: Your Guide To Equine Health Care, which is celebrating 20 years as the leader in equine health care news and information, and its companion web site TheHorse.com, were recognized June 21, 2003, at the American Horse Publications’ (AHP) Annual Awards Program in Hunt Valley, Md. The Horse earned two first place awards, one second place award, and two third place awards.

The scientists who produced the world’s first clone born to the horse family have announced that the third cloned mule foal was born yesterday (July 27).

The team includes Gordon Woods, DVM, MS, PhD, Dipl. ACT, and Dirk Vanderwall, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACT, both UI professors of animal and veterinary science, and Ken White, PhD, a professor in Utah State’s Animal, Dairy and Veterinary

A reward has been offered for information about those who intentionally injured five American Saddlebreds in Versailles, Ky. USA Equestrian, the national governing body of equestrian sport, is offering the reward.

At least $100,000 has already been pledged to the reward fund. The reward would be given for information leading to the capture and successful prosecution of the

Researchers led by XY Inc., a global biotech company in Fort Collins, Colo., were recently successful in their quest to produce the first sex-selected offspring of the world’s first sex-selected mare and first sex-selected stallion. “First Lady” was born April 20. The filly was produced via artificial insemination (AI) using an extremely low dose of fresh, sexed sperm.

First Lady’s