The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MPH) announced Aug. 10 that Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus and West Nile virus (WNV) have been detected in mosquitoes in Bristol, Norfolk, and Suffolk counties.
According to the MP
With rainfall shortages in Maryland wreaking havoc on pastures and hay fields, Maryland livestock producers and horse owners are already exhausting hay supplies that would normally feed their animals through the winter.
The Maryland
Researchers identified higher serum antibody levels against the equine tapeworm, Anoplocephala perfoliata, in horses with colic compared to horses without colic in a study conducted by Maarten Boswinkel DVM, Specialist KNMvD Equine
Foot and mouth disease (FMD) is so highly contagious–and such a threat to farm economies–that the United States won’t allow researchers to work with the virus on the mainland. But in Britain, a lab making Foot and Mouth vaccines was located
Officials with The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), a sponsor of the 32nd Annual Hampton Classic Horse Show, will present the ASPCA Maclay National Championship trophy on Friday, August 31. R. Scot Evans, equine
Five bucks buys a ticket to Bill Rivers’ Saturday night rodeo and the chance to see three mules jump off a 24-foot-high platform into a six-foot-deep pool of water.
Rivers says the crowd goes wild for his “High Diving Aqua Mules” act. But
At the 2006 American Association of Equine Practitioners Convention, Dr. Sharon Spier spoke about HYPP.
The World Games 2010 Foundation, Inc. has announced Lloyd Landkamer, of Hamel, Minn., will be the Para-Equestrian Discipline Manager for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games.
Landkamer becomes one of nine managers
Footpaths and bridleways in the area surrounding a farm where cattle infected with foot and mouth disease were located will be closed, the British Horse Society (BHS) announced earlier today.
In the past week, veterinary authorities
Gato Del Sol, who won the 1982 Kentucky Derby as a homebred for Arthur B. Hancock III and Leone J. Peters, was euthanatized Aug. 7 at Hancock’s Stone Farm near Paris, Ky. The 28-year-old pensioned stallion was foaled and raised at Stone.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has proposed to amend its regulations so that horses to be used for noncompetitive entertainment from countries affected with
The yearlong countdown to the 2008 Olympic Games was officially kicked off in host city Beijing with a ceremony at Tiananmen Square. More than 10,000 people attended the event, according to a statement released on the Games’ official <
Karen O’Connor, two-time Olympic medalist will appear on the Today Show in New York City on August 8.
Riding the amazing pony, Theodore O’Connor, the three-day event rider recently bested a field of talented horses and riders to lead the U.S.
The British Horse Society (BHS) has warned horse owners to be wary when responding to advertisements seeking companion horses, following an increase in the number of reports of such animals being sold to new homes after placement.
The
A driver and two horses died Monday when a dump truck veered off a road and into a barnyard, the Oregon State Police said.
Gene Hilby, 59, of Otis, Ore., was driving a dump truck loaded with dirt east on Highway 101. According to a witness,
A federal appeals court ruled Aug. 7 that a filly can’t be named “Sally Hemings” after Thomas Jefferson’s most famous slave and reputed lover.
The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, Ohio, ruled that The Jockey Club can legally
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