As the 2007 foaling season approaches, the health of newborn foals is at the forefront of everyone’s mind. One common reason for the birth of an unhealthy newborn is placentitis.
Veterinarians and human medical doctors from private
A federal appeals court in Houston has ruled that horse slaughter is illegal in Texas, home to two of the nation’s three processing plants.
The decision, issued on Jan. 19th by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans,
Three horses are dead after a truck hauling liquified petroleum gas collided with them in the predawn darkness near Grand Junction, Colo.
It happened just after 6 p.m. Thursday morning, Jan. 18th, along westbound Interstate
The use of clenbuterol and the potential elimination of anabolic steroids were the primary subjects of two meetings Thursday at Santa Anita. California Horse Racing Board Chairman Richard Shapiro, executive director Ingrid Fermin, and equine
More horses at the University of Connecticut have come down with equine herpesvirus, which forced the school to quarantine the 72-horse herd two weeks ago, UConn officials said Thursday (Jan. 18).
Currently 21 horses are showing signs of th
State and federal officials are looking into allegations that wild horses taken from public range are being mistreated on a private Albany County, Wyo., ranch.
Marty Griffith, Bureau of Land Management deputy director in Wyoming, said
Kentucky Equine Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Center (KESMARC) and Main Street Management Services, Inc. (Main Street) have announced the formation of a joint venture to build a world class equine sports medicine facility in Ocala
Officials from Keeneland Association Inc. and Fasig-Tipton Company, Inc., today jointly announced their support for development of a policy regarding the testing for, and inappropriate use of, anabolic steroids in horses sold at public
Simple good horsemanship and reasonable hygiene are the keys to preventing an outbreak of equine herpesvirus (EHV), according to Rick Mitchell, DVM, a veterinarian with Fairfield Equine Associates in Newtown, Conn.
Mitchell made the
A veterinarian will be in court next week to face accusations he injected horses with vodka to calm their nerves before races at Fonner Park in Grand Island.
Jay Stewart faces four misdemeanor counts of attempting to influence a race by
Quality hay is getting harder to find and more expensive. And growers say the conditions that led to this winter’s shortage are not going away.
Hay growers in the Rogue Valley (southern Oregon) said a federal decision to give Arizona and
CHC would like to report that Stewart Beckett, DVM, chairman of the board for The Connecticut Horse Council, Inc., attended a meeting convened by the Connecticut Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA) Equine Committee which took place on Monday
A week after a setback in his recovery from a broken pastern bone and bout of laminitis, Barbaro continues to gradually improve, according to the latest report from the University of Pennsylvania’s New Bolton Center.
?Barbaro?s comfort
Organizers of the equestrian events for the 2008 Summer Olympics will select their first batch of volunteers next week from more than 7,000 hopefuls.
Some 100 leader-volunteers will initially be chosen for the Hong Kong-based events, wit
The American Horse Council announced that Alex Waldrop, president and chief executive officer of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), has been elected to the AHC board of trustees.
?It is great to have an AHC trustee with
The Donkey Sanctuary, a rescue organization based in Devon, U.K., will be welcoming their 12,000th donkey today (Jan. 18), the BBC reported.
“It is sad
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