Carbohydrates: Sugars and Starches
Les Sellnow
January 1, 2007
Low-carb has found its way into equine diets, with owners demanding feed products with low carb levels.
Low-carb has found its way into equine diets, with owners demanding feed products with low carb levels.
In the early days of the large animal veterinarian, all medical supplies had to either fit into the back of a small car or a satchel. A bucket of cold water, a rough piece of burlap, and a hard bar of soap were the only things available for washing
From New Jersey dog fights to California rat hoarders, Paul Miller has investigated more animal cruelty than many could stomach.
In a coast-to-coast career spanning nearly 30 years, he has gone undercover, written up charges and
Gordon Woods, DVM, MS, PhD, Dipl. ACT, the University of Idaho veterinary scientist who helped create the world’s first cloned mules, has left the school to take a job at Colorado State University.
In 2003, Woods, veterinary scientist Dirk
Montana State Veterinarian Tom Linfield, DVM, has resigned his position to take a job with the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Wyoming.
His last day was Friday.
The 50-year-old Linfield ran the animal health division of
(From Maryland Jockey Club)
Hall of Fame trainer Grover G. “Bud” Delp, conditioner of the three-time champion Spectacular Bid, died Friday night at his Ellicott City home due to cancer. He was 74.
There will be no memorial
The Louisiana Equine Council Annual Meeting will be held on January 13, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. and will take place at the Riverfront Convention Center in Alexandria.
In addition to the Council’s Annual Meeting, the Louisiana Cattlemen’s
The following is a public notice from the Fairfield Equine Associates Web site, www.fairfieldequine.com. Fairfield Equine Associates is an equine medical facility in Newtown,
Veterinarians believe they have controlled an outbreak of a highly contagious equine virus responsible for the deaths of six horses.
The latest horse to get seriously ill was euthanatized Friday and two more are being monitored for signs
While full-sized horses account for the vast majority of equids in the United States, donkeys, mules, ponies, and Miniature Horses also factor into the overall equine population. A government study has revealed that the distribution and
Golden Gate Fields, Bay Meadows and Pleasanton were placed under quarantine Dec. 29 after a horse from Golden Gate was diagnosed as positive for the neurogenic strain of equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1).
The California Horse Racing Board
Bay Meadows Race Course, long rumored to be facing demolition in favor of redevelopment plans approved by the city of San Mateo, might seek an exemption from a California Horse Racing Board mandate to replace its existing dirt track with an
A pregnant horse was killed in Monroe County, N.Y., Thursday (Dec. 28) after being hit by a car.
Police say 17-year-old Ashley Cocuzzi was driving just after midnight when her car struck the mare, which had run into the roadway.
California trainer Allen E. Rogers was suspended by Bay Meadows stewards after a horse in his care tested in excess of the specified level for the 2-(1-hydroxyethyl) promazine, a Class 3 violation.
Swen finished third in the third race a
Firefighters rescued a 2-year-old mare yesterday (Dec. 29) from a hole in her pasture in Salem, Ore., said KOIN News 6 in an online report (
The Palm Beach Equine Clinic (PBEC), a veterinary practice in Wellington, Fla., has been dealing with the recent equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1) outbreak. Two positive horses were admitted to the clinic before their condition was known, but
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