In a lawsuit that is believed to be unprecedented, the owner of a horse disqualified for a drug positive is suing his trainer for the redistributed purse money.
Los Angeles-based attorney Alan Klein, whose Ellenay Racing owned Dyna Da
On Aug. 16, the South Dakota state veterinary office confirmed the state’s second case of anthrax this year. As a result of the outbreak, three beef cows that were part of a herd of 51 unvaccinated cows died in Lincoln County. An earlier outbrea
The Kentucky State Veterinarian?s office today (Aug. 18) placed an embargo on Natrona County in Wyoming due to the detection of vesicular stomatitis (VS). A release this afternoon stated:
“With the notification that vesicular stomatitis
Yesterday (Aug. 17), the Wyoming State Veterinary Laboratory posted a USDA release on its web site announcing the first confirmed U.S. case of vesicular stomatitis in 2006. The case, a 10-year-old horse, is located near Casper in Natrona County.
Olympic medalists David O’Connor and Lisa Wilcox are set to contribute their equestrian expertise to The HorseTV Channel’s coverage of the ultimate equestrian competition–the World Equestrian Games 2006 in Aachen, Germany. O’Connor and Wilcox
Dean Richardson, DVM, Dipl. ACVS, the head of surgery at the George D. Widener Hospital for Large Animals at the University of Pennsylvania’s New Bolton Center, has been in the public eye since May 20 when he began treating Kentucky Derby winner
Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro continues to do well, and is being hand-grazed for 20-30 minutes a day. “His blood work is completely normal and his vital signs are good,” said Dean Richardson, DVM, Dipl. ACVS, Chief of Surgery. “I can’t complain.
Woodbine Entertainment Group has targeted Aug. 30 for its first race to take place on the Toronto track’s new state-of-the-art Polytrack surface.
“We expect to complete the installation of the Polytrack on top of the macadam (final
West Nile virus (WNV) has been confirmed in horses in five Montana counties, state Livestock Department officials said Wednesday (Aug. 16).
Horses in Cascade, Glacier, Phillips and Yellowstone counties and a second horse in Flathead
Press release from Land O’Lakes Purina Feed LLC:
The Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine has advised Land O’Lakes Purina Feed LLC that it has completed its investigation of the Brazos County, Texas, horse mortality
The Institute for Justice Minnesota Chapter has announced in a press release that it is challenging the state’s veterinary licensing process on behalf of a lay (non-veterinarian) equine dentist who is referred to as a “teeth floater.” Chris
Doctors at the University of California-Davis veterinary school will run extensive tests on Lost in the Fog Friday in order to determine whether they will perform surgery to remove what is believed to be a cancerous mass from his spleen. If the
The Wyoming State Veterinary Lab has verified that the country’s first case of vesicular stomatitis (VS) for 2006 has been confirmed in a Natrona County horse. The following was released by USDA’s Animal Plant and Health Inspection
In a conference call held today in cooperation with the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), five members of the U.S. 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) team answered a wide range of general media questions. On the phone from Germany were
The world’s oldest known Przewalski horse, a mare called Cilka whose ancestors lived in the grasslands of central Asia, has died in the Prague zoo in the Czech Republic.
Cilka was euthanatized Saturday, zoo spokesman Vit Kahle said. The
Doctors at the University of California-Davis veterinary school, through a stomach sonogram, have found a mass in Lost in the Fog’s spleen that they suspect is a lymphoma, according to Greg Gilchrist, who trains last year’s Eclipse Award-winning
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