Thoroughbred stallion Danzig, who topped the general sires list from 1991-93, was euthanatized Jan. 3 at the Hancock family’s Claiborne Farm near Paris, Ky., because of the infirmities of old age.
The 29-year-old son of Northern Dancer
A suspected case of equine herpesvirus has caused officials at Pimlico Race Course to isolate five horses in the detention barn and put a hold order on Barn 5 at the Baltimore, Md. track as a precautionary measure. The Maryland Department of
A 2-year-old Spotted Saddle Horse filly near Fayetteville, N.C., has recovered completely from an attack last August in which her tail was set on fire and later had to be amputated. According to the horse’s owner and veterinarian, a drainage
The Western Kentucky Training Center south of Henderson, Ky., was placed under quarantine by last night (Jan. 5) following tests that showed two horses in the center’s one barn were positive for equine herpesvirus, according to Rusty Ford of the
Investigators are searching for information pertaining to the shooting death of a pregnant wild horse found Dec. 27, 2005, on the Outer Banks of Currituck County, N.C. A local resident found the 2-year-old mare, who was six to seven months
The Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech has launched an Internet-based stallion service auction to benefit equine reproductive research at the college at
Management of a Monticello, N.Y., harness track revealed on Tuesday (Jan. 3) that its horseman’s association has filed a lawsuit to immediately terminate drug testing for illegal “milkshaking,” the use of sodium bicarbonate solutions to enhance
A mare was extracted on Dec. 27 from a Black Country canal in Central England after spending up to 10 hours overnight in the icy water. The incident was described by the Express & Star, a British evening newspaper (
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Results received yesterday (Jan. 4) showed that three additional horses were positive for equine herpesvirus and two were “suspect” for the virus at barns quarantined at Turfway Park in northern Kentucky, according to Rusty Ford of the Kentucky As a follow-up to a rule revision last August that added provisions for field inspections, The Jockey Club, during the last week of December, sent two teams of representatives to several farms in six states to examine Thoroughbred broodmare An outrider’s horse at Turfway Park that had run a fever last week and tested positive on Dec. 29, 2005, for herpesvirus developed neurologic signs on Jan. 1, declined rapidly, and was euthanatized, according to Rusty Ford of the Kentucky State Texas A&M University will create a Center for Equine Business Studies to provide equine industry statistics and data to the government and public to help the horse industry make better decisions and build business. The university has retained Latigo Associates to assist in development of the center. “Latigo Associates is honored to have been selected by the University to assist i Starting in 1996, James N. Moore, DVM, PhD, a veterinary educator at the University of Georgia (UGA), began to work with Thel Melton, a computer graphics artist in the college, to develop a faster way for students to envision what is happening I would like to put my mare back on cimetidine to control her melanomas. Will cimetidine cross the placenta? Does using frozen-thawed semen instead of cooled semen reduce the chances of our mare getting pregnant? Stay on top of the most recent Horse Health news with FREE weekly newsletters from TheHorse.comSponsored ContentWeekly PollReaders’ Most Popular |
