There is good news at the University of Pennsylvania’s New Bolton Center large animal hospital–cultures have shown the Salmonellae infection that closed the hospital was limited in its scope, and work is proceeding quickly to renovate
Edited from Churchill Downs reports
Stonecrest Farm’s Perfect Drift, winner of the 2003 Stephen Foster Handicap (gr. I) and third to Colonial Colony in this year’s renewal, is recovering from throat surgery to correct an
Edited release from The Jockey Club
The Belmont Celebration, hosted by the New York Racing Association and The Jockey Club on June 4 at Belmont Park, raised more than $235,000 for the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation.
The necks of more than 20 horses were mysteriously slashed near their jugular veins at Tanque Verde Guest Ranch in Tucson, Ariz., beginning in July, 2003. The attacks launched an investigation, and concern about area horses’ safety erupted.
The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) announced 2004’s first positive case of West Nile virus (WNV) in a horse on May 28. The six-year-old Thoroughbred mare lived on a farm in Culpeper County that had a positive
Thoroughbred Charities of America (TCA) approved grants of $1,014,400 for the 2004 fiscal year at an annual board of directors meeting on May 22. The grants have been awarded to 85 equine charities that work with improving the lives of
On June 8, the Queensland, Australia, Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (DPI&F) reported that equine infectious anemia (EIA) was confirmed on a central coast property. While the disease is detected frequently along western
One farm in Stanton, Ky., on the Red River lost 15 babies, five broodmares, and a stallion to flooding on Sunday, May 30. Heavy rains that day rapidly forced waters higher in the already swollen river, and within three hours the river had covere
Glycogen branching enzyme deficiency in Quarter Horses might cause unexplained stillbirths/deaths of foals.
Dr. Warwick A. Arden, professor and head of the Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine at the University of Illinois’ College of Veterinary Medicine, has been named the new dean of North Carolina State University’s College of Veterinary
On June 4, 2004, the National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) in Ames, IA, confirmed the finding of vesicular stomatitis (VS) in horses at one premises in New Mexico.
VS is a viral disease that primarily affects horses, cattle,
Veterinarians in the United States have a new tool to use in their diagnosis and treatment of colic, which gives them an early, 30-minute window in which to decide whether or not the colic might require more intensive medical therapy or surgery.
Rutgers Cooperative Extension and the Rutgers Equine Science Center have published the eagerly awaited Agricultural Management Practices for Commercial Equine Operations.
Considered to be the first comprehensive set of guidelines in th”P>Rutgers Cooperative Extension and the Rutgers Equine Science Center have published the eagerly awaited Agricultural Management Practices f”>Rutgers Cooperative Extension and
The FDA recently approved a new non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) that can be applied to the skin over a horse’s joint to relieve pain of osteoarthritis. The approval represents the first topical equine pharmaceutical formulation
My 19-year-old horse is 95% blind, and when he’s not eating or sleeping he walks in circles. What can I do to stop or minimize this behavior?
When I ride my 24-year-old Arabian mare Western, she tends to want to pick up the pace and wants to look around. How can I get her to slow down and stay focused? She gets stiff and starts to limp on her left hind leg when I am riding her. Another thing she does is pee constantly when I am riding her, but it isn’t pee that comes out, it’s blood. Can you tell me why she does this and if there i
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