Latest News – The Horse

Scott E. Palmer, VMD, and Foster Northrop, DVM, were selected as the recipients of the American Association of Equine Practitioners’ (AAEP) 2010 President’s Award for their leadership in developing guidelines to promote racehorse safety.

Seven horses were castrated at the Tacoma Equine Hospital’s low-cost castration clinic held on Dec. 31, 2010. With funding from the Unwanted Horse Coalition’s Operation Gelding, the clinic provided financially strapped owners an opportunity to change their horses’ lives for the better.

The Louisiana State University (LSU) School of Veterinary Medicine’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital recently acquired a high-tech patient monitoring system to assure that anesthetized patients wake up healthy from surgery or an MRI procedure.

Radiographs of a horse’s limb joints are an important part of the pre-purchase examination for any performance prospect; the goal is to find any problems that might cause lameness down the road. However, it appears that in cutting horses at least, certain lesions seen on radiographs of the stifle joint just don’t hurt a horse’s performance as much as many have thought. Myra Barrett, DVM, MS, Dipl.

The University of Wisconsin (UW) School of Veterinary Medicine Continuing Education program will be hosting its 22nd annual seminar on Feb. 19. This year’s topic is “First Aid for Horses–When to Call the Vet and What to do Before Help Arrives.” The morning session will be held in the Ebling Symposium Auditorium, located within the Microbial Science building, 1550 Linden Dr., Madison, Wisc. The

Neuroaxonal dystrophy, or NAD, is a neurologic disease that can affect horses as well as humans, sheep, cats, and dogs. The condition is not yet fully understood, although researchers believe there might be a genetic component.

Lights, Camera, Action! The American Saddlebred Museum at the Kentucky Horse Park, located in Lexington, Ky., is readying its 2011 exhibit which will feature both Saddlebreds and Saddlebred owners that have played important roles in the movies, on television and throughout history.

Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital, located in Lexington, Ky., will host an equine dentistry clinic from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jan. 29 in the Rood & Riddle Podiatry building. Horse owners are invited to schedule an appointment for their horse or horses to have an oral exam by Brad Tanner, DVM, at no charge. After the examination, any recommended procedures will be explained and discussed with

A Colorado man was sentenced on Jan. 12 to serve more than 10 years in prison in connection with a barn fire that killed 12 horses and several other animals on May 9, 2010. The horses, a goat, and several chickens and roosters were residing in a corral on private property in Commerce City, Colo., when the fire broke out. A subsequent investigation revealed that the blaze had been

A wild animal was not responsible for killing a Wisconsin horse, according to necropsy results on the horse, which were released last week.

As Blame and Zenyatta fans hold their collective breath in anticipation of the highly debated Horse of the Year announcement at the Jan. 17 Eclipse Awards ceremony, the mare’s owner Jerry Moss and the colt’s trainer Al Stall gave their final thoughts on the matter during a National Thoroughbred Racing Association teleconference Jan. 13.