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Horse Tip Daily 416 – Silva Martin on Goals
International dressage rider Silva Martin joins the Dressage Radio Show and shares a tip on goals and listening to your horse. Listen in… Horse Tip
Western Radio Show Episode 45 – Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo
Dick Hudgens, Lifetime Vice President of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, talks about this amazing event. From staff to volunteers to patrons and contestants
Horse Tip Daily 415 Ð Custom Items and a Handy Tool
We welcome a new Sponsor, The Horse Depot, and learn about custom products and a cool tool for designing custom blankets and sheets. Listen in…
Horse Tip Daily 414 – Linda Hauck on Selling Horses
Linda is an accomplished eventer, race trainer, horsewoman and creator of the Spursuader. Today she speaks with us about selling horses. Listen in… Horse Tip
Where the Rubber Meets the Road
Without a horse in my care at the moment, moments of direct application of what I’ve learned at work–aha moments–probably don’t hit as often as
2011 NTRA Safety and Integrity Alliance Standards Approved
The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) board of directors has approved the organization’s Safety and Integrity Alliance 2011 Code of Standards. The compliance standards will serve as the basis for future racetrack Alliance accreditation,
Roby, Kentucky Horse Park Hall of Champions Manager, Dies at 62
Cathy Roby, who oversaw the care of such retired horses as John Henry, Forego, Bold Forbes, Cigar, Alysheba, Kona Gold, and Da Hoss at the Hall of Champions at the Kentucky Horse Park, died March 16 in Lexington, Ky., after suffering a stroke on
New Information on Japan’s Equine Industry Surfaces
Now a week after a devastating earthquake and tsunami struck Japan, new information is slowly surfacing about the equine population in the areas heavily damaged by the natural disasters. “Currently, we still have intermittent earthquakes elsewhere in
Oregon Authorities Probe Wild Horse Shootings
Law enforcement authorities in Oregon are seeking whoever is responsible for the shooting deaths of three wild horses, including a pregnant mare, at the Ochoco National Forest near Prineville. The animals were among a herd of about 60 wild horses in
Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation Leadership Defends Organization
Leadership of the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation (TRF) on March 18 defended the organization from allegations of neglect among some horses under the care of the equine retirement program and said it was continuing to work to fulfill its mission.
Kester News Hour: Top Equine Veterinary News of 2010
What would be your pick for the most groundbreaking news in equine veterinary medicine for 2010? Not sure? Find out what three top equine veterinarians deemed the most important news in equine reproduction, lameness, surgery, and medicine in 2010.
Keynote: Unwanted Horses
Equine welfare and the growing population of horses needing homes are becoming major challenges veterinarians face on a daily basis, according to the keynote speech “Horse Welfare Wars: When Emotion and Fact Collide” at the 2010 AAEP convention.
Equine Welfare
One of the AAEP’s ongoing goals is to address the welfare issues that many horses and their owners face. At the 2010 American Association of Equine Practitioners convention, Midge Leitch, VMD, of Londonderry Equine Clinic in Pennsylvania and immediate past chair of the AAEP Welfare Committee, described three key steps the AAEP has taken—and continues to take—to improve equine welfare in the U.S.
Lameness: Soft Tissue
Soft tissue lameness topics from the 2010 American Association of Equine Practitioners convention included early mobilization for soft tissue injury, hyaluronic acid-based biomaterial for wounds, back pain, lameness from pigeon fever abscesses, chiropractic care, and enostosislike lesions within long bones.
Lameness: Joints
During the 2010 American Association of Equine Practitioners convention, veterinarians discussed the use of stem cells for arthritis in horses, irap vs. irapII, joint health supplements, TMJ disease, non-surgical pastern joint fusion, stifle abnormalities in cutting horses, and embryonic stem cells for tendon repair.
Gastrointestinal Tract
Topic regarding the horse’s gastrointestinal (GI) tract at the 2010 American Association of Equine Practitioners convention included colic surgery closure (sutures vs. staples), resistant ascarids and deworming, heart disease blood tests, colic prognosis indicators, abdominal abscesses, fecal egg counts and individualized deworming, antimicrobial-associated diarrhea, enteropathy, and dehydration.
