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The American Horse Council’s Legislative Director Ben Pendergrass participated in the April 16 White House Conference on America’s Great Outdoors held at the U.S. Department of the Interior.

The conference focused on the challenges, opportunities, and innovations surrounding modern-day land conservation and the importance of reconnecting Americans and American families to the outdoors. Conse

More than 530 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “Was West Nile virus a threat in your area last year? If so, where do you live?”

The city of Hardin, Mont., will not be a site for horse processing plant development, thanks to an ordinance that forbids the location of high-volume slaughter operations within the city limits. The Hardin City Council passed the ordinance last month. It went into effect April 16.

The ordinance amends the city’s zoning code to prohibit the development of any slaughter facility

Researchers trying to find alternatives to control strongyles, which are developing resistance to current dewormers, are looking at a fungus to control strongyles environmentally.

“Due to the emergence of anthelminthic resistance of the worms in horses, current treatments have not been fully effective,” said Juliana Milani Araujo, MSc, of Universidad Federal de Vicosa in

The cloned foal of 10-goaler Mariano Aguerre’s famed gelding, Califa, was born April 22, making him the first cloned polo pony in the world. The bay colt is an intact stallion genetically identical to Califa.

Aguerre has not settled on a name for the colt yet, but already has big plans for him. The colt will be able pass along Califa’s genetics as a stallion, an opportunit

When a yearling is separated for a few days from other horses for practical reasons, it’s a great opportunity to get in some good quality training with that youngster, according to a new study by French equine behavior researchers.

Yearling colts and fillies housed in individual stalls over a period of 11 days were easier to train to walk and back up on command than their coun

The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) urges all horse owners to ask their veterinarians for West Nile Virus (WNV) and Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) vaccination recommendations for their animals. An increased number of EEE cases occurred in Virginia in 2009, but the number of equine WNV cases dropped in comparison to the last couple of years. State officials are c

Children with autism between 7 and 12 showed improved cognition, communication, and motivation after participating in specific equine-assisted activities (EAA), according to a recently completed study. The research shows that riding, grooming, and interacting with horses had a noticeable, positive effect on study participants.

Margaret M. Bass, PhD, and Maria Llabre, PhD, focused on the impa

Owner John Greathouse and trainer Todd Pletcher confirmed Monday morning that star filly Devil May Care will be entered only in Saturday’s Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands and not cross-entered in Friday’s Kentucky Oaks.

Devil May Care will be ridden by regular rider John Velazquez. Velazquez was originally slated to ride Eskendereya, but the colt was withdrawn from

ReRun, a nonprofit Thoroughbred adoption program, is currently holding its spring auction of Moneigh paintings on eBay. The 30 paintings are created by famous equine artists such as Zenyatta, Life is Sweet, Cigar, Funny Cide, Evening Attire, Da Hoss, and others using their muzzles, whiskers, hoofs, and tails. Funny Cide and Cigar actually paint by holding a paintbrush in their mouths.

Each

Do you have questions about how best to deworm your horses? You’re not the only one! Join us for the extended Ask the Vet LIVE Q&A chat event on Parasite Basics and Deworming Tuesday April 27, from 2-3 p.m. EST.

The 2010 Kentucky International Equine Summit has entered a partnership with HorseTV to provide a live video feed of the summit over the Internet. The biennial event is slated this year for April 26-27 at the Downtown Hilton in Lexington, Ky.

The University of Louisville Equine Industry Program sponsors the summit in cooperation with the University of Kentucky Equine Initiative. The summit w

Bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMDMSCs) can be genetically modified in culture and subsequently used in live horses to enhance healing of bone defects, according to Colorado State University (CSU) researchers.

“BMDMSCs are ‘flexible’ cells that have the capacity to become one of a variety of connective tissue cell types, including bone cells (osteoblasts)