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Traumatic Injury to the Equine Central Nervous System, ACVIM 2009
Whether it’s a yearling that flipped and landed on his poll or an older horse that tumbled after simply taking a bad step, traumatic injury to the central nervous system is the most common cause of neurologic problems in horses. Yvette S. Nout, DVM, MS, PhD, Dipl. ACVECC, ACVIM, a researcher at the University of California, San Francisco, reviewed the pathophysiology and
AQHA Named Official Reining Breed Sponsor for 2010 Alltech WEG
The World Games 2010 Foundation, Inc. today announced the American Quarter Horse Association as the Official Reining Breed Sponsor. Reining will be one of eight world championships contested at the Games, which will be held at Lexington’s Kentucky Horse Park on September 25-October 10, 2010.
As the Official Reining Breed Sponsor, AQHA will assist with the promotion and coverage of Reining
USA Rider Wins Individual Gold at WEG Test Event
Team USA rider Tom McCutcheon of Aubrey, Texas, won the individual final in Kentucky Cup Reining, the first test event for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games.
Held in the Kentucky Horse Park’s new indoor arena, Kentucky Cup Reining, a CRIO4* competition officially sanctioned by the International Equestrian Federation (FEI), featured 12 riders, four each from Canada, Mexico, and the
Readers Take on the Battle of the Flies
More than 1,100 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “How do you deal with flies at your barn?”
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Horse owners have several options to provide water for their animals; one of them is to take advantage of a natural spring on your property. There was some concern in Philadelphia earlier this week when the Emmanuel Frmiet statue of Joan of Arc was unceremoniously loaded on a flatbed and This is the last week to sign up before our next Webinar, “West Nile Virus: Reality Check!”, on Thursday, June 30, at 8 p.m. ET. Four horses stabled in Allegheny County, Pa., have been euthanized after developing neurologic signs consistent with equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1), according to a statement circulated by the Animal Health Emergency Management and Information Network on behalf of the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services. Three of the euthanized horses James H. Steele founded the veterinary division of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 1947. The 96-year-old veterinarian is called “The Father of Veterinary Public Health” by his colleagues. Nearly 125 people turned out on a steamy summer day, June 27, for the University of Kentucky’s first all-equine field day. Lameness, weight loss, colic, and equine Cushing’s syndrome are the four top reasons for euthanizing an older horse, said Catherine McGowan, BVSc, PhD, RCVS, European specialist in equine internal medicine, who presented research by Thomas McGowan, BSc, DVM, PhD, at the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Forum, held June 3-6 in Montréal, Quebec. To date there have been no Horse owners can learn more about weed control in horse pastures from a new fact sheet published by University of Minnesota horse extension specialists. The new publication, Plants Commonly Found in Established Minnesota Horse Pastures, is packed with informatio Experienced agricultural producers in the southern Great Plains know that low wind speeds, high humidity, moist hay, and hot temperatures can be a recipe for disaster. Under such a set of circumstances, tightly stacked hay bales have been known to combust. Without proper preventative measures, hay barns or any other structures close to the blazing bales potentially might be lost. As a follow-up, Monday will bring “Ten Questions for Piaff’s Vet,” a Q&A with Dr. Stephen Reed, the lead veterinarian on the case of the Texas’ worst drought in 50 years has burnt up pasture and raised the price of hay, leaving horse rescues to cope with an increase in abandonment and neglect cases as owners struggle to feed their horses. “The cost of hay is going up, if you can even find it,” said Jennifer Williams, PhD, president and executive director of Texas’ Bluebonnet Equine Humane Society. Williams said the
The UK’s National Equine Welfare Council (NEWC) has produced two new brochures on responsible horse management in response to the high number of requests for help that their members are receiving from horse owners struggling financially. The new publications cover “Responsible Readers’ Most PopularWeekly PollPartners in Equine Health
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