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Articular Cartilage Maturation in Foals
During a three-year study on articular (joint) cartilage maturation, researchers at the Gluck Equine Research Center used new genetic techniques to investigate how joint cartilage changes between newborn foals and young adult horses.
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Hay There! Horses Need Your Help!
It’s haying time across the country, and it’s been a fine, wet spring in many areas. This is in contrast to the two years of
Rachel Alexandra to Race for a Cure
Rachel Alexandra, who last month became the first filly in 85 years to win the Preakness, will “race for a cure” for the remainder of her 2009 campaign. A $20,000 donation to a breast cancer nonprofit, the Susan G. Komen Race for a Cure, from th
Arraignment Set in Mustang Cruelty Case
The operator of a Nebraska training ranch and sanctuary for Bureau of Land Management mustangs and burros has waived his right to preliminary hearing and will be arraigned on more than 100 animal cruelty counts in Morrill County District Court o
AAEP Member Honored for Therapeutic Riding Horse Care
For the past 10 years, Richard Markell, DVM, has traveled every Wednesday afternoon to the J.F. Shea Therapeutic Riding Center in Orange County, Calif., about 75 miles from his own practice in Encinitas, Calif.
An AAEP member who has cared
MDA Statement on Missing Piroplasmosis Horses
The following is a statement released by the Missouri Department of Agriculture June 18:
The Missouri Department of Agriculture has announced that two quarantined horses that tested positive for equine piroplasmosis are missing from
Poll: Majority of TheHorse.com Readers Vaccinate Against WNV
More than 1,270 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “Do you vaccinate for West Nile virus annually?”
