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Herpesvirus: One Horse Dead, Several Delaware Stables Quarantined
Six stables in Delaware are under official quarantine after a horse that displayed neurologic signs was confirmed positive for equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1).
The affected horse was euthanatized Jan. 17. While polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
More Rain, More Cancellations at Santa Anita
After getting a break in the weather enabling the Sunshine Millions program to go forward Jan. 26, Santa Anita announced it has canceled its live racing programs for the next two days after more rain hit the track
Barbaro Legacy Strong a Year Later
The white wooden fence once tacked with homemade signs expressing prayers and appeals to “Grow, Hoof, Grow” are bare. Only students pass through the lobby that overflowed with floral arrangements, get-well cards, and baskets stuffed with carrots an
Horse Euthanatized After Fair Grounds Fall
A jockey was thrown from his horse and injured in the 10th race Saturday at the Fair Grounds. The horse was euthanatized because of an injury to its right front leg, according to a news release from the race track.
It said John Jacinto, 31,
South Dakota Legislators to Consider Horse Slaughter Plant Incentive
A bill that would make a state-funded loan of up to $1 million available to construct a horse slaughtering facility in South Dakota is scheduled for a hearing in the state’s Senate Agriculture Committee on Tuesday (Jan. 29).
The bill, known as
Calming Mother Nature
Q: I have a 7-year-old Quarter Horse mare that is quite “the mare.” When she is around the geldings (even if they are in different pastures) and in season, she will put her butt up to the fence and wink (the vulvar lips), etc. She
Reproductive Hormones Directly Influence Embryo Development
A group of Dutch researchers reported evidence that the equine conceptus (i.e., the embryo and associated membranes) might be directly responsive to the reproductive hormones progesterone and estrogen,
BLM Impounds Horses in Nevada
Federal agents who seized more than 100 cattle from Nevada ranchers accused of trespassing on public rangeland this week have confiscated 200 horses from an American Indian and his son they say were grazing the animals without a permit near the
Model Rule on Steroid Use Blasted
The model rule regulating use of anabolic steroids in racehorses is flawed and not based on scientific evidence, and the current state-by-state roll out of the regulations is problematic, horsemen?s representatives said Jan. 25.
The issue,
Second Racehorse Welfare Summit to Examine Progress
The second Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit, set for Monday, March 17, and Tuesday, March 18, at the Keeneland Sales Pavilion in Lexington, Ky., will feature wide-ranging discussions of critical equine health- and safety-related issues
New Vaccination Guidelines for Horses Released
Revised guidelines for the vaccination of horses are now available from the Infectious Disease Committee of the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP). The committee, chaired by Mary Scollay, DVM, has made recommendations for the us
Florida Sets Limit on Horse Auction Rules
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services claims it doesn’t have the power to regulate certain aspects of horse sales in the state, but is prepared to publish proposed rules it says are intended to prevent unfair or deceptive
Herpesvirus Hold Order Lifted in Maryland
The Maryland Department of Agriculture has lifted the “investigational animal hold order” on Barn 7 and the isolated barn on the grandstand side of the Bowie Training Center after follow-up testing on the initial nasal swab samples sent to the
Readers Respond: Bunking Up
More than 1,200 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “Do uninvited guests bunk in your barn during the winter?”
