Authorities said 11 horses are dead after fire swept through several barns near the village of Peotone, Ill. No other injuries were reported and no other buildings were damaged near the southwest Chicago suburb.
A suspected case of foot and mouth disease was found in Britain today, the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) said on its Web site.
A striking son of Unbridled’s Song brought a final bid of $3.7 million from Coolmore and associates to establish a new high price for the second session and first two days of the Keeneland September sale.
Just when British veterinary authorities were beginning to breathe a little easier, a new case of foot and mouth disease (FMD) has surfaced in Surrey, about 30 miles from the two farms affected during the August outbreak. The Department of
For the first time in nearly 10 years, rabies has been found in a dog in Louisiana, state Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Bob Odom said in a news release.
The Kentucky Breeders Incentive Program, which began offering financial awards for various breeds of horses in 2006, is poised to increase by 20%–to about $18 million or $19 million–next year.
University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food, and Environment
September 12, 2007
From the three years of pastureland study done by the UK forage extension team, some common trends have emerged. One trend should trouble area farms because it directly limits the number of horses that can be supported on area pastures. Currently,
Audio | American Thoroughbred breeders interested in supplying bred mares for the 2008 Australian spring sales should attend a meeting by William Inglis and Son,
Six men in Queensland and one in New South Wales have been caught transporting horses during the equine influenza lockdown, the latest crushing blow for an industry in turmoil in Australia.
University of Maryland will be holding its 3rd Annual Maryland Horse Conference on Saturday, November 10, 2007. The event will be held from 8:00 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. at Montgomery College in Germantown, Md.
North Carolina’s first tropical storm of the year did virtually nothing to ease drought in the few coastal counties it touched, so the state’s hopes Monday turned to a forecast o
New South Wales (NSW) chief veterinary officer Bruce Christie, BVSc, said in a Sept. 11 statement released by the NSW Department of Primary Industries that it is important to match treatment for equine influenza (EI) with the severity of the
The use of “complementary” therapies continues to increase in veterinary practice. While there are a myriad of modalities that fall within this broad term, the two most utilized are veterinary acupuncture and chiropractic (sometimes referred to
The Indiana Board of Animal Health (BOAH) has warned residents of Indiana counties Elkhart, LaGrange, LaPorte, and St. Joseph that Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) is a concern in their area after a horse in Elkhart County was been diagnosed
