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EHV Identified at Fairfield Equine Associates
The following is a public notice from the Fairfield Equine Associates Web site, www.fairfieldequine.com. Fairfield Equine Associates is an equine medical facility in Newtown,
Horse Owners Invited to Louisiana Equine Council Meeting
The Louisiana Equine Council Annual Meeting will be held on January 13, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. and will take place at the Riverfront Convention Center in Alexandria.
In addition to the Council’s Annual Meeting, the Louisiana Cattlemen’s
Hall of Fame Trainer Bud Delp Dies
(From Maryland Jockey Club)
Hall of Fame trainer Grover G. “Bud” Delp, conditioner of the three-time champion Spectacular Bid, died Friday night at his Ellicott City home due to cancer. He was 74.
There will be no memorial
Montana State Veterinarian Steps Down For Job in Wyoming
Montana State Veterinarian Tom Linfield, DVM, has resigned his position to take a job with the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Wyoming.
His last day was Friday.
The 50-year-old Linfield ran the animal health division of
Mule-Cloning Veterinarian Moving to Colorado State
Gordon Woods, DVM, MS, PhD, Dipl. ACT, the University of Idaho veterinary scientist who helped create the world’s first cloned mules, has left the school to take a job at Colorado State University.
In 2003, Woods, veterinary scientist Dirk
Real “Pet Detective” Has Seen it All
From New Jersey dog fights to California rat hoarders, Paul Miller has investigated more animal cruelty than many could stomach.
In a coast-to-coast career spanning nearly 30 years, he has gone undercover, written up charges and
Oregon Mare Rescued From Mud Hole
Firefighters rescued a 2-year-old mare yesterday (Dec. 29) from a hole in her pasture in Salem, Ore., said KOIN News 6 in an online report (
Northern California Trainer Rogers Suspended
California trainer Allen E. Rogers was suspended by Bay Meadows stewards after a horse in his care tested in excess of the specified level for the 2-(1-hydroxyethyl) promazine, a Class 3 violation.
Swen finished third in the third race a
Pregnant Horse Killed in Car Accident
A pregnant horse was killed in Monroe County, N.Y., Thursday (Dec. 28) after being hit by a car.
Police say 17-year-old Ashley Cocuzzi was driving just after midnight when her car struck the mare, which had run into the roadway.
Bay Meadows Might Defer Synthetic Track Decision
Bay Meadows Race Course, long rumored to be facing demolition in favor of redevelopment plans approved by the city of San Mateo, might seek an exemption from a California Horse Racing Board mandate to replace its existing dirt track with an
EHV-1 Update: Golden Gate Horse Positive; Quarantine Issued
Golden Gate Fields, Bay Meadows and Pleasanton were placed under quarantine Dec. 29 after a horse from Golden Gate was diagnosed as positive for the neurogenic strain of equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1).
The California Horse Racing Board
NAHMS: Pony Population Highest in Northeast
While full-sized horses account for the vast majority of equids in the United States, donkeys, mules, ponies, and Miniature Horses also factor into the overall equine population. A government study has revealed that the distribution and
WEG Marathon Highlights January Programming on HorseTV
The HorseTV Channel’s January programming schedule features all new premieres from popular competitions and series including Free Rein: FEI World Equestrian Games 2006, Kleo The Misfit Unicorn, AQHA’s Best of the West, FEI World Cup
Okla. Man Charged in Starving Horse Case
A Grant County, Okla., man accused of starving horses and dumping more than 30 animal carcasses in a ravine on his farm was charged with seven felony counts of animal cruelty Dec. 19.
George Wesley Gilchrist, 43, was also charged with two
Isolated Equine Herpesvirus Case in California; Vet Calls State “Fortunate”
A gelding that died of neurologic equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1) in California remains the only confirmed EHV-1 case in the state. This horse was the first to be traced back to the import group containing the horses that eventually went to
EHV-1 Quarantine Forces Seven Scratches at Calder
Calder Racecourse’s Grand Slam III card will be short seven scratched entries as a result of a Dec. 29 decision by Florida state officials to keep the equine herpesvirus (EHV-1) quarantine in place at Payson Park Training Center.
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