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Western College of Veterinary Medicine’s Horse Health Lines Now Online
The autumn 2006 issue of Horse Health Lines, news publication for the Western College of Veterinary Medicine’s Equine Health Research Fund, is now online at www.ehrf.usask.ca, under “News.”
Highlights from this issue of Horse Health Lines include:
• Extended coverage of a western Canadian couple’s $1.07-million gift
Welfare Summit Opens With Scientific Data, Frank Discussions
The public session that opened the Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit Monday morning in Lexington, Ky., didn’t provide just food for thought. The speakers and panelists served up a huge banquet of data, ideas, anecdotes, and opinions
Grade I Winner Bandini Retired to Walmac
Bandini, a grade I winner and track-record setter, has been retired from racing for stallion duty at John T. Jones III and Robert Trussell’s Walmac Farm near Lexington, Ky. The 4-year-old son of Fusaichi Pegasus is being syndicated and will stan
Bluegrass Cat to Stand for $50,000 at WinStar
Bluegrass Cat, a twice classic-placed grade I winner, will begin his stallion career in 2007 for a fee of $50,000 at Bill Casner and Kenny Troutt’s WinStar Farm near Versailles, Ky.
The 3-year-old son of Storm Cat is out of the A.P. Ind
Seabiscuit Star to Appear at Charity Horse Show
(Edited press release)
Rich In Dallas, one of the equine stars of the 2003 blockbuster film Seabiscuit, will attend the second annual charity horse show to benefit The Exceller Fund. The event will be held Oct. 28 at the Patrick Henr
McCarron Unveils Racing Academy at Kentucky Horse Park
As several of his students hot-walked horses in a barn at the Kentucky Horse Park near Lexington, Ky., Oct. 16, Hall of Fame jockey Chris McCarron unveiled the North American Racing Academy (NARA), the first and only national jockey training
U.K. Horse Killed by Electrical Cable
BBC News reports a horse died after touching a live electricity cable in the eastern part of the United Kingdom. The horse’s owner was leading the
Western College of Veterinary Medicine’s Now Online
The autumn 2006 issue of Horse Health Lines, news publication for the Western College of Veterinary Medicine’s Equine Health Research Fund, is now online at www.ehrf.usask.ca, under
USDA Releases 2005 U.S. Animal Health Report
The USDA has released the 2005 U.S. Animal Health Report, which is a national overview of domestic animal health in the United States.
The report addresses the many components of the U.S. animal health infrastructure, animal population
Diagnosis of Upper Airway Disorders at Rest Alone Is Unreliable
United Kingdom researchers recently reported that endoscopic examinations of upper airway obstructions in horses at rest and without the use of a treadmill can be unreliable and should not be used alone to diagnose conditions and determine
Horse Protection Group Teaches Rescue from Burning Barns
Firefighters in Connecticut are learning how to rescue from a burning building a different type of victim.
The Connecticut Horse Council is offering training sessions on how to remove horses from a barn on fire.
Dave Steele, a
Cities Crowd the Field to Lure Lucrative Horse Shows
Oklahoma City, situated in the middle of the United States and at the confluence of three major interstate highways, long has been an inviting home to equine events, enough so that some in that industry refer to the city as the Horse Show Capita
Grade I-Winning Mare Behaving Badly Retired
Behaving Badly, one of the year’s top sprinting distaffers, has been retired after a disappointing fourth as the favorite in the Thoroughbred Club of America Stakes (gr. III) Oct. 14 at Keeneland in Lexington, Ky.
The 5-year-old daughte
Indiana Couple Cares for Neglected Horses
Katherine Caldwell’s husband, Tony, promised to buy her a horse when their children turned 5.
“The trouble is,” she said, “we never had any kids.”
So 12 years ago, the couple founded Indiana Horse Rescue, a nonprofit organization
Sanuwave Announces New Head of U.S. Veterinary Division
Sanuwave, Inc., a company that designs, manufactures, and services extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) units, announces the appointment of Greg McKellar as the new director of the U.S. veterinary division.
“I am extremely
Butler Animal Health Supply Terminates Letter of Intent to Acquire IVESCO
Butler Animal Health Supply, the nation’s largest distributor of companion animal health supplies to veterinarians, today announced that it terminated its letter of intent to acquire IVESCO, a leading distributor of animal health products. Butle
