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Both Casts Changed, Barbaro Adapting Well to Sling
Kentucky Derby winner remains in stable condition with good vital signs after a restful night.
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Press Release
July 18, 2006
Thomas F. Lomangino of Jazil to Miss Travers with Bruised Cannon Bone
Steve Haskin
July 18, 2006
Belmont Stakes winner Jazil has been sent to owner Sheikh Hamdan’s Shadwell Farm near Lexington for 30 days to recuperate from a bruised cannon bone on his right hind leg, trainer Kiaran McLaughlin said Tuesday. McLaughlin said the son o Maryland Considers Animal Quarantine Facility
Press Release
July 17, 2006
The Maryland Department of Agriculture received a $42,500 USDA grant on Friday (July 14) to conduct a feasibility study for an animal quarantine facility in proximity to Baltimore-Washington Thurgood USEF Names New Director of Hunter and Collegiate Activities
Press Release
July 17, 2006
Marion Maybank has been promoted to the position of Director of Hunter and Collegiate Activities for the United States Equestrian Federation. She assumes the position vacated by Andrea Ice, who had bee Skull Fractures in Horses
University of Kentucky's College of Agriculture, Food, and Environment
July 17, 2006
Horses suffering a skull fracture often had a history of being handled with the horse rearing and flipping over, striking the head on the ground, or hitting its head on an overhead structure such as a trailer or stall ceiling. Prado Encouraged by Visit to Barbaro
Press Release
July 17, 2006
Jockey Edgar Prado drove to the University of Pennsylvania’s New Bolton Center in Kennett Square, Pa. Friday morning to visit ailing Classic winner Barbaro at the George D. Widener Hospital for Large Animals. At a press briefing on California Using ‘Milkshake’ Blood Tests to Track Trends
Tom LaMarra
July 17, 2006
California will soon release the results of a study that will reflect trends in connection with blood samples taken from about 6,000 racehorses for the purpose of “milkshake” –or TCO2 testing– last year. California takes blood from all Sunday is Another ‘Comfortable’ Day for Barbaro
Richard Rosenblatt, AP Racing Writer
July 17, 2006
Classic winner Barbaro spent another “comfortable” day in the intensive care unit at the George D. Widener Hospital for Large Animals, and his veterinarian reports the colt’s attitude “remains positive.” There was no indication condition Barbaro’s Vital Signs Monday; No Change in Condition
The Blood-Horse Staff
July 17, 2006
Barbaro’s vital signs, appetite and heart rate remained normal Monday, though there was no indication the classic winner’s condition has improved since a grim prognosis by his veterinarian last week. The colt, who had 80% of his left rea Barbaro Stable, Comfortable With Foot Cast
Press Release
July 17, 2006
Barbaro is tolerating his right hind leg cast well; this cast supports the repair of the injury suffered at the Preakness on May 20. To treat a severe case of laminitis in the colt’s left rear hoof, last week Richardson and his surgical team Firefighters Rescue Trapped Filly
Rachael C. Turner
July 17, 2006
A trapped filly was freed from under a truck yesterday (July 16), according to BBC News. The filly slipped on a metal grille in the street and slid under the Barbaro Stable on Sunday
Press Release
July 16, 2006
On July 16 (Sunday afternoon) it was reported that Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro remained in stable condition after another restful night, according to Chief of Surgery Dean Richardson, DVM, of the University of Pennsylvania’s New Bolton Barbaro Remains Stable
Press Release
July 15, 2006
Chief of Surgery Dean Richardson, DVM, reports today (July 15) that Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro had a very good night and remains in stable condition at the University of Pennsylvania’s George D. Widener Hospital. ?His heart rate and Strangles Vaccines and Immunity to Streptococcus equi
Equine Disease Quarterly
July 14, 2006
Equine strangles is caused by Streptococcus equi, a biovar, or clonal descendent of an ancestral S. zooepidemicus. Recovery from the disease is accompanied by onset of acquired resistance to the disease in approximately 75% of horses, an immunity that persists for 5 years or longer — hence the greater incidence of strangles in younger horses. Readers’ Most PopularWeekly Poll |
