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NBC Provides Tools to Help Viewers Navigate 24-Hour-a-Day Athens Olympic Coverage

Press Release August 5, 2004

From Interactive Listings on NBCOlympics.com to On-Screen Cross Promotion, Viewers Have a Roadmap to the Athens Games on the Networks of NBC

Thoroughbred Charities of America Appoints Executive Director

Press Release August 4, 2004

Thoroughbred Charities of America (TCA) has appointed Liz Harris of Midway, Ky., as its executive director. Harris has served on the TCA board for eight years. Among other fund-raising activities, she recently was on the campaign

New Drug Tried for Equine Heart Fibrillations

Press Release August 4, 2004

Veterinarians at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine believe they’re the first to use an oral drug to resolve a chronic case of atrial fibrillation (irregular heartbeats) in a horse.

Motion Filed in Federal Court to Exhume Saddlebred

Stephanie L. Church, Editorial Director August 3, 2004

A motion was filed on Aug. 2 for a court order to exhume the body of the sabotaged American Saddlebred Wild Eyed and Wicked from its burial site on Double D Ranch in Versailles, Ky. Lawyers on behalf of Sally and Joe Jackson filed the motion in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky in Lexington.

Wicked and four other Saddlebreds were injected with a toxic

AAEP’s Focus on Joints

Kimberly S. Brown August 2, 2004

The American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) held its annual Focus meeting on July 22-24 at the Brown Hotel in Louisville, Ky., to commemorate the first gathering of the group 50 years ago at that site. A plaque was given to the hotel

Injuries Associated With Steeplechase Racing

Susan Piscopo, DVM, PhD August 1, 2004

Studies have been conducted to determine the types of injuries that occur in horses on flat racetracks in the United States and steeplechase and hunt races in the United Kingdom. Unfortunately, there is a paucity of data on injuries occurring

The Australian Take on Laminitis

Christy M. West August 1, 2004

The second most-common killer of our horses after colic is laminitis. The disease is a crisis, and it is often chronic and life-altering. It can be caused by illness unrelated to the foot, such as a retained placenta or grain overload. It can be

Cryptorchidectomy Surgery

Michelle LeBlanc, DVM, Dipl. ACT August 1, 2004

What is the expected recovery time for a cryptorchidectomy surgery (removal of a retained testicle)?

Drugs for the Deworming War

Karen Briggs August 1, 2004

How do you choose a dewormer when you’re presented with a bewildering array of product types?

Would Drink It?

Sarah Evers Conrad August 1, 2004

Have you ever taken a really good look at all of your horse’s water sources, whether he is drinking from a large tank, pond, or automatic waterer? Have you asked yourself, Would I drink this water? Do I really expect my horse to drink it? If”P>Have you ever taken a really good look at all of your horse’s water

Confusion About Substitute Drugs

Joseph J. Bertone, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVS August 1, 2004

Until approximately two years ago, I had my retired Quarter Horse on both Legend and Adequan. A change in our

Future Laminitis Research

Nat White, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVS August 1, 2004

A survey of American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) members identified laminitis as the number one disease that requires research. Therefore, the Equine Laminitis Research Meeting and Panel will be held in

Just Say No to HR 857

Suzanne Wilcox, DVM August 1, 2004

Welcome to the ugly side of veterinary medicine–horse slaughter. Now there is a subject most horse enthusiasts don’t want to deal with. But because we don’t live in a perfect world, horse slaughter is a necessary evil.

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