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Feeding Yearlings: Preparing for the Sale
As the breeding season winds down and spring becomes summer, the primary focus on breeding farms is preparation of yearlings for the sales. The stakes are clearly high as vast sums of money are on the line–rightly or wrongly, the overall “presentation” of a yearling at the sales has a strong bearing on price, regardless of breeding. Plain and simple, poorly “fitted” yearlings won’t cut the
Buying a Trailer: What to Know Before You Go
Buying a horse trailer is a big decision. With so many models and styles of trailers, how do you choose the best one?
The Inflammatory Cascade
Equine pharmaceutical companies are developing new drugs every year that have the ability to reduce inflammation and pain associated with various horse injuries.
Follow-Up: Carnivorous Horses
Last October, we shared letters from three readers describing horses killing and/or eating small mammals and birds (see “Carnivous Horses,” article #3832 at www.TheHorse.com). We asked for reader response, and I agreed to contact experts in equine nutrition, behavior, and husbandry from aroun
The Whites of Their Eyes
I have a 3-year-old filly which has prominent white around her eyes. Most farriers and several others tell me this is a sign of madness in a horse. I always thought that this was an old wives’ tale. Could you please clarify this for me?
Lyme Disease From Contaminated Feed?
Is it possible for a horse to get Lyme disease from eating a tick with his pasture grass, or from eating an infected tick or other source of the bacteria in his hay or feed?
Why the White Spots?
I’d like to ask a question about my horse’s skin problem–depigmentation. He is a 10-year-old chestnut Hanoverian gelding with dark eyes and eyelids. But now there is a pink spot on his left upper eyelid and I think it’s getting larger.
Equine Physical Therapy Advances
In 1982, I was working as an athletic trainer when a veterinarian came in for help in rehabilitating a sprained ankle. As I applied electrical stimulation and range of motion exercise, I asked him what would be done for a horse with a similar injury. He told me of blistering and firing and of extended stall rest, followed by turnout. This concept of rehabilitation was counter to everything an
Vet’s Role in Physical Therapy
The health and soundness management of any horse–regardless of his level of use or the problems he might be encountering–horse owner or trainer’s responsibility. The person responsible for the diagnosis, prescribing the treatment, and assessing progress and the effectiveness of the therapies is the veterinarian. The horse benefits from the cooperative efforts of everyone on th
The Sound Barrier
The debate over fast workout times for sale 2-year-olds
The specter of catastrophic injury continues to haunt sales of Thoroughbred 2-year-olds in training. Every time a horse breaks down during an under-tack show, the debate heats up again. Are immature racing prospects being asked to work too fast too soon?
John Kimmel, a trainer who has a veterinary degree, believe
Thoroughbred-Interest Veterinarians Join AAEP On-Call Program
Three veterinarians with specific interests in the Thoroughbred athlete are the newest spokespersons for the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) “On Call” Program. Randolph Hayes, DVM; Scott Hopper, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVS; and Keith Merritt, DVM, join the team of nearly 30 AAEP-member veterinarians who provide accurate and timely health-care information during televised equine
FDA Approves Innovative New Equine Dewormer
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved a new, broad-spectrum parasite control product from Merial that will treat and control 61 species and stages of equine parasites, including tapeworms.
Zimecterin Gold (ivermectin/praziquantel) combines two active ingredients, ivermectin and praziquantel, to provide a broad spectrum of parasite control. Praziquantel is proven to
Eastern Tent Caterpillar Update
By Lee Townsend, Extension Entomologist
Department of Entomology
University of Kentucky College of Agriculture
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Alltech Appointed University of Kentucky Presidential Fellow
The Horse Staff
April 29, 2003
The University of Kentucky’s President, Lee Todd, announced the appointment of Alltech Inc, a global leading manufacturer of natural technologies for the feed, food and alcohol industries, as one of its Presidential Fellows. President Todd said, “Alltech’s continued support for the University of Kentucky is a source of immense pride to all of us. Alltech receives this Presidential Canada Reports First 2003 Presumed WNV-Positive Bird
United States Department of Agriculture
April 29, 2003
York Region Acting Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Hanif Kassam, has announced that a dead crow has undergone testing and is presumed to be positive for West Nile virus (WNV ). The crow was found in the town of Newmarket. The bird is the first presumed WNV-positive bird reported in the York Region of Ontario, and the first in Canada this year. Equine cases haven’t been reported in Extra-Label Drug Use in Veterinary Medicine
Gillian Comyn, DVM, MPH. Dipl. ACVPM
April 29, 2003
Reprinted from the FDA Newsletter, March/April 2003 Since 1994, when Congress passed the Animal Medicinal Drug Use Clarification Act of 1994 (AMDUCA), veterinarians in the U.S. have enjoyed legitimate extra-label use (ELU) privileges. Veterinarians can safeguard ELU privileges by following AMDUCA, and by educating clients (particularly food animal producers) on AMDUC Readers’ Most PopularWeekly PollPartners in Equine Health
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