Latest News – The Horse
Cryotherapy Methods to Treat Laminitis
Cryotherapy is known to have anti-inflammatory and pain relieving effects, both of which help affected horses.
Sentimental Journey
This is how the American Veterinary Medical Association describes the human-animal bond: “a mutually beneficial and dynamic relationship between people and animals that is influenced
Illinois Horse Tampering Case Probed
Law enforcement authorities in Will County, Ill., are seeking whoever is responsible for injecting a foreign
Neck Nuisances
Her growth/tumor is finally to the size that it inhibits her ability to flex her head back to her chest.
McDonnell Receives AAEP’s George Stubbs Award
The award honors a nonveterinarian individual who has made substantial contributions to veterinary medicine
2011 George Stubbs Award Winner: Dr. Sue McDonnell
Sue McDonnell, PhD, Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist, received the 2011 George Stubbs award at the AAEP Convention. The award recognizes a non-veterinarian who has made substantial contributions to equine veterinary medicine.
Bill Passes without Defunding Horsemeat Inspections
An appropriations bill that does not specifically deny USDA funding to conduct horsemeat inspections.
AAEP 2011: New Board of Directors Inducted
New members of the AAEP Board of Directors were sworn in during the 2011 AAEP Convention in San Antonio.
AAEP 2011: New President, Officers Inducted
Florida racetrack practitioner John Mitchell, DVM, began his service as the president of the American As
Kentucky Equine Survey Launches
A University of Kentucky-led study aims to assess the number of horses in the state and their economic impact.
Assessing Lameness Severity in Horses with Chronic Laminitis
The use of force plate-based technology could quantify lameness severity in chronically laminitic horses.
Upcoming Laminitis Research Project
An upcoming laminitis project sponsored by the AAEP Foundation and conducted by Texas A&M University researchers will collect case information from veterinarians across the country. It will be one of the largest studies of the disease ever conducted.
Inaugural EQUUS Foundation Research Fellowships Awarded
Two equine researchers were presented today with the inaugural 2011 EQUUS Foundation Research Fellowships.
Cohen Discusses Epidemiology in the 2011 Milne Lecture
Texas A&M professor Noah Cohen, VMD, MPH, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM, delivered the Frank J. Milne lecture Nov. 20.
Woody Asbury, DVM, Dead at 80
Atwood C. “Woody” Asbury, DVM, died Nov. 17 in Versailles, Ky., after a lengthy illness. He was 80.
UK Graduate Student Spotlight: Sydney Hughes
Sydney Hughes research has been on athletic performance of Thoroughbred foals born to mares with placentitis
