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The 14-year-old Thoroughbred stallion Mr. Livingston, who had recently been relocated to a Louisiana breeding farm for the 2011 breeding season, died Jan. 9 in a paddock accident at the farm. Owned by David and Teresa Palmer, Mr. Livingston formerly stood at Bridlewood Farm near Ocala, Fla.

Animal welfare authorities in Palm Beach County, Fla., are seeking the owner of a horse discovered wandering in a rural area of the county last week. Capt. David Walesky, operations manager of the Palm County Animal Care and Control, said area residents spotted the 12-year-old Thoroughbred mare wandering near Loxahatchee, Fla., on Jan. 7.

Eighty horses are among hundreds of animals receiving veterinary and other care after being relocated from an animal sanctuary in Montana. Prior to their relocation, the horses were among 1,200 animals (including 650 llamas, two camels, several pot bellied pigs, donkeys, bison, cattle, goats, and sheep) residing at the Montana Large Animal Sanctuary and Rescue in Hot Springs. All the animals were

A newly discovered virus might be a cause of equine genital cancer, an aggressive type of skin cancer that affects male and female horses of all breeds, according to Tim Scase, BSc, BVM&S, PhD, MRCVS, Dipl. ACVP, director of Bridge Pathology Ltd., a diagnostic immunohistochemistry laboratory in the United Kingdom. Equine genital cancer is thought to be the second most common cancer in

According to reports from the British equestrian magazine Horse and Hound, a horse dealer from North Wales is facing prosecution for failing to properly quarantine a horse that was recently imported to Great Britain from Ireland.

Various supplements are commonly given to breeding stallions in hopes of improving semen quality, but conflicting reports exist on their effectiveness. Researchers have found, however, that the supplement ingredient DHA, an omega-3 fatty acid found in fish oil, does have a positive effect on semen quality.

The care and management of aging horses is the overarching theme of the upcoming horse management seminar hosted by the Rutgers Equine Science Center and Rutgers Cooperative Extension. The seminar, scheduled from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Feb. 13 at the Cook Campus Center in New Brunswick, N.J., will feature presentations by several equine industry authorities.

Law enforcement authorities in Mason County, Wash., are seeking whoever is responsible for the shooting deaths of two horses. According to a Mason County Sheriff’s Department press release, Sheriff’s Deputies discovered the animals on Jan. 11, after a tipster reported seeing the horses dead in their pasture located just west of Shelton, Wash. The tipster also reported that the animals appeared to

More than 2,090 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “Do you blanket your horses in winter?”

Laminitis is not a modern condition–it has been recognized for well over 2,000 years. The Greek philosopher Aristotle even referred to it around 350 B.C. as ‘Barley Disease,’ presumably because it was associated even then with excessive grain consumption. However, according to Patricia Harris, MA, PhD, Dipl. ECVCN, VetMB, MRCVS, there has recently been an increased interest in pasture-associated

From Jan. 28-30, the Kentucky Horse Council (This year, for the first time, the Summit will offer two sessions designed for the brand new trail rider. These sessions will address how to prepare a horse for the trail, how to prepare the rider for the trail, trail saddles and gear, and how to link into the Kentucky trail riding community.

In the first study of its kind performed on 2-year-old Thoroughbred racehorses, Daniel T. Meagher, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVS, of Valley Equine Associates, in Ranson, W.Va., set out to determine the prevalence of radiographic lesions and their effect on race performance. A similar study was previously carried out on radiographic abnormalities in yearlings, but Meagher’s study was the first to examine the