Latest News – The Horse
Stable Scoop Episode 126 – Best Selling Author and Dressage Rider Tami Hoag
Best selling author and Grand Prix dressage rider, Tami Hoag, joins Helena and Glenn this week to talk about Tami’s writing as well as her
Eventing Radio Episode 114 – A Way Forward for the US Team?
Robert Costello makes his debut as co-host as Phillip Dutton returns to tell us how he and Robert have joined forces to bid for the
Tack and Habit Episode 35 – Irish Yaks
Helena brings style and taste to the show with the Dubarry of Ireland Country Tweed Collection and Glenn helps you keep from falling on your
Mitchell Named Executive Vice President of Blood-Horse Publications
Marla Bickel, President and CEO of Blood-Horse Publications, has announced that Eric Mitchell has been appointed Executive Vice President of the company. In this capacity, Mitchell will be part of the executive team that will continue to guide the Thoroughbred industry’s leading multimedia company into the future. He will retain his primary role of Editorial Director/Editor-in-Chief of The
Equine Embryo Transfer Table Topic (AAEP 2010)
One of the popular Table Topics sessions held at the 2010 American Association of Equine Practitioners Annual Meeting, held Dec. 4-8 in Baltimore, Md., revolved around equine embryo transfer.
Queensland Flooding Deadly for Area Horses
Dozens of horses have been killed by the floods that continue to trouble Australia, according to the New Zealand-based website Horsetalk. About 80 Standardbred horses at the prominent Cold Mountain Stud, located near Moore in Queensland, perished in the flood.
Maryland Horse Industry Board Gets New Leader
Ross Peddicord, a lifelong horseman, is taking the reins as the new executive director of the Maryland Horse Industry Board. The board promotes equestrian industry and the use of horses for recreation through activities such as raising awareness and visibility, educational and research projects to benefit the equine industry, and developmental efforts to stimulate the growth of the local horse
Equine Scapular Fractures: Incidence in Racehorses (AAEP 2010)
About 2% and 6% of all racetrack fatalities in Thoroughbreds and Quarter Horses, respectively, are the result of scapular fractures, according to Stuart A. Vallance, BVSc (Hons), who, with Susan Stover, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVS, and a research team at the JD Wheat Veterinary Orthopedic Research Laboratory at the University of California, Davis, has investigated the risk factors for this fracture so
Racehorse Veterinarians Receive AAEP President’s Award
Scott E. Palmer, VMD, and Foster Northrop, DVM, were selected as the recipients of the American Association of Equine Practitioners’ (AAEP) 2010 President’s Award for their leadership in developing guidelines to promote racehorse safety.
Recurrent Colic Diagnosis
Recurrent colic is typically defined as three or more episodes of transient or prolonged colic occurring over a period of months or upwards of a year.
Young Horse Part 1: Birth to Six Months
How will your spindly newborn foal transform into the athletic adult horse of your dreams? What can or should you do to ensure he develops into a healthy young horse? Mare care, vaccinations, feeding, deworming, and exercise all play a role.
Washington State Operation Gelding Clinic a Success
Seven horses were castrated at the Tacoma Equine Hospital’s low-cost castration clinic held on Dec. 31, 2010. With funding from the Unwanted Horse Coalition’s Operation Gelding, the clinic provided financially strapped owners an opportunity to change their horses’ lives for the better.
LSU Vet School Aquires New Patient Monitoring System
The Louisiana State University (LSU) School of Veterinary Medicine’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital recently acquired a high-tech patient monitoring system to assure that anesthetized patients wake up healthy from surgery or an MRI procedure.
Stifle Abnormalities in Cutting Horses: Not So Bad, Says Study (AAEP 2010)
Radiographs of a horse’s limb joints are an important part of the pre-purchase examination for any performance prospect; the goal is to find any problems that might cause lameness down the road. However, it appears that in cutting horses at least, certain lesions seen on radiographs of the stifle joint just don’t hurt a horse’s performance as much as many have thought. Myra Barrett, DVM, MS, Dipl.
UW to Host First Aid Seminar for Horse Owners
The University of Wisconsin (UW) School of Veterinary Medicine Continuing Education program will be hosting its 22nd annual seminar on Feb. 19. This year’s topic is “First Aid for Horses–When to Call the Vet and What to do Before Help Arrives.” The morning session will be held in the Ebling Symposium Auditorium, located within the Microbial Science building, 1550 Linden Dr., Madison, Wisc. The
Neuroaxonal Dystrophy in Quarter Horses: Case Series
Neuroaxonal dystrophy, or NAD, is a neurologic disease that can affect horses as well as humans, sheep, cats, and dogs. The condition is not yet fully understood, although researchers believe there might be a genetic component.
