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A Paperwork Mountain

In Thunder Road (the movie, not the Bruce Springsteen song) Robert Mitchum played a Kentucky moonshiner trying to evade federal agentsÑthe “revenuers” trying to collect

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Minerals: Important for Quality Horse Nutrition

While most horses get the majority of their nutrients from pasture and grain, many might not be receiving the mineral nutrition needed for optimum health.

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WEG: Get to Know the Horses of Team U.S.A.

People and horses from around the world are descending on the Kentucky Horse Park for the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG). With the world’s largest airlift of horses already underway, horses from every corner of the earth are making their way to the Kentucky blue grass. The U.S. squad is represented by an international group of horses of all shapes and sizes too, here

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Utah Fire Forces Horse Evacuations

More than 80 horses are residing at a Salt Lake County, Utah, equestrian center after a wild fire forced them from their homes this past weekend. The fire broke out early Sunday afternoon when a training exercise at Camp Williams, a Utah National Guard training base, went awry, said Lieutenant Colonel Hank McIntire, public information officer for the Utah National Guard.

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Quarantine

Dr. Jennifer Feiner is working in conjunction with Dr. Kent Allen (official veterinary coordinator of the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games) at the temporary Quarantine

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Behavior Changes in West Nile Virus Survivors

My horse contracted West Nile virus (WNV) before there was a vaccination for it. I’ve heard some horses have been reported to have very different personalities after having WNV and would like to know if any were able to be safely used afterwards.

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Visiting Scientists Target Endometritis

Mette Christoffersen, DVM, and Morten Petersen, PhD, DVM, Dipl. ACT, both from the University of Copenhagen, and Pauline Peugent, a French student working on her master’s degree, have spent several months in Lexington researching equine reproduction.

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WEG: USEF Names U.S. Endurance Team

The USEF has named the following horse/rider combinations to the Endurance Team for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) to be held Sept. 25-Oct. 10 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky. The following horse/rider combinations have been named to the team (in alphabetical order):

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WEG: USEF Names U.S. Dressage Team

The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has named the following horse/rider combinations to the U.S. Dressage Team for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) to be held Sept. 25-Oct. 10 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky.

The following horse/rider combinations have been named to the team (in ranked order):

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