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Night Vision-Appaloosa Spotting Link Investigated

If you see spots before your eyes when you look at your Appaloosa, chances are your horse’s night vision is as strong as any other horse. But if your Appaloosa is lacking spots on his blanket area, he might not be seeing much at all in the dark.

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Pimlico Race Course Earns Full Safety Accreditation

All three Triple Crown host racetracks are now fully accredited by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association Safety and Integrity Alliance.

The NTRA announced May 10 Pimlico Race Course, which received provisional accreditation a year ago, is now fully accredited. Pimlico will host the Preakness Stakes, second leg of the Triple Crown, May 15.

Pimlico is the 17th trac

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Horse Rescued From Tennessee Flood

A 3-year-old Paint horse is safe at home with his owner after traveling more than 10 miles down the Cumberland River when heavy rains caused flooding in Nashville, Tenn., and surrounding areas earlier this month.

The horse was in a pasture when floodwaters swept him away, said owner Cathy Morehead.

A helicopter pilot spotted the stranded horse on a hill 14 miles from Mo

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Electrolytes

Loss of electrolytes has far-reaching consequences, impacting virtually all of the horse’s body systems.

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TOBA to Hold Breeding Clinic in Lexington, Ky.

The Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association (TOBA) announced May 10 that it will hold a Thoroughbred Breeding Clinic May 21-May 23 in Lexington.

The clinic, sponsored by Blood-Horse Publications, will offer topics including planning a mating, conformation, foal registration, equine nutrition, pasture management, foaling, and farm management. The clinic features visits to Cast

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Animal Sponsorship: A Budget-Friendly Way to Help

When it comes to animals in need, you can’t find a group of people with bigger hearts than horse people. Most of our horses have been “recycled” from a previous job or owner. And when have you ever been to a barn without at least one dog or cat that “just showed up one day” and was promptly given a loving home?

Sadly, there does come a time when most of us

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Nutrition Can Help Manage Tying-Up in Sport Horses

Thanks to advances in identifying specific causes of tying-up, development of diagnostic tests, and improved recognition of the impact of diet and exercise on horses that tie up, affected horses can be successfully managed. Stephanie Valberg, DVM, PhD, professor of large animal medicine and director of the University of Minnesota’s Equine Center, relayed this message during her talk &quo

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Cyber Campaign Targets Missouri Slaughter Bill

Some horse slaughter opponents are using social networking sites to urge the defeat of Missouri legislation that would allow horse processing plant development in that state.

Introduced by Rep. Jim Viebrock, HB 1747 would establish plant operation and meat inspection regulations for horse processing plants. The bill also requires plant operators to pay registration and processing

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Canadian Authorities Probe Horse Deaths

Canadian animal welfare and law enforcement authorities are investigating the deaths of 40 horses discovered crowded near a fence at the Peigan Reserve in Southern Alberta. The horses were among more than 1,000 equines residing on the reserve. The animals’ owners are unknown.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police discovered the horses’ carcasses in the remote 30,000-acre grazing a

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Summer Pastures: Easy Steps to Proper Fertilization

Hay producers who pay close attention to soil fertility fundamentals are better prepared to meet desired forage production and nutritive value with their fields. This management tool is especially important with introduced forages.

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Atypical Myopathy Outbreak Survival Rate Running at 5%

Survival rates are low in the current European atypical myopathy outbreak, according to an alert group led by Belgian researchers.

To date, at least 49 horses have died from the disease, as opposed to only four confirmed survivals in a total of 83 reported cases, said Gaby van Galen, DVM, MSc, Dipl. ECEIM, a primary researcher for the Atypical Myopathy Alert Group (AMAG) at the Un

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USDA Accepting Applications for Veterinary Loan Repayment Program

A federal notice has gone out this morning requesting applications for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program (VMLRP), which will provide up to $25,000 of student loan debt relief per year for a minimum of three-years service in designated shortage areas across the United States.

The USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA

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