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A New York farm operator faces multiple animal cruelty charges in connection with the alleged neglect of 73 horses that were removed from her Erie County property in March.

The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) serving Erie County removed the animals after discovering them living in filth in several barns on the East Aurora, N.Y., farm

On the morning following Lookin At Lucky’s victory in the 135th Preakness Stakes May 15, trainer Bob Baffert said the colt would be given a break and will not contest the Belmont Stakes in three weeks. Trainer Todd Pletcher had already announced that Super Saver, winner of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands on May 1, would not race in the June 5 Belmont after his eigh

The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board will conduct a public workshop and hold a regular meeting in June at a two-day event in Denver. The June 14 workshop will provide the public with an opportunity to express their views, comments, and suggestions regarding Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar’s wild horse initiative, which he and BLM Di

Language that would have established regulations and fees for horse processing operations in Missouri was removed from an omnibus agriculture bill that was passed by that state’s Senate on May 14.

SB 795 contained language derived from HB 1747. That bill established plant operation and meat inspection regulations for horse processing plants. It also required plant operators to

Soldiers who have returned from Iraq and other war-torn areas are finding solace in horses at the Ivey Ranch Park Association in Oceanside, Calif., not far from the Camp Pendleton Marine base. Ivey Ranch for the past year has participated in the North American Riding for the Handicapped (NARHA) Horses for Heroes program, helping veterans of all ages recuperate.

Active-duty soldier

Since much decision-making about feeding horses continues to be based on folklore, tradition, and misinformation, owners and trainers are encouraged to use nutrition resources, reported Olivia Martin at the 2010 Kentucky Equine Research Nutrition Conference held April 26-27. Martin operates the independent equine nutrition consulting firm Performance Feeding Inc. and supplies feeding a

Construction crews have been hard at work at the corner of Newtown Pike and Citation Boulevard for months with the rapid expansion of the University of Kentucky’s Livestock Disease Diagnostic Center (LDDC).

Lookin At Lucky, the beaten favorite in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands, redeemed himself in the Preakness Stakes, as he took the lead at the top of the stretch and stubbornly held off pacesetter First Dude and a closing Jackson Bend under new rider Martin Garcia.

According to a report by Horse and Hound, Bransby Home of Rest for Horses, a Lincolnshire-based charity in the UK, has been forced to temporarily close its doors after an outbreak of equine influenza was identified May 11.

The Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratories recently announced that it has received approval from USDAs veterinary services to test for equine piroplasmosis for interstate and intrastate movement. Prior to this announcement, the only location approved to perform EP testing was the National Veterinary Services Laboratories in Ames, Iowa.

Any antibiotic administered orally, intramuscularly, or intravenously can theoretically cause acute diarrhea; however, some antibiotics are more likely than others to upset a horse’s gastrointestinal tract.

Barry A. Ball, professor and John P. Hughes Endowed Chair in Equine Reproduction at the University of California, Davis, accepted the position of the Albert G. Clay Endowed Chair in Equine Reproduction at the University of Kentucky’s Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research Center.