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Readers Resolve: More Horse Time in 2010
More than 720 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “What is your top New Year’s resolution for you and your horse for 2010?”
Results were as follows:
•Spend more time with my horse 55.05% (398)
•Reach a competition goal 19.78% (143)
•Other (explain below) 12.17% (88)
•Purchase a new horse 3.87% (28)
Manual Therapy for Horses
Manual therapy was defined, with an explanation of the terms mobilization, manipulation, and adjustments. Educational opportunities for those wishing to pursue training in manual therapy techniques was provided to those in the group, and some attendees shared their educational experiences at the different certification programs.
Monitoring and Surveillance of Equine Infectious Diseases
Disease monitoring is the ongoing systematic collection, analysis, and distribution of health-related information. Surveillance is a process that is specific for a particular disease within a defined monitoring system and implies that an intervention strategy will be initiated at some predetermined threshold level. For a disease like equine infectious anemia (EIA) or cases of a foreign anima
Megan Ayrault on the Tail Pull: Horse Tip Daily #113
Megan Ayrault is one of the leading authorities on animal massage in the country. Megan joins us to guide you into the world of massage
Reading Materials
Here’s your chance to influence a whole new book! Our book publishing arm is finalizing their titles for 2010. What equine-related topic do you want
Looking Back At 2009
Reflection on the past 12 months is a popular activity right now. It’s that time of year, and it doesn’t require a lot of real
Start the Breeding Season with Equine Nutrition Review
Horse owners can help to prepare their animals for the upcoming breeding season and keep them healthy through the winter through proper nutritional management and veterinary oversight, said Kristina G. Lu, VMD, Dipl. ACT, a theriogenologist at the McGee Fertility Center at the Hagyard Equine Medical Institute in Lexington, Ky.
“Careful assessment of the nutritional status is
Eclipse Award of Merit Goes to Farm Owner Farish
The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), Daily Racing Form, and the National Turf Writers Association today announced that William S. Farish, owner of Lane’s End Farm and a pre-eminent industry leader of multiple organizations and causes, will be honored with the Eclipse Award of Merit for a lifetime of outstanding achievement in Thoroughbred racing.
Farish
Teens Arrested in Wisconsin Livestock Shootings
Two teenagers have been arrested in connection with the shooting deaths of three horses and five cows in two Wisconsin counties.
Last month, three horses and five cows were discovered either dead or dying in their pastures in Dunn and Barron counties. All of the animals had sustained small caliber gunshot wounds. Livestock shootings were also reported in nearby St. Croix county.
Nutrition: Monitor, Manage Horse Energy Intake
Eating well is not always eating safely; horse managers who ignore that lesson when feeding their animals might be creating digestive problems for their horses. “Many feeding management recommendations for horses are related to supplying energy safely,” said Dave Freeman, PhD, PAS, Dipl. ACAN, Oklahoma State University Cooperative Extension equine specialist. “Most of
Equine Foster Homes Needed in Texas and Arkansas
Bluebonnet Equine Humane Society is a rescue organization that helps horses, donkeys, and mules throughout Texas and Arkansas. The organization has taken in more than 125 horses and investigated over 250 neglect cases in 2009.
Law enforcement continues to call the group with requests for help, but the organization is out of room.
“It is easy to say that we cannot s
I Got WEG for Christmas!
In an early post to this blog, I wrote about famed sporting artist LeRoy Neiman’s commissioned work for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games.
Living Nativity
The living Nativity at Eagle River Presbyterian Church near Vail, Colo., became more exciting than intended when the two donkeys involved escaped from their pen. The
Old Horse Scare; I Think They Do It on Purpose
Sometimes I think they do it on purpose … you know, the older horses that have been around forever and know what really ticks you
Piroplasmosis Found in New Mexico Horses
As part of a racetrack screening program, three New Mexico horses have been identified as carrying Theileria equi, the causative agent for equine piroplasmosis. These infections are noteworthy as these horses are not epidemiologically linked to those involved in a larger ongoing investigation centered on horses from a South Texas ranch.
Information on the new cases, and an
