Latest News – The Horse

In the wake of the hyperflexion controversy sparked by viral video of an international dressage competitor's horse, the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) announced November 17 that it has stepped up its efforts to ensure the welfare and humane treatment of horses being shown in FEI-recognized

A globally diverse group of buyers, robust trade, and the highly prized pedigrees available through the Overbrook Farm dispersal combined to produce promising results at Keeneland's November breeding stock sale, which concluded Nov. 22.

Total receipts for the 13-day auction, held Nov. 10-22, were $159,727,800, down 13.9% from the $185,552,300 grossed during last year's

In response to a recent incident at an international competition, the U.S. Dressage Federation (USDF) Executive Board has issued the following official statement:

"The USDF does not approve of training techniques such as hyperflexion especially when taken to an extreme. While we recognize that we can not contro

New equine West Nile virus vaccines have been approved by the USDA. The vaccine line, called Vetera, is manufactured by Boehringer-Ingelheim, a privately held pharmaceutical company.

The Vetera line of West Nile virus vaccines "is the first new approach to a killed West Nile virus vaccine since 2001," stated Bob Stenbom, DVM, associate director of Equine Professional

An overview of botulism was given at the 2009 WEVA Congress by Nathan M. Slovis DVM, Dipl. ACVIM, CHT (certified in hyperbaric oxygen therapy), director of the McGee Critical Care and Medical Center at Hagyard Equine Medical Institute in Lexington, Ky.

He described botulism as a neuromuscular disease characterized by flaccid paralysis and caused by neurotoxins produced by strain

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has modified the import requirements to horses to enter Canada from the state of Texas, Equine Canada recently reported. When the most recent outbreak of equine piroplasmosis occurred, the CFIA had asked the USDA to suspend the issuance or endorsement of export certificates for horses and other equines originating from the state of

Where does an Appaloosa get its spots? What makes one horse more naturally suited for Western pleasure than dressage? Why do some horses get laminitis, and others don’t? The short answer we all know is, “It’s in the genes.” Accurate, but abstract.

The University of Kentucky (UK) College of Agriculture’s Nancy Cox, MS, PhD, is one of Kentucky’s visionaries and innovators who was honored at Bluegrass Tomorrow’s 20th Anniversary Vision Awards/InnoVision Breakfast on Oct. 30 at the Hyatt Regency in Lexington.

Cox, associate dean for research in UK's College of Agriculture, Kentucky Agricultural Experiment

Four horses that are part of Waukegan's mounted police patrol need new homes after budget troubles forced the Chicago suburb to cancel its equestrian unit.

"We will be relinquishing the patrol," Waukegan police chief Artis Yancey said Wednesday. "They were an important part of our tool box but unfortunately, in these tough economic times, we had to decide

A novel experimental treatment for equine herpesvirus type-1 (EHV-1) called RNA interference shows promise, but more research is needed before this technology becomes commercially available.

EHV-1 evades the horse's immune system during infection and can lie dormant in the horse's body. For these reasons, making an effective vaccine against EHV-1 has, and continues to be

After nearly four decades, New York’s Cornell University is moving to close its world-famous equine drug-testing laboratory. An equine science program at a state university 70 miles up the road is eagerly willing to take over, and expand, an operation vital to the state’s horse industry.

The transfer of lab operations from Cornell to Morrisville State College in

Veterinarians in Argentina recently tried to use versions of the topical NSAID (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug) diclofenac made for human pain management on horses, but found horses' skin does not absorb those formulations of the drug as well as human skin does. M. Fabiana Landoni, DVM, PhD, of the Universidad Nacional de La Plata, and colleagues, published their findings in a ne

Florida has enacted import restrictions on horses from Texas due to the ongoing investigation into equine piroplasmosis, Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles Bronson announced.

Nearly 300 Texas horses have tested positive for Theileria equi, one of two organisms responsible for causing equine piroplasmosis.

Florida now requires horses

Stolen Horse International is working to set up an early warning system so that owners and riders can be contacted with information about possible crimes in their area.

The group sometimes receives reports of suspicious activity. This information can be passed on to alert owners of a possible threat. Information about stolen horses, vehicles, equipment, and other farm-related