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Many people have offered solutions to overcome the problems of inconsistent performance while mares are in heat. One method popular with owners today is the implantation of marbles as glass intrauterine devices (IUDs).

“The original paper that described this technique suggested that the marble might behave like an early pregnancy and delay the mare’s return to heat,” explained Caroline M

The Equine Facilitated Mental Health Association (EFMA) and the North American Riding for the Handicapped Association (NARHA) have begun integrating their vision, membership, and programs. The integration is intended to:

• Embrace, more fully, NARHA and EFMHA missions

• More efficiently steward EFMHA and NARHA resources

• Ensure inclusion

After years of leadin

Miniature Horses in California and Alabama, and a pony in New York, have been reported stolen, said an alert from Stolen Horse International, Inc., aka NetPosse.com.

In Mendocino County, Calif., two Miniature Horses, a black stallion known as Legs and a black and white pinto mare called Crystal, were allegedly stolen the morning of Sept. 11, around 3:00 a.m. A neighbor later recalled

A team of researchers working at Philip Leverhulme Equine Hospital in Liverpool found that Escherichia coli bacteria in a horse’s intestine appear to acquire antibiotic resistance while a horse is hospitalized.

The researchers found a significant increase in multiple drug resistance in E. coli samples isolated from horses’ feces after a period of hospitalization.

The

Bob Hillman, DVM, Texas’ state veterinarian and executive director of the Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC), has announced that he will retire December 31, ending his nearly seven-year tenure with the state’s livestock and poultry health regulatory agency. The TAHC’s 13 governor-appointed commissioners will establish a committee to conduct a nationwide search to fill Hillman’s position.

The World Equine Veterinary Association (WEVA), in association with the Veterinary Practitioners’ Association of Thailand (VPAT), arranged an equine conference in Bangkok, Thailand, held Aug. 7-9 for approximately 24 Thai equine practitioners and one Argentinean.

Despite the remarkable advances in understanding neurologic disease in horses, including the identification of the single genetic mutation that gives rise to the neuropathogenic form of equine herpesvirus type-1 (EHV-1), virologists continue to experience frustrations when it comes to studying EHV-1 in the experimental setting.

EHV-1 causes abortion, neonatal death, and

Tickets to the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games went on sale today at noon EDT, exactly one year before the Games open in Lexington, Ky.

The Games are the world championships of the eight equestrian disciplines of the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI). The competition is held every four years, and the 2010 edition will be the first hosted in the United States.

Tickets

Kona Gold, a resident of the Hall of Champions at the Kentucky Horse Park, was euthanized today after a paddock accident. The 15-year-old gelding had resided at the park since November 2007.

Cathy Roby, Hall of Champions manager, said a visitor alerted the staff to a problem with one of the horses at about 8:30 this morning, just before the Hall of Champions residents are usually

Hoosier Park Racing and Casino received test results back from horses quarantined on the backstretch for Streptococcus equi (equine strangles). All tests have been returned as negative for the infection in these horses.

In the late afternoon of Sept. 22, however, a horse in the quarantined barn was found dead in its stall. The horse was immediately transported to Purdue University

The Louisiana State Animal Response Team (LSART), in partnership with the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), has acquired a deluxe custom-designed animal emergency response unit.

With support from the ASPCA and IFAW, LSART was able to outfit a heavy-duty truck and 36-foot long trailer for use in diverse

Success stories on TheHorse.com’s Adoption Service for Thoroughbreds and Standardbreds climbed steadily toward number 200, but as we waited to declare reaching the benchmark of our 200th adoption, we got a surprise–horses 200 and 201 both found new homes this week!

Thoroughbreds Another Bear and Pointer were listed by

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