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Equine Welfare Brochure Available to AAEP Members
Equine welfare is one of the major focus areas of the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP). In recent months, the topic of equine welfare has further grown in importance due to the increasing number of unwanted horses.
Australia Bushfires: Groups See to Horse Health, Care
As uncontrolled bushfires continue to sweep through the Australian state of Victoria, horse health and rescue aid associations are working round the clock to keep up with the expanding need for emergency equine care.
The fires have
Kentucky Lawmakers Eye Soring Bill
Trainers and owners who cause injury to horses’ feet or legs to achieve an exaggerated gait will face stiff penalties in Kentucky if a bill introduced into the state senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee becomes law. Sponsored
California Mare Positive for CEM
A 12-year-old mare in California has tested positive for contagious equine metritis (CEM), a highly contagious but treatable reproductive disease of horses.
The positive mare was bred via artificial insemination using shipped semen collecte
Testing for Clostridium difficile (AAEP Convention 2008)
Clostridium difficile bacteria can cause severe, sometimes fatal colitis in horses. When a horse develops severe diarrhea (particularly if blood is present), C. difficile might be suspected, but veterinarians must confirm the infection to make sure they treat the the right organism. Toward that end, Carlos Medina-Torres, MV, MSc, a DVSc candidate at the University of Guelph in
Slumhorse Millionaire
Inspired by the recent Oscars, just a couple of the work-safe gems of YouTube (turn the volume down or use headphones if you’re in
Reining Sire Hits $6 Million in Offspring Earnings
Topsail Whiz climbed to the top of the National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) all time sire list in last July with total offspring earnings of $5,527,700, surpassing former leader Hollywood Dun It’s mark of $5,494,100. Now, Topsail Whiz has
Sale Reports Five Violations of New Riding Crop Rule
The set of uniform policies developed by four major Thoroughbred auction firms–Barretts, Fasig-Tipton, Keeneland, and the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. (OBS)–took effect beginning with the OBS February select sale of 2-year-olds in training Feb. 1
Second WEG 2010 Community Forum Planned
Lexington-area residents who want to learn more about the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games will have a chance to get their questions answered at a second community forum.
Held by the World Games 2010 Foundation in partnership with th
Final Florida Piroplasmosis Quarantine Lifted
The last premises determined to have had horses infected with equine piroplasmosis (EP) was released from state quarantine Feb. 12, according to a
Equine News and Brews Breeding Seminar in Kentucky
Alltech, sponsor of the Alltech World Equestrian Games Kentucky 2010, is hosting a series of educational seminars for horse owners in Lexington, Ky. The next meeting will be held Feb. 26 at 7 p.m. at Alltech’s Lexington Brewing and Distilling
Equine Advocates Brainstorm Ideas to Help Unwanted Horses
Expanding options for cash-strapped horse owners is key to reducing the number of unwanted horses in the United States, according to a group of equine welfare advocates who brainstormed the issue during a Feb. 18 meeting at the University of
California Veterinary Tax Removed from Budget
After a three-month battle, the California state legislature last week approved the final 2009-2010 budget, sans a proposed veterinary tax. The California Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA) conducted a letter and call-in campaign to stop the
It’s a kick …
The heady and sometimes dangerous life of an equine veterinarian …
I’m Bringing Zebra Back
(Them other boys don’t know how to act.) So she’s not a real Zebra. But when Maybelline, a Zebra statue at Albany’s All American
Second Colic Surgery for Thoroughbred Stallion Sky Mesa
Sky Mesa, the 9-year-old Thoroughbred stallion who underwent colic surgery Feb. 15, is being kept at Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital where an additional operation was
