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Tevis Cup Endurance Ride Vet Countdown Begins
Veterinary preparations for the 54th running of the Tevis Cup, a 100-mile horse race, have kicked into high gear as the Aug. 1 race day approaches.
Head veterinarian Greg Fellers, DVM, has been working on recruiting and organizing the 17 veterinarians charged with manning the nine equine checkpoints scattered between the starting point near Lake Tahoe and the finish in Auburn, Calif.
Third Piroplasmosis Horse Reported Missing
A third horse that tested positive for equine piroplasmosis was illegally removed from quarantine in June, stated a report issued to the World Organization for Animal Health (Office International des Epizooties, or OIE) by John Clifford, DVM, deputy administrator of the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
10 Questions for Piaff’s Vet
For the past few weeks we’ve been serializing a chapter entitled “Piaff” from the new book Equine ER: Stories from a Year in the Life
Traumatic Injury to the Equine Central Nervous System, ACVIM 2009
Whether it’s a yearling that flipped and landed on his poll or an older horse that tumbled after simply taking a bad step, traumatic injury to the central nervous system is the most common cause of neurologic problems in horses. Yvette S. Nout, DVM, MS, PhD, Dipl. ACVECC, ACVIM, a researcher at the University of California, San Francisco, reviewed the pathophysiology and
Australian Equine Vets Honored for Equine Influenza Efforts
Equine Veterinarians Australia, which representes more than 1,000 equine practitioners in that country, honored the Chief Veterinarians for New South Wales and Queensland for their efforts in eradicating equine infuenza from their states during the massive outbreak last year.
Dr. Bruce Christie from New South Wales and Dr. Ron Glanville from Queensland received the 2009 Equine
Developing Natural Springs as Equine Water Sources
Horse owners have several options to provide water for their animals; one of them is to take advantage of a natural spring on your property.
Readers Take on the Battle of the Flies
More than 1,100 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “How do you deal with flies at your barn?”
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Team USA rider Tom McCutcheon of Aubrey, Texas, won the individual final in Kentucky Cup Reining, the first test event for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. Held in the Kentucky Horse Park’s new indoor arena, Kentucky Cup Reining, a CRIO4* competition officially sanctioned by the International Equestrian Federation (FEI), featured 12 riders, four each from Canada, Mexico, and the The World Games 2010 Foundation, Inc. today announced the American Quarter Horse Association as the Official Reining Breed Sponsor. Reining will be one of eight world championships contested at the Games, which will be held at Lexington’s Kentucky Horse Park on September 25-October 10, 2010. As the Official Reining Breed Sponsor, AQHA will assist with the promotion and coverage of Reining There was some concern in Philadelphia earlier this week when the Emmanuel Frmiet statue of Joan of Arc was unceremoniously loaded on a flatbed and This is the last week to sign up before our next Webinar, “West Nile Virus: Reality Check!”, on Thursday, June 30, at 8 p.m. ET. Experienced agricultural producers in the southern Great Plains know that low wind speeds, high humidity, moist hay, and hot temperatures can be a recipe for disaster. Under such a set of circumstances, tightly stacked hay bales have been known to combust. Without proper preventative measures, hay barns or any other structures close to the blazing bales potentially might be lost. Horse owners can learn more about weed control in horse pastures from a new fact sheet published by University of Minnesota horse extension specialists. The new publication, Plants Commonly Found in Established Minnesota Horse Pastures, is packed with informatio Lameness, weight loss, colic, and equine Cushing’s syndrome are the four top reasons for euthanizing an older horse, said Catherine McGowan, BVSc, PhD, RCVS, European specialist in equine internal medicine, who presented research by Thomas McGowan, BSc, DVM, PhD, at the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Forum, held June 3-6 in Montréal, Quebec. To date there have been no Nearly 125 people turned out on a steamy summer day, June 27, for the University of Kentucky’s first all-equine field day. James H. Steele founded the veterinary division of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 1947. The 96-year-old veterinarian is called “The Father of Veterinary Public Health” by his colleagues. Readers’ Most PopularWeekly Poll |
