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Australia Fires: Livestock Assessment Begins, Feed Needed
Recovery from the recent fires in the Australian state of Victoria is just beginning. The fires burned an estimated 850 square miles. According to the state’s Department of Primary Industries, Victoria produces around 26% of Australia’s
Unwanted Horse Group Offers Speakers for Equine Events
The Unwanted Horse Coalition’s (UHC) National Speaker Program is up and running. The UHC has volunteers across the country who might be able to attend your equine group’s event in order to present information from the Coalition. Any
Racing Group to Give $500K in Scholarships
The Race For Education will award more than $500,000 in scholarship money this year to young people in the equine industry, bringing the organization’s total scholarship awards to more than $2.5 million since its inception in 2002
Commentary: Track Regulatory Vet Asks ‘What If?’
“You know, Doc, that filly you scratched the other day? We X rayed that ankle, and she had the beginnings of a condylar fracture…”
I hear these words a few times each year when a trainer or private veterinarian is kind enough to give me a
Massachusetts Euthanasia Case: Of Pleas and Precedents
A defendant?s admission of sufficient facts to warrant a finding of guilt on a criminal charge, such as one made by Elliot S. Saffran, a Massachusetts horse owner charged with animal cruelty, sounds a lot like a guilty plea. Unlike a guilty plea
Tart Cherry Juice May Reduce Muscle Damage
A recent human study has found that tart cherry juice blend (TCJB) had beneficial effects on exercising muscle. The objective was to determine if TCJB can lessen exercise-induced muscle damage in horses, as measured by serum enzymatic markers.
Readers Vote on TheHorse.com’s Equine Focus
Close to 1,500 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “Would you like to see a special section on TheHorse.com that is about your other companion animals (dogs and cats)?”
