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Farewell, Hong Kong

I’m writing this from my own desk chair, looking at the comfortingly familiar surroundings of my home office. Yes, I’m finally home from the 2008

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Horse on Contact Premises Positive for Piroplasmosis

According to an Aug. 25 statement from the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (DOACS), a horse on a second property has tested positive for equine piroplasmosis.

Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner

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Minnesota Horse Owners Warned of Toxic Plant Issue

Due to last year’s drought and recent dry conditions in parts of Minnesota, the state’s Extension service is again warning horse owners that hoary alyssum could become a problem for their animals. Hoary alyssum is a perennial weed

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Equine Sensory Training Clinic Returns to KHP

The fourth annual Equine Sensory Training Clinic will be held Oct. 19 and 20, 2008, at the Kentucky Horse Park’s indoor arena.

The clinicians include officers from the Lexington Mounted Police, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and a

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Kentucky Panel Approves Ban on Racehorse Steroids

The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission voted unanimously Aug. 25 to ban the use of anabolic steroids in racehorses, and the rules could be in place the first week of September should Gov. Steve Beshear sign an emergency regulation as expected.

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Michigan State Lecture Focuses on Preparing Horses for Winter

Each spring it’s the same scenario: your horse comes out of winter overweight and out of shape. You spent the previous year riding, training, showing, and your horse enjoyed plenty of exercise while out to pasture. But after a few cold months of

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Industry Praised for Eradicating Equine Flu in Australia

One year after equine influenza was first reported in New South Wales, Australia, Minister for Primary Industries Ian Macdonald said Aug. 24 that the state’s horse industry is back on track.

“Exactly one year ago today our horse industries’

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Valacyclovir Dosage Recommendations for EHV Released

Oklahoma researchers interested in limiting equine herpesvirus (EHV) disease outbreaks have established specific dosing recommendations for the antiviral agent valacyclovir. The drug appears to be effective in preventing or minimizing clinical

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Rabies Diagnosed in Horse at Missouri State Fair

The Missouri health department says one of the horses shown at the state fair has died from rabies.
  
The horse was noticed to be sick Aug. 17 and died two days later. It was shown in the Saddlebred Show and stabled in Barn C.

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Horse-Based Society; Amish Populations Expand

The Amish are expanding their presence in states far beyond Pennsylvania Dutch country as they search for affordable farmland to accommodate a population that has nearly doubled in the past 16 years, a new study found.


States such as

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Wild Horse Euthanasia Decision Postponed by BLM




The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) isn’t likely to make a decision regarding the use of euthanasia in wild horse herd management until the end of the year, a spokesman said. The euthanasia option decision was originally

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