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AAEP Summer Meetings Focus on Foal Care, Practice Management
The American Association of Equine Practitioners’ (AAEP) summer continuing education meetings–Focus on the First Year of Life and the 16th Annual Practice Management Seminar–will be held July 27-29 in Austin, Texas, at the Hilton Austin.
Got Milk? Central Kentucky Colostrum Bank in Need
Veterinarians with Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, Ky., have put out a call for colostrum donations as their supply has dwindled in the midst of foaling season.
Fire Prevention, Farm Safety Podcasts Available
Safety is a year-round business, but it becomes a top priority in the spring as farm owners and managers get more active in their stables and fields.
To help remind horse owners of basic safety principles, the Equine Science Center at
Horse Council Forum to Focus on 2008 Election Involvement
The American Horse Council (AHC) will host its 2008 National Issues Forum June 16-18 at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
The general session on Tuesday, June 17, will feature sessions designed to educate horse
American Quarter Horse Foundation Gets $2 Million Gift
The American Quarter Horse Foundation recently received the largest gift from an individual in the group’s history. Clarence Scharbauer Jr. of Midland, Texas, is making a $2 million donation to the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame and Museum.
Racehorse Steroids: More Questions Than Answers
The complicated nature of regulating anabolic steroids in racehorses came to light May 20 when discussion among members of the Kentucky Equine Drug Research Council and others seemed to indicate the easiest route is an all-out ban on the substances
Veterinarians Begin Testing New Equine Recovery Device
A version of a device designed to help brain injured and bariatric human patients to move more freely might also be used to assist down horses recovering from injury and surgeries.
“We were doing applications to support a 1,000-pound
Texas Healthy Horses Workshop to Feature Monty Roberts
The American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) will present a Healthy Horses Workshop, an educational day designed just for horse owners, in Austin, Texas, later this summer. This full-day program will feature seminars of practical,
67-Year-Old Equestrian Bound for 2008 Olympics
Most people tailor their activity level to their age, with each decade inviting a reassessment of energy levels, ability, and ambition. But not 67-year-old equestrian Hiroshi Hoketsu. Forty-four years after he finished in 40th place at the Tokyo
Seven Injured in Minnesota Veterinary Lab Chemical Leak
Three buildings at the University of Minnesota have reopened after a chemical leak sent seven people to the hospital.
Campus police said five gallons of potassium hydroxide leaked from a large tank late Monday at a veterinary diagnostic lab
Mexican Donkey Jailed for Ornery Behavior
A donkey is doing time in southern Mexico for assault and battery.
The animal was locked up at a local jail that normally holds people for public drunkenness and other disturbances after it bit and kicked two men near a ranch in Chiapas
Big Brown Arrives at Belmont
Big Brown arrived in style at Belmont Park May 19. With a police escort in front and a UPS truck behind, a Brook Ledge van delivered the winner of the first two legs of the Triple Crown to a loading ramp near Barn 2 at 2:25 p.m.
Big Brown
Event Horse Dies on Cross-Country at French CCI***
Nullabor, an 11-year-old Irish sport horse ridden by Clayton Fredericks of Australia, died Saturday while competing at the Saumur CCI*** in France, according to a statement on the event organizers’ Web site.
Prosecutors Planning to Appeal Seized Horse Reimbursement Ruling
An attorney with the Jackson County, Mich., prosecutor’s office said Monday he will appeal a Circuit Court ruling that horses at the center of a controversial animal cruelty case were improperly seized, and that their former owner be reimbursed
Scollay Hired as Kentucky Horse Racing Medical Director
During a meeting dominated by health and safety topics, the Kentucky Horse Racing Authority (KHRA) announced May 19 that Mary Scollay, DVM, has been appointed to the new position of equine medical director.
Scollay, the senior veterinarian
Readers Respond: That Ticks Me Off!
More than 1,700 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “Do you have problems with ticks on your horse(s)?”
