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Horse Health News Video: Ryder Report for Jan. 3

The Horse Staff January 3, 2008

Watch the Jan. 3 edition of the Ryder Report.

The report includes coverage of horse rescues caught in a pinch, as the

Tufts Vet School Hosting Equine Health Talks

Edited Press Release January 3, 2008

The Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University will be hosting a series of lectures on equine health.

The presentations will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Agnes Varis Lecture Hall in North Grafton, Mass.

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University Students Help Formulate Livestock Odor Emission Estimates

The Associated Press January 3, 2008

Purdue University students are making some extra cash through a project that might turn some of their classmates’ stomachs–by sniffing livestock excrement. Students earn $30 per session as they take whiffs of a variety of smells collected from

Thoroughbred Broodmares Inspected for Early Foaling

Edited Press Release January 3, 2008

The Jockey Club once again dispatched teams of representatives in late December to numerous farms in six states and one Canadian province to inspect broodmares with early 2007 breeding or foaling dates.

This was the third consecutive

Santa Anita Track Drainage Dilemma Not Over

Jack Shinar January 3, 2008

Knee deep in controversy over drainage problems with Santa Anita’s new synthetic racetrack and heavy rainfall expected this week, the company that installed the surface has acknowledged that the issue remains unresolved.

In a Jan. 2 press

Wild Horse and Burro Adoption to be Held in Alabama

Edited Press Release January 3, 2008

The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management-Eastern States (BLM-ES) will hold a wild horse and burro adoption at the Mobile Agri-Ed Center in Mobile, Ala., on January 19 and 20, 2008.

Approximately 65 horses and a few

Readers Respond: Equine Resolutions

Erin Ryder January 2, 2008

More than 700 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “Do you have any equine-related New Year’s resolutions?”

World Equestrian Games 2010: Host City Begins Countdown

The Horse Staff January 2, 2008

The city of Lexington, Ky., began its official countdown to the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games on Dec. 29–1,000 days before the Games will debut in the United States.

Official countdown clocks were unveiled during halftime of the

Rabies Vaccine Drop to Include 44 Texas Counties

The Associated Press January 2, 2008

Bait laced with rabies vaccine will be dropped from airplanes in 44 Texas counties in an effort targeting coyotes and gray foxes.

The Texas Department of State Health Services annual oral rabies vaccination drop begins Jan. 6 from the Zapat

USDA Releases Annual Animal Health Report

Edited Press Release January 2, 2008

The USDA has released the 2006 U.S. Animal Health Report, a national overview of domestic animal health in th

Equine Glanders: Scientists Working to Improve Testing Options

Equine Disease Quarterly January 2, 2008

Glanders is an important infectious equine disease of imposing antiquity. It is endemic in Brazil, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Iran, Iraq, India, Pakistan, and some other countries. Equine glanders has been eradicated from North America and

Alabama Horse Owners Offered Equine Health Classes on the Web

Edited Press Release January 2, 2008

Alabama horse enthusiasts have the opportunity to go back to school and focus on the care and management of horses and horse businesses.

The Alabama Horse Council and the Alabama Cooperative Extension System are combining their resources to

Horse Rescue Owner Trying to Get Seized Animals Back

The Associated Press January 1, 2008

The owner of a Fort Collins, Colo., animal rescue shelter says she will try to raise $10,000 for a bond so she can reclaim 27 animals seized by county officials over allegations that