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Hong Kong To Spend $20 Million On Promoting The Beijing Olympics
Hong Kong is planning to spend up to US$20 million to stir up Olympic fever in the Chinese territory and abroad ahead of next year’s Beijing Games, an official said Saturday.
Hong Kong, a former British colony on the southern edge of mainland
Veterinary Ophthalmologists Using New Equipment to Correct Glaucoma
Next week, veterinary ophthalmologists at The New Jersey Equine Clinic in Clarksburg, N.J., will perform an endoscopic laser procedure on a horse with glaucoma–one of the first equine uses for a new piece of equipment in the ophthalmologists’
Minn. Girl to Receive Replacement for Pony that was Killed
An 11-year-old Long Prairie, Minn., girl will receive a new pony to replace the one that was killed in a pasture outside her home.
Katie Symalla will receive the 8-month-old filly today (Nov. 10).
A Long Prairie woman, Sue
LSU Equine Program Co-Hosts Large Animal Emergency Rescue Course
The LSU Equine Health Studies Program (EHSP) at the School of Veterinary Medicine recently co-hosted a four-day technical large animal emergency rescue and large animal hazardous material training course at the LSU-Fire & Emergency Training
LSU Hosts Veterinary Dermatology Seminar
The LSU School of Veterinary Medicine is hosting a veterinary dermatology seminar entitled “A Potpourri of Veterinary Dermatologic Diseases and Therapy” on Sunday, Dec. 2. This seminar is generously sponsored by Vetoquinol USA Inc., Virbac
Michigan State Vets Help Prepare Racehorses for Another Life
Michigan State University’s Large Animal Hospital has been helping prepare retired racehorses for other occupations. Working together with CANTER, these horses receive necessary medical and surgical care, and then are sent on to new homes and ne
Nevada Wild Horse Center to Reopen Nov. 13
The Bureau of Land Management will reopen its National Wild Horse and Burro center north of Reno, Nev., on Nov. 13, the agency said Thursday.
The center in Palomino Valley was voluntarily closed to the public on Sept. 26 as a precaution
Reward Offered for Information on Minnesota Horse Mutilation
The Humane Society of the United States offered a $2,500 reward on Thursday for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the recent mutilation of girl’s pet pony.
Illinois Accident Horses Nearly Ready for Adoption
A veterinarian who has been caring for the 42 equine survivors of an Oct. 27 semitrailer rollover accident in Wadsworth, Ill., says the animals are mending and are nearly ready to go to new homes. Placement coordinators for the horses are in the
California’s Golden Gate Fields Unveils Synthetic Racing Surface
Northern California horsemen are hoping that Tapeta Footings will put the bounce back in their racing circuit.
To unanimous endorsement by those on hand Nov. 7, Magna Entertainment’s Golden Gate Fields unveiled its new $10-million synthetic
Flu: Queensland Government to Pay for Vaccination and Microchipping
The Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries has announced it will foot the bill for approved performance and pleasure horses to be microchipped and vaccinated. The government will also pay veterinarians $35 per horse to get the
Florida Veterinary Ophthalmologist Named Continuing Educator of the Year
Dennis E. Brooks, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVO, a professor of ophthalmology at the University of Florida College of Veterinary
Vet Says Minnesota Horse Mutilation Not a Hunting Accident
A veterinarian who exhumed and examined a palomino pony found dead and mutilated in a Long Prairie, Minn., pasture last weekend said Wednesday that the pet horse was not killed in a
Performing Colic Surgery on Zebra: Virginia Tech Equine Vets Earn their Stripes
For Brown, who has performed hundreds of colic surgeries on horses, having a patient with stripes was highly unusual but technically very similar.
New Flu Quarantine Allows Japanese Horses to Compete in Hong Kong
From the Hong Kong Jockey Club
Quarantine protocols will be enacted to enable Japanese horses to compete in the 2007 Cathay Pacific Hong Kong International Races.
Extensive negotiations between the Hong Kong
Wildfire Smoke and Horses: Recovering from Exposure
The severe fires in southern California have exposed humans and animals to unhealthy air containing wildfire smoke and particulates. These particulates can build up in the respiratory system, causing a number of health problems including burning
