Latest News – The Horse
U.K. Authorities Testing More Cattle for FMD
British authorities were testing for a new outbreak of foot and mouth disease (FMD) Friday, after cattle in a herd grazing several miles away from an initial cluster of cases were suspected of falling ill, raising fears that the virus is
Herd of Horses Removed from Drought-Stricken Pasture; Owner Deployed in Iraq
A herd of horses from Lewisburg, Tenn., has been rescued after grass and water dried up in their pasture while their owner is on a military deployment to Iraq. (Editor’s note: it has been brought to our attention that the horses’ owner was
Diving Mule Act Concerns Animal Activists
Five bucks buys a ticket to Bill Rivers’ Saturday night rodeo and the chance to see three mules jump off a 24-foot-high platform into a six-foot-deep pool of water.
Rivers says the crowd goes wild for his “High Diving Aqua Mules” act. But
ASPCA to Award Maclay National Championship Trophy
Officials with The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), a sponsor of the 32nd Annual Hampton Classic Horse Show, will present the ASPCA Maclay National Championship trophy on Friday, August 31. R. Scot Evans, equine
Vaccine Lab Implicated as Source of FMD Outbreak
Foot and mouth disease (FMD) is so highly contagious–and such a threat to farm economies–that the United States won’t allow researchers to work with the virus on the mainland. But in Britain, a lab making Foot and Mouth vaccines was located
Study: Blood Test More Accurate than Fecal Analysis for Detecting Equine Tapeworms
Researchers identified higher serum antibody levels against the equine tapeworm, Anoplocephala perfoliata, in horses with colic compared to horses without colic in a study conducted by Maarten Boswinkel DVM, Specialist KNMvD Equine
Maryland Available Hay Listed on Department of Ag. Web site
With rainfall shortages in Maryland wreaking havoc on pastures and hay fields, Maryland livestock producers and horse owners are already exhausting hay supplies that would normally feed their animals through the winter.
The Maryland
Yearlong Countdown to Olympic Games Begins
The yearlong countdown to the 2008 Olympic Games was officially kicked off in host city Beijing with a ceremony at Tiananmen Square. More than 10,000 people attended the event, according to a statement released on the Games’ official <
USDA: Horses from CEM Countries Could be Allowed as Temporary Imports
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has proposed to amend its regulations so that horses to be used for noncompetitive entertainment from countries affected with
1982 Kentucky Derby Winner Gato Del Sol Dead
Gato Del Sol, who won the 1982 Kentucky Derby as a homebred for Arthur B. Hancock III and Leone J. Peters, was euthanatized Aug. 7 at Hancock’s Stone Farm near Paris, Ky. The 28-year-old pensioned stallion was foaled and raised at Stone.
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Some U.K. Bridleways Closed Due to Foot and Mouth Disease
Footpaths and bridleways in the area surrounding a farm where cattle infected with foot and mouth disease were located will be closed, the British Horse Society (BHS) announced earlier today.
In the past week, veterinary authorities
Para-Equestrian Discipline Manager Selected for WEG 2010
The World Games 2010 Foundation, Inc. has announced Lloyd Landkamer, of Hamel, Minn., will be the Para-Equestrian Discipline Manager for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games.
Landkamer becomes one of nine managers
Managing Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis
At the 2006 American Association of Equine Practitioners Convention, Dr. Sharon Spier spoke about HYPP.
Foot and Mouth Disease Confirmed on Second U.K. Site, International Movement of Racehorses Affected
The U.K.’s Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) announced today that foot and mouth disease (FMD) has been confirmed on another cattle farm near Surrey. The slaughter of these cattle began yesterday, based on
Appeals Court Rejects “Sally Hemings” Name for Filly
A federal appeals court ruled Aug. 7 that a filly can’t be named “Sally Hemings” after Thomas Jefferson’s most famous slave and reputed lover.
The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, Ohio, ruled that The Jockey Club can legally
Two Horses, Driver Killed After Truck Veers into Pasture
A driver and two horses died Monday when a dump truck veered off a road and into a barnyard, the Oregon State Police said.
Gene Hilby, 59, of Otis, Ore., was driving a dump truck loaded with dirt east on Highway 101. According to a witness,
