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Tobiano Gene Discoveries Mean Better Tests
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Breeders trying to produce horses with tobiano coloring have a new tool, available through genetic research, to help them select their breeding stock.
Research into the equine genome is revealing the tiny source of many big problems affecting horses. Scientists received a whole new set of tools when the first version of the equine DNA sequence–the genetic code of horses, arranged into the Created by Cecilia May Hylton in honor of her late 1982 sorrel western pleasure stallion, the Flashy Zipper Fund not only honors a great horse, but it also benefits the work of the American Quarter Horse Foundation. “I was honored to The Board of Directors of the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration recently announced that Chief Executive Officer and Show Manager Ron Thomas, will no longer serve in that position. After an extensive career in the insurance Samantha Bossone and her horse Zippity Zulu always seemed to have a special bond whenever they went riding together, Bossone’s mother said Wednesday. “She cared for my daughter on her own,” Gina Bossone said of the chestnut-colored quarter The Bureau of Land Managed gathered about 850 wild horses this month in southwest Wyoming. The agency had wanted to delay the roundups until next year but proceeded after the state protested. The roundups from the adjacent Little Colorado TheHorse.com and sponsor Pfizer Animal Health have created a 17-video library of news, interviews, and products from the 2007 American Association of Equine Practitioners convention, the largest gathering of equine veterinarians in the world. The image of Britons in scarlet coats galloping over fields as their dogs chase foxes is fixed in the popular imagination. But Britain’s highest court ruled Wednesday that laws banning the hunts must stand. Hunters had appealed two bans: on Partnerships allow two people or entities to pool their strengths, with the combination stronger than either could be on their own. The University of Kentucky College of Agriculture and federal Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) have Watch the Nov. 28 edition of the Ryder Report. This week’s stories include a report on a surge in the number of cases of
Santa Anita Park, currently open for training only, will close its main track Dec. 3-10 to examine its new Cushion Track surface due to problems with drainage. The move comes just a month before the start of the Santa Anita winter/spring Readers’ Most PopularWeekly Poll |
