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Olympic Equestrian Test Event to Begin Saturday
A test event to discover any issues with the venue constructed for the 2008 Olympic equestrian competition will begin Saturday. This will be the first equestrian event hosted at the Olympic site in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong Jockey Club completed
Baltimore Stable Used by Horse Cart Vendors Condemned
Baltimore authorities Aug. 9 condemned a stable housing street vendors’ horses, the The
WNV, EEE Found in Massachusetts Mosquitoes
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MPH) announced Aug. 10 that Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus and West Nile virus (WNV) have been detected in mosquitoes in Bristol, Norfolk, and Suffolk counties.
According to the MP
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
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
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
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
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
Managing Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis
At the 2006 American Association of Equine Practitioners Convention, Dr. Sharon Spier spoke about HYPP.
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
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
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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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
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 <
Olympic Equestrian Karen O’Connor to Appear on NBC’s Today Show
Karen O’Connor, two-time Olympic medalist will appear on the Today Show in New York City on August 8.
Riding the amazing pony, Theodore O’Connor, the three-day event rider recently bested a field of talented horses and riders to lead the U.S.
BHS Warning Owners of Companion-only Horses of Potential for Future Sale
The British Horse Society (BHS) has warned horse owners to be wary when responding to advertisements seeking companion horses, following an increase in the number of reports of such animals being sold to new homes after placement.
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