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University of R.I. Receives Grant to Study Carriers of Lyme, EEE
The University of Rhode Island has received a $357,000 federal grant to study cattle ticks.
The money from the Department of Agriculture will be used to help researchers better understand how ticks transmit diseases to humans. Shahid Karim,
Two Horses Killed in Ky. Barn Fire
A Jan. 31 barn fire believed to have been caused by an electrical malfunction claimed the lives of two Thoroughbreds boarded at Warren Lyster’s 100-acre Tarleton Farm near Paris, Ky. According to chief Lloyde Campbell of the Bourbon County Fire and
Arlington Park to Install Polytrack for $10 Million
Edited press release
Arlington Park has selected Polytrack as the new synthetic racing surface that will replace its organic dirt track for the 2007 meet that begins May 4. The project will cost an estimated $10 million.
New Orleans Mounted Patrol Receives Donation of New Tack
Equine Herpesvirus Wisconsin Cases Not Related to Other Outbreaks
Erin Ryder
February 6, 2007
A flare-up of equine herpesvirs-1 (EHV-1) cases in Jefferson County, Wisc., which has led to the euthanasia of two horses, is not related to any other recent outbreaks, according to Scott Austin, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM, of the Wisconsin Equine Clinic Final Chapter
Sean Clancy
February 6, 2007
I had to ask. Four days after winning the Kentucky Derby, as Michael Matz talked about his horse and his life, he paused and I pounced. Conn. Horse Owners Fighting Proposed Trail Riding Limits
The Associated Press
February 5, 2007
A proposal to limit horseback riding on state-owned trails is not sitting well with Connecticut’s thriving horse-riding community. The state Department of Environmental Protection wants to limit horseback riding only to posted areas on Horse Owners Contributing Prize Money to Hong Kong Olympic Fund
Edited Press Release
February 5, 2007
Racehorse owners in Hong Kong will now contribute part of their prize money to support cultural, educational, promotional, and community involvement programs related to the 2008 Olympic equestrian events, with the setting up of the 2008 Incentive Program Offered at Arabian Show for Horses Receiving Succeed
Press Release
February 5, 2007
Freedom Health, LLC, has announced its sponsorship of a new incentive program for horse owners who use Succeed Digestive Conditioning Program to foster optimum digestive health in their equine partners. The Succeed Challenge Series, a Herpesvirus Confirmed in Wisconsin Horses; Two Euthanatized
Erin Ryder
February 5, 2007
Two horses in Jefferson County, Wisc., have been confirmed positive for equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1), according to a statement written by Scott Austin, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM, of the Wisconsin Equine Clinic, and released on the Wisconsin Horse Council Tips to Reduce Ulcer Risk and Improve Healing
Lydia Gray, DVM, MA
February 5, 2007
It’s been well-documented that over 90% of race horses and over 60% of performance horses (hunter/jumpers, dressage, endurance and western) have ulcers. However, a new study shows that even small changes in the routine of a recreational horse can cau Three Groups Join Efforts on Equine Scholarships
The Blood-Horse Staff
February 5, 2007
Edited press release The Kentucky Equine Education Project, Kentucky Horse Council, and the Race for Education have announced a joint effort to promote Kentucky’s equine scholarships. While each organization will continue to award Below-Zero Temps Hit Plains, Northeast
The Associated Press
February 5, 2007
A bone-chilling Arctic cold wave with temperatures as low as 38 below zero shut down schools for thousands of youngsters Monday, halted some Amtrak service and put car batteries on the disabled list from the northern Plains across the Great Barbaro: Unhappy Ending
Steve Haskin
February 5, 2007
Fairy tales are not supposed to have unhappy endings. Barbaro was to leave New Bolton Medical Center, walking soundly with his head held high, and live happily ever after. But Thoroughbreds, despite the fairy tales they inspire, live in a Champion Mom’s Command Euthanatized at 24
Paul R. Daley
February 4, 2007
Mom’s Command, champion 3-year-old filly of 1985, was quietly euthanatized in the early afternoon Feb. 3 at owner/breeder Peter Fuller’s Runnymede Farm in North Hampton, N.H., due to increasing infirmities related to age. The 24-year-old Horses Removed from Ga. Farm Friday
Press Release
February 4, 2007
Georgia Department of Agriculture staff removed 67 horses Friday (Feb. 2) from Pike County out of concern for the animals’ health and safety.
The Department is in the process of removing the remaining 27 equine on the property. Readers’ Most PopularWeekly Poll |
