Latest News – The Horse
Triumph of the Neigh-Sayers
They didn’t paw the ground or snort with impatience, but when they got going the team of Percherons pranced along at a clip that had photographers scrambling to keep up. Decked out in well-coiffed manes and tails, the 1,800-pound black horses
Florida Increases Import Restrictions on Livestock from VS States
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Animal Industry, announced to the state’s practitioners on Aug. 18 that it has modified livestock import restrictions due to the recent detection of vesicular stomatitis
Jockey Club Projects 2007 Thoroughbred Foal Crop at 37,500
Inoperable Tumor Found In Lost In the Fog
Champion sprinter Lost in the Fog has an inoperable tumor in addition to the large one found this week on his spleen and may have no more than two weeks to live, trainer Greg Gilchrist said Aug. 18.
The popular colt, owned by Harry Aleo,
Wyoming Fire Threatens Horses
A fire that has consumed nearly 12,000 acres of woodland forced hundreds of residents in a mountainous area to evacuate their homes near Casper, Wyo., during the past week. Included among the evacuees were a number of horses that were in the
One Confirmed Case, Additional Suspect Cases of VS in Wyoming
Yesterday (Aug. 17), the Wyoming State Veterinary Laboratory posted a USDA release on its web site announcing the first confirmed U.S. case of vesicular stomatitis in 2006. The case, a 10-year-old horse, is located near Casper in Natrona County.
Kentucky Embargos Wyoming VS County
The Kentucky State Veterinarian?s office today (Aug. 18) placed an embargo on Natrona County in Wyoming due to the detection of vesicular stomatitis (VS). A release this afternoon stated:
“With the notification that vesicular stomatitis
Second Anthrax Case in South Dakota
On Aug. 16, the South Dakota state veterinary office confirmed the state’s second case of anthrax this year. As a result of the outbreak, three beef cows that were part of a herd of 51 unvaccinated cows died in Lincoln County. An earlier outbrea
Calif. Owner to Sue Trainer Over Drug Positive
In a lawsuit that is believed to be unprecedented, the owner of a horse disqualified for a drug positive is suing his trainer for the redistributed purse money.
Los Angeles-based attorney Alan Klein, whose Ellenay Racing owned Dyna Da
WNV Reported in Michigan Horse
Michigan’s State Veterinarian Dr. Steve Halstead today announced the state’s first case of West Nile Virus (WNV) in a horse for 2006. The horse was a 3-year old gelding from Washtenaw County. Dr. Halstead urges residents to take precautions
MAF Holiday Cards to Benefit Animal Health Research
Already the leader in private funding of research to protect, treat, and cure companion animals and wildlife, Morris Animal Foundation (MAF) will raise the bar yet again in 2007 with new initiatives in canine and equine health. This year’s
Equine VS Case Confirmed in Wyoming
The Wyoming State Veterinary Lab has verified that the country’s first case of vesicular stomatitis (VS) for 2006 has been confirmed in a Natrona County horse. The following was released by USDA’s Animal Plant and Health Inspection
Lost in the Fog to Undergo Tests Friday
Doctors at the University of California-Davis veterinary school will run extensive tests on Lost in the Fog Friday in order to determine whether they will perform surgery to remove what is believed to be a cancerous mass from his spleen. If the
Lay Equine Dentist Files Veterinary Practice Act Lawsuit in Minnesota
The Institute for Justice Minnesota Chapter has announced in a press release that it is challenging the state’s veterinary licensing process on behalf of a lay (non-veterinarian) equine dentist who is referred to as a “teeth floater.” Chris
Purina Releases Statement Regarding Texan Toxicity Incident
Press release from Land O’Lakes Purina Feed LLC:
The Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine has advised Land O’Lakes Purina Feed LLC that it has completed its investigation of the Brazos County, Texas, horse mortality
Five Montana Horses Diagnosed with WNV
West Nile virus (WNV) has been confirmed in horses in five Montana counties, state Livestock Department officials said Wednesday (Aug. 16).
Horses in Cascade, Glacier, Phillips and Yellowstone counties and a second horse in Flathead
