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SmartPak Opening First Retail Store
SmartPak proudly announces the grand opening of its first ever retail store which will be opening its doors on August 1st. The store, located in Natick, Mass., will be the site for special events during its first weekend including free
Center for Equine Business Studies to Launch Industry Newsletter
The business of the horse industry will have a new source of information when The Center for Equine Business Studies (CEBS) at
House Subcommittee to Hear Horse Slaughter Amendment
The House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection will hold a hearing for the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act (H.R. 503) at 2 p.m. on July 25, according to the subcommittee’s web site.
H.R. 503 is an
Exact Cause of Toxicity Deaths Still Unknown
Researchers at Texas A&M University (TAMU) in College Station, Texas, say they strongly suspect that the pesticide used on feed at nearby Carousel Acres was directly involved in the death of 27 horses. However, the reason for the extreme
University of Kentucky Researchers Play Role in Horse Genome Sequencing Project
The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) announced Wednesday (July 21) that it has added the horse genome to it latest sequencing targets, a project expected to provide powerful new scientific strategies and methods for research on
Texas A&M: Horse Mortality Incident Traced to Pesticide
Testing at the Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and the Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory has yielded evidence that the toxic principal responsible for the recent deaths of more than two dozen horses at Carousel Acres Equine Center in Brazos County, Texas, was in all likelihood phosphine gas.
Phosphine is a gaseous
British Horse Society Seeks Riders for Trekking Challenges
The BHS’s pioneering Horse Trek in
Prosthetics for Horse Limbs
When a horse has an injury such as happened to Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro in the Preakness Stakes (gr. I), the end result has often been euthanasia. Veterinarians are attempting to save Barbaro’s life, and limb. However, if the blood supply t
Veterinarians Investigate Toxicity Deaths
Twenty-seven horses have died in what appears to be an accidental poisoning at a Brazos County, Texas boarding barn, reports The Bryan-College Station Eagle, a local newspaper.
Preliminary reports suggest that the horses’ feed
Second Annual Sensory Training Clinic with the Mounted Police
School your horse with techniques used by police officers to promote confidence and employ strategies for desensitizing your horse to noise, crowds, and obstacles.
Five instructors representing the Lexington Police Mounted Unit, the
Horse Lost in Katrina Aftermath Competes at World Championship Show
Heather Lott-Goodwin, a nurse at the only fully equipped hospital in
Thoroughbred Charities of America to Receive Donation from BreyerFest 2006
Performance Permits Now Available for Non-Characteristic Appaloosas
Beginning January 1, 2007, the Appaloosa Horse Club (ApHC) will issue Performance Permits to ApHC-registered, non-characteristic (N) Appaloosas. Permits allow all non-characteristic Appaloosas, regardless of parentage or age, to show in
Equine Affaire Clinicians Invite Riders to Participate
Equine Affaire returns to the Eastern States Exposition, November 9?12, 2006, with a stellar roster of clinicians for the four-day exposition in
KHP Museum of the Horse Approved as Smithsonian Affiliate
The
‘We’re in a Marathon,’ Says Barbaro’s Vet
Day to day, for six straight days now, the reports on Barbaro have been good.
Good vitals, good attitude, stable.
Dean Richardson, DVM, Dipl. ACVS, Chief of Surgery, is looking way beyond those daily updates, however.
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