Latest News – The Horse

The American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) board of directors recently approved a new position statement regarding the tail docking of horses. The statement was written by the Equine Welfare Committee and reads as follows:

Position on Tail Docking in Horses

Tail docking in horses should only be performed when it is a medical necessity or when it i

Two Northern California men who pleaded “no contest” Sept. 4 to felony animal cruelty stemming from the torture death of a 24-year-old Thoroughbred mare were allowed to withdraw their pleas and have been scheduled to face trial Dec. 1.

A probation report recommended maximum three-year state prison sentences for both defendants, Liobijildo Guzman Herrera, 22, and Noel Guido-Silva, 21,

The LSU School of Veterinary Medicine will host its annual Equine Artificial Insemination Workshop Feb. 7-8, 2004, at the school. The workshop is open to horse breeders, but is limited to 18 participants.

This hands-on workshop is held to instruct horse owners and breeders on artificial insemination procedures with both fresh and cooled semen. Proper handling and preparation of semen

Despite the nine massive wildfires that have charred nearly 500,000 acres and continue to burn in Southern California, only one Thoroughbred farm was reported to have suffered any damage, and it was considered minor, according to Dawn Gerber of the California Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association.

At Golden Eagle Farm in Ramona, which is closest to the state’s largest blaze, the Cedar

The Kentucky Equine Drug Research Council is moving forward on research to develop tests for presence of the drugs inolin, a bronchodilator which could also enhance performance, and dizocilpine, a potential stimulant. The council is also working toward establishing a new way to do business with the University of Kentucky to accomplish such research.

The drug council, a sub-committee o

Sheikh Maktoum’s Storming Home, seventh as the 2-1 favorite in the John Deere Breeders’ Cup Turf (gr. IT), had a chunk taken out of his right hind foot when he was involved in a bumping incident with Sulamani rounding the first turn.

John O’Donoghue, assistant to trainer Neil Drysdale, said the son of Machiavellian–Try to Catch Me (by Shareef Dancer) was recovering from the incident.

Setting the stage for a new era for equestrian sport, the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) Board of Directors gave final approval to a new National Governing Body (NGB) for the sport of equestrian.

The new organization, formed through the combination of USA Equestrian and the United States Equestrian Team (USET), is formally called the United States Equestrian Federation, Inc., and it

Following is the transcript of the Roundtable Discussion on Compounding for the Equine Veterinary Profession sponsored by Luitpold Animal Health and held in New York on Aug. 30. In attendance were Gary White, DVM (Luitpold Pharmaceuticals, who acted as moderator); C. Wayne McIlwraith, BVSc, PhD, FRCVS, Dipl. ACVS, ECVS (representing the American Association of Equine Practitioners); Richard

Bill Gengler, DVM, Dipl. AVDC, has been named Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs and Director of the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital (VMTH) at the UW-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine, effective October 13th.

He brings a strong business background to the position, which helps him evaluate activities from a different perspective. Gengler was the founder of the Animal Hospital

The operation to straighten the joint lasted six hours, including the hoof wall reshaping, and cast application. “We broke down all the bony callous, placed the lower limb back in alignment with her cannon bone, and plated it with a dynamic hip screw,” said Stewart.

Don’t You  Come Near Me With That Hose!

Sunday afternoons mean a few extra hours to spend catching up. Today it was catching up with the weanlings’ training.

In Dr. McDonnell’s outline to 12-Weeks to a User-Friendly Junior Weanling, the first two weeks are called Gentle Start. So lets see how we are doing. “Reach full compliance with a minimum of 25

Horse owners everywhere cold-hose or ice their horses’ legs to help reduce inflammation, but there hasn’t been much agreement among researchers on its effects, or the success of various methods of cooling.

Steve Reed, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM, a professor and head of equine medicine and surgery at The Ohio State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, recently was selected as the winner of the 2003 World Equine Veterinary Association Award for Applied Research, which is funded by a grant from Schering-Plough Animal Health Corporation.

According to an article in the Oct. 15

Illinois horse owners polled in a statewide referendum on Oct. 7 approved an innovative new program that establishes an elective tax on horse feed products that will benefit equine research and education in the state.

Sponsored by the Horseman’s Council of Illinois (HCI), the referendum that would set the five-cent optional tax passed by a small margin. Proceeds from the taxatio

I spent this past weekend at the national Police Equestrian Competition (PEC). That’s the recognized national awards for mounted police officers in uniform, equitation, and obstacle course competitions. There were 96 officers and horses who came to the Kentucky Horse Park from as far away as Toronto, Canada, and New Orleans, La. This is what these babies should be when they grow up. Some of

A 19-year-old stallion was hit by a car near the village of Sydenham in Ontario, Canada, last week, according to an article in the Ottawa Citizen.

Early on Oct. 9, a woman hit the horse at 70 kilometers per hour (about 45 mph) as she was passing another vehicle in the morning fog.

Despite his injuries, the horse, Serenade, walked back to his home. His owner, farmer