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BET Warning Letter

Kimberly S. Brown August 12, 2004

November 17, 2003

WARNING LETTER

CIN-04-18828

Robert H. Douglas, Ph.D.

BET Pharm LLC

1222 Richmond Road

Lexington, KY 40502

Dear Dr. Douglas:

During an inspection of your facility at 1517 Nicholasville Road, Lexington, KY 40503 on June 30, July 1-3, 7, 8, 24, 28, 30 and August 1 and 6, 2003, our investigators observed serious

NBC Olympics Viewing Marathon Postponed Due to Hurricane Charley and Tropical Storm Bonnie

Press Release August 12, 2004

Universal Orlando Contest Temporarily Postponed, Rescheduled to Begin Sunday at 7 p.m. ET

Competitors Standing By at Universal Orlando Resort to Break Guinness World Record for TV Watching Marathon During NBC’s 24-Hour Olympic

Costas and Couric Lead NBC’s coverage of Athens Olympics Opening Ceremony at 8 PM ET/PT Friday

Press Release August 11, 2004

Telecast Includes Feature on Athens’ Readiness & Security

NBC ATHENS PRESS OFFICE: 011 30 210 00 49288

Anthrax in Texas

Stephanie L. Church, Editorial Director August 11, 2004

Anthrax had killed a cow, a kudu (a type of antelope), and a whitetail deer in Texas as of Aug. 10. Laboratory results confirmed the disease in the animals, which lived on three premises in Uvalde and Val Verde Counties in Southwest

USDA to Compensate for Brucellosis-Infected Sheep, Goats, and Horses

Stephanie L. Church, Editorial Director August 11, 2004

The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) recently amended its brucellosis regulations in an effort to encourage livestock owners to cooperate with the agency’s brucellosis eradication program, thus reducing the likelihood of

Survey: Horse Industry Thriving in Minnesota

Press Release August 10, 2004

The horse industry in Minnesota has grown rapidly in the last five years. In a recent economical assessment, Brian Buhr, an economist with the University of Minnesota Extension Service, estimated that Minnesota’s horse industry generates nearly

Millionaire Dollar Bill Euthanized

The Blood-Horse Staff August 10, 2004

Gary and Mary West’s millionaire grade II winner Dollar Bill, who proved popular enough to warrant his own web site, was euthanized Aug. 3 after foundering. He suffered from ankle problems during his racing career and had been a patient at Rood

Advisory: Daily Distribution Schedule of NBC Athens 2004 Communications Information

Press Release August 9, 2004

ATHENS, Greece -Aug. 9, 2004-Following is a preliminary daily schedule of the releases and media advisories NBC’s Olympic communications team will be distributing from the 2004 Summer Games in Athens:

New Bolton’s Widener Hospital Open for Appointments

Press Release August 9, 2004

Penn’s George D. Widener Hospital for Large Animals reopened on Monday, Aug. 2, 2004, for scheduled appointments for equine patients. We have to limit the cases right now because we only have one of the hospital’s barns available, said Bruce”enn’s George D. Widener Hospital for Large Animals reopened on Monday, Aug. 2, 2004, for scheduled appointme

MRLS in Washington State?

Kimberly S. Brown August 9, 2004

While there has been speculation that several cases of mare reproductive loss syndrome (MRLS) happened in Washington state during the spring of 2003, the number of accessions to the state’s diagnostic lab doesn’t uphold that theory. Charles

West Nile Virus and EEE Detected in Maryland Mosquitoes

Press Release August 9, 2004

Mosquitoes collected in two separate areas of Prince George’s County are the first in Maryland this year to test positive for West Nile virus (WNV) and for Eastern equine encephalomyelitis (EEE). In the first instance, mosquitoes collected on

HorseTV Media Group, LLC Announces Exclusive Agreement for Olympic Video Distribution

Press Release August 5, 2004

Houston, TX–HorseTV Media Group, LLC announced today that an exclusive agreement has been reached between its affiliated company, Equestrian Vision, and NBC for the U.S. video distribution rights to the equestrian events of the 2004 Olympics in

NBC Provides Tools to Help Viewers Navigate 24-Hour-a-Day Athens Olympic Coverage

Press Release August 5, 2004

From Interactive Listings on NBCOlympics.com to On-Screen Cross Promotion, Viewers Have a Roadmap to the Athens Games on the Networks of NBC

Thoroughbred Charities of America Appoints Executive Director

Press Release August 4, 2004

Thoroughbred Charities of America (TCA) has appointed Liz Harris of Midway, Ky., as its executive director. Harris has served on the TCA board for eight years. Among other fund-raising activities, she recently was on the campaign

New Drug Tried for Equine Heart Fibrillations

Press Release August 4, 2004

Veterinarians at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine believe they’re the first to use an oral drug to resolve a chronic case of atrial fibrillation (irregular heartbeats) in a horse.

Motion Filed in Federal Court to Exhume Saddlebred

Stephanie L. Church, Editorial Director August 3, 2004

A motion was filed on Aug. 2 for a court order to exhume the body of the sabotaged American Saddlebred Wild Eyed and Wicked from its burial site on Double D Ranch in Versailles, Ky. Lawyers on behalf of Sally and Joe Jackson filed the motion in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky in Lexington.

Wicked and four other Saddlebreds were injected with a toxic