Latest News – The Horse
Watch Out For Screwworm
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is alerting veterinarians and others involved in the livestock industry in certain areas of the United States to be on the lookout for screwworm.
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Exchange Offered To Young Adults Pursuing Equine Career
Communicating for Agriculture (CA), a non-profit rural advocacy organization, is offering young adults pursuing a career in the equine industry the opportunity to travel to England in July 2000 for a month-long stay at an equine stable. Trainees
David Foley Named Executive Director Of AAEP
The American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) has announced the appointment of deputy executive director and convention manager David Foley as its new executive director, effective May 1. Foley succeeds Gary Carpenter, who leaves the
CSU Veterinary Medicine Program Ranks High
Colorado State University’s Veterinary Medicine program was ranked second in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report’s annual 2001 Graduate Guide issued recently.
The veterinary medical program, which awards Doctor
Horse Owners Sentenced For USDA Import Violations
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced that horse facility owners Emil and Anna Jung of Gehlenberg-Friesoythe, Germany, have been sentenced after pleading guilty to three counts each of false statements and mail fraud.
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UK Team Attacks Strangles
A leading UK horse charity has teamed up with genome researchers in an effort to beat the equine disease strangles. The Home of Rest for Horses, based in Buckinghamshire, England, has financed a £250,000 ($390,000) project to decode all the gene
EVA Confirmed In Kentucky
An outbreak of equine viral arteritis (EVA) was confirmed on one Thoroughbred farm on March 20.
West Nile Still Here
West Nile encephalitis virus caused an outbreak and deaths in humans and horses in the northeastern United States in the late summer and early fall of 1999. Recent isolations of the virus from adult mosquitoes and a dead bird in New York state
West Nile Threat Moves Dressage Olympic Selection To Florida
The United States Equestrian Team (USET) has changed the location of its Dressage Olympic Selection Trials, scheduled for the weekends of May 13-14 and May 20-21.
The trials, which will also serve as the State Line Tack/USET Grand Prix
West Nile Virus (WNV) Notes
PA West Nile Virus Web Site Expanded
Visitors to Pennsylvania’s West Nile virus website—https://www.WestNile.state.pa.us —now can get weekly updates on the statewide mosquito surveillance”H3>PA West Nile Virus Web Site Expanded
Visitors to Pennsylvania’s West Nile virus website—PA West Nile Virus Web Si
AHC seeks USDA Appropriation for Horse Industry in Fiscal Year 2001
On February 7, 2000, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) presented its proposed Fiscal Year 2001 budget to Congress. This marks the beginning of the annual budgeting process for the federal government.
During this budget
New Fact Sheets Available For The
The American Youth Horse Council has released a new set of facts sheets, which supplement the well-known Horse Industry Handbook. Thousands have come to rely upon the Horse Industry Handbook as an indispensable source for
Challenge Benefits Equine Research
One of the primary goals for the American Quarter Horse Foundation is to provide financial support for equine research. Throughout the past few years AQHF has been successful in raising thousands of dollars for equine research, however, a new
Veterinarians Urge Horse Owners To Vaccinate Against Eastern Equine Encephalitis
In the last two weeks, six horses that died in the Chesapeake and Suffolk area with central nervous system symptoms have been referred to the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ Regional Animal Health Laboratory System for
Convention Offers Hot Topics In Equine Medicine
More than 85 of the world’s leading equine experts will discuss the latest advances in horse health during the American Association of Equine Practitioners’ (AAEP) 46th Annual Convention, November 26-29 in San Antonio, Texas. The four-day
AHSA Brings Performance Horse Registry to Kentucky Office
The Performance Horse Registry office opened for business at its new home with the American Horse Shows Association on Sept. 15. Prior to the move, the Jockey Club was providing support services to the PHR through the transition period.
