Latest News – The Horse
AQHA Announces Equine Public Service Award Winner
EL NINOS POCO, a 1998 bay gelding, was honored October 18 at the Great Midwest International Quarter Horse Show in Valley City, North Dakota. First announced in 2001, the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) Equine Public Service Award
Foundation Study Investigates Means to Avoid Caterpillar Contamination on Farms
The Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation announced today that it is funding a study to be undertaken by Prof. Daniel A. Potter, a renowned entomologist at the University of Kentucky, to facilitate the extermination of Eastern Tent Caterpillar
Pfizer helps Exmoor ponies
Pfizer recently donated drugs to the Moorland Mousie Trust in the United Kingdom to help retain the value of the rare breed Exmoor pony. Pfizer has provided the local anaesthetic Domosedan, free-of-charge to enable the castration of the 14 colts
Purina Veterinary Conference 2002
Only 20 miles from downtown St. Louis, Mo., is a 1,200-acre research farm owned by the nutrition company Purina Mills. On Oct. 3-5, 140-plus veterinarians and another 50 Purina Mills representatives gathered to tour that research facility and
American Quarter Horse Association Board of Directors to Consider Eligibility of Cremellos and Amendment of “White Rule”
Cremellos or perlinos, which are horses that exhibit light or pink skin over the body, white or cream-colored hair, and blue eyes, might be eligible for registration in the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA). Last week, the AQHA Stud Book
Meeting Planned to Discuss MRLS in 2003
There will be a meeting to discuss the past and future of mare reproductive loss syndrome (MRLS) on Tuesday, Nov. 5, at the Embassy Suites on Newtown Pike in Lexington, Ky. The Kentucky Thoroughbred Farm Managers Club has opened its meeting to
Compounding Study: Know What You’re Getting
A recent study showed that one type of compounded omeprazole was ineffective against gastric ulcers in horses.
First Equine West Nile Virus Case Detected in Connecticut
The Connecticut Department of Agriculture recently reported the first clinical domestic animal case of West Nile virus (WNV) infection during 2002. The two-year-old horse from Canterbury presented on Sept. 20 with a lack of appetite, depression
Eastern Equine Encephalitis Confirmed In Virginia
The USDA National Veterinary Services laboratory in Ames, Iowa has confirmed that three horses submitted for testing by the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services are positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE). Results are
Arabian Registry To Require DNA Testing
DNA testing replaces blood typing as the Arabian Horse Registry of America’s required tool for verification.
Two More Cases Of EEE Confirmed in Virginia
The USDA National Veterinary Services laboratory in Ames, Iowa has confirmed that two more horses submitted for testing by the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services are positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE). These
New Jersey Horse Succumbs To West Nile Virus
Agriculture Secretary Art Brown Jr. said Tuesday (Sept. 5) that the death last week of a six-year-old Thoroughbred gelding in Tuckahoe, Cape May County, has been attributed to infection with the West Nile virus (WNV), in
New York West Nile Equine Case Confirmed
Euthanized Horse from Staten Island Tests Positive for West Nile
New York State Agriculture Commissioner Nathan L. Rudgers announced August 29 the death of a 26-year old horse on
Equine West Nile Case Confirmed In Rhode Island
The Department of Environmental Management announced Monday the first finding of West Nile Virus in Rhode Island.
The positive result came from a horse stabled on Saugatucket Road in Wakefield that was
West Nile Virus Updates In New England
There still have not been any confirmed U.S. equine West Nile Virus cases in 2000. (August 24)
New York
New York City Health Commissioner Neal L.
Latest New England WNV Updates
There still have not been any confirmed U.S. equine West Nile Virus cases in 2000. (August 17)
Connecticut
Yesterday, the State of Connecticut
