Latest News – The Horse
Horse Town Opens Its Doors To Visitors
It’s more than just a town. The new exhibit at the American Quarter Horse Heritage Center & Museum offers a world of opportunity to anyone interested in learning about horses.
A family-oriented, hands-on exhibit, “Horse Town”
Cookie Company Fears Snacks Will Be Mistaken For Horse Treats
A well-known snack foods manufacturer thinks its customers have a hard time telling the difference between the low fat cookies it makes for people, and treats made for horses.
Multi-national giant Nabisco Brands Company, manufacturer of
Combating Founder’s Worst Attack
Whether you are a horse owner, trainer, stable manager or farrier, there’s nothing worse than opening the stable door to discover founder in one of your horses. This crippling disease often leads to the demise of the horse.
But thanks t
Publisher And Farm Managers Team Up To Benefit Humane Society
The Blood-Horse Charitable Foundation, a division of The Blood-Horse, Inc., an international equine publishing house, will present a donation to the Lexington Humane Society on Wednesday, March 1, 2000, that will enable the purchase of a new
USDA Funds Genome Project
The horse genome effort received a major boost in April 1998 when the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) approved renewal of an initiative of the National Animal Genome Project which, for the first time, includes support for
Last Year’s Drought on This Year’s Pasture?
Throughout Kentucky, the summer of 1999 will be remembered for hot days and a lack of rain. While the drought and its effects were readily noted this past summer and fall, horse owners need to consider what the drought may have done to their
Pennsylvania EIA Update
The amount of horses testing positive for Equine Infectious Anemia in Northeastern Pennsylvania has risen to 26. Of these horses, 25 have been humanely destroyed, while one horse remains under quarantine for life.
All horses can be
Equine Programs Get Specific
Colleges and Universities around the country have been offering degrees in Equine Studies for years. Only recently have these colleges become more specialized in the degrees that they offer. Two colleges have made recent strides forward in their
AAEP Releases Racetrack Practitioners Directory
The American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) has published a new directory of racetrack veterinarians. More than 700 AAEP members currently practicing at racetracks across the country are listed.
Testing Supplement Efficacy
How do you know if something, anything from a car to a blender to a vitamin supplement, works? You test it in a manner consistent with the way it’s going to be used, using specific, relevant measures of performance, and evaluate it according to those parameters.
Unfortunately, many equine nutritional and performance-enhancing supplements did not undergo such testing and evaluation
West Nile Virus Detected in Washington
West Nile virus (WNV) has been detected in a dead raven collected near Newport, Wash. Testing at the National Wildlife Health Center Laboratory in Madison, Wisc., confirmed the virus. This is the first WNV detection in Washington, according to
Australian Horse Council Investigating Industry Insurance
The Australian Horse Industry Council has received funding to begin a process to help the industry with Public Liability Insurance (PLI). The group is developing a code of practice, implementation guides, risk management regimes, and an
Equine Salmonellosis in the United States and Kentucky
Salmonella spp. cause a multitude of diseases in horses, including diarrhea, abscesses, septicemia, and other ailments. Over 2,200 serotypes of salmonellae are known and can be identified at the National Veterinary Services Laboratories
Equine Cases of West Nile Virus Illness in 2002: Jan. 1-Sept. 29
The total number of equine cases of illness caused by West Nile virus confirmed at the USDA’s National Veterinary Services Laboratories or reported by state officials so far this year is 7,462. That is an increase of 1,239 cases
Airway Health
Many trainers judge the health of their horses’ airways by listening to the sounds the animals make while they are exercising. Airway Dynamics of Midway, Ky., is doing the same thing more scientifically by using high-tech equipment. Veterinarian David Lambert and Robert West Jr., who operates Millford Farm, own the company.
Airway Dynamics demonstrated its information-gathering
Fall Deworming
Fall is approaching rapidly and brings with it such predictable events as raking leaves, Thanksgiving dinner, and weekend football. Autumn also heralds changes in parasite activity that are equally predictable. However, just as the environmental
