Latest News – The Horse
Australia Bans EU Horses
Australia placed a ban today (March 14) on all imports of animals susceptible to foot and mouth disease and their products, from the European Union and from any country in which foot and mouth disease is endemic or in which there is an outbreak.
New Slate of Research Projects to Be Launched
A dozen new equine research projects will be launched soon as a result of Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation’s latest allocation of funds. The Foundation’s board of directors met in Florida on Feb. 26 and approved 11 new projects. The
Disease Hampers British Horse Movement
Representatives from 27 British equine organizations met in London on March 1 to discuss the potential for spread of foot and mouth disease (FMD), which affects only cloven-hooved animals. The disease was discovered in pigs at a slaughterhouse i
AHSA Approves Budget Supplement
A special meeting of the American Horse Shows Association (AHSA) Executive Committee was held late on Feb. 22. Its members voted to approve a supplement to the 2001 budget of approximately $3.5 million, immediately responding to any threat to
AHSA Releases Submission to USOC
The American Horse Shows Association, Inc. (AHSA) today (March 2) publicly released its submission to the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) Membership and Credentials Committee.
In commenting on its summary presentation to the
FMD Hampers Bristish Horse Movement
An outbreak of foot and mouth disease has interrupted race meets and horse transport in Great Britain and Ireland. Foot and mouth disease is an acute, highly contagious, viral infection of domestic and wild cloven-hooved animals. Horses are
EPM Vaccine and the Western Blot Test
If I vaccinate my horse against EPM, does it negate our most widely used test, the Western blot?
Umbilical Hernias
Q: I am currently looking at a filly to purchase. She had an umbilical hernia, which the owner had repaired. I was wondering if this is a heritable condition. What is the likelihood that if this filly was used for breeding purposes in the future
Quality Control
Life Data Labs, the producer of Farrier’s Formula and other equine nutrition products, recently became one of the first equine nutrition manufacturers to receive International Organization for Standard-ization (ISO) 9001 certification for animal
Equine Welfare Award
Nominations are being accepted for the Lavin Cup, the equine welfare award presented by the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP). The Lavin Cup recognizes a non-veterinary organization or individual that has demonstrated
Weanlings for Education and Profit
The horses were used to teach a class of inexperienced students horse care, and then were sold as yearlings in a private auction benefiting the Rutgers equine research program. The program was so successful the college currently is working with
Drugs And Medication Rules Change Minimally
Rule change proposals that would have dramatically changed drug testing procedures of the American Horse Shows Association (AHSA) were withdrawn at the organization’s annual meeting held Jan. 10-14 in Colorado Springs, Colo.
The AHSA
Is Your Horse Enrolled In A Wellness Program
A wellness program for your horse will save you time, money, and most of all the headache of worrying if you’re doing the right things at the right time. But with all the sources of horse health care information available today, how do you decid
Special Report: EPM
The world of equine health will never be the same. That statement seems out of context when talking about one research project about one parasite that causes one disease. But, horse owners know that equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM)–the
Ovarian Tumors
Whether you operate a breeding operation or have a mare as a riding or competition mount, there are certain problems that you might face just because your horse is female. One of those problems is the ovarian tumor. Tumors can cause estrous
Equine Narcolepsy
As Jennifer Johnson stood in the lineup awaiting the judge’s decision with her recently acquired Quarter Horse mare Dobie Breeze, the last thing she expected was that her mount suddenly would collapse in a heap beneath her. But that’s just what
