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Avoiding Travel Fatigue
Although most horses seem to tolerate travel it is a stress to some degree to all horses. Horses lose body weight and run the risk of respiratory disease during travel. Because of the risks no matter how seasoned the showman moving horses
Should You Insure?
How much can you afford to lose? That’s the crux of any insurance question and it’s no exception for those who transport their horses to shows tracks breeding facilities sales barns living history festivals vacation areas parks and so
Equestrian Discipline: Pure Pleasure
His job is fun. The pleasure horse doesn’t work hard or fast, like competitors in jumping, reining, or racing. But when he treks up the trail or circles the show ring, he’s supplying his rider with an essential ingredient–the feel of a good horse.
Foreign Travel Tips
Travel can broaden your horizons, but crossing international borders can stress horses and owners. The process becomes complex with travel on land, sea, or air. Required quarantines, longer distances, and tests for import and export
Center For Reproductive Technology Founded
The possibility of human cloning and other advancements in assisted reproductive technologies have recently captured a niche on the news agenda and focused ethical issues for a national debate. But these same advancements hav
NAERIC Awards Research Grants
More than $38,000 in research grants, awarded by the North American Equine Ranching Information Council (NAERIC), are helping the equine industry progress into the 21st century.
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Equine Research Funding
Keeping in stride with the longstanding commitment for the improvement and protection of the nation’s equine health, the American Horse Council is educating Congress on the importance of increased funding for agriculture
Holistic Symposium Report 1998
The second annual Equine Holistic Symposium was held at the Kentucky Horse Park on March 21-22. Attendees from as far away as France assembled on the first day of spring to listen to a series of speakers whose presentations centered around the
CEM Found In Kentucky Nurse Mare
The nurse mare (Miss VQ) which was leased to a Thoroughbred farm in Kentucky and found culture positive for the CEM-like organism, has implicated two non-registered stallions (Hammer and Coal Digger) as the potential source of her infection
Do Genetics Affect Racing Performance?
We know some Thoroughbreds are faster than others. But why? Some are back at the knee. Some are sounder than others. Some are more susceptible to infectious diseases than others. But why?
These, and countless other questions, were
Risen Star Dies As A Result Of Colic
Risen Star, the 1988 Thoroughbred champion 3-year-old colt whose career at stud never matched his exploits on the track, died March 13 at the Hagyard-Davidson-McGee veterinary clinic near Lexington, Ky., as a result of colic. The 13-year-old son
CEM Update 3/20/98
The nurse mare (Miss VQ) which was leased to a Thoroughbred farm in Kentucky and found culture positive for the CEM-like organism has implicated two non-registered stallions (Hammer and Coal Digger) as the potential source of her
Green Selected As A Distinguished Practitioner
Eleanor Green, DVM, professor and chair of the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine’s Department of Large Animal Sciences, and a member of The Horse‘s Editorial Advisory Board, has been selected as a distinguished
1998 Federal Grazing Fee Announced
The grazing fee for Western public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Forest Service will be $1.35 per animal unit month (AUM) in 1998, which is the same amount charged in 1997. The formula used
Cosmetic Alteration Of Arabian Horses
Surgical alteration of any Arabian horse to enhance its appearance is not in the breed’s best interest.
