As part of its ongoing commitment to support the communities in which it does business, Cargill announced today it has donated $10,000 to Children’s Center Charities’ Hippotherapy Program.

The word “hippotherapy” comes from the Greek word “hippos,” which means horse. The Hippotherapy Program introduces horses and horseback riding into therapy in order to help children with disabilitie

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Horses with colic are at higher risk for developing a life-threatening blood-clotting disorders called disseminated intravascular coagulation, or DIC. This disorder can cause excessive bleeding or excessive clotting.

Blood clotting is a complex process. When blood vessels are injured by trauma, they release special proteins to create blood clots to stop the bleeding. In addition, the vessel

Two horses in France died from complications following a rare, but ferocious, attack by domestic honeybees, which had been separated from their honey hives, according to treating veterinarians.

Certain levels and durations of training may predispose horses to aortic valve prolapse (AVP), said Gayle Hallowell, MA, VetMB, CertVA, Dipl. ACVIM-LAIM (large animal internal medicine), MRCVS, who presented research findings at the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Forum, held June 3-6 in Montréal, Quebec.

To date, the prevalence of aortic valve prolapse in the horse

State racing regulators in New York, seeking additional and timely information about medications given to racehorses, are eyeing a major crackdown on recordkeeping practices of Thoroughbred owners and trainers.

In what one official said could result in a considerable change for some in the industry, strict sanctions could be levied against trainers and owners who are not able to

A new stall-side pain scoring system for horses could help veterinarians better determine the need for analgesics in lame horses, according to Kirsten Wegner, DVM, Dipl. ACVA (veterinary anesthesiology), an assistant professor of anesthesia at the University of Pennsylvania’s New Bolton Center.

In order to properly manage pain in lame horses, veterinarians must measure how much pain

Beginning on Sept. 25, Kentucky’s gently rolling hills will resound with music as the Alltech Fortnight Festival launches a 16-day statewide celebration to mark the final year to the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games 2010.

The 2009 Alltech Fortnight Festival lineup, announced on Friday evening at Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Lexington, Ky., will bring entertainment to 11 Kentucky

A federal judge sided with wild horse advocates this week when she ruled the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) could not remove wild horses from the West Douglas Herd Area in northwest Colorado as planned.

The BLM had planned to remove the 175-horse herd from the 120,000-acre range area in July 2008. The gather was postponed after The Colorado Wild Horse and Burro Coalition Inc. and

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) reopened the FY 2009 H-2B visa petition filing period Thursday, Aug. 6, for temporary foreign nonagricultural workers, and it will immediately accept new H-2B petitions, reported the American Horse Council.
 
On Jan. 7 USCIS announced that it had received enough H-2B petitions to meet the annual cap of 66,000. However, only 40,640 H-2

Many countries in the world outside of the United States are home to the parasite Babesia caballi, which can cause illness or death in horses. Some infected horses might recover and become inapparent carriers of the parasite.

According to a recent study high doses of imidocarb dipropionate eliminated the parasite Babesia caballi in infected horses.

B. caballi cause

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Read More Thoroughbred Breeder Paragallo Indicted on Cruelty Charges Tom Precious August 7, 2009 Thoroughbred breeder Ernest Paragallo, whose farm in upstate New York became the center of allegations over animal neglect claims, was indicted today by a grand jury on 35 counts of animal cruelty. The indictment, stemming from an April raid by State Police and animal protection officers from the Columbia-Green Humane Society, adds 13 new counts to the 22 counts Paragallo had already Read More Equestrian Federation Bans its President’s Husband, Dubai Ruler Sheikh Mohammed, For Six Months The Associated Press August 7, 2009 The International Equestrian Federation (FEI) banned its president’s husband–Dubai’s Sheikh Mohammed–from riding in endurance races for six months after his horse twice failed doping tests. Sheikh Mohammed accepted the suspension based on his horse Tahhan’s positive tests for a hypertension drug and the steroid stanozolol, equestrian’s governing body said Monday. “Consistent Read More More From The Horse New World Screwworm Case Confirmed in the U.S.  Combating the Equine Welfare Consequences of Isolation EHV-1 Case Confirmed in Palm Beach County, Florida 13 Tips to Help Horses Handle Show Stress No posts found Stay on top of the most recent Horse Health news with FREE weekly newsletters from TheHorse.com Learn More Weekly Poll sponsored by: What’s your biggest challenge when trying to improve barn air quality? 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