More than 450 horses have died as a result of 40 outbreaks of African horse sickness in Senegal, according to a Dec. 9 report from the Office
The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) will present two clinics in 2008 for veterinarians involved with national-level horse shows. These clinics are designed specifically for show veterinarians, testing veterinarians, and senior
John Harvey, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVP, a professor in and chairman of the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine’s department of physiological sciences, has received the American Society for Veterinary Clinical Pathology’s lifetime
Britain’s Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has declared a four-month amnesty for people transporting horses or livestock who miss the Jan. 5, 2008, deadline for gaining a certificate of competence.
The Government
The Ohio horse industry, in an effort to make its voice heard around the Buckeye State, has formed a coalition similar to the Kentucky Equine Education Project (KEEP), a horse industry advocacy group in Kentucky.
Early members of the Ohio grou
Equine artist Karen Brenner is seeking nominations for her newest series of paintings, “Beautiful Horses of Michigan.” Brenner said she hopes to include a wide variety of breeds and colors in the project. Horses will be selected based on the
The Executive Board of the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) recently passed a new policy to keep local municipalities out of the business of regulating veterinary procedures. The policy also bolsters the authority of state bodies t
The icy storm that has blasted Oklahoma, Missouri, and Kansas has so far killed at least 22 people, with the worst death toll from ice-coated highways in Oklahoma, and storm warnings are up now for parts of Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, and
Although finding black walnut in shavings used for horse stalls is rare these days, if several horses in a large barn become lame simultaneously, black walnut laminitis should be considered.
The Louisiana State University (LSU) School of Veterinary Medicine is hosting an equine artificial insemination workshop for horse owners and breeders Feb. 9-10, 2008. This workshop is designed to provide participants with the knowledge and
Jackson County, Mich., is taking a budget hit after tending to horses seized last spring in an animal cruelty investigation.
As of Nov. 30, overtime wages for county animal control employees had come to nearly 400% of the amount budgeted
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has announced plans to gather and remove nearly 1,000 wild horses from public land in northeastern Nevada, citing insufficient forage caused by drought conditions.
Plans call for the removal of about
More than 1,000 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “What are you planning to get your equine family member(s) this holiday season?”
