Michigan State University’s Large Animal Hospital has been helping prepare retired racehorses for other occupations. Working together with CANTER, these horses receive necessary medical and surgical care, and then are sent on to new homes and ne
The Bureau of Land Management will reopen its National Wild Horse and Burro center north of Reno, Nev., on Nov. 13, the agency said Thursday.
The center in Palomino Valley was voluntarily closed to the public on Sept. 26 as a precaution
The Humane Society of the United States offered a $2,500 reward on Thursday for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the recent mutilation of girl’s pet pony.
A veterinarian who has been caring for the 42 equine survivors of an Oct. 27 semitrailer rollover accident in Wadsworth, Ill., says the animals are mending and are nearly ready to go to new homes. Placement coordinators for the horses are in the
Northern California horsemen are hoping that Tapeta Footings will put the bounce back in their racing circuit.
To unanimous endorsement by those on hand Nov. 7, Magna Entertainment’s Golden Gate Fields unveiled its new $10-million synthetic
The Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries has announced it will foot the bill for approved performance and pleasure horses to be microchipped and vaccinated. The government will also pay veterinarians $35 per horse to get the
Dennis E. Brooks, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVO, a professor of ophthalmology at the University of Florida College of Veterinary
A veterinarian who exhumed and examined a palomino pony found dead and mutilated in a Long Prairie, Minn., pasture last weekend said Wednesday that the pet horse was not killed in a
For Brown, who has performed hundreds of colic surgeries on horses, having a patient with stripes was highly unusual but technically very similar.
From the Hong Kong Jockey Club
Quarantine protocols will be enacted to enable Japanese horses to compete in the 2007 Cathay Pacific Hong Kong International Races.
Extensive negotiations between the Hong Kong
The severe fires in southern California have exposed humans and animals to unhealthy air containing wildfire smoke and particulates. These particulates can build up in the respiratory system, causing a number of health problems including burning
It is one of the most recognized images of Greece: a donkey carrying an elderly villager along narrow, winding streets or dusty country lanes. But it could soon be consigned to history books and postcards, a snapshot of a bygone era.
Two projects focusing on the equine disease laminitis will be launched soon utilizing funds raised by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association in memory of the late 2006 Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro.
The projects, at more than $100,000
More than 5,500 horses in the Xinjiang autonomous region of China have equine influenza, according to a Nov. 5 release from the Office International des Epizooties (OIE).
The Equine Science Center at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, will offer two new courses in 2008 focusing on horse health and horse industry leadership.
The first is a semester-long program called “Advanced Equine Health Care an
Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID) introduced Nov. 1 the Preserving our Equine Heritage on Public Lands Act (S. 2238). This bill is similar to the so-called “Right-to-Ride” bill that Crapo introduced in the last Congress.
“Senator Crapo has been a
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