Bruce Springsteen and his wife are being sued, accused of backing out of a contract to buy a horse worth $850,000 for their teenage daughter.
Olympic equestrian Todd Minikus filed the breach of contract lawsuit Thursday in Florida’s Palm Beach
Injuries–at least two of them fatal–marred a record slate of stakes races Saturday at Keeneland in which four horses earned automatic spots in the Breeders’ Cup.
Teuflesberg, the 17th-place finisher in the Kentucky Derby, pulled up short in
Antibiotics and synthetic antibacterial drugs have revolutionized the ability to treat bacterial infections in human and animal patients. These drugs deserve careful use to preserve and optimize their effectiveness. Deciding on a treatment plan
Horses are filling some state-owned livestock pens along the Texas-Mexico border before they head to a grisly slaughter for their meat in Mexico.
With the only three horse slaughter plants in the United States closed, the industry has
Continued cooperation from Australian horse owners and horse industry workers in south east Queensland will help ensure that the equine influenza eradication strategy works.
Biosecurity Queensland’s Chief Veterinary Officer Ron Glanville
Shelley Duke, owner and manager of Rallywood Farm in Middleburg, Va., has been named the first recipient of the Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center’s Distinguished Service Award.
The accolade was established to
As the global climate changes gradually, an equine disease that was once limited to sub-Saharan Africa could reach as far north as England in the near future, according to several European animal health networks.
African horse sickness
Kentucky racing stewards have suspended trainer Patrick Biancone for one year for numerous violations of the Kentucky Horse Racing Authority’s medication regulations following a hearing Oct. 4. The suspension begins Oct. 15.
KHRA
Ziggy the Zebra is going home to the farm, but it took a lawyer and multiple meetings with a judge to spring him from state custody.
His owner, Christian Gray of Bolingbroke, Ga., reached an agreement Thursday with the Georgia Department of
Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt’s proposed budget for next year will include $500,000 to entice more veterinary students to work with farm animals.
A law enacted earlier this year authorized loans of up to $80,000 each for six veterinary students
The University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine was awarded a grant to develop rabies vaccine.
Equine influenza has appeared in Japan for the first time since 1972. The first cases were observed in mid-August, and soon thereafter several hundred clinical cases appeared in multiple training centers. This outbreak prompted the Japan Racing
Researchers with the University of Minnesota have identified polysaccharide storage myopathy (PSSM) in 6-12% of overtly healthy Quarter Horses on six farms involved in a new study. They also said the disease could be more common within certain
The American Horse Council (AHC) has submitted comments supporting the United States Department of Agriculture’s proposed rules to allow horses intended to serve in noncompetitive
More than 60 scholarships to attend the Fourth International Equine Conference on Laminitis and Diseases of the Foot will be awarded to a variety of students, interns,
New Hampshire state public health officials have announced that four more mosquito pools have tested positive for Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE).
The pools were in Brentwood, Fremont, Kingston, and Newton. State officials found infected
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