Jockey Roman Chapa recently began serving a five-year suspension issued by the New Mexico Racing Commission after he was found to be in possession of an electrical device. Chapa had appealed the ruling to district court, which on Sept. 11 upheld
A U.K. man found guilty in July 2007 of causing unnecessary suffering to an injured stallion was told to pay further costs of ?750 ($1,532) when he appealed against the conviction at Norwich Crown Court on Sept. 28.
In October 2005, the
A crowd of equine veterinarians and researchers filled a conference room to capacity to hear the latest on laminitis research and management, presented by Jim Belknap, DVM, MS, PhD, Dipl. ACVS, of The Ohio State University (OSU), and Jorge Gomez
Products Group International has introduced the Honda HS 1500V Equine Veterinary Ultrasound, a portable ultrasound system for equine reproduction and tendon scanning.
According to the New South Wales (NSW) Department of Primary Industries, as of today there are 3,055 equine influenza infected properties, 330 dangerous contact properties, and 369 suspect properties.
The American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) has formulated practical recommendations and biosecurity measures for disease control. These specific protocols provide guidance for containment and cleanup. Work with your veterinarian to
American laboratories handling the world’s deadliest germs and toxins have experienced more than 100 accidents and missing shipments since 2003, and the number is increasing steadily as more labs across the country are approved to do the work.
A free web-based seminar on West Nile virus is now archived and available on demand.
You probably read it when you were young, or you’ve read it to your own children at some point, but there’s a wonderful story out there by Shel Silverstein called The Giving Tree. Originally published in 1964, the story is that of a young ma
Q: We have an Arabian who, for some reason, has taken to chewing on the horse trailer when we are at a show. He has never done this before. He started gnawing on the fender. We tied him away from the fender, and he started chewing
Why do some horses at our barn poop in the same place every time, then some others seem to go anywhere?
The aging process brings with it some inevitable changes in horses.
We’ve come a long way since the days of the simple tie stall and the humble hitching post. Necessity is the mother of invention, and through the years we’ve added stall mats, cross-ties, hay racks, and automatic waterers to the mix.
Vaccination of the horses shortlisted to represent Australia at the 2008 Olympics has begun following a special allocation of up to 100 doses of horse flu vaccine for high-value horses used in equestrian competition.
“Vaccine has been
For an avid horse person, little takes the breath away like watching an athletic
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