Cavel International of DeKalb, Ill., the nation’s last active horse slaughter plant, will again be shuttered. A three-judge panel from the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today in support of a lower court’s earlier decision on the
Primary Industries Minister Ian Macdonald has reminded horse owners across New South Wales (NSW) to about the new equine influenza (EI) color zones, which came into effect Sept. 21. The zones are intended to delineate what equine movement is
The state-of-the-art equine medical facility currently under construction at Belmont Park will be named after the great filly Ruffian, the IEAH Corporation announced Sept. 20.
“We are honored to able to carry out the legacy of Ruffian on th
State health officials and wildlife experts have no answer for a worrisome statistic: The number of rabies cases in Illinois this year is the highest on record.
So far, there have been 99 confirmed rabies cases among bats–almost double the
Horse farm owners are being asked to participate in the 2007 Census of Agriculture, which will help determine the size and economic impact of the horse industry in the United States.
According to the American Horse Council (AHC), the census
Severe weather, including a tornado, damaged about 50 homes in central Florida, before the system became a tropical depression Friday and had parts of the Gulf Coast under tropical storm warnings.
The tornado touched down late Thursday and
Jennifer G. Barrett, DVM, PhD, has joined Virginia Tech’s Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center as an assistant professor of equine surgery. In this tenure track appointment, Barrett will be utilizing the center’s newly constructed molecular
An Arizona man has been arrested in the death of his horse, authorities said. James Cude, who lives in a county island east of Mesa was taken into custody Tuesday by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office.
“He basically starved the animal to
A Puerto Rican horse that can’t win a race now has a claim to fame. Dona Chepa, a 9-year-old brown mare, finished last in a six-horse field at Camarero Racetrack in eastern Puerto Rico on Wednesday, a 125th consecutive loss that is believed to b
For Jan Drinkwater of Sydney, Australia, nursing a horse through laminitis is all about taking things step by step. And also about sharing those steps with the international horse community.
Following the announcement of the five-year suspension of veterinarian Dr. Rod Stewart for alleged violations of the Kentucky Horse Racing Authority’s medication regulations, the
Kate Jackson has been named Competition Director for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, the World Games 2010 Foundation, Inc., the organization responsible for the planning, staging, and conducting the games, announced.
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Participants from the Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit announced a second summit is scheduled for March 17-18, 2008, at Keeneland. In addition, members on Sept. 20
A four-color zoning system has been introduced in New South Wales (NSW) as the next stage of the government’s equine influenza protection plan, according to Primary Industries Minister Ian Macdonald.
Macdonald said the new zoning plan would
Australia is to import 50,000 doses of vaccine to help efforts to contain and eradicate an outbreak of equine influenza (EI).
The vaccine is sufficient to protect 25,000 horses from the highly contagious illness which has heavily affected
Kentucky racing stewards have suspended veterinarian Dr. Rodney Stewart for five years for numerous violations of the Kentucky Horse Racing Authority’s medication regulations.
The suspension was ordered following an investigation into items
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