Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Web Site Updated
Press Release
September 12, 2007
The Web site reporting progress stemming from the Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit has
The Web site reporting progress stemming from the Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit has
Just when British veterinary authorities were beginning to breathe a little easier, a new case of foot and mouth disease (FMD) has surfaced in Surrey, about 30 miles from the two farms affected during the August outbreak. The Department of
For the first time in nearly 10 years, rabies has been found in a dog in Louisiana, state Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Bob Odom said in a news release.
The dog was
The Kentucky Breeders Incentive Program, which began offering financial awards for various breeds of horses in 2006, is poised to increase by 20%–to about $18 million or $19 million–next year.
The program for Thoroughbreds, Standardbreds,
From the three years of pastureland study done by the UK forage extension team, some common trends have emerged. One trend should trouble area farms because it directly limits the number of horses that can be supported on area pastures. Currently,
Audio | American Thoroughbred breeders interested in supplying bred mares for the 2008 Australian spring sales should attend a meeting by William Inglis and Son,
The Indiana Board of Animal Health (BOAH) has warned residents of Indiana counties Elkhart, LaGrange, LaPorte, and St. Joseph that Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) is a concern in their area after a horse in Elkhart County was been diagnosed
Superior Court Senior Judge Ben Miller sentenced Roger Lee Prater of Pike County, Ga., to five years after the defendant pled guilty to 31 counts of animal cruelty. Georgia Departmen
Six men in Queensland and one in New South Wales have been caught transporting horses during the equine influenza lockdown, the latest crushing blow for an industry in turmoil in Australia.
The Queenslanders tried doing it in the dead of
University of Maryland will be holding its 3rd Annual Maryland Horse Conference on Saturday, November 10, 2007. The event will be held from 8:00 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. at Montgomery College in Germantown, Md.
The conference attracts hundreds of
North Carolina’s first tropical storm of the year did virtually nothing to ease drought in the few coastal counties it touched, so the state’s hopes Monday turned to a forecast o
New South Wales (NSW) chief veterinary officer Bruce Christie, BVSc, said in a Sept. 11 statement released by the NSW Department of Primary Industries that it is important to match treatment for equine influenza (EI) with the severity of the
The use of “complementary” therapies continues to increase in veterinary practice. While there are a myriad of modalities that fall within this broad term, the two most utilized are veterinary acupuncture and chiropractic (sometimes referred to
If everything you have read about the equine influenza problem in Australia has seemed bad news…then it just got worse.
Three high-priced yearlings residing at Darley, in the New South Wales Hunter Valley, have been confirmed to have
Among her duties as Director of Equine Operations at Lexington’s Kentucky Horse Park, Kathy Hopkins counts such diverse activities as the planning, organization, management and care of all
A new way to correct a respiratory condition commonly called “roaring” has returned a Thoroughbred mare to the track, earning her owners more than $300,000 since her recovery in 2006.
Raging Rapids, a strapping 5-year-old mare, won a race
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