An apologetic Russell Baze was suspended for 15 days by Bay Meadows stewards and fined $2,500 Aug. 26 for misusing his whip as the result of a complaint arising from an incident at the Bay Area track last week.
“I’m not going to try to
There now are 51 confirmed cases of equine influenza in horses at eight premises, and 18 other properties where equine influenza is suspected in New South Wales (NSW), said Department of Primary Industries Minister Ian Macdonald today (Aug.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will distribute oral rabies vaccine baits to prevent the spread of raccoon rabies in portions of West Virginia and southwestern Pennsylvania.
Tom Chambers, PhD, who heads The OIE Reference Laboratory for Equine Influenza at the University of Kentucky’s Gluck Equine Research Center in Lexington, says there is more than one strain of equine influenza known to be in circulation in the
The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services Division of Public Health Services announced today that a horse in Kensington has died from Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE).
“EEE is a serious disease and, as with humans, the key
A news story on News.com.au, quoted New South Wales Primary Industries Minister Ian Macdonald on Aug. 28 saying six police horses in Sydney tested positive for equine influenza, and all horses at that police depot were in quarantine.
In a press release from the New South Wales (NSW) Department of Primary Industries on Aug. 28, Minister Ian Macdonald said at least 58 horses are now infected with equine influenza on nine confirmed properties. Another 615 horses are in formal
It’s Monday in Australia (Aug. 27), and horses with fevers are being monitored at Randwick Racecourse in Australia as a precaution during the current outbreak of equine influenza in Australia. RacingandSports.com.au reported the suspect horses
In El Paso, Texas, a truck pulling a horse trailer collided with five parked cars, killing four racehorses, El Paso police said. The driver and two horses survived.
Police said they believed that a medical condition suffered by the
Two new species of bacteria have been discovered in the gut of horses, according to a University of Queensland (UQ), Australia, press release.
Streptococcus henryi and Streptococcus caballi were found by accident by UQ
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Minister for Primary Industries Ian Macdonald today (Sunday, Aug. 26) said in a press release the equine influenza situation in New South Wales was “grim.”
“More of the full picture is being revealed today, and I regret to inform you tha
New South Wales (NSW) Department of Primary Industries Minister Ian Macdonald late Sunday (Aug. 26) reported that 47 horses in NSW are infected with equine influenza type A. News agencies in Australia have estimated that unofficially as of Sunda
Nevada Sen. Harry Reid is calling on U.S. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to conduct a “full and thorough investigation” into the nitrate contamination deaths of 71 wild horses in July at the Tonopah Test Range.
“There are strong
A veterinarian is tending the wounds of three lambs after a pack of dogs attacked a small herd of sheep and a pet donkey on a Davie Fla., farm. Suzy Sarna says she found the donkey named Leopold floating in a pond on her farm with bites all over
Horses at Broughton Vale near Berry, Moonbi near Tamworth, Moree, Wyong, Wilberforce, and Cattai have tested positive to the equine influenza virus, according to the release from the New South Wales (NSW) Department of Primary Industries. The
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