The horses used in the University of Findlay’s equestrian studies program stayed high and dry during flooding that submerged much of the town, according to David W. Duncan, business manager at the James L. Child Jr. Equestrian Complex.
The
An animal rights group Friday called for an international team of vets to examine dozens of famed Lipizzaner horses it says face starvation while Serbia and Croatia argue over their ownership.
The Belgrade-based “Freedom for Animals” group
After a Newton, N.H., resident was hospitalized and diagnosed with Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), city officials said spraying to kill mosquitoes (which transmit the virus) began yesterday (Aug. 22), according to an article on
Exactly how fast is the heart rate of a racehorse as it flies around the track?
For the first time ever, two University of Guelph researchers will be able to answer this question as part of a study aimed at recording the maximum heart rate
Despite drought conditions that have devastated pastures and hay production in Tennessee, demand by farmers is strong for cost share assistance to build hay storage structures, according to the Tennessee Department of Agriculture.
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The 2007 growing season’s drought conditions are causing challenges for anyone who handles plants or animals. Horse owners are no exception, and to a list of concerns including a shortage of hay and lack of pasture growth they need to add
Dr. Rod Stewart, a veterinarian for racehorse trainer Patrick Biancone, was suspended by the Kentucky Horse Racing Authority for failing to comply with an order to turn over his computer and records to state stewards.
Stewards requested the
Stolen Horse International has turned to NetPosse volunteers and the public to help with the recovery of Nick, a 28-year-old grey pony that disappeared from his Elkton, Md., home Aug. 21.
Since there were no clear signs on how he could
Horses have their own unique physiological makeup that reacts to therapeutic medications differently.
“Go home and wash dishes! Have babies!” was the greeting Denise Boudrot got from the railbirds (track spectators) when she first began racing Thoroughbreds in 1972.
In 1972, Boudrot rode in her first horse race, one of thousands she
Australia’s major studs have been rocked by confirmation that more than 30 of the world’s leading shuttle stallions will be detained in quarantine for up to a month after the detection of a virus in one horse recently imported from Japan,
Farmers across North Carolina whose crops and livestock are hard-hit by the ongoing drought will get federal financial aid if Gov. Mike Easley gets his way.
Easley said Wednesday he will ask U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns for a
The Kentucky Equine Drug Research Council supports the regulation of anabolic steroids in horses at racetracks and auctions in the state, but requested further explanation of withdrawal times and other testing-related issues in the model rule
What is flu? “It’s a hit-and-run disease,” said Tom Chambers, PhD, who heads The OIE international influenza reference laboratory at the University of Kentucky’s Gluck Equine Research Center in Lexington. “When it hits, it causes big problems,
New Mexico became the second state to adopt a “safety reins” rule when the New Mexico Racing Commission approved the measure Aug. 21. The Ohio State Racing Commission adopted a similar rule in March.
The New Mexico regulation will take
Three horses found dead on a Pennsylvania farm Aug. 10 were struck and killed by lightning, according to the owners’ veterinarian.
The Quarter Horses were in a pasture on the farm in Carmichaels, about 40 miles south of Pittsburgh, when the
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