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Help Drought-Stressed Pastures Recover

Severe drought hit big parts of cattle country last year, but weather patterns might have turned. Many dried-up pastures are now getting significant winter moisture. That typically means a spring invasion of broadleaf weeds into grass, said Dr.

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Convicted Pony Shooter Faces False Information Charge

A man who fatally shot his stepmother’s pony was charged with giving police false information during that investigation.

John Dominic Juliano, 23, of Sherman, N.Y., was sentenced to five to 20 months in the Erie County Prison after being

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Equine Metabolic Syndrome Versus Cushing’s Syndrome

Fresh from the AAEP Annual Convention, here’s an update on what we know about these two disorders and how to manage them:

Equine metabolic syndrome typically affects horses aged 8 to 18-years-old. Pony breeds, domesticated Spanish

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Fewer Foals, Competition Impacts New Jersey Futurity

Citing a decrease in the number of entries for both divisions over the last few years that has resulted in short fields, the Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association of New Jersey announced that, beginning in 2008, the New Jersey Futurity is being

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TOBA to Reconvene Sales Integrity Task Force


The Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association, which facilitated the Sales Integrity Task Force in 2004, has agreed to reconvene the task force to address Kentucky House Bill 388 and other issues relating to the sale of horses in the

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N.D. Extension Reports Numerous Cases of Strangles

Area horse owners should watch their animals carefully for signs of strangles, a highly contagious disease, according to North Dakota State University Extension Service equine specialist Carrie Hammer.

“Many cases of the disease have been

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KEEP Renews Push for Tax-Equity Legislation

The Kentucky Equine Education Project recently announced a renewed push for legislation that would remove the sales tax on equine feed and supplies in Kentucky.


?This is a continuation of what KEEP has done in the past, and we thought it

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New Tack, Equipment for the New Orleans Mounted Unit

When the levees broke and flooded New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, the city’s mounted police unit stables in City Park had been evacuated, but a majority of the unit’s tack and equipment was left behind.


On Feb. 2, the American

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USDA Seeks Comment on NAIS Documents

The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has requested comments on National Animal Identification System (NAIS) documents that will affect how livestock, including horses, are handled within the program.


The NAIS is a

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Equine Herpesvirus: Valtrex Treatment Appears Successful

Can antiviral drugs be used to successfully treat horses with equine herpesvirus? Recent research into the drug Valacyclovir (trade name Valtrex) seems to indicate it has a place in treating horses exposed to–and diagnosed with–equine herpesvirus

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Two Teens Charged in Eastern Ky. Horse Shootings

Two Eastern Kentucky teenagers were in jail Jan. 31, accused of killing three horses and wounding several more of the animals, which are used for trail rides at a park on the Kentucky-Virginia state line.

Police told the Lexington

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Transfixation Pin Cast Recovery: Timelines Set

Researchers at Colorado State University (CSU) set time guidelines for the use of transfixation pin casts for horses with comminuted phalangeal fractures. They found that horses with fractures maintained in this type of cast for 40-80 days had increa

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Va. Tech Researcher Using Genetics to Preserve Rare Breeds

A professor of pathology and genetics at the Virginia-Maryland Regional School of Veterinary Medicine in Blacksburg, Va., has been working for more than 30 years to help save a rare breed of horses.


Colonial Spanish horses were the horse

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Kentucky Horse Park Planning New Facilities for WEG





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