Illinois Horse Found Shot; Colt Dies
Erin Ryder
January 9, 2007
A 3-year-old mare was found dead in her pasture in St. Augustine, Ill., on Dec. 26, according to The Register-Mail, a Central Illinois
A 3-year-old mare was found dead in her pasture in St. Augustine, Ill., on Dec. 26, according to The Register-Mail, a Central Illinois
Horse owners in Alabama who didn’t stockpile hay last autumn are having to network with their neighbors and pay elevated prices to find and purchase hay for their herds.
State Veterinarian Tony Frazier, DVM, said while horses aren’t starvin
Southern Start Fury, an 18.1 hand Shire horse featured as a Matchmaking Adoptable Horse in the Dec. 20, 2006, The Horse Health E-Newsletter has found a new home! Fury will be traveling from Frog Pond Farm, a draft horse and pony rescue in Ohio, to a
Doug Byars, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM, a private veterinary consultant in Lexington, Ky., who formerly headed the Hagyard equine veterinary group’s medicine department in that city, was invited to tour the equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1) affected areas in
A state-imposed quarantine on most horses stabled at Florida?s Payson Park Training Center was lifted Friday, Jan. 5, as the recent outbreak of equine herpesvirus-1 continued to abate.
Mary Scollay, DVM, track veterinarian for Gulfstream
The USDA is notifying German authorities about the shipment of horses believed to be responsible for the outbreak of neurologic equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1) that resulted in six deaths in Florida, and an additional death in California.
SmartPak announced today (Jan. 8) that it is forming an Equine Veterinary Advisory Council consisting of four equine practitioners. With a long-standing commitment to equine health, SmartPak intends to use this council to help the company stay on
Tennessee now has more than 1,000 persons trained and registered to give aid to animals during times of emergencies. Animal health officials with the Tennessee Department of Agriculture (TDA) announced that the state reached the milestone in
This is an excerpt from Equine Disease Quarterly, funded by underwriters at Lloyd’s, London, brokers, and their Kentucky agents.
The International Collating Center, Newmarket, England and other sources reported the
A new cast has been placed on the left hind leg of classic winner Barbaro as the Kentucky Derby winner continues his recovery from the effects of laminitis in that foot.
Roy Jackson, who raced Barbaro in partnership with his wife,
The Breeders? Cup World Championships will have a new look at first-time host Monmouth Park this year–an expanded two-day event that will inaugurate three $1-million stakes designed to accommodate owners and breeders.
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A roundup is under way to reduce two overpopulated herds of wild horses in eastern Sweetwater County, Wyo.
The roundup started Friday and is expected to take four to five weeks. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management plans to capture 1,760 horses
MRI has become one of the most popular go-to tools for diagnosing the causes of lameness in horses.
The National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) announces another record breaking year at the 2006 NRHA Futurity Prospect Sale held during the NRHA Futurity at the Oklahoma State Fair Park. The top-selling futurity prospect went for $195,000.00. It’s
EasyCare was honored to be asked to join the Equine Quality Alliance and is proud to be a new member. The EQA is a conglomerate of small companies who work together to promote high-quality products in the equine industry. Goals include marketing
A day-long mare and foal management program with Texas A&M experts for $30 is a bargain, said a Henderson County horse manager.
“(Fees for) very similar programs are often $150 to $200,” said Paula Swope, member of the Henderson County
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