Vibrations of the soft palate are the probable source of expiratory sounds recorded in horses with dorsal displacement of the soft palate (DDSP), says Jeremy Burn, BEng, PhD, lecturer in equine science in the department of anatomy at the
A crowd of more than 200 fans and friends of John Henry gathered Wednesday afternoon to wish the five-time Eclipse Award winner a happy 30th birthday at the Kentucky Horse Park near Lexington.
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Ashutosh Verma, BVSc, MVSc, graduate research assistant in the laboratory of John Timoney, BSc, MVB, MRCVS, MS, PhD, DSc, Keeneland Association Chair in Equine Science, at the University of Kentucky’s Gluck Equine Research Center in Lexington, recently presented his leptospiral equine recurrent uveitis (ERU, or moon blindness) research. Verma has identified leptospiral proteins that actually ReRun, Inc., the national non-profit Thoroughbred adoption group, has announced its recent incorporation in New Jersey. Originally founded in 1999 in Kentucky by Lori Neagle and Shon Wylie, ReRun has placed over 300 Thoroughbreds in adoptive homes–both for riding and for use as companion horses. Laurie Lane, also with ReRun since its inception and adoption coordinator, is now ReRun’s Sometimes a horse has a reaction following a vaccination. The local and whole body reaction to a number of the equine immunization products is a well-known side effect of these necessary shots. Some horses demonstrate signs of systemic illness, such as depression, inappetence, and fever. The following statement was posted on the “Whisper Syndrome” message board yesterday (https://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/whisper_syndrome/). It was made by Thach Winslow, DVM, the veterinarian who treated horses on a farm in Shawsville, Va., one of which died of a yet to be determined illness. The horse’s A proposal to create breeders’ incentive funds and a modification of the tax on yearlings and 2-year-olds was slated for passage March 8 as part Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher’s tax modernization and budget package. The House and Senate left the horse industry benefits intact when they each passed the measure. The incentives then survived a conference committee meeting that lasted until The 9th Edition of The Merck Veterinary Manual has just been released. It is the collaborative work of more than 350 contributors and features 35 new chapters, 30 new tables, and more than 400 new pages of material, including new coverage of ophthalmic emergencies and equine emergency medicine. This edition includes a section on West Nile virus, which was not present in the His registered name was “I Two Step Too,” but to thousands of people who fell in love with him, he became known as “Seabiscuit,” after the movie in which he starred. I Two Step Too was euthanatized today at the Kentucky Horse Park after battling a rare type of tumor for several months.
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A flurry of interest arose this week on an Internet message board started by individuals who think their sick horses’ fatal diseases are linked. As a result, veterinarians are cautioning horse owners not to jump to conclusions in diagnosing their own animals or linking past cases with the alleged disease, because at this time, no disease claims have been substantiated. Since March 2, “Our perennial topic this morning is West Nile virus (WNV),” began Rocky Bigbie, DVM, MS, director of field veterinary services with Fort Dodge Animal Health, at the 2005 Western Veterinary Conference held Feb. 20-24 in Las Vegas, Nev. He also focused on myriad hot topics in equine veterinary medicine, discussing WNV vaccination guidelines, influenza vaccination challenge, vaccine care and When a pregnant mare develops a problem that puts her fetus at risk, what can be done? Some of these foals can be saved if the problem can be discovered early and the mare given proper treatment to reverse the condition. Jon Palmer, VMD, associate professor of medicine and director of the neonatal and perinatal programs at the Connelly Intensive Care Unit at New Bolton Center (part of th Numerous horse abuse cases have been reported during the month of January throughout the United States. Infectious diarrhea in young foals can be fatal without prompt treatment, and the age of the foal can make a difference in his vulnerability to certain pathogens and how deadly they might be. In foals less than a week old, the cause is often salmonella or a clostridium bacteria. Sam Jones, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM, associate professor of equine medicine at North Carolina State University, A federal judge in Lexington, Ky., has ordered that the body of American Saddlebred champion Wild Eyed and Wicked be exhumed for additional forensic testing. The exhumation was set to begin on Feb. 2. Wicked was one of five top Saddlebreds that were injected with an unknown, necrotizing (tissue-killing) substance on June 28-29, 2003, at Double D Ranch in Versailles, Ky. In the following There are many scientists who have studied and theorized about how man and horses came to be together, but modern science has changed some of what we thought was fact. Stay on top of the most recent Horse Health news with |
