James Kenney, DVM, of New Jersey, and Mary Bell, VMD, of Canada, chaired an open session to discuss therapeutic options to a room packed with 60-70 practitioners at the 50th annual American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) Convention in Denver, Colo., Dec. 4-8, 2004. Through a show of hands, the majority of folks in the room used therapeutic options themselves or were

In horses with HC, the skin separates between the deep and superficial dermis. There is no cure. A DNA test for carrier identification is not yet available, and therefore, managed breeding strategy is currently the only option for reducing the incidence of HC.

Aleman reported on a genetic problem called equine malignant hyperthermia (EMH) that can make simple anesthesia deadly for some horses. Malignant hyperthermia-like episodes in the horse have been associated with drugs such as halothane, isoflurane, succinylcholine, and caffeine.

Rhodococcus equi is the most common cause of severe pneumonia in foals. However, despite intensive research, the reasons some foals get this pneumonia and some don’t are not known.

Septicemia is loosely defined as bacteria or bacterial components in the bloodstream. In foals, septicemia is the most common cause of death in the first week of life, noted Simon Peek, BVSc, MRCVS, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM, clinical associate professor of large animal internal medicine, theriogenology, and infectious diseases at the University of Wisconsin’s School of Veterinary Medicine, at the 50th

Stashak says many of the newer dressings are designed to create a moist wound healing environment, which allows the wound fluids to remain in contact with wound. A moist wound that is free of infection provides an environment rich in white blood cells, enzymes, and growth factors beneficial to wound healing.

The New York Racing Association will begin pre-race and post-race testing for “milkshakes” Feb. 16 at Aqueduct. Both forms of testing will be performed in an effort to collect data to determine the best method.

Random pre-race testing will be performed each day, while post-race testing will be performed on every race, NYRA officials said in a Feb. 9 release. Post-race tests will

Michigan Department of Agriculture (MDA) director Dan Wyant today announced the confirmation of a fourth case of equine herpesvirus type-1 (EHV-1) at Northville Downs in Northville, Mich., and the subsequent cancellation of live racing cards through Feb. 14. Under joint authority of MDA and the Office of Racing Commissioner, all restricted areas of the track have been placed under quarantine,

Dena Lopez of Double D Ranch sent this press release to The Horse and other news outlets on the afternoon of Feb. 8.

On behalf of Double D Ranch, and as Wild Eyed & Wicked’s trainer, we are thrilled to have him interred at the Kentucky Horse Park.

While we were initially reluctant to permit the exhumation of Wicked’s

As announced by the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) earlier this week, German Olympian Ludger Beerbaum filed an appeal on Feb. 3 with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the decision taken by the FEI Judicial Committee. The FEI Judicial Committee disqualified Beerbaum and his horse, Goldfever 3, from the Athens Olympic Games Show Jumping competitions–competitions in

The Kentucky Horse Park released the following information this afternoon (Feb. 9):

Joe and Sally Jackson and the Kentucky Horse Park announced arrangements for the reburial of the world champion Saddlebred Wild Eyed And Wicked near the Hall of Champions at the Kentucky Horse Park.

Wicked was one of five Saddlebred

Elizabeth A. Murray, PhD, Dipl. ABFA, professor of biology at the College of Mount St. Joseph in Cincinnati, Ohio, and a forensic anthropologist, headed the team that performed the three-day exhumation of champion Saddlebred Wild Eyed and Wicked that took place Feb. 2-4 In an exclusive interview with The Horse, Murray explained the grueling and painstaking process.

Wicked and

Less than a month remains before horse passport regulations go into full effect in England. Nearly a half-million passports had been issued by Jan. 31, according to the U.K.’s Department of Environment, Food, and Agriculture (Defra).

The total number of horses and ponies is estimated at between 600,000 and just under a million in Great Britain as a whole, which indicates that

The Delhi, India, polo season has been cancelled after two ponies were diagnosed as carrying equine infectious anemia (EIA), according to a Feb. 7 report from New Delhi Television Ltd. (NDTV.com).

The NDTV story reads, “To prevent the disease from spreading, the infected area has to be quarantined for 90 days and the infected horses