Calder Race Course sustained minimal structural damage from Hurricane Frances, but track general manager Ken Dunn said revenue loss was substantial. Calder was forced to close for live racing and simulcasting Sept. 3-5 as Frances swept through
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced it’s prepared to assist people in Hurricane Frances’ path.
United Kingdom horse owners should have applied for passports for their animals from one of the registered passport-issuing organizations (PIOs) by June 30. Beginning Feb. 28, 2005, passports must be presented whenever horses move from one
A year after five American Saddlebreds were brutally attacked in Kentucky, there have been no arrests, and many questions remain unanswered. Only two of the five horses survived the ordeal, one of which made a dramatic comeback last fall to
Scientists might soon have a chance to necropsy (perform an animal autopsy) the body of the champion Saddlebred euthanized July 17, 2003, and buried following a brutal attack that left him too lame to stand. Four other Saddlebreds were injected
We recently were blessed with a healthy filly. However, the breeder we bought the mare from had her due date wrong. She came five weeks before we were expecting her. She was born in the pasture with another mare present. Th
We all want our horses to have comfort, enhanced performance, more nutrition efficiency, and even a good chance of living longer. So we’re all glad to see the changes that are occurring in the field of equine dentistry, a long-neglected part of
Starting in late 2004, there will be a single site to handle reservations for more than 57,000 campgrounds, cabins, parks, and tours of national sites, historic homes, and caves. It is one-stop shopping for people who want to visit lands managed
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is part nine of a 12-part series on internal parasites of horses.
Most people assume that when they administer a tube of dewormer to a horse, the drug is effectively killing worms. The drug must
There are many of us old enough to remember nasogastric tube deworming of our horses. The vet would show up in his truck, haul out the buckets, pump, and hose, and we’d line up to twitch the horses and fill their stomachs full of whatever that
In horses, the gas anesthetic isoflurane can produce decreases in mean arterial pressure (MAP) as well as cerebral perfusion pressure (that pushes blood into the brain). The implication is that decreased cerebral perfusion pressure leads to
Every spring, you ask your veterinarian to vaccinate your horse to protect her from disease while she’s showing, racing, carrying a foal, or hanging around your pasture. But is this yearly routine the best way to confer immunity with the vaccine
Can you help me locate information on steroids given to a mare during pregnancy?
Smarty Jones won a little sympathy Saturday night, July 24, as Patricia Hogan, VMD, Dipl. ACVS, board-certified veterinary surgeon, recounted the tale of how the Pennsylvania-bred colt reared up in the starting gate of Philadelphia Park last yea
Summer might still be going strong where you are, but we all know that sooner or later winter will be on its way, bringing shorter days, colder temperatures, and in many regions, snow and ice. For horse owners, winter is a true test of one’s
According to a July 3 report from the Mobile Register, a horse in Baldwin County, Ala. died from Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) in late June. This was Alabama’s first case of EEE for 2004.
EEE is a mosquito-borne disease that
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