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New Bolton’s Widener Hospital Open for Appointments

Penn’s George D. Widener Hospital for Large Animals reopened on Monday, Aug. 2, 2004, for scheduled appointments for equine patients. We have to limit the cases right now because we only have one of the hospital’s barns available, said Bruce”enn’s George D. Widener Hospital for Large Animals reopened on Monday, Aug. 2, 2004, for scheduled appointme

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West Nile Virus and EEE Detected in Maryland Mosquitoes

Mosquitoes collected in two separate areas of Prince George’s County are the first in Maryland this year to test positive for West Nile virus (WNV) and for Eastern equine encephalomyelitis (EEE). In the first instance, mosquitoes collected on

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MRLS in Washington State?

While there has been speculation that several cases of mare reproductive loss syndrome (MRLS) happened in Washington state during the spring of 2003, the number of accessions to the state’s diagnostic lab doesn’t uphold that theory. Charles

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Advisory: Daily Distribution Schedule of NBC Athens 2004 Communications Information

ATHENS, Greece -Aug. 9, 2004-Following is a preliminary daily schedule of the releases and media advisories NBC’s Olympic communications team will be distributing from the 2004 Summer Games in Athens:

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New Drug Tried for Equine Heart Fibrillations

Veterinarians at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine believe they’re the first to use an oral drug to resolve a chronic case of atrial fibrillation (irregular heartbeats) in a horse.

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Motion Filed in Federal Court to Exhume Saddlebred

A motion was filed on Aug. 2 for a court order to exhume the body of the sabotaged American Saddlebred Wild Eyed and Wicked from its burial site on Double D Ranch in Versailles, Ky. Lawyers on behalf of Sally and Joe Jackson filed the motion in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky in Lexington.

Wicked and four other Saddlebreds were injected with a toxic

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AAEP’s Focus on Joints

The American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) held its annual Focus meeting on July 22-24 at the Brown Hotel in Louisville, Ky., to commemorate the first gathering of the group 50 years ago at that site. A plaque was given to the hotel

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Efficacy of Common Anti-Ulcer Medications in Racehorses

Gastric ulcers are so common in racing horses that many equine practitioners maintain their racing patients on anti-ulcer medications to prevent and treat gastric ulcers. Reports in the literature place the percentage of racing horses in trainin

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VS in Texas: Breeders’ Cup Moving Ahead With Plans

Breeders’ Cup, which has plans to set up a disease-free zone to allow horses to ship in and out of Lone Star Park, is moving full-steam ahead with preparations for this year’s World Thoroughbred Championships even as a vesicular stomatitis (VS”P>Breeders’ Cup, which has plans to set up a disease-free zone to allow horses to ship in and out of Lone Star Park, is moving full-steam ahead with preparations for this year’s World Thoroughbred Ch”>Breeders’ Cup, which has plans to set up a disease-free zone to allow horses to ship in and out of Lone Star Park, is moving full-steam ahead with prepa”Breeders’ Cup, which has plans to set up a disease-free zone to allow horses to ship in and out of Lone Star”reeders’ Cup, which has plans to set up a disease-free zone to a”eeders’ Cup, which has

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Tendons: Keep Them Moving

Like keeping the pistons of an engine lubricated for smooth, easy movement, the tendon sheaths of a horse function similarly by providing a friction-free environment in which tendons can move.

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Emergency Demonstrations and Training Offered

Hagyard-Davidson-McGee Associates (HDM) veterinary hospital will be offering equine emergency demonstrations to the general public on Aug.14, 2004, at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky. A more extensive three-day training course will be

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Drugs: Good and Bad

Olympics. Just the word makes us swell up with pride. This month horses and riders from around the world will converge on the birthplace of the Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. The idea of the Olympics is to have all countries send their best

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