Letter to the Editor:

This letter must begin by saying how proud I am of a man whom I have never met.  His name is Steve Stevens of Houston, TX, the current president of the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA).  Mr. Stevens has given the membership of AQHA a voice.  He has written personal letters of his activities as president and the goals of the Executive

Applications for the position as Kentucky State Veterinarian are currently being accepted.  Please send resume and curriculum vitae to:  State Veterinarian Position, PO BOX 4021, Frankfort, KY  40604-4021. The expected closing date for application is January 31,

Riding the crest of the holiday shopping season, Seabiscuit burst out of the gate with more than $80 million in DVD and VHS sales in its first week, making it the year’s best-selling drama released on DVD and VHS. Released Dec. 16, the title sold five million units in its first six days.

“This is certainly a film that audiences loved and we were confident it would be just as

Colorado State University recently named Wayne McIlwraith, BVSc, FRCVS, PhD, Dipl. ACVS, Dipl. ECVS, professor of surgery and director of the Orthopaedic Research Center at the university, the Barbara Cox Anthony Endowed University Chair in Equine Orthopaedic Research.

The endowed chair was created with a $3 million gift from Anthony that the university received during the 2001-2002

The American Graded Stakes Committee has set July 2004 as the target date for implementation of a more stringent drug testing policy for all graded stakes that will require tests for more than 140 parent drugs and their metabolites.

The committee initially hoped to launch the testing protocol, which would be required for a stakes to keep its grade eligibility, on Jan. 1. However, it

Editor’s note: A letter to the editor from Fort Dodge Animal Health cited inaccuracies in this article and can be seen by clicking here.

A new West Nile virus (WNV) equine recombinant canarypox vaccine received USDA registration approval on Dec. 23, and could pave the way for a new generation of equine

Hagyard-Davidson McGee veterinary clinic near Lexington will be hosting a three-day animal rescue course Jan. 2-4 at the Kentucky Horse Park.

According to a release, the course will focus on “basic concepts applicable to safe and effective methods of technical rescue for injured horses.”

Designed primarily for fire fighters and veterinarians, the goal is to train more than 100

A guide to laminitis terminology was presented by course director James A. Orsini, DVM, Dipl. ACVS, associate professor of surgery at the University of Pennsylvania’s New Bolton Center. Universally understood terminology helps everyone communicate what is going on with a laminitis case, he noted.

Laminitis–a disease that strikes fear into the hearts of horse people everywhere–was the primary focus of the Second International Equine Conference on Laminitis and Diseases of the Foot, held Nov. 10-11 in West Palm Beach, Fla. This conference is held every other year and sponsored in large part by John K. and Marianne Castle, whose Appaloosa Spot had chronic  laminitis secondary to