Euthanized Horse from Staten Island Tests Positive for West Nile
New York State Agriculture Commissioner Nathan L. Rudgers announced August 29 the death of a 26-year old horse on
Visit the American Horse Shows Association’s Olympic Web Site for daily updates of the equestrian events of the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney Australia. To access these pages, go to the AHSA’s web site at
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced that horse facility owners Emil and Anna Jung of Gehlenberg-Friesoythe, Germany, have been sentenced after pleading guilty to three counts each of false statements and mail fraud.
On
The U.S. Department of Agriculture and Bobbie Jo Garrison, a horse owner in Crossville, Tenn., have settled charges of Horse Protection Act (HPA) violations.
Soring is a cruel and abusive practice; it is not an acceptable method of”P>The U.S. Department of Agriculture and Bobbie Jo Garrison, a horse owne
Throughout Kentucky, the summer of 1999 will be remembered for hot days and a lack of rain. While the drought and its effects were readily noted this past summer and fall, horse owners need to consider what the drought may have done to their
The Department of Environmental Management announced Monday the first finding of West Nile Virus in Rhode Island.
The positive result came from a horse stabled on Saugatucket Road in Wakefield that was
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), the nation’s largest animal protection organization with more than 7.3 million members and constituents, will hold its 8th Annual National Farm Animals Awareness Week (NFAAW) September 17-23. NFAAW
Colorado State University’s Veterinary Medicine program was ranked second in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report’s annual 2001 Graduate Guide issued recently.
The veterinary medical program, which awards Doctor
Shawna and Vinton Karrasch, creators of the unique On Target, Training program, will be in Wellington, FL, from February 12-29. The pair will offer clinics and training seminars throughout the area.
A clinic is already scheduled for
The amount of horses testing positive for Equine Infectious Anemia in Northeastern Pennsylvania has risen to 26. Of these horses, 25 have been humanely destroyed, while one horse remains under quarantine for life.
All horses can be
There still have not been any confirmed U.S. equine West Nile Virus cases in 2000. (August 24)
New York City Health Commissioner Neal L.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is considering replacing or modifying the system used to classify animal pain and distress for animals used for research, tests, experiments, or teaching. USDA is also considering creating an Animal Welfare Act
The American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) has announced the appointment of deputy executive director and convention manager David Foley as its new executive director, effective May 1. Foley succeeds Gary Carpenter, who leaves the
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is proposing to eliminate import requirements for canine and mule semen from anywhere in the world and for equine semen from Canada.
We believe these changes are warranted because these imports pose n”P>The U.S. Department of Agriculture is proposing to eliminate impo
Colleges and Universities around the country have been offering degrees in Equine Studies for years. Only recently have these colleges become more specialized in the degrees that they offer. Two colleges have made recent strides forward in their
There still have not been any confirmed U.S. equine West Nile Virus cases in 2000. (August 17)
Yesterday, the State of Connecticut
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