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Test for EPO in Horses Developed

The New South Wales Racing Laboratory has developed a test to detect the drug erythropoietin, commonly known as EPO, in racehorses, according to release on the Racing New South Wales Web site. The medication is considered a

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Special Report: The Year Of The Strangles

Horse owners have experienced an escalated fight with strangles in 2000-2001. Researchers have long observed that the highly contagious upper respiratory disease is more prevalent in some years than others. Historically, this happens about every

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Unusual Placentitis Cases Decrease

The cases of nocardioform placentitis in Central Kentucky fell from 144 cases during the 1999 foaling season to 48 in 2000, according to a report in Equine Disease Quarterly, a publication funded by Underwriters At Lloyd’s of London,

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KAEP Honors Vet

The Kentucky Association of Equine Practitioners honored Steve Conboy, DVM, as its first Distinguished Life Member. Conboy, who retired as Secretary/Treasurer of the group after 18 years of service, was named 1990 Kentucky Veterinarian of the

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First Pour-On Fly Repellent

With external pests being a considerable problem this year, owners are looking for any means to prevent attacks by flies and other insects. Boehringer Ingelheim has introduced a pour-on insecticide available only through your veterinarian. Calle

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New Zealand Olympic Horse Dies Suddenly

The New Zealand Olympic Committee has announced the death of Chesterfield, who was scheduled compete in the Three-Day competition at the Sydney Olympics next month.

Blyth Tait rode Chesterfield to a team bronze medal in Atlanta in 1996.

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Kentucky Public Invited to Attend Farm Policy Conference

Decisions made in Washington D.C. will have a profound effect on the future of Kentucky agriculture. To learn about that impact, the public is being urged to attend a daylong educational conference, 2002 Farm Policy and You.

Decisions made in Was

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World-Wide Strangles Research

Strangles is probably the most important bacterial disease of the horse, explained John Timoney, MVB, PhD, DSc, MRCVS, of the University of Kentucky’s Gluck Equine Research Center, and one for which a safe and effective vaccine is so very”P>Strangles is probably the most important bacterial disease of the horse, explained John Timoney, MVB, PhD, DSc, MRCVS, of the University of Kentucky’s Gluck Equine Research Center, and one for which a safe and effective vaccine is so v”>Strangles is probably the most important bacterial disease of the horse, explained John Timoney, MVB, PhD, DSc, MRCVS, of the University of Kentucky’s Gluck Equine Research Center, and one for which a safe and effective vaccine is so”Strangles is probably the most important bacterial disease of the horse, explained John Timoney, MVB, PhD, DSc, MRCVS, of the University of Kentucky’s Gluck Equine Research Center, and one for which a safe and effective vaccine is s”Strangles is probably the most important bacterial disease of the horse, explained John Timoney, MVB, PhD, DSc, MRCVS, of the University of Kentucky’s Gluck Equine Research Center, and one for which a safe and effective vaccine is s”trangles is probably the most important bacterial disease of the horse, explained John Timoney, MVB, PhD, DSc, MRCVS, of the University of Kentucky’s Gluck Equi”rangles is probably the most important bacterial disease of the horse, explained John Ti”angles is probably

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Dryland Distemper

One of the most commonly diagnosed bacterial problems in California (and several other western states) is dryland distemper, otherwise known as pigeon fever. This disease is caused by Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis and is seen

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Vets Help Horses, People

Every year on the weekend before Thanksgiving, a group of 10-15 veterinarians travel to a remote area of Arizona that can only be reached by helicopter, pack animal, or on foot. These members of Veterinary Christian Fellowship (VCF) gather to

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AAEP Task Force To Review Vaccination Guidelines

A special task force formed by the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) will evaluate and recommend changes to the group’s Guidelines for Vaccinating Horses. One of the Task Force’s chief assignments is developing broad guidelines

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Cornell Nutritionist Joins Editorial Advisory Board

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Disease Hampers Britain’s Horse Movement

Representatives from 27 British equine organizations met in London on March 1 to discuss the potential for spread of foot and mouth disease (FMD), which affects only cloven-hooved animals. The disease was discovered in pigs at a slaughterhouse i

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Computerized Radiography Reveals Details

You stare blankly at a nearly indiscernible abnormality in your horse’s fetlock X ray as your veterinarian puts the film on a light box. He points at a bone chip, but all you see is the glaring white form of your horse’s bone. All too often this

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Funds For The Future

At a joint meeting of the Kentucky Association of Equine Practitioners (KAEP) and the Kentucky Veterinary Medical Association (KVMA), pharmaceutical giant Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica presented a check for $17,161.12 to the KVMA Foundation to

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