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Test-Tube Foals Born In England

Europe’s first successful intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) foals were recently born in Newmarket, England, as a part of a research program designed to create better sport horses. The foals were born March 21 and 28.

Professor Twink

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Immunology Researchers Share Information

The Havemeyer Foundation has supported a yearly international workshop for a decade, with the goals of sharing new information and techniques of relevance to equine health, fostering research collaboration internationally, and setting directions

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EPM Treatment Research

More than 50 years ago, horses at The Jockey Club in San Paulo, Brazil, were suffering from a neurologic disease that caused muscle wasting. In 1964, that same disease was seen in North America. Robert MacKay, BVSc, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM, of the

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EIPH: Exercise-Induced Pulmonary Hemorrhage

Perhaps the most widely recognized of all disorders affecting racehorses is bleeding, or exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage (EIPH). We now know that most racehorses bleed at some time during their careers. In fact, many horses might bleed”P>Perhaps the most widely recognized of all disorders affecting racehorses is bleeding, or exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage (EIPH). We now know that most raceh”>Perhaps the most widely recognized of all disorders affecting racehorses is bleeding,”Perhaps t

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HAHS Gets New Executive Director

Lydia Miller, DVM, joined the Hooved Animal Humane Society (HAHS) as its new executive director on June 11. She will help the organization celebrate its 30th anniversary of promoting and ensuring humane treatment of horses and other hooved animals through education, advocacy, investigation, and legal intervention.

Miller plans to expand the HAHS’s educational activities and programs,

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West Nile Virus Confirmed In Virginia

Virginia’s Commissioner of Health E. Anne Peterson, MD, MPH, announced on Oct. 13 that a dead crow found in Prince Edward County in Southside Virginia has been confirmed to have West Nile virus. The crow is the first bird to test positive for

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Online Learning Offered By Equine Research Center

Feed your passion for learning more about horse nutrition with the Equine Research Centre’s new Online Horse Learning program. Coming this fall to everyone who can access the Internet, the program’s first of six modules to be featured is Equine

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AAEP 1996 Convention Wrapup

A variety of topics, ranging from the sophisticated to the mundane, were discussed by presenters who offered their findings under the umbrella subject–The Foot.

Opening the session was Tracy A. Turner, DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVS, of the

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Messages

There are three very important topics that need to be covered this month, all of which have to do with horses, horse owners, and horse health. And all have to do with communication and the importance of making sure that the message you want sent

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Gait To Gate

The scene at a horse sale is familiar. The smell of coffee fills the air as early morning enthusiasts walk through the barns. A first-time-off-the-farm filly whinnies as her dam is trotted down the aisle for a group watching her stride. A man”P>The scene at a horse sale is familiar. The smell of coffee fills the air as early morning enthusiasts walk throug

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Foal Hoof Care

Among the many factors that determine the success of a foal as a sales yearling or as a mature athlete are management decisions about its feet and limbs during its first four months of life. Because a solid foundation for performance in the

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The View From The NICU

At the end of April in Kentucky, we suddenly started seeing a large number of foals with an unusual combination of signs admitted to the Hagyard-Davidson-McGee Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Most were slightly premature–maybe a

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Dissecting A Mystery

This magazine contains a tremendous amount of factual information about the health problems that are occurring in Kentucky, Ohio, and other states this spring. We also are continuously updating our web site as news becomes available. But there

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