Swiss Researcher Shares Equine Welfare Innovations
Christa Lesté-Lasserre, MA
July 9, 2015
These new devices meet the demands for optimum animal welfare while keeping human management capacities in mind.
These new devices meet the demands for optimum animal welfare while keeping human management capacities in mind.
The BLM’s 21 research projects are aimed at developing new tools for managing healthy wild horses and burros.
The affected horse, a 12-year-old Miniature mare from Chesapeake, had not been vaccinated against the virus.
John Nelson Price was convicted of shooting and killing his Miniature Horse in May.
Racing jurisdictions in nine states have now adopted the program in its entirety.
The TCA Thoroughbred Makeover will feature 350 recently retired racehorses competing in 10 disciplines.
The IHRC’s former primary laboratory missed seven positive drug tests, including one for a Class 1 drug.
Of the 804 respondents, 429 said they give their horses electrolytes year-round, after hard work, or during the summer.
The MRI unit adds to the school’s imaging modalities, including a CT, radiography, nuclear scintigraphy, and more.
The FWS said the submitted petition didn’t present enough information supporting claims that wild horses are threatened.
Two riders and their horses were participating in the grand entry performance on July 1 when the animals collided.
The procedure is designed to minimize surgical stress and complications associated with enucleations.
Laser resection resulted in reduced postoperative complications and a positive prognosis, researchers determined.
Manage pastures and horses’ grazing times carefully to help reduce the risk of laminitis, a painful hoof condition.
A 10-year-old Thoroughbred fractured a cannon bone during a race and was euthanized by the event’s veterinarian.
The Kentucky Horse Council’s livestock investigation training will take place Aug. 5-7 at Morehead State University.
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