The AVMA and the AAEP have issued statements opposing a bill introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives last month as an alternative to anti-soring legislation introduced last year.
The 1992 American Derby record setter The Name’s Jimmy died March 7 at Old Friends Thoroughbred Retirement Center in Georgetown, Ky.
A mixture of micronized coconut and onion decreased fecal egg counts in one population of horses, researchers say.
The possibility that a horse is drinking and/or urinating excessively (termed polydipsia and polyuria, respectively) is a frequent concern among horse owners.
Livestock, particularly horses, have been identified as a significant threat to panda survival. The reason? They’re beating the pandas to the bamboo buffet.
Researchers believe that estrogens could prove to be a useful early indicator of placentitis in the future.
Washington state law enforcement authorities are seeking those responsible for shooting eight Quarter Horses in their pasture.
Navicular bursography offers owners another effective diagnostic option for palmar foot pain when MRI is not in the cards.
Dogwood Stable will donate 1% of 2013 Belmont Stakes winner Palace Malice’s future graded stakes wins to the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation.
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Funding for USDA horse processing plant inspections would be eliminated through 2015 under a request contained in the $3.9 trillion budget proposal revealed this week by President Barack Obama.
While traditional surgeries are still suitable for the vast majority of colic cases, recent research showed that standing operations for colic can be beneficial when other options have failed.
The California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) has started evaluating cobalt levels in racehorses competing at tracks in that state and in certain necropsy scenarios, according to a March 4 memo from CHRB Equine Medical Director Rick Arthur, DVM.
Whether or not there has been a rule violation can only be determined once the case has been heard by the FEI tribunal.
We were told that it’s dangerous to have pigs with horses. Have you ever heard of this?
The lower limb is the most common site of lameness in English-discipline equine athletes, one veterinarian says, so sport horse practitioners must be well-versed in how to diagnose injuries in this region.
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