The FEI’s new project will include endorsing an official biosecurity guide and promoting horse passports.
Geriatric horses often suffer tendon and ligament injuries for reasons unique to their age group.
Nov. 7 results indicate 85 horses are negative for EHV-1; also, Oaklawn Park bans Hawthorne horses.
EVJ has made a collection of laminitis research papers available online to both vets and horse owners.
Second Chances Ranch at the Vandalia Correctional Facility is TRF’s ninth correctional facility-based farm.
The horse was shot with a high-powered rifle while grazing in its pasture; the animal later died.
Researchers found that clinical signs of cannon bone fractures in sport horses and racehorses were similar.
Samples were screened for more than 45 anabolic steroids and hundreds of other prohibited drugs.
The two-day program included presentations about podiatry, diagnostics, and treatments for laminitis.
Of the estimated 80,000 sport horses in New Zealand, the average total annual spend per horse is $12,500.
Researchers observed noticeable lameness in horses consuming high levels of endophyte-infected seeds and hay.
The filly’s eye was swollen shut the evening after her race, but no one is sure how or when she was injured.
Lakeland has been named an Alltech Official Partner for the 2014 edition of the World Equestrian Games.
Since 2009, the remains of more than 20 horses butchered for their meat have been discovered in that state.
NYRA will contribute $100,000 to the Hurricane Sandy disaster relief effort.
Biosecurity Queensland received the positive test results late on Nov. 4. The horse was euthanized Nov. 1.
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