Two horses competing in Great Britain’s famed Grand National steeplechase were euthanized after sustaining serious injuries during the race, which was held April 14 at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England.
Forty horses were contained in the barn at the time of the blaze. Of those, 18 were killed in fire. The McHenry County Animal Control personnel and volunteers rescued the remaining 22.
Equine practitioners are involved in evaluating populations of patients and making judgments on the appropriate course of action based on their own experiences or those of others, all of which culminates in a population-based approach.
A French research team sequenced the genome of Taylorella equigenitalis, the causative agent of contagious equine metritis (CEM), as well as T. asinigenitalis, a closely related species generally isolated in donkeys.
Five hours of television broadcast and a live webcast of the entire competition highlight this year’s coverage of the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event presented by Bridgestone.
North Carolina State University (NC State) College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) will be hosting a large animal emergency rescue training presented by Technical Large Animal Emergency Rescue (TLAER), April 20-22.
Much of modern epidemiology is concerned with identifying and accounting for bias. Thus, understanding principles of epidemiology is a useful investment of time to make us better interpreters of clinical evidence and thereby better practitioners.
Veterinarians and horse owners worldwide are now realizing the problems resulting from following the traditional calendar-based deworming protocols for controlling strongyles and ascarids, one researcher says.
Allergic dermatitis in horses–simply, inflammation of the skin caused by an irritating stimulus–is a common yet often treatable and manageable problem with multiple causes.
New biomechanical findings in equitation science might help riders make more informed decisions about equipment use and also could dispel certain myths about bridles, bits, and reins, noted one equitation scientist.
The New York Racing Association (NYRA) is challenging the methodology used by The New York Times to determine horse injury rates that were the basis for a front page article published March 25.
Horse owners in Kentucky affected by March’s deadly tornadoes have received assistance from the U.S. Equine Disaster relief fund as they work to rebuild what was destroyed by the storms.
One researcher concluded, “Pinch grafting is the easiest grafting technique in horses, requires no specialized equipment, and has a similar rate of positive outcomes as other, more advanced grafting techniques.”
Efforts to eliminate race-day medication and a federal bill that aims to create a national standard for medication use in Thoroughbred racehorses were the key topics discussed at a recent Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association board meeting.
One researcher presented a discussion of the mechanisms and effects of some of the most commonly used physiology modifiers–hyaluronan, polysulfated glycosaminoglycans, and bisphosphonates–in equine joint disease treatment.
The 2012 University of Maryland (UM) Extension Pasture Management Training Series for Horse Owners is scheduled to begin April 19 at 6:00 p.m. with a lecture on rejuvenating overgrazed winter pastures.
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