Hagyard Equine Medical Institute in Lexington, Ky., announced that Hagyard Pharmacy has earned the Pharmacy Compounding Accreditation Board’s Seal of Accreditation. The PCAB is a not-for-profit corporation that was formed to provide quality standards for compounding pharmacies through a voluntary accreditation program. The PCAB Seal of Accreditation provides evidence of adherence to qual

The American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) honored Jerry B. Black, DVM, with its Distinguished Life Member Award for more than 35 years of loyal service to the association.

An international organization that aims to end the suffering of thousands of working equids in impoverished regions worldwide received the 2010 Lavin Cup today. The American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) gives this equine welfare award annually.

Texas A&M professor Bill Moyer, DVM, took the reins today as president of the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) during the 2010 Annual Convention, which is under way through tomorrow in Baltimore, Md. He took office before an audience of his colleagues during the President’s Luncheon.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the shooting deaths of two mustangs in Idaho.

The New Jersey Attorney General is accusing two trustees of a horse rescue in that state of misappropriating more than $60,000 in contributions from online donors who thought they were saving horses from so-called kill-buyers.

Zenyatta bid a final farewell to her legions of fans Dec. 5 at Hollywood Park, pricking her cotton-stuffed ears at the gaggle of cameras one more time before heading into retirement. The superstar mare who won 19 of her 20 career races and more than $7.3 million patiently walked around the paddock before taking to the track for a last stroll. Fans cheered and snapped photos as Zen

The Kentucky Department of Agriculture has issued a letter stating that, effective Jan. 1, 2011, any horse shipping to a racetrack in the state must have a certificate showing it is negative for equine piroplasmosis.

According to a news story originally posted by British magazine Horse and Hound, the deaths of 40 horses–which occurred between March and June–residing on five different farms in Queensland, Australia, remain under investigation. Australian veterinarians have told reporters that they suspect the culprit is a tropical plant of, or related to, the species Crotalaria.

This holiday season Canadian horse lovers can help feed hungry horses by doing something horse lovers to do: shop!

“The AAEP feels it’s very important to try to bring vets and farriers together,” said Steve O’Grady, DVM, MRCVS. “The AAEP accomplishes that by providing quality continuing education for both veterinarians and farriers and by bringing farriers and vets to a group of presentations at the convention where they can sit down together and learn.”

TheHorse.com’s Ask the Vet LIVE session on Healthy Barns/Stalls, held on Nov. 18, is now available for listening on demand. Discussion about what dealing with dangers might be present in barns, making stalls as healthy and safe as they should be for horses, maximizing air quality, and more were answered by veterinarians Erin Denney-Jones, DVM, owner of Florida Equine Veterinary …

A recent study confirms that strains of the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria in found in companion animals–including horses–resemble strains found in humans. According to Frances Moore, DVM, veterinary pathologist, and Sanjay Shukla, PhD, molecular microbiologist at Marshfield Labs and Marshfield Clinical Research Foundation in Marshfield, Wis., this means that …

The Miniature Horse recently reported missing (and possibly stolen) has been returned to the Oklahoma rescue where it was under care. The operator of the Blaze’s Tribute Equine Rescue reported the 18-year old, partially blind black and white miniature horse stallion missing from his corral on Nov. 25. The animal had been one of seven Minis placed in the rescue’s custody earlier last month in …

Horse owners whose animals were affected by a contagious equine metritis (CEM) outbreak during the 2009 breeding season might have the option of filing a lawsuit for damages against the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). Agencies of the federal government generally are immune to lawsuits under the principle of sovereign immunity, but there are a few limited exceptions.

Law enforcement authorities in Oklahoma are seeking information connected with the disappearance of a Miniature Horse from an equine rescue where he was under rehabilitative treatment.