Poll: Majority of Readers Vaccinate for Rabies Yearly
Megan Arszman
October 19, 2010
More than 730 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “How often do you vaccinate your horse for rabies?”
More than 730 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “How often do you vaccinate your horse for rabies?”
Appropriate preventive and therapeutic measures to avoid and/or treat gastric ulcers in endurance horses might improve performance. Equine gastric ulcer syndrome (EGUS) is extremely common in competitive horses involved in show jumping, dressage, and Western disciplines. One recent study reported that more than 90% of racehorses had EGUS. “Unlike these other types
TheHorse.com’s Ask the Vet LIVE session on Common Colic Questions, held on Oct. 13, is now available for listening on demand. Scores of questions on colic causes, risk factors, prevention, and treatment, and more were answered by veterinarians Anthony Blikslager, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVS, professor of equine surgery and gastroenterology at North Carolina State University; and Jay Altman, DVM,
Officials with the Equine Injury Database are seeking support from owners and trainers to start voluntarily reporting injuries to Thoroughbreds during training hours. The Equine Injury Database (EID), now in its second year, already has about 19,500 reports, Mary Scollay-Ward, DVM, equine medical director for the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission, said Oct. 19. But the information
TheHorse.com reached a new milestone Oct. 12, when the 500th horse found a new home via the website’s all-breed free horse listings. Saucy Dance, a 3-year-old Thoroughbred filly, was fresh off the track at Laurel Park in Maryland when Teresa Robinson of Pylesville, Md., spotted her ad online. Bred and raised by Georgia Andreadakis, “Saucy,” had raced five
UK Healthcare, in partnership with University of Kentucky colleges of Agriculture and Public Health and 40 community, equine, and medical organizations, continues its five-year educational campaign, Saddle Up Safely, with the development of a horse-related injury brochure.
Scientists have established the link between cribbing (also called windsucking) and colic, but a “causal” relationship between the two remains to be proven, say researchers from the University of California, Davis.
Calder Casino & Race Course said Oct. 16 that it has lifted racing and training restrictions on horses stabled at the Racetrack Training Center, which is adjacent to Calder’s stables. The 78 horses at that training center are permitted to train and race at the Miami Gardens, Fla., track effective Oct. 16. The Florida Veterinary Medical Association told Calder officials tha
Santiago Cabrera, who along with Luis Miguel Cordero, is accused of poaching two horses and butchering them for their meat in Florida, will undergo neurologic and psychological testing to determine his competence to stand trial for the crimes. Miami-Dade County law enforcement authorities arrested Cordero on Sept. 15,
Learn how to protect yourself when dealing with a horse that could be infected with rabies.
Officials at the University of Tennessee at Martin (UTM) are hoping that the offer of a $1,000 reward will lead to the arrest of whoever is responsible for shooting a horse used by the school’s equestrian team. Bud Grimes, UTM’s director of university relations, said a university student worker discovered the wounded horse in an university-owned pasture on Oct. 10. The animal had su
When the budget for the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games was cut in July, one area that took a hit was funding for decorative plants and ornamentals. The University of Kentucky College of Agriculture Department of Horticulture stepped up to help by gathering donations and growing what they could to make the event beautiful.
For many years horse owners and veterinarians thought the nutrient needs of pregnant mares increased only at the end of gestation. But new research shows that pregnant mares’ nutrient needs increase as early as the fifth month of gestation.
While Kentucky was on the world stage for 16 days during the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, one display in the Equine Village asked visitors, “Where else for an equine education?” The answer was found in the display itself, the result of a unique collaboration among Kentucky universities and colleges with equine programs.
Since 2008, UK’s equestrian, dressage, and polo teams have all been victorious at the highest levels of intercollegiate competition.
Fertility issues in the horse can stem from multiple causes. One cause in mares is due to a disorder of sexual development (DSD) whereby the sex chromosome complement (genotype, or genetic code) is abnormal and does not agree with the external appearance of the horse (phenotype, or observable characteristics).
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