Avaya, Inc., a global leader in enterprise communications systems, software and services, has been named an Official Technology Sponsor of the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG).

Tall fescue is an extremely hardy, well-adapted grass species used for hay and pasture in the central and eastern United States and the Pacific Northwest. Although tall fescue has gotten a bad reputation in the horse industry, it is a safe and practical grass for most classes of horses with the exception of broodmares. There are many varieties of tall fescue from all over the worl

The Rutgers Equine Science Center launched a new innovative educational tool to its website–a virtual tour of the equine exercise physiology laboratory.

Imagine that after a thorough prepurchase examination, your veterinarian turns to you and says the horse has sidebone, meaning his lateral and medial cartilages of the foot that have “ossified,” or hardened into bone. What should you do?

Dennis Brooks, DVM, PhD, a professor of ophthalmology at the University of Florida (UF) College of Veterinary Medicine, will present the prestigious Frank J. Milne State-of-the-Art Lecture at the annual meeting of the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) in Baltimore, Md., in December 2010.

Brooks’ lecture, titled “Catastrophic Ocular Surface Failure i

The American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) will strengthen the equine veterinarian’s ability to serve the horse through applicable science, effective business tactics and welfare advocacy during its 56th Annual Convention, Dec. 4-8, in Baltimore, Md.
As the world’s largest gathering of equine health care professionals, the Convention unites more than 4,000 equine v

A recommendation to lower the recommended threshold for phenylbutazone (Bute) from 5 micrograms per milliliter of plasma or serum to 2 micrograms per milliliter of plasma or serum will be considered by the Model Rules Committee of the Association of Racing Commissioners International. The bute recommendation will be considered by the Model Rules Committee during a conference call

With just 14 days until the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, the first group of eight horses arrived at the Kentucky Horse Park on Friday afternoon. This first group of equine athletes represent Chile and Guatemale and will compete at the Games in the World Championship of Endurance presented by Meydan. The horses have been quarantined in Miami si

This week veterinarians confirmed Kentucky’s equine West Nile virus (WNV) case of 2010. The 6-year-old Morgan stallion, located in Shelby County just southeast of Louisville, was found down and unable to rise and was later euthanized. Just as with the first Kentucky horse, this WNV-affected horse was not vaccinated for the mosquito-borne virus. In 2009 eight horses in Kentucky were

Two Florida men accused of poaching two horses and butchering them for their meat will soon decide whether they will accept a plea deal in the case or go to trial for multiple felony charges. Miami-Dade County law enforcement authorities arrested Luis Miguel Cordero on Sept. 15, 2009, as he attempted to

When elite equestrians compete for world titles this month, the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) will be working behind the scenes and before the cameras to ensure the health of equine athletes. The 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, held Sept. 25-Oct. 10 in Lexington, Ky., is anticipated as the largest sporting event to take place in the United States thi

Former Ohio Arabian horse trainer Robin Vess, who was found guilty on multiple animal cruelty charges in April, has lost her bid for a retrial. Animal welfare authorities charged Vess with 42 counts of misdemeanor animal cruelty in February after they discovered 37 animals living in filth without food or water on her Oak Harbor farm. One horse was found dead, another five were eut

Horses shipped from overseas normally travel in jet stalls, specially made containers that house three adult horses or five foals. David Hasenauer, president and CEO of Jet Pets, Inc. in Los Angeles, a privately owned and operated quarantine facility under contract with USDA, offers this piece of advice before shipping a horse to the United States: “If you’re going to spe

The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission, operating on a tight schedule, approved a regulation Sept. 7 governing out-of-competition equine drug testing with plans to have it in place in advance of the Nov. 5-6 Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Churchill Downs. The regulation was unanimously approved with a request it be given emergency status, meaning it will take effect when s

A Virginia veterinarian faces multiple animal cruelty charges for allegedly neglecting 18 horses that were removed from her Franklin County property last month. Captain Aleck Beeman of the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department said law enforcement authorities seized the animals on Aug. 16 after neighbors complained about their condition. “Veterinarians body scor

The Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) has announced detection times for methylprednisolone acetate (Depo-Medrol), a frontline treatment for lameness in the equine athlete. The findings from recently completed studies on the use of intra-articular methylprednisolone acetate show the detection times as 28 days for the 200mg dose and 14 days for the 100mg dose.