The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently launched the Safety Reporting Portal (SRP) website — www.safetyreporting.hhs.gov — allowing increased accessibility to submit reports concerning FDA-regulated products.

SRP allows even the concerned citizen to submit a safety report related to foods, drugs, and veterinary products.

An increase in biting incidents at the Assateague Island National Seashore in Maryland has inspired a stricter policy toward visitors wishing to see the national park’s famous wild horses.

Visitors ignoring the dangers of dealing with any wild animal have caused a recurring problem in the past several years, according to Allison Turner, a biological technician at Assateague

The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will be holding two additional public meetings on the animal disease traceability framework approach. The meetings will take place this month in Salt Lake City, Utah, and next month in Fort Worth, Texas. Additional meetings will be scheduled in the coming weeks.

In May 2010 USDA hosted three public meetings to discu

A world record for a one-mile turf race was established at Monmouth Park June 6 when Colvin Green’s Mandurah won a starter handicap in 1:31.23 on a firm course at the New Jersey racetrack.

Trained by Grant Forster and ridden by Alex Solis, Mandurah, a 6-year-old gelding by A.P. Indy, took the lead at once and never looked back en route to an 8 1/2-length victory. He carried 1

The development of sarcoids–the most frequent of equine skin tumors–appears to have a genetic basis, and Swiss researchers are now honing in on the exact genes responsible for the disease. A new major study involving 222 horses yielded three chromosomal regions of the equine genome that could be further investigated for candidate genes responsible for sarcoids, according to Vend

The Jockey Club has announced its board of stewards voted June 4 to deny California residents Joan Bor, her son Ernie Bor, and his wife, Cecelia Bor, all privileges of “The American Stud Book” on a permanent basis effective Jan. 1, 2011. According to a statement from The Jockey Club, the action was taken because the three members of the Bor family were each fined and sen

Purina Horse Feed recently announced that Diana Schueller of Tulsa, Okla., is the grand prize winner of the 2009 HOW Horse Owner’s Workshop Sweepstakes.

“When I got the notification that I won, I was seriously in shock,” said Schueller. “I thought this can’t be happening. I never win anything.”

Schueller will receive a prize package including

Horses have evolved over millions of years as grazers, with specialized digestive tracts adapted to digest and utilize diets containing high levels of plant fiber. They are capable of processing large quantities of forage to meet their nutrient demands. In an attempt to maximize growth or productivity, horses are often fed diets that also contain high levels of grains and supplements. Unfort

The first cases of vesicular stomatitis this year were reported in three horses in Cochise County, Ariz. Vesicular stomatitis is sporadically occurring virus that causes blister-like lesions in the mouth and on the dental pad, tongue, lips, nostrils, hooves, prepuce, and teats of livestock. The disease most frequently occurs during warmer months in the southwestern United States.

Two horses at Lone Star Park have tested positive for Equine Piroplasmosis, a tick-borne disease caused by parasites that affects horses, donkeys, mules, and zebras. In addition, a third horse that left Lone Star and had been shipped to New Mexico also tested positive for the disease.

WinStar Farm’s Drosselmeyer gave Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott his first win in a Triple Crown race, as he wore down pacesetter First Dude and held off a late charge from Fly Down to win the $1 million Belmont Stakes under Mike Smith June 5.

Portable, hand-held blood analyzers that measure various blood values such as electrolytes and pH are a valuable tool and provide improved patient care, reports a Brazilian research team led by Juliana Peiró, DVM, PhD, from the Department of Clinics, Surgery, and Animal Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, Unviersidade Estadual Paulista. “When diagnosed early,

The best way to give cloned foals a leg up is to make sure that an experienced veterinary team is present when the mare gives birth, according to a recent study.

Katrin Hinrichs, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACT, and her colleagues recently reviewed the medical records of cloned foals born between 2005 and 2008. They found that most foals did pretty well: Of 14 foals, 12 developed normally.

Famed horseman John Lyons will be a featured clinician in the Equine Village during the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, Sept. 25 – Oct. 10, at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky. Widely considered to be responsible for many changes in the horse industry in the past 30 years, John Lyons has promoted both kind treatment of horses and the safety of horse and ride

Equine digestive health product SUCCEED has teamed up with helmet advocate Jeri Bryant to launch the online helmet awareness campaign www.riders4helmets.com. The campaign is designed to educate equestrians on the benefits of wearing helmets. The Equestrian Medical Safety Association (EMSA) states that head injuries accoun

Leading experts on Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAID) research in equestrian sport will address the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) Congress on NSAID Usage and Medication in the Equine Athlete in Lausanne, Switzerland this summer. C. Wayne McIlwraith, BVSc, PhD, DSc, FRCVS, Dipl. ACVS, (USA); Pierre-Louis Toutain, professor at the Ecole Nationale Vét&