HRH Princess Haya, president of the Fédéracion Equestre Internationale (FEI), has called for a more rational risk-based approach to international trade requirements for the transportation of competition horses. Speaking to some of the world’s top animal health government officials at the 78th OIE General Assembly in Paris on May 23, the FEI president acknowledged
American breeders and sales companies now have access to a foreign market that had been off-limits to U.S. horses for the last five years due to import restrictions. The country of India had previously prohibited the import of horses from U.S. and Great Britain because those countries had horses test positive for the disease Contagious Equine Metritis. But now, the Ministry of Agr
Not only is the joint supplement ingredient type II collagen effective for arthritic horses, it also may be more effective than glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate.
Law enforcement authorities in Ellis County, Kan., are seeking information connected to the alleged theft of an Arab/Saddlebred-cross mare removed from its pasture at the RMH Ranch in Hays, Kan., on May 23.
The Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation announced May 25 a wide-ranging agenda of health and safety issues for Thoroughbred racing for the third summit, scheduled for June 28-29 at the Keeneland sale pavilion in Lexington.
All of June 28 sessions will be open to the public as will one session the following day. For the first time, Keeneland will provide live video streaming of
The 73 horses living at Days End Farm Horse Rescue in Woodbine, Md., eagerly await visitors at the nonprofit rescue’s 21st Annual Spring Carnival on June 19 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., rain or shine. Games, fun, horses, and a yard sale are part of this annual fund-raising event. Visitors will be treated to pony rides on Days End rescue horses, a petting zoo, face painting, stick
Researchers found that the enterolith location did not affect the number of complications that horses experienced.
Two Quarter Horse geldings are under treatment for trauma and other injuries sustained when the gooseneck trailer in which they were riding overturned during a single-car incident on Ohio Interstate 71 May 22. The truck’s driver and four other occupants were transported to hospitals for treatment. Their conditions are unknown.
The trailer was overturned when the right front ti
More than 830 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “What do you do with the manure in your pastures/paddocks?”
A lawsuit aimed at preventing the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) from conducting wild horse gathers at the Calico Mountain Complex Herd Management Area in Nevada failed on May 24 when a federal judge dismissed the case.
The suit claimed that the gathers violate the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971 because they endanger the lives of the animals. The act protects mus
A Colorado man faces multiple criminal charges in connection with a fire that killed 12 horses and several other animals earlier this month. The horses, a goat, and several chickens and roosters were residing in the stable in Commerce City, Colo., when the fire broke out on May 9. Tests conducted by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation later revealed that the blaze was deliberatel
Rabies, an uncommon disease in Colorado, began a steep rise in the state starting in 2008. The first case in a horse was confirmed in Douglas county in 2009, and a sharp increase in the number of cases in skunks has been noted in 2010. Recently, rabies cases were reported in skunks in Adams, Arapahoe, Douglas, and Elbert counties.
Michigan State University’s (MSU) online horse management program and the Universidad Mayor in Chile have partnered to offer two My Horse University courses in Spanish. Horse enthusiasts will now have access to short online learning experiences in Spanish on the topics of breeding mares and understanding equine conformation. In “Evaluation Conformation: Form to Function,&
Equine victims of abuse, neglect, and abandonment will be the stars at the second annual Bluebonnet Rescue Horse Training Challenge. The Bluebonnet Equine Humane Society in College Station, Texas, is hosting the challenge to showcase the talents of its many rescues horses. “Many people believe rescue horses are used up or somehow damaged,” said Jennifer Williams, preside
In the wake of a euthanized horse testing positive for the Hendra virus in Queensland, Australia, 11 people are being tested for the disease. Six had reportedly cleared the preliminary test May 21, and all are expected to test negative.
Ron Glanville, BSc, BVSc, MVS, chief veterinary officer for Biosecurity Queensland, confirmed that a horse in Tewantin on the Sunshine Coast was e
Law enforcement authorities in Warren County, Ohio, are seeking the owner of two horses discovered standing on a roadside in Washington Township last month.
Sheriff’s deputies discovered the sorrel riding horse and a brown and white spotted miniature horse standing along US Route 22 near Clarksville Road on April 12. Both animals were in good condition when they were found, sa
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