The quarantine for equine infectious anemia (EIA) in Wiltshire, England, has been lifted after three sets of tests showed horses free of the disease. The testing was required after two mares imported from Romania in December tested positive in January for EIA, also known as swamp fever.
The United Kingdom’s Department for the Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) conduc
Bills to provide funds for the Florida Horse Park through sale of specialty license plates are on Gov. Charlie Crist’s desk. S 736 and companion bill HB 351 would create several specialty license plates for vehicles, including one that would benefit the 500-acre park in Ocala.
Should the governor sign the bills, the pla
The American Horse Council (AHC) invites all recreational riders and equestrians to attend the AHC Recreation Forum June 22, from 1–5 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.
The highlight of the program will be two panel discussions. The first panel will focus on building better relationships between equestrians and local federal land managers and will
Cornell University researchers have successfully created a model in horses to study infections caused by the bacterium Leptospira interrogans.
In horses, leptospirosis can cause fever, icterus (jaundice), uveitis and recurrent uveitis, abortion, and kidney failure, though clinical signs are variable.
Tennessee horse owners took advantage of fair weather May 5 to bring their horses home from their temporary shelter at the Williamson County Agriculture Center in Franklin.
Owners brought between 200 and 300 horses to the center this past weekend when more than 13 inches of rain fell in Nashville and rural Williamson County in little more than 24 hours.
“A lot of t
Awesome Act, who finished 19th in the May 1 Kentucky Derby Presented By Yum! Brands at Churchill Downs, is lame and will be getting some time off from training and competition, the Daily Racing Form reported May 4.
Tom Ludt, president of Vinery, told the publication the 3-year-old Awesome Again colt soon would undergo a nuclear scintigraphy scan at Rood & Riddle Equin
Diseases and prevention, genetics and breeding, behavior, performance, and the horse industry made up the categories of this year’s Swiss Equine Research Network Meeting held April 30 in Avenches, Switzerland.
The country’s top researchers met in the ancient Helvetian capital to present and discuss their findings with other researchers as well as owners, breeders, and equi
Give your horse two choices: tall grass or low grass. Which one will he choose?
That answer depends a lot on the quality and nutritional composition of the grass, according to a new study by French researchers.
Although horses select the tallest grass when the quality of turfs is equally good, their main objective appears to be efficient intake of major nutrients, espec
Steven Spielberg has chosen to direct “War Horse,” a story about a boy and his horse set during World War I, according to Variety. Disney and DreamWorks are planning to release the movie Aug. 10, 2011.
Michael Morpurgo wrote the book War Horse, which follows a farm horse named Joey who is sold to the British army through war battles as the boy who loves him tries to reun
Eight equine organizations have signed on in support of the American Horse Council’s National Welfare Code of Practice. The Welfare Code outlines in generic terms what it means for an organization to be committed to the responsible breeding, training, care, use, enjoyment, transport, and retirement of horses.
The latest groups to support the National Welfare Code are the Arabi
In a letter to veterinarians dated April 28, Brett Whitehead, Director, Equine and Ag Retail Business, of Intervet Schering-Plough Animal Health, encouraged practitioners to return all PreveNile vaccine. The recall was initiated after an increased incidence in the number of adverse events following vaccination with currently marketed serials of PreveNile.
The company noted in the
More than 630 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “How do you determine which brand of vaccines to give to your horse?”
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For the 2010 Youth World Cup to be a success, the American Quarter Horse Association is seeking volunteers, tack donations and sponsors. Scheduled for July 3-11, the 2010 Youth World Cup will be held at State Fair Park in Oklahoma City. What began as a competition between Australian and American youths more than two decades ago has evolved to include kids from a number of countries–17 coun Costas Georgakopoulos, PhD, and his colleagues in Greece are working to create technologies that enable officials to quickly discover whether athletes–animals or people–are using illegal substances or exceeding the allowable levels of legal medications. “The fight between laboratories and dopers is a continuous war,” he told The Horse. “The trend is to make Super Saver, with Calvin Borel up, wins the 136th running of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I). WinStar Farm’s homebred son of Maria’s Mon gives trainer Todd Pletcher his first Derby win. A horse was euthanized after being diagnosed with rabies in Massachusetts, according to Enterprisenews.com. Veterinarian Bruce Chase diagnosed the horse, who had not been vaccinated and had been exposed to a rabid skunk, according to public health offici Stay on top of the most recent Horse Health news with FREE weekly newsletters from TheHorse.comWeekly PollCreate a free account with TheHorse.com! |
