The University of Minnesota Extension Horse Team is offering two regional horse owner education programs in early 2010. Each program offers research-based information presented by knowledgeable speakers. The programs are held on Saturdays and begin at 1 p.m. (doors open at 12:30 p.m.) and end at 4:30 p.m. The dates, locations and topics are as follows:

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John S. Mitchell, DVM, a Standardbred racetrack practitioner in Pompano Beach, Fla., will join the AAEP Executive Committee as 2010 AAEP vice president at the 55th Annual Convention in Las Vegas, Nev.

Dr. Mitchell will be sworn in as a member of the Executive Committee during the Dec. 8 President’s Luncheon at the 55th Annual Convention in Las Vegas, Nev. With this appointment

Immunocontraception is a technique that uses the body’s own immune system to prevent pregnancy.

“For almost four decades we have known that antibodies against the membrane of a mammal’s unfertilized egg can be used to inhibit fertility,” explained Jay F. Kirkpatrick, PhD, director of the science and conservation center at ZooMontana, located in Billings,

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association Safety and Integrity Alliance received a positive review from its independent monitor Dec. 8 but was also told it has a lot of work to do in terms of educating the public and getting racetracks to buy into the alliance accreditation process.

The biggest accomplishment, perhaps, is the fact the alliance is intact and moving forward into

The British Horse Society (BHS) has reported that its "Drawing the Line on Indiscriminate Breeding" campaign continues to gain momentum as more famous faces show their support and encourage the equestrian world to "Think Before You Breed."

Olympic dressage rider Carl Hester is the latest well-known equestrian to show his support for the Society's camp

The American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) honored two members for their longtime dedication to the association, including continuous efforts to promote equine welfare and the equine veterinary profession, during a luncheon held yesterday in Las Vegas, Nev.

C. Wayne McIlwraith, BVSc, PhD, DSc, FRCVS, Dipl. ACVS, professor and director of equine orthopaedic rese

The American Association of Equine Practitioners yesterday honored John Thomas Vaughan, DVM, Dipl. ACVS, and the late Dean Scoggins, DVM, with the annual Distinguished Educator Award for advancing the equine veterinary profession through impactful teaching and mentorship. Vaughan and the family of Scoggins were presented with the award during the President's Luncheon, which was held at t

The American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) has introduced Nathaniel A. White, II, DVM, Dipl. ACVS, a respected equine researcher and surgeon, as its 2010 president during the 55th Annual Convention, which is under way in Las Vegas, Nev. White was inducted to the post during yesterday's President's Luncheon.

White is the Jean Ellen Shehan Professor and d

Norwegian equestrian Tony Andre Hansen and his 2008 Olympic mount, Camiro, have been definitively disqualified from the Beijing Olympics for a medication offense. The disqualification followed an appeals commission decision handed down Dec. 4.

Hansen’s appeal of the 2008 ruling of the Fédération Equestre International (FEI) was dismissed last Friday by the Court

The American Association of Equine Practitioners will recognize a past president who has guided the AAEP in racing and welfare issues with the annual Distinguished Service Award during the 55th Annual Convention in Las Vegas, Nev. AAEP Past President Scott Palmer, VMD, Dipl. ABVP, of Clarksburg, N.J., will receive the award Dec. 8 at the annual President’s Luncheon.

Palmer, di

The American Association of Equine Practitioners will honor a council of family ranchers with the 2009 Lavin Cup, its award for outstanding equine welfare initiatives.

Established in 1995, NAERIC member ranchers manage broodmares that produce quality horses as well as provide pregnant mares’ urine (PMU). Estrogens extracted from PMU are used to produce hormone therapies.

While police investigate the shooting deaths of several horses in Wisconsin, a St. Croix County woman hopes horse owners will reach out to families whose animals were killed.

Since Nov. 19, six horses have been discovered dead or dying in their pastures in Dunn and St. Croix counties after sustaining small caliber gunshot wounds.

Former horse breeder Linda Kuhn said she

Increased worldwide movement of equids means increased potential for spread of horse diseases. The impact of a disease outbreak on the health of the animals in a country, as well as the health of the country’s economy, was evidenced with the equine influenza outbreak in Australia in 2007 and 2008.

“Clinicians (veterinarians) can no longer afford to delegate their

The American Association of Equine Practitioners’ 55th Annual Convention is on stage in Las Vegas, Nev., Dec. 5 – 9, as the world’s largest continuing education meeting for equine veterinarians.

The convention was expected to lure more than 3,500 veterinarians, veterinary students, and technicians for scientific lectures, industry forums, networking events and other op