The “Report of Mares Bred” released by The Jockey Club Oct. 22 shows that Pennsylvania breeding is on the rise while the industry is in decline in every other major breeding state.

According to the report, based on information received through Oct. 13 and which TJC said represents approximately 92% of the mares bred this year, the number of mares bred in Pennsylvania rose 25.3% to 1,550,

Diagnosing equine Cushing’s disease (pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction, or PPID) requires accurate testing, on which there is a seasonal effect.

The first frost of the autumn generally brings questions centered around three general topics:

• Suspected toxicity of frosted alfalfa to grazing animals

• Post-frost harvest of last alfalfa cutting

• Toxic prussic acid potential and management of frosted Sudangrass and sorghum-Sudangrass hybrids

Is frosted alfalfa toxic?

Frost injured

In contrast to a recently published study on EHV-1, the late George Allen, PhD, a University of Kentucky Gluck Equine Research Center scientist, described a model to study equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1) and myeloencephalopathy and identified major risk factors critical to experimental reproduction of this syndrome.

In his

Laminitis and colic were the top two equine conditions in need of more research, according to nearly 600 members of the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) who recently responded to a survey conducted by the AAEP Foundation. The Foundation coordinates equine research and supports student scholarships. This is the second member survey conducted to aid the group in prioritizing

A ranch in Kleberg County, Texas, is under quarantine after a 7-year-old Quarter Horse mare became ill and tested positive for equine piroplasmosis earlier this month. An additional 31 horses on the ranch have also tested positive. An Oct. 20 report issued to the World Organization for

Handlers should monitor their horses’ temperature before and after travel and should not transport horses who show any signs of being ill, as the immune system weakens during transport

Three-day event rider Ronald Zabala-Goetschel loves his four-star level event horse Che Mr. Wiseguy so much that he is planning to manufacture a diamond out of a bit of Wiseguy’s mane, so that he will have a little treasure to remember the horse by forever.

A native of Quito, Ecuador, Zabala-Goetschel rides and trains with Dutton and Silva Martin in the United States. He and Che Mr

The five remaining properties involved in the recent Hendra virus incidents at Cawarral and Bowen in central Queensland, Australia, were given the all clear after test results were received Oct. 13.

The results were the final piece of information required to allow all quarantine restrictions to be lifted.

At the peak of the response, 22 properties had movement restrictions in place,

One of the most often used and least understood immunological terms is antibody titer. But what does titer mean, and how can this information be used in assessing the immune status of a horse?

A titer is defined as the concentration of specific antibodies in the blood that recognize a particular agent, such as equine influenza virus. The titer is determined by serially

Preliminary results of a collaborative effort between researchers at Oklahoma State University and Texas A&M University were recently presented at the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians in San Diego, Calif. These researchers compared antibiotic properties of common equine semen extenders with four different strains of bacteria, including Taylorella