United States Offers Foot and Mouth Disease Measures

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced March 13 that it is temporarily prohibiting the importation of animals and animal products from the European Union into the United States. This temporary action is being taken following

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Badminton Horse Trials Cancelled

The Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials (CCI****) were cancelled March 10 due to the foot and mouth outbreak. The event was to be held May 3-6.

The land at Badminton used for the horse trials is grazed by 500 deer, 1000 sheep, and a

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Australia Bans EU Horses

Australia placed a ban today (March 14) on all imports of animals susceptible to foot and mouth disease and their products, from the European Union and from any country in which foot and mouth disease is endemic or in which there is an outbreak.

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Disease Hampers British Horse Movement

Representatives from 27 British equine organizations met in London on March 1 to discuss the potential for spread of foot and mouth disease (FMD), which affects only cloven-hooved animals. The disease was discovered in pigs at a slaughterhouse i

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FMD Hampers Bristish Horse Movement

An outbreak of foot and mouth disease has interrupted race meets and horse transport in Great Britain and Ireland. Foot and mouth disease is an acute, highly contagious, viral infection of domestic and wild cloven-hooved animals. Horses are

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Ovarian Tumors

Whether you operate a breeding operation or have a mare as a riding or competition mount, there are certain problems that you might face just because your horse is female. One of those problems is the ovarian tumor. Tumors can cause estrous

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Special Report: EPM

The world of equine health will never be the same. That statement seems out of context when talking about one research project about one parasite that causes one disease. But, horse owners know that equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM)–the

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Equine Narcolepsy

As Jennifer Johnson stood in the lineup awaiting the judge’s decision with her recently acquired Quarter Horse mare Dobie Breeze, the last thing she expected was that her mount suddenly would collapse in a heap beneath her. But that’s just what

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Strangles Cases Move Time, Site of ‘Repo’ Horse Sale

Just when you think it can’t get much worse, it got worse, said Boyd Browning, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Fasig-Tipton Thoroughbred auction firm, on Feb. 5. Browning was discussing complications involving the”P>Just when you think it can’t get much worse, it got worse, said Boyd Browning, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Fasig-Tipton Thoroughbred auction firm, on Feb. 5. Browning was discussing complications involving “>Just when you think it can’t get much worse, it got worse, said Boyd Browning, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Fasig-Tipton Thoroughbred auction firm, on Feb. 5. Browning was discussing complications involvin”Just when you think it can’t get much worse, it got worse, said Boyd Browning, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Fasig-Tipton Thoroughbred auction firm, on Feb. 5. Browning was discussing complications involvi”Just when you think it can’t get much worse, it got worse, said Boyd Browning, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Fasig-Tipton Thoroughbred auction firm, on Feb. 5. Browning was discussing complications involvi”ust when you think it can’t get much worse, it got worse, said Boyd Browning, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Fasig-Tipton Thoroughbred auction firm”st when you think it can’t get much worse, it got worse, said Boyd Browning, executive vice president and chief op”t when you think it can’t get much worse, it got worse, s” w

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EPM Vaccine Licensed

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on Dec. 18 that it had issued a conditional license to Fort Dodge Laboratories, Inc., of Fort Dodge, Iowa, a division of American Home Products, Inc., for a vaccine intended to aid in the prevention o

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Intervet Adds VEE Strain Line to Vaccine Line

Intervet is giving horse owners an opportunity to defend horses against another deadly strain of equine encephalomyelitis. Intervet now offers selected Encevac vaccines with added protection from Venezuelan Equine

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West Nile Virus Update for 2000

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has released a list of additional equine cases of West Nile Virus for the year 2000. There were 2 additional equine clinical cases of West Nile virus (WNV) infection confirmed during the period

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Shaping Up Your Overweight Horse

When preparing a horse for athletic events and sporting activities, whatever the discipline or level of difficulty, an important consideration is finding the horse’s ideal body weight. This concept is well recognized in human athletics. For”P>When preparing a horse for athletic events and sporting activities, whate

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