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Kentucky, Mexico Team on Equine Industry

An agreement signed March 10 will enable horsemen from Kentucky and Mexico to share knowledge and resources and set up commercial and technical exchanges to improve both equine industries.

Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer and

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5 Horses Killed in Barn Fire; Lightning Suspected

Lightning from a passing thunderstorm is suspected of igniting a barn fire south of Dallas, Texas, that killed five horses.

Roy and Keitha Hamilton said they were awakened about 3 a.m. by a loud clap of thunder at their Double H Walking

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Baghdad Bans Horse Carts after Bombing

The Iraqi military indefinitely banned all motorcycles, bicycles, and hand-pushed and horse-drawn carts from Baghdad’s streets on Sunday, two days after a bomb hidden under a horse-drawn cart exploded downtown, killing three civilians.

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The British Horse Society Bites Back at Dog Attacks

The British Horse Society’s Access and Safety departments have received a number of reports of poorly controlled dogs interacting negatively with horses, and would like to gather more information regarding the scale of this problem.

Director o

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Tennessee Tornadoes: Horse Owners Recovering

The community of Williamson County, Tenn., is still reeling from the trio of tornadoes that ripped through Tennessee Feb. 5 and 6. The storms destroyed homes, demolished barns, and swept up horses in strong winds, according to resident Vivi

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BLM to Offer More Than 70 Horses at Ohio Sale

The Bureau of Land Management-Eastern States (BLM-ES) on Feb. 16 will offer approximately 70 wild horses ranging from yearlings to 5-year-olds, and possibly a few burros, for adoption at the Cooper Arena at the Ohio Expo Center in Columbus, Ohio.

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Readers Respond: Bunking Up

More than 1,200 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “Do uninvited guests bunk in your barn during the winter?


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Studies Highlight MRSA Evolution and Resistance

Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) infections are caused primarily by a single strain–USA30 –of an evolving bacterium that has spread with “extraordinary transmissibility” throughout the United

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Woman Dies after Falling Under Police Horse

Autopsy results are expected for a woman whose family says she was trampled by a police horse while trying to pet it.

The accident occurred outside a shopping mall in suburban Henrietta, N.Y., when Susan Banker, 51, of Lima approached a

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International Equine Disease Report Third Quarter 2007

Cases of equine herpesvirus (EHV) respiratory disease were widely reported among a variety of breeds in France. In the United Kingdom, respiratory disease attributable to EHV-1 was diagnosed among a group of donkeys and to EHV-4 among a group of foal

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