Ticks Emerging Earlier than Normal
Ticks typically begin to appear in late spring and early summer, but were reported weeks earlier this year.
Ticks typically begin to appear in late spring and early summer, but were reported weeks earlier this year.

S. neurona causes the neurologic disease EPM. A fully sequenced genome will provide a resource for virulence factor and S. neurona antigen characterization, which could lead to new immunizations or therapeutics against the parasite.
Two Saudi show jumping horses tested positive to for non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs at competitions.
The field day will take place June 5, 2012, from 4-8 p.m. CDT at Darling 888 Ranch, located in Princeton, Ky.

Understanding ailments older foals can develop and treatment options increases the patient’s survival chances.
Veterinarians will provide veterinary care for working donkeys in Arusha, Tanzania.
Proceeds from the sale of “How to Start and Run a Rescue” will go directly toward funding Operation Gelding.

Study links common post-surgical heart arrhythmia in horses to anesthesia, surgery, and recovery.
Parasitologists now recommend deworming based upon the each horse’s needs, determined by fecal egg counts.

If not treated early, equine ocular keratitis (corneal inflammation) can lead to blindness and eye loss.
The website–cleanhorseracing.org–is dedicated to the reform of horse racing medication rules.

Researchers found that some horses with inflammatory small bowel disease could have a gluten intolerance.
Vets should consider research results when recommending mesenchymal stem cell therapy for equine injuries.
The colt sustained a long pastern chip fracture during Saturday’s Kentucky Derby.
The USEF banned GABA, an inhibitory neurotransmitter, use in February following documented adverse reactions.

Dr. William Farmer, Racetrack Veterinarian for the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission, describes the frequency of Derby horse vet checks, along with safeguards once the horses head toward the paddock.
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