Input to Canada’s New Equine Code of Practice Needed
Equine Canada
March 6, 2012
The NFACC is renewing the equine care and welfare guidelines and is seeking industry stakeholder input.
How to care for the basic health needs of horses
The NFACC is renewing the equine care and welfare guidelines and is seeking industry stakeholder input.
Miscellaneous topics included studies on besnoitiosis in donkeys and fever prevalence in imported horses from the 2011 AAEP Covention, held in San Antonio, Texas.
More than a dozen racetracks have committed to publishing their statistics from the Equine Injury Database.
American Horse Publications has launched a second industry survey to gauge trends in the U.S. equine industry.
Forty-two confirmed tornadoes tore through Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Ohio on March 2.
If slots at racetracks are cut the racing industry will suffer irreparable harm, an industry member said.
Researchers compared different suture materials’ integrity for closing abdominal incisions from colic surgery.
One board member said “there is not a welfare problem associated with the use of the cushioned whip.”
One researcher described how to evaluate horses’ feet, legs, and gaits for potential soundness or lameness.
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A reader is concerned about her 24-year-old easy keeper’s weight loss and sudden difficulty keeping weight on.
New York is returning to a standard banning the use of Bute in horses in the 48 hours leading up to a race.
One researcher concluded that when dosing PBZ in the horse, “More is not better. Less is less effective.”
Breeders’ Cup Ltd. upheld a ban on race-day medications for 2-year-olds at the 2012 World Championships.
The Lembert single layer pattern is faster, stronger, and less likely to impede the intestinal flow.
The hyperbaric oxygen chamber was shut down for evaluation after a similar chamber in Florida exploded.
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