EHV Confirmed in Horse Previously Stabled at Turfway Park
Erica Larson
January 23, 2017
A Thoroughbred filly is isolated at a private farm while one barn at the Kentucky track is currently quarantined.
A Thoroughbred filly is isolated at a private farm while one barn at the Kentucky track is currently quarantined.
TIP will offer awards and classes for Thoroughbreds at more than 1,000 shows in 42 states and six Canadian provinces.
Jim Heird, MS, PhD, is the coordinator and executive professor of the Texas A&M University Equine Initiative.
The FEI Tribunal has suspended an Indian veterinarian in connection with a 2012 case involving an endurance horse.
A man was charged with animal cruelty in connection to riding the underweight horse from South Carolina to Florida.
The quarantine will phase out starting with the 42 barns where horses never showed clinical signs of disease.
The Arabian Horse Foundation is funding research on juvenile idiopathic epilepsy and occipitoatlantoaxial malformation.
The bill is the latest attempt to outlaw the purchase and transport of U.S. horses for slaughter.
The legal team for FAST is preparing a response to the new rule which bans the use of action devices and pads or stacks.
Of the 556 respondents, 190 (34%) said their biggest concern is keeping horses’ water sources from freezing.
While two premises in Oldham County remain under quarantine, the outbreaks are unrelated, animal health officials say.
The EDCC says at least 38 horses tested positive for non-neurologic EHV-1 and two tested positive for neurologic EHV-1.
A new rule prohibits the use of action devices, pads, and wedges, except for those used for therapeutic purposes.
About 400 horses, including 100-150 mares treated with the contraceptive vaccine, will be released back to the range.
About 80 horses will be removed from the HMA while approximately 55 horses will be released back to the range.
David Sykes, BVSc, MRCVS, will take over the newly created role of director of equine health and welfare in March.
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