Whether you are a horse owner, trainer, stable manager or farrier, there’s nothing worse than opening the stable door to discover founder in one of your horses. This crippling disease often leads to the demise of the horse.

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More than 85 of the world’s leading equine experts will discuss the latest advances in horse health during the American Association of Equine Practitioners’ (AAEP) 46th Annual Convention, November 26-29 in San Antonio, Texas. The four-day

In the last two weeks, six horses that died in the Chesapeake and Suffolk area with central nervous system symptoms have been referred to the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ Regional Animal Health Laboratory System for

One of the primary goals for the American Quarter Horse Foundation is to provide financial support for equine research. Throughout the past few years AQHF has been successful in raising thousands of dollars for equine research, however, a new

The Blood-Horse Charitable Foundation, a division of The Blood-Horse, Inc., an international equine publishing house, will present a donation to the Lexington Humane Society on Wednesday, March 1, 2000, that will enable the purchase of a new

The American Youth Horse Council has released a new set of facts sheets, which supplement the well-known Horse Industry Handbook. Thousands have come to rely upon the Horse Industry Handbook as an indispensable source for

During its General Assembly Meeting April 13-15 held in Mainz, Germany, the Federation Equestre Internationale (FEI) approved reining as its newest discipline. The FEI acceptance places reining in a position to move forward as a major

Journal Watch Infectious Diseases, a literature surveillance newsletter from the Massachusetts Medical Society, will be going online early next month. It features short (about 250 words) summaries of important, recently published,

Response to the Equine Research Centre’s (ERC) second annual Flamboro Downs Night at the Races fundraiser was “absolutely amazing”, according to the Centre’s President, Dr. Andrew Clarke.

“It is always heartening to see the support of

The amount of horses testing positive for Equine Infectious Anemia in Northeastern Pennsylvania has risen to 26. Of these horses, 25 have been humanely destroyed, while one horse remains under quarantine for life.

All horses can be

Kentucky Derby winner and top Japanese sire Sunday Silence died of heart failure Aug. 19 following an infection in his leg and the debilitating effects of laminitis. The horse had been fighting illness for 14 weeks prior to his death. Sunday

New Board Members Elected

Recently, four new directors were elected by the membership of the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) to serve on the organization’s board. The terms for the new directors will begin right

Horses are more problematic healers compared to ponies, according to a recent study completed by the faculty of veterinary medicine at the University of Utrecht in The Netherlands. The study also suggests that ponies with traumatic limb wounds

The Orthopedic Molecular Medicine Suite recently opened in The Ohio State University’s (OSU) new veterinary medical academic building. Alicia Bertone, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVS (shown working), is the new Trueman Family Chair in Equine Clinical

Symbiosis occurs when two living creatures survive better by working together. For example, there are populations of microbes living in the digestive system of the horse that help break down feedstuffs and create nutrients needed by the horse.

Veterinarians are quite capable of identifying a painful joint in a lame horse, but determining what is occurring within the joint and how far it has progressed is not yet possible without removing synovial fluid or exploring the joint with