Join Rick Arthur, DVM, world-renowned expert in the field of veterinary medicine and advocate for equine health and welfare issues for more than 20 years. Arthur will be the next guest during a special Tuesday edition of Bloodhorse.com’s “Talkin
AAEP Past President Charles D. Vail, DVM, will be recognized for his contributions to veterinary medicine and the AAEP today (Dec. 5) at the President’s Luncheon during the 52nd Annual AAEP Convention.
Vail, a Colorado native, graduated
A veterinarian who has significantly impacted the development and training of equine practitioners will be honored during the American Association of Equine Practitioners’ (AAEP) 52nd Annual Convention in San Antonio, Texas. Thomas J. Divers,
AAEP Past President J. Clyde Johnson, VMD, will be recognized today (Dec. 5) for his contributions to veterinary medicine and the AAEP during the association’s 52nd Annual Convention in San Antonio, Texas.
Johnson earned his veterinary
The extraordinary efforts of globe-trotting surgeons, dedicated Louisiana State University (LSU) veterinarians and technicians, and a determined team of horse owners recently combined to preserve the sight of one 13-year-old Dutch Warmblood mare
Friday evening’s (Dec. 1) Thoroughbred Charities of America (TCA) Stallion Season and Art Auction was the most successful and perhaps most unique in the 17-year history of the event.
Held for the first time at Keeneland, the TCA auction
The International Collating Center, Newmarket, England, and other sources reported the following disease outbreaks:
Contagious equine metritis (CEM) was confirmed among mares and stallions on several non-Thoroughbred breeding premises in
The American Quarter Horse Association announced that California State University, Fresno’s equine program is among 20 breeders it is honoring with its prestigious Legacy Awards.
Fresno State was the only educational institution selected. T
The University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine has been named one of two new non-profit beneficiaries for the 2007 Atlanta Steeplechase. The Atlanta Steeplechase Board of Stewards made the announcement this week that, along with
The individuals associated with undefeated Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro — veterinary surgeon Dean Richardson, DVM, Dipl. ACVS, and the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine’s New Bolton Center — and veteran racing journalis
Alltech, in conjunction with the University of Kentucky, has published the first annual report of the Alltech-University of Kentucky Nutrition Research Alliance at Coldstream Research Farm. This partnership, formed in 2004, has resulted in
The autumn 2006 issue of Horse Health Lines, news publication for the Western College of Veterinary Medicine’s Equine Health Research Fund, is now online at www.ehrf.usask.ca, under
Central Florida Community College has added two Thoroughbred racing courses to its equine program.
The “Thoroughbred Sales” course will be offered 6-8 p.m. on Tuesdays, Oct. 10-24, at the Ocala Campus, 3001 S.W. College Road, Bldg. 40, Room
Canadian researchers are working to develop a more effective vaccine for Rhodococcus equi that they hope will protect foals as young as three weeks of age from the harmful bacterium.
Rhodococcus equi lives in the soil
A pair of bay Percherons turned the soil at a construction site in St. Paul, Minn., on Aug. 9 and ushered in a new era of equine diagnostics and treatment at the University of Minnesota’s College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM). University official
Terry L. Blanchard, DVM, MS, received the American College of Theriogenologists’ (ACT) annual “Theriogenologist Of The Year” award for 2006. The award was developed to recognize outstanding achievements in the field of reproductive research and
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