News and issues for equine health professionals
Barbaro has steadily improved since having surgery on his left hind hoof, although the Kentucky Derby winner has yet to return outside and will be hospital-bound for at least another month.
“He’s bright, happy, eating,” chief surgeon Dean
Can’t afford the $250 donation it takes to get an engraved brick at the University of Minnesota’s new Equine Center? Take heart–for only $50, you could have a painting by a horse.
Hercules, that is, the Belgian gelding who serves as the
On Feb. 16-17, Penn State University at University Park, Pa., will be hosting an equine reproduction short course. This course is targeted for the serious mare or stallion owner who wishes to advance their knowledge of equine reproduction.
Stephen M. Reed, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM, whose work with neurological horses has gained him worldwide acclaim, will join Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital’s internal medicine department on Feb. 1, 2007. Rood & Riddle is a full-service equine
Roy and Gretchen Jackson and the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine’s George D. Widener Hospital for Large Animals at the New Bolton Center have been honored with the 2006 Special Eclipse Award. The Special Eclipse Award,
Rood & Riddle, a full-service equine hospital in Lexington, Ky., has expanded its offerings to include a retail veterinary pharmacy, which opened its doors on Jan. 2, 2007, with Anne Lane Gresham, RPh, as director. Gresham, a
It was standing room only during the much-anticipated Pegasus Awards held Friday night (Jan. 12), where the equestrian world’s brightest stars gathered to be honored and celebrate achievements from 2006, as well as a lifetime.
The awarding
A Kansas couple who vowed decades ago to repay the University of Missouri’s veterinary school for kind treatment of their injured dog have made their largest gift yet to the institution.
Tom and Betty Scott, of Mission Hills, Kan., have
Kentucky Equine Education Project (KEEP) announced Jan. 8 that it provided funding to 167 equine programs in 69 counties during 2006 totaling $135,682.
According to KEEP, the local funding program was created as part of its “grassroots
MRI has become one of the most popular go-to tools for diagnosing the causes of lameness in horses.
Lt. Col. L.A. Merillat, a renowned veterinary surgeon, described the differences in human and animal dentistry in a textbook over 100 years ago: “Human dentistry owes its existence to a single disease process, caries (cavities), while animal
Horse owners often ask me, “Doc, could you float my horse’s teeth?” Horses do need their teeth floated on a regular schedule; the frequency might change with the horse’s age. Something that doesn’t change with age is the need for a thorough oral an
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is offering a reward of up to $2,500 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for shooting two horses in Brown County, Minn. in December.
In the early days of the large animal veterinarian, all medical supplies had to either fit into the back of a small car or a satchel. A bucket of cold water, a rough piece of burlap, and a hard bar of soap were the only things available for washing
Ross Dean Scoggins, DVM, of Villa Grove, Ill., died Friday, Dec. 29, 2006, according to the obituary in The News-Gazette (
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