Events at 2015 AAEP Convention to Benefit Horse Welfare
A scramble-style golf tournament and the AAEP Foundation Celebration will both raise funds to improve horse welfare.
A scramble-style golf tournament and the AAEP Foundation Celebration will both raise funds to improve horse welfare.

While wildlife authorities believe an elk is responsible, some ranchers maintain that the animal was attacked by a wolf.
As of Sept. 25 more than 29,000 newcomers have been introduced to horses through challenge-hosted experiences.
Western Milling voluntarily recalled horse feed that could be contaminated with monensin, which is toxic to horses.
Five $5,000 scholarships are available through the new Merck Animal Health/AAEP Foundation Scholarship Program.
The FEI determined that feed contaminated with poppy seeds was responsible for three horses’ positive drug tests.
Two horse health care and castration clinics have been confirmed for the autumn.

Hansen’s current research focuses on the economic considerations of different treatment strategies for equine influenza.
This symposium will focus on the immune system’s role in equine diseases caused by viruses, bacteria, and parasites.
The BLM will offer two public tours of the Indian Lakes Off-Range Wild Horse and Burro Corral in Nevada on Oct. 23.
The weekend will include seminars, vendors, a marketplace of horses trained for the event, competitions, and more.

The dynamic respiratory scope will allow veterinarians to better assess performance horses’ upper respiratory tracts.
A judge has expanded a 2014 injunction to include the new owners of a plant that was once intended to process horses.
Volunteers have devised a plan that allows first responders to them in to help move horses to evacuation sites.
The horse developed neurologic signs at the Minnesota State 4-H Horse Show and was euthanized Sept. 18.
Tom Yarbrough, DVM, Dipl. ACVS, will serve as the facility’s clinical director.
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