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Humans weren’t the only ones affected by the wildfires that ravaged Southern California last October. Hundreds of horses were displaced, their winter hay supplies went up in flames, and their barns destroyed. The United States Equestrian A carriage hauling more than a dozen tourists through the historic section of Charleston, S.C., crashed after a horse pulling it slipped its bridle and ran, police said. Six of the 13 tourists thrown to the ground were treated for minor Watch the Jan. 9 edition of the Ryder Report. The report includes coverage of a new study on risk factors for equine The head of the U.S. Department of Agriculture said lots of work remains to be done before a new five-year farm bill can escape President Bush’s veto pen and become law. Chuck The American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA), the world’s largest equine breed registry and membership organization, has reached the 5 millionth registration milestone. Registration number 5,000,000 is being held for Shelly Nielsen of Alberta, Fire officials said a mudslide flooded horse stables in an Orange County canyon with mud and debris. Fire Capt. Mike Blawn said no people or animals were hurt in the slide Sunday afternoon in Modjeska Canyon, which burned during last fall’s Iowa State University Extension is offering a new educational program designed to teach the science of horse management along with riding and training concepts. The Master Equine Manager program combines discussion with hands-on experience. Purdue University students are making some extra cash through a project that might turn some of their classmates’ stomachs–by sniffing livestock excrement. Students earn $30 per session as they take whiffs of a variety of smells collected from Glanders is an important infectious equine disease of imposing antiquity. It is endemic in Brazil, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Iran, Iraq, India, Pakistan, and some other countries. Equine glanders has been eradicated from North America and Bait laced with rabies vaccine will be dropped from airplanes in 44 Texas counties in an effort targeting coyotes and gray foxes. The Texas Department of State Health Services annual oral rabies vaccination drop begins Jan. 6 from the Zapat More than 700 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “Do you have any equine-related New Year’s resolutions?” As a new year begins, The Horse celebrates 25 years of reporting the latest in horse care. This publication began in 1983 as Modern Horse Breeding. In March of 1995 the name was changed to the current title to fit the expanded coverag Boots and bandages help protect horses’ legs and provide support but aren’t substitutes for good conditioning. When lightning struck the Stewart Home School’s barn this past fall and burned it down, Tia Marie made it out alive. This week, pupils greeted the chestnut American Saddlebred for its first return since the Nov. 5 fire.
What a year it was! Researchers unlocked the secrets of the equine genome, an outbreak of equine influenza stopped Australia’s horse industry in its tracks, state actions resulted in the closure of U.S. horse slaughter plants Stay on top of the most recent Horse Health news with |
