2018 AAEP Convention: Monday’s Top Tweets and Take-Homes
The Horse Staff
December 4, 2018
Top tweets and take-homes from Monday’s educational sessions on topics including saddle fit and mare reproduction.
Discussions about the welfare of our equine friends
Top tweets and take-homes from Monday’s educational sessions on topics including saddle fit and mare reproduction.
Dr. Janne Winther Christensen penned an open letter to World Horse Welfare, on behalf of ISES, highlighting the importance of noseband checks for equine health and welfare, and Roly Owers, of WHW, responded.
Dr. Sian Durward-Akhust’s research is aimed at helping veterinary professionals understand genetic variants and allow them to group genetically similar patients together, ultimately improving management options and treatment outcomes.
The coalition will be rebranded as the United Horse Coalition to reflect the industry’s unity around the importance of aftercare and the progress and extensive resources that have come to fruition since its inception.
The FBI is seeking information leading to the identification and arrest of those behind alleged extortion and harassment of the operators of The Rickety Ranch, which offers young people the chance to learn about and care for farm animals, including horses, ponies, mules, and donkeys.
Effective Dec. 1, horses granted a therapeutic use exemption can remain on pergolide with no drug withdrawal prior to competition and no need to file a medication report form each time they compete.
Learn about a welfare-friendly way to desensitize horses.
We all want to be the kind of person other trail riders enjoy being around. Use these eight simple techniques to be a fun and safe riding buddy on the trail.
Researchers say pack mules dealt with the physical and emotional stress of a rigorous five-day journey very well, Here’s what they learned in their study.
In a recent study, Chinese researchers validated a new hair test that can detect well over 100 prohibited substances in a single analytical run, even weeks and even months after doping occurred.
Mac, The Butterfly Horse is the first in a new series that celebrates reading and nature while continuing author Kristen Halverson’s mission to help fund EPM research.
Dr. Craig Carter received two awards from the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians at its annual meeting, held Oct. 18-22 in Kansas City, Missouri.
In a recently published study, researchers suggest horses still have all five digits, they’re just in various forms of development.
For five years, the UK Center for Interprofessional Healthcare Education and Research has been sending medicine, nursing, physical therapy, dentistry, and public health students to work with horses as part of their semester-long Leadership Legacy Program. Here’s why.
Researchers said that, during migrations, wild horses might be relying on memory that’s been passed down culturally or genetically from previous generations.
All proceeds will go toward the RMTC’s grant program to fund critical tactical research into detecting and identifying illicit substances in racehorses.
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