
Equitarianism Takes Off
Veterinarians across the globe are working together to improve health care and living conditions for working equids.
Discussions about the welfare of our equine friends

Veterinarians across the globe are working together to improve health care and living conditions for working equids.
Gov. Mary Fallin signed a bill reversing a 50-year-old law that made horse slaughter illegal in Oklahoma.
The legislation responds to the BLM importing 700 wild horses and burros to a ranch near Ennis, Mont.

Researchers evaluated if half-doses of Bute resulted in different plasma concentrations than full doses.
USDA inspections at U.S. horse processing plants will be funded through September 2013.
Oklahoma have passed a House bill that allows horse slaughter in that state.
The California Horse Racing Board, citing feed contamination, dismissed 48 positive tests for zilpaterol.

The BLM will reduce business hours at its largest wild horse and burro adoption facility starting April 6.
Authorities are evaluating whether a man who made a video of himself shooting his horse should face charges.
Authorities will evaluate of how phenylbutazone in horsemeat could affect the humans that consume it.

Researchers evaluated how blood collection tube size impacts total plasma carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations.
New York officials have temporarily closed a Queens stable after several horses died there in recent months.
The state of Nevada and wild horse advocates reached an agreement on the sale of “estray” horses.
An Oklahoma Senate committee passed a bill aimed at facilitating a horse processing industry in that state.
French authorities are finding more supply chains involved in horsemeat distribution.
A race that claimed the life of one equine participant last year has been removed from this year’s schedule.
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