Tips for Dealing with Dewormer Resistance
Because parasite resistance to dewormers is developing in the United States, owners and trainers should deworm less often and only use products they know are effective in their herd, suggested Craig R. Reinemeyer, DVM, PhD, president of East Tennessee...
Arizona Couple Charged for Horse’s Death
An Arizona couple face multiple animal cruelty charges for allegedly killing a 26-year-old Arabian mare by injecting the animal with a homemade cocktail of pool acid and sodium bicarbonate. The pair are also charged with maltreating a 15-year-old...
International Equine Disease Report, Fourth Quarter 2009
The International Collating Center, Newmarket, England, and other sources reported the following disease outbreaks.
Contagious equine metritis (CEM) was reported in France (one case), Germany (two cases) and the United Arab Emirates that involved...
Tennessee Horse Processing Bill Advances
A bill that would allow horse processing plant development in Tennessee advanced yesterday when members of the state's House Finance Subcommittee passed it by a slim 7-6 margin. The measure now moves on for full Finance, Ways and Means and Budget...
Purchase Tickets to the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games 2010 at Equine Affaire
In less than six months, the world's finest equine athletes will gallop into Kentucky's Bluegrass region for the most prestigious, global equestrian championships--the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG). Alltech's booth (#C911) the...
Morgans Make Bid for U. S. Driving Team
A four-in-hand team of black Morgan geldings, owned by Alan and Maureen Aulson, are one step closer to their bid of making team to represent the United States at the World Equestrian Games (WEG), a first in the Morgan breed.
The combined driving...
EHV: New Jersey Authorities Probe Possible Outbreak
Horses at four New Jersey farms remain under quarantine as animal health authorities investigate a possible outbreak of the neurologic form of equine herpesvirus.
Equine herpesvirus can cause respiratory problems, especially in young horses, and...
