Too Early to Establish Impact of Southern Tornadoes on Horses

Something wicked this way came–a tornado outbreak involving more than 160 individual tornadoes, touching down from Mississippi all the up the East Coast. So far, at least 200 people are reported dead, the majority in Alabama. At present, the
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Something wicked this way came–a tornado outbreak involving more than 160 individual tornadoes, touching down from Mississippi all the up the East Coast. So far, at least 200 people are reported dead, the majority in Alabama. At present, the storm’s impact on Alabama’s equine population is undetermined.

"It is too early at this point to tell," said Cindy McCall, PhD, equine extension specialist from the Alabama Extension Cooperative System.

It is possible, however, that the equine impact could be relatively minimal because the largest tornados mainly affected the major metropolitan areas.

Tuscaloosa was hard hit by a 1.5 km (just under a mile)-wide tornado, killing at least 30 people. That tornado traveled approximately 176 miles, and authorities believe it could have impacted livestock in the surrounding areas

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Stacey Oke, MSc, DVM, is a practicing veterinarian and freelance medical writer and editor. She is interested in both large and small animals, as well as complementary and alternative medicine. Since 2005, she’s worked as a research consultant for nutritional supplement companies, assisted physicians and veterinarians in publishing research articles and textbooks, and written for a number of educational magazines and websites.

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