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ILLINOIS ACCIDENT HORSES NEARLY READY FOR ADOPTION A veterinarian who has been caring for the 42 equine survivors of an Oct. 27 semitrailer rollover accident in Wadsworth, Ill., says the animals are mending and are nearly ready to go to new homes. Placement coordinators for the horses are in the process of reviewing adoption applications for the herd members.
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UPDATE ON LEGISLATION IMPORTANT TO HORSE OWNERS
During the Nov. 2 American Horse Council (AHC) Issues Forum held in Lexington, Ky., AHC President Jay Hickey reviewed legislation and regulations pending at the federal level that could affect the horse industry.
Topics include: Riding on public lands, private quarantine, and the Equine Equity Act. Continue reading...
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FREE FOAL CARE RECORDS MANAGEMENT AT YOUR FINGERTIPS
Intervet Foal CareSM Program record-keeping system offers horse owners easy and convenient way to track foal health
Ever wished you had one convenient place to store all the critical health records for your foals? Keeping track of vaccinations and deworming is easier than ever thanks to the Intervet Foal Care Program recordkeeping system.
By visiting www.FoalCare.com, you can create an account and save information online or download and print the free forms, including a foal immunization record and schedule, deworming record and schedule, and growth and farrier record.
Horse owners also can use the free, online health care calendar to track breeding, vaccination and deworming timelines. Just enter the breeding date - or desired foaling date - and the health care scheduling calendar will do the rest. Create an account and store all the scheduling information for free.
Remember, there is no better resource than your veterinarian for managing your foal's health.
Visit www.FoalCare.com today to learn more and start your own personalized recordkeeping system.
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Intervet Foal Care Program is a service mark of Intervet Inc. or an affiliate.
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VERMONT WOMAN SUING TO KEEP MINIATURE HORSE IN APARTMENT Patty Cooper's landlord normally welcomes tenants who use animals to help them get around, such as guide dogs for the blind.
So after the disabled woman bought a 32-inch-tall Miniature Horse to pull her wheelchair, she asked to keep the animal in her home. When her landlord rejected the request, she filed a human rights complaint.
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MINNESOTA GIRL TO RECEIVE REPLACEMENT FOR PONY THAT WAS KILLED
An 11-year-old Long Prairie, Minn., girl will receive a new pony to replace the one that was killed in a pasture outside her home. Her pet horse--Savannah--was found dead and mutilated Saturday, Nov. 3. Continue reading...
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INDUSTRY NEWS
TheHorse.com is your source for the latest news and information about the horse industry, the 2008 Summer Olympics, the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games 2010, and much more.
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THIS WEEK ON THE RYDER REPORT
Video The Ryder Report is a weekly video broadcast presented by News Editor Erin Ryder, reviewing the top headlines in equine health, care, management, and welfare news.
This week's stories include details on new laminitis projects bankrolled by Barbaro memorial funds, and information on the inquiry into the Australian equine influenza outbreak, along with coverage of the new outbreak of influenza in another Asian country.
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FROM THE HORSE MAGAZINE: TRAILER LOADING PART 1
The reason most horses don't load in trailers is that owners have studiously trained them to not load. Horses learn this by accident. The horse gets led up to the trailer and decides not to go in and turns sideways. Then the owner leads him away and pets him in order to get a "straight shot" at loading again. That teaches the horse to stand sideways, not load.
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MATCHMAKING: ADOPTABLE HORSE
Tesoro is a 4-year-old pinto Paso Fino gelding. He is 14 hands tall and stout. Tesoro loads, leads, ties, and is ready for training under saddle. He is current on all his shots and dewormers as well.
Please e-mail or visit the Midwest Horse Welfare Foundation Web site for more information about Tesoro and other horses available at the Pittsville, Wisc., facility.
Are you a registered not-for-profit organization with an adoptable horse? Send a photo, description of the horse, and your Web site URL here to have your horse listed.
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NEW MINNESOTA EQUINE HOSPITAL OFFERING THE LATEST IN SPORTS MEDICINE The University of Minnesota's new $14 million Leatherdale Equine Center been called the "Mayo Clinic of horse medicine." A veterinarian walks briskly past a treadmill room where horses gallop 30 mph in place, and stops briefly at a surgical recovery room where the entire floor can become an inflatable cushion within seconds. She points out therapy rooms where injured horses get acupuncture or work out on an underwater treadmill.
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