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GOOD HYGIENE BLOCKS HORSE-HUMAN MRSA TRANSMISSION 
Equine veterinarians and public health officials are urging horse owners and others who come in frequent contact with horses to wash their hands and clean grooming tools after each use in order to reduce the risk of contracting an antibiotic-resistant strain of Staphylococcus aureus known as MRSA (methicillin-resistant S. aureus). The pathogen--blamed for the recent deaths of two boys--frequently resides in the nasal passages, skin, and intestines of horses. It can be transmitted from horses to humans and vice versa via direct contact or through contact with contaminated grooming or other tools.
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TRAILER ACCIDENT: PROPOSED LAW WOULD BAN ILLINOIS DOUBLE-DECKERS
Less than week after a double-decker trailer rollover caused the death of 17 horses, a member of the Illinois General Assembly introduced legislation that would ban the use of such trailers to transport horses for any reason. Continue reading...
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HOW VETERINARIANS AND HORSE OWNERS CAN COMBAT THE AFTERMATH OF STRESS
You know the drill: you load your healthy horse into a trailer and head off to a show, a race, a breeding appointment, etc., and the next thing you know, your horse is sick.
That's because stress-inducing events may reactivate the equine herpesvirus Types 1 and 4 (EHV-1 and EHV-4), which the majority of horses can carry latently in their bodies. The result can be an upper respiratory tract illness, or worse. Not to mention lost competition time, expensive veterinary visits and the possibility of infecting other horses.
Your veterinarian has the answer: ZYLEXIS. Given in a series of three injections - two before and one after the stressful event - ZYLEXIS stimulates the horse's immune system, resulting in less nasal discharge, fewer respiratory symptoms and for fewer days.1 Now that's a load off you and your horse. See your veterinarian for more information.
1 Data on file, Study Report No. Equine 1-98, Pfizer Inc.
Zylexis is a trademark of Pfizer Inc.
© 2007 Pfizer Inc. All rights reserved.
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WILDFIRES: DEALING WITH SMOKE INHALATION The Horse received many questions about the potential of respiratory problems because of the smoke and ash associated with the wildfires in California. We turned to Phoebie Smith, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM, who lived and worked in California for years before recently moving to become assistant professor in Clinical Equine Internal Medicine at The Ohio State University.
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EQUINE FLU: NEW SOUTH WALES OFFICIALS RECLASSIFYING RISK AREAS
The government's campaign to eradicate equine influenza turned a corner Nov. 2 as a large part of New South Wales (NSW) was reclassified from high risk to lower risk, said Minister for Primary Industries Ian Macdonald. Continue reading...
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ASK THE VET: BELCHING HORSE
Q. I have a 16-year-old Tennessee Walking Horse gelding who appears to be in perfect physical condition, except for one thing ... he belches. Often. You can hear it rolling all the way up from his belly into his throat, then out it comes, usually through his nose. It doesn't smell too bad, but definitely smells like it comes from the stomach. Can anything other than ulcers cause this? I am going to have him scoped. He was a show horse for many years and was probably placed under a great deal of physiologic stress. He looks to be at the peak of health, and he has no trouble eating or unusual bowel movements. He is happy and active. He is on pasture, and toward the winter he will be moved to the same grasses baled into hay.
A. Click here to read the response from Scott R. McClure, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVS.
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OPEN WIDE
Results of Last Week's Poll
Does someone maintain your horse's teeth?
- Yes, my veterinarian takes care of my horse's teeth: 61.85% (1,237)
- Yes, I have a lay dentist who cares for my horse's teeth: 29.15% (583)
- Yes, my veterinarian supervises the person who cares for my horse's teeth: 4.30% (86)
- No: 3.65% (73)
- Yes, I care for them myself: 1.05% (21)
Total votes: 2,000
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DOUBLE-DECKER DILEMMA
This Week's Poll
The Horse wants to know--do you support federal legislation banning equine transport in double-decker trailers for any purpose?
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FROM THE HORSE MAGAZINE: DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING FOR LAMENESS
There was a time when diagnosing lameness was basic--watch the horse travel, determine where you think the problem might be, and take a guess at what's causing it. Then came X rays, ultrasound, CT (computed tomography) scans, scintigraphy (bone scans), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and the ability to take an inside look at bones and tissues. It was a quantum leap in lameness diagnostics.
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AAEP HEALTH LINK: ATTEND THE HEALTHY HORSES WORKSHOP
The AAEP promises you will not walk away empty-handed from this educational equine health event. An educational day has been designed just for horse owners that will include both seminars and live demonstrations. Topics will include dental care, complementary therapies, horsemanship, and horse handling. Each attendee will receive a workshop bag, which will include an assortment of materials from magazines to coupons, as well as a proceedings booklet. Lunch is included with the price of registration.
For more information on how you can attend, visit the AAEP Healthy Horses page. Be sure to register today! Early registration deadline is Nov. 7. Please register at the event after this date.
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HALF OF CHURCHILL DOWNS HERPESVIRUS QUARANTINE LIFTED The Kentucky Department of Agriculture has lifted a quarantine order for half of Barn 47 at Churchill Downs, which was placed under quarantine Oct. 26 after a horse was found to be infected with equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1).
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MATCHMAKING: ADOPTABLE HORSE
Jed is a 10-year-old Quarter Horse/Arabian gelding. He is partially blind in one eye, but that doesn't stop him from being an active, healthy horse. Jed needs an experienced rider and would require some more ground work.
Please e-mail or visit the R.E.A.S.O.N. site for more information about Jed and other horses available at the Harveys Lake, Pa., 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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Thrush Free! Mess Free!
Thrush beware; the bandit's in town! All new Thrush-Bandit CS features the thrush-killing properties of Copper Sulfate in a convenient gel form. Individual packets eliminate the mess associated with many thrush products. Simply open, apply, and toss. It's that easy. Thrush-Bandit CS works with or without pads.
Visit www.ThrushBanditCS.com for more information or call 1-800-974-1789.
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CURRENT TRENDS AND APPROACHES IN LAMENESS DIAGNOSIS At the AAEP Blue Ribbon Panel Research meeting in Ft. Collins, Colo., Andy Bathe, MA, VetVMB, DEO, Dipl. ECVS, MRCVS, of Rossdale & Partners in the United Kingdom, spoke on improvements in technology to aid in lameness diagnosis. He said lameness is the most important cause of wastage in the equine industry.
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EVENT CALENDAR
Check out our revised Events Calendar; view all the upcoming events by day, week, or month. To submit a horse health event to TheHorse.com calendar, click here!
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