| Vets Investigate Injuries at Kentucky Track |
1/07/09 |
Veterinarians with the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission (KHRC) and management at Turfway Park are looking into reasons why the number of catastrophic injuries over the Polytrack surface spiked during the recently concluded holiday meet at the northern Kentucky track.
Bryce Peckham, DVM, interim chief racing veterinarian, reported to commissioners Jan.
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| Unwanted Horse Group Urges Adoption |
1/07/09 |
The economy has left many horse owners in serious financial hardship, forcing them to make the decision to part with their horses. The bottom line is too many of these horses need a place to go.
The Unwanted Horse Coalition (UHC) is urging anyone able to adopt a horse to take action now and contact a local rescue facility.
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| Hagyard Vet Firm Contributes to Equine Research |
1/07/09 |
The Lexington, Ky., veterinary firm Hagyard Equine Medical Institute has made a $10,000 donation to Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation to further research on racehorse lameness issues.
"We realize many people associate Hagyard with broodmare, foal management, and reproductive issues," said Stuart Brown, DVM, a partner in the firm.
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| Walking Horse Show Group Asks USEF for Drug Test Help |
1/07/09 |
Mandatory random drug testing could take place at some 2009 Tennessee Walking Horse shows if the National Horse Show Commission (NHSC) can strike a deal with the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) to provide testing services.
NHSC representatives met with USEF officials this earlier week to discuss hiring USEF personnel to test horses for local anesthetics, anti-inflammatory drugs, and other substances at certain 2009 NHSC-affiliated shows, including the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration.
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| Prevent CEM, Other Infectious Diseases Through Strict Hygiene |
1/07/09 |
Strict hygiene guidelines should be followed whenever handling breeding mares or stallions to prevent reproductive infectious diseases, including contagious equine metritis (CEM).
CEM is spread between horses primarily by breeding, either by natural service or artificial insemination (AI).
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| Commentary: Equine Medicine Has Come a Long Way |
1/07/09 |
While I was in veterinary school 20-some years ago, the first ultrasound machine was being "explored" by board-certified veterinary radiologists at university veterinary schools. Pain medication for horses was mostly limited to the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs of phenylbutazone, flunixin meglumine, and dipyrone (no longer available).
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| New CEO Selected for WEG 2010 |
1/06/09 |
The World Games 2010 Foundation has selected Jamie Link as the new Chief Executive Officer of the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games.
Link has been serving as Deputy Secretary of the Kentucky Tourism, Arts, and Heritage Cabinet since December 2007. Prior to that he spent several months as the Deputy Executive Director of the Kentucky Horse Park.
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| Cambridge Announces New Equine Professorship |
1/06/09 |
The University of Cambridge has selected James Wood, BVetMed, BSc, MSc, DLSHTM, Dipl. ECVPH, MRCVS, as the first Alborada Professor of Equine and Farm Animal Science. This unique professorship is in honour of the celebrated career of the thoroughbred Alborada.
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| Volunteers Assist in Washington Horse Rescue |
1/06/09 |
Volunteers fought frigid temperatures and high snow drifts last week to remove 33 malnourished horses from their snow covered pasture just outside Wellpinit, Wash. A Bureau of Indian Affairs agent discovered the herd, which included several mares and foals, on Dec.
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| Mule Alerts Woman to House Fire |
1/06/09 |
Jolene Solomon of McMinnville, Tenn., credits her pet mule, Lou, with saving her from a New Year's Day fire that destroyed her home, newschannel5.com/Global/story.asp?S=9621600" target=_blank>NewsChannel5.
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| Kentucky Gathering Information on Abandoned Horses |
1/06/09 |
In order to measure the scope of horse abandonment in the state, the Kentucky Horse Council is seeking firsthand reports from people who have encountered abandoned horses. These animals include horses running at large, horses left at sales barns, horses abandoned with unpaid bills at boarding facilities, horses left in barns and fields, hoses left tied to trees, etc.
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| Australian Brumby Research Could Apply to Laminitis |
1/06/09 |
The Australian Brumby Research Unit at the University of Queensland's School of Veterinary Sciences is conducting an array of research projects involving horses in a free-roaming environment.
Australia has more than 500,000 feral horses, most of which roam freely over one million acres.
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| Fifth North Carolina Horse Dies of Unknown Toxin |
1/05/09 |
A mystery toxin killed a fifth horse in western North Carolina in November. Veterinarians now suspect this case might be due to the same substance that caused the death of four other horses earlier that month.
The fifth horse was found dead in its pasture by the owners.
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| Ohio State Laminitis Researcher Receives $82,000 Grant |
1/05/09 |
James Belknap, DVM, MS, PhD, Dipl. ACVS, associate professor of equine surgery in the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, has received an $82,000 grant to continue studying the painful and often fatal disease of the hoof, laminitis. The new study, "Effect of Digital Hypothermia on Inflammatory Injury in Laminitis," is a two-year project funded by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association Charities' Barbaro Memorial Fund, established in memory of the 2006 Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro.
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| BLM Seeks Nominees for Wild Horse Advisory Board |
1/05/09 |
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is requesting public nominations to fill three vacancies on the national Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board. The categories to be filled are: Wildlife Management, Humane Advocacy, and Livestock Management. The Board advises the BLM (an agency of the Interior Department) and the Forest Service (an agency of the Department of Agriculture) on the management, protection, and control of wild free-roaming horses and burros on public lands administered by those agencies.
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| CEM Exposure: Virginia Farms Quarantined |
1/05/09 |
Richard L. Wilkes, DVM, state veterinarian with the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS), Dec. 23, 2008, placed full or partial quarantines on farms in Floyd and Goochland counties. Mares at these farms have had contact with a
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| New Scrutiny for Santa Anita Track Surface |
1/05/09 |
With five catastrophic injuries, including three fatalities, in the first five days of racing, Santa Anita's synthetic surface has again come under the microscope.
Santa Anita officials and horsemen were concerned that the Pro-Ride surface might have changed following rain, a drop in temperature, and the added traffic of afternoon racing, even while they were uncertain whether the injuries could be attributed to the racing surface or other causes.
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| Texas Testing 15 Horses Linked to CEM |
1/05/09 |
Texas is among nearly 30 states tracing and testing horses that might have been exposed to contagious equine metritis (CEM), a highly contagious disease that can be transmitted during breeding or artificial insemination. CEM can cause temporary infertility of horses.
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| MRI Diagnostics: Uses and Limitations |
1/05/09 |
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an imaging technique that uses magnetic fields to create various types of cross-sectional and three-dimensional images. While commonly used by physicians, MRI has only been used in equine clinical cases for the past decade and has come into widespread use just within the past five years.
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| CEM Exposure: Oklahoma Mare Quarantined |
1/05/09 |
Oklahoma agriculture officials are warning horse breeders of thehorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=460">contagious equine metritis (CEM), which can result in infertility in mares. One Oklahoma mare has been identified as having been in contact with an infected stallion.
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| Keeping Horses Warm |
1/04/09 |
Winter is in full force, and horse owners need to make sure their animals stay warm, according to North Dakota State University Extension Service equine specialist Carrie Hammer, DVM, PhD.
Horse owners have several ways to do that.
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| Rescued 26-year-old One-Eyed Thoroughbred Stallion Headed to Old Friends |
1/04/09 |
Clever Allemont, a 27-year-old son of Clever Trick, is en route to his new home at Old Friends near Georgetown, Ky.
Kristin Chambers, executive director of Winding Road Equine Rescue and Retirement near Waverly, Kan., is personally transporting the winner of the 1985 Rebel and Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn Park to the Thoroughbred racehorse retirement home.
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| Kentucky Horse Farms Go Green with Composting |
1/04/09 |
With the economy in a downfall and the horse industry taking a big hit, farm owners are looking for ways to save money, and perhaps even earn a little extra, in an unconventional way.
According to the
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| Therapeutic Riding Horse Needs Your Help |
1/03/09 |
The 14-year-old Quarter Horse aptly named Pilot had only been at Hearts and Horses Therapeutic Riding Center near Loveland, Colo., for about six months, but he'd already become a star with his large size (16 hands), quiet and willing personality, and smooth gaits. But on Dec.
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| Equine Herpesvirus Causes Texas to Ban Ship-Ins |
1/03/09 |
The Texas Racing Commission has issued a directive to prohibit ship-in horses from Fair Grounds racetrack in New Orleans, La., following the discovery of a horse positive for equine herpesvirus-1, according to sportsline.
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| Kentucky Bill: Use Taxes to Fund Horse Racing |
1/03/09 |
A Kentucky lawmaker is preparing racing-related legislation with a primary goal of funding the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission, equine drug testing, and supplements for purses and stakes at the state's racetracks.
The draft bill authored by Republican Sen.
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| Study: Netobimin Might Be an Effective Equine Anthelmintic |
1/03/09 |
As thehorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=11668">previously reported on TheHorse.com, common equine internal parasites such as roundworms and strong strongyles are developing resistance against most of the commercially available deworming products. To compound the problem, no new deworming products are likely to become available in the near future.
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| Elmer Bandit Takes it Easy in the New Year |
1/02/09 |
What has Elmer Bandit, the 37-year-old record-holder for competitive trail mileage been up to since breaking the record last October? Participating in dressage lessons and generally taking it easy, says his owner and rider Mary Anna Wood of Independence, Mo.
Elmer has completed three short dressage classes since his record-breaking ride in October.
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| CEM Investigation by the Numbers |
1/02/09 |
The USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is aphis.usda.gov/newsroom/hot_issues/cem/index.shtml" target=_blank>posting updates on the ongoing investigation into contagious equine metritis (CEM) cases first identified in Kentucky. Seven stallions of 22 that were housed at DeGraff Stables/Liberty Farm Equine Reproduction Center LLC in Midway, Ky.
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| Three Indiana Stallions Positive for CEM |
1/02/09 |
Three Paint stallions that stood at DeGraff Stables/Liberty Farm Equine Reproduction Center LLC in Midway, Ky., during the 2008 breeding season have now tested positive for contagious equine metritis (CEM), according to a statement released by the Indiana State Board of Animal Health Dec. 31.
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| Credit Card Helps Fund Equine Research |
1/02/09 |
The Horseman's Card, a Visa created in 1991 to help support the Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research Center in Lexington, Ky., contributes to equine research with every purchase.
Officials of the University of Kentucky's Department of Veterinary Science created the Gluck Center in 1987.
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| Shetland Pony Donated to Literacy Foundation |
1/02/09 |
A black Shetland Pony who closely resembles the pony "Little Black" in the Walter Farley book Little Black, A Pony, has a new home with the Black Stallion Literacy Foundation at Arabian Nights in Orlando, Fla. The pony was donated by the American Shetland Pony Club (ASPC), enabling thousands of children involved in the literacy program to meet Little Black in person.
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| CEM Exposure: North Dakota Mare Quarantined |
1/02/09 |
A North Dakota mare has been quarantined after state animal health officials learned it had been exposed to contagious equine metritis (CEM), a highly contagious venereal disease of horses.
"The animal and all other horses on the premises have been quarantined--no other horses are allowed on or off the property," said Susan Keller, DVM, the state veterinarian.
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| Saving a Starving Horse: Part 2 |
1/01/09 |
Editor's Note: This is the second and final part in a series on saving Freeway, a horse that was rescued from starvation and neglect by passer-by Sue Thompson of Clayton, Calif., on Dec.
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