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  • Mares Abort Fetuses After BLM Roundup

    At least 20 pregnant mares stampeded during Antelope roundup spontaneously aborted their foals at the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM’s) Palomino Valley Adoption Center, the American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign (AWHPC) announced today.

    Flossie Sellers - March 3, 2011 17:29

  • Mutation for Cerebellar Abiotrophy Discovered

    Geneticists in the US have identified a mutation that is associated with equine cerebellar abiotrophy (CA), a neurological condition found mainly in Arabian horses. The potential causative mutation involves two overlapping candidate genes that are

    Flossie Sellers - January 24, 2011 17:06

  • Naturalist Addresses Wild Horse/Burro Issue

    In An Open Letter Craig Downer, a Noted Naturalist, Politely Asks Obama Horse Board to Reconsider BLM Policy

    Flossie Sellers - March 7, 2011 10:14

  • Newly Recognized Genetic Disorder

    Hyperelastosis cutis (HC), more correctly referred to as hereditary equine regional dermis asthenia or HERDA, causes the skin on a horse's back to separate, lift off and even tear away when the horse carries a saddle or suffers a skin trauma.

    Flossie Sellers - January 15, 2011 10:41

  • Nonveterinarians Performing Vet Services

    When Bobby Griswold, a rodeo performer, was arrested, a clash between the Oklahoma State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners and the Oklahoma Farm Bureau developed.   Mr.

    Flossie Sellers - March 2, 2011 11:11

  • Officials Warn Against WNV and EEE

    The Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (DAR) is warming horse owners about West Nile Virus and Eastern Equine Encephalitis and recommending that owners be aware of the risks linked to these diseases and advises protecting horse and oth

    Flossie Sellers - May 16, 2011 13:58

  • Pelleted Catnip Is Effective Fly Repellent

    Catnip, the plant that attracts domestic cats like an irresistible force, has proven 99 percent effective in repelling the blood-sucking flies that attack horses and cows. That's the word from a report published in ACS' biweekly Journal of Agri

    Flossie Sellers - February 2, 2011 09:57

  • Piroplasmosis Continues to Spread

    The number of horses in the United States confirmed with the parasitic infection equine piroplasmosis, as a result of an outbreak in Texas, now stands at 409.

    Flossie Sellers - January 31, 2011 10:03

  • Research Shows High Obesity Rate in Pleasure Horses

    Edited Press Release At least one in five horses used for leisure are overweight or obese. It's a condition which can [no-glossary]lead to laminitis and equine metabolic syndrome.

    Flossie Sellers - January 21, 2011 11:28

  • Salmonella, Horses, and Biosecurity

    The NYS Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory has isolated Salmonella Group C2 from cultures submitted from 4 different horse farms in either New Jersey or Pennsylvania in the last week. They have all shown the same profile, being resistant to most antibiot

    Flossie Sellers - February 8, 2011 14:01

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