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  • AQHA and Pfizer Equine Vaccination Recommendations

    The American Quarter Horse Association as corporate partner with Pfizer is recommending that horse owners help ensure that their horses are adequately protected against disease exposure risks in their particular region.

    Flossie Sellers - February 16, 2012 09:33

  • Lipid Nutrition for Horses

    Omega Fields® and Kristina Hiney, Ph.D., are pleased to release a series of articles discussing lipid nutrition for horses. The series discusses how fat is digested and handled in the equine, the types of fats fed to horses, and the many beneficial effec

    Flossie Sellers - July 31, 2011 19:57

  • British Horse Rescues Struggling to Meet Demand

    The number of horses suffering from abuse or neglect has risen dramatically in the past year, according to the charity World Horse Welfare. One of the factors causing this is that people are struggling in the current economic climate and the price of feed

    Flossie Sellers - February 20, 2012 11:02

  • Researchers Successful in Sequencing Quarter Horse Genome

    Researchers at Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences along with collaborators from the College of Agriculture and life Sciences and the Texas AgriLife Genomics and Bioinformatics Center have successfully managed the sequencing t

    Flossie Sellers - February 22, 2012 12:07

  • Horses Providing Ferry Power in India

    Horses at Alibaug beach navigate their way through waist-deep seawater to ferry tourists to the Kolaba fort in what as seen by horse lovers as a cruel practice as the horses are forced to ferry tourists through waist-deep sea water to and from the fort.

    Flossie Sellers - February 24, 2012 12:55

  • ASPCA Equine Fund Grants 2012

    The ASPCA Equine Fund provides grants to U.S. nonprofit equine welfare organizations and other animal welfare organizations that care for horses, mules, donkeys and ponies – both wild and domestic – in alignment with our efforts to protect all equines

    Flossie Sellers - February 24, 2012 14:10

  • Prepurchase Exam: Why, What, and How

    At LEGISequine.com, we are committed to providing education to horse owners to help them keep their horses happy and healthy for a lifetime. In this light, we have teamed up with Douglas Novick, DVM to bring you this series of informative articles.

    Flossie Sellers - February 29, 2012 13:18

  • Horse Trainer Group Indicted on Soring Charges

    According to a Tennessee Humane Society press release, federal authorities have indicted four people in Tennessee on horse soring charges including a renowned horse trainer.

    Flossie Sellers - March 2, 2012 11:38

  • British Campaign Against Deadly Ragwort

    The New Forest National Park Authority is encouraging horse owners to take part in a campaign to prevent the ragwort weed after a survey by The British Horse Society identified Hampshire as the English county most infested with the deadly plant. Every ye

    Flossie Sellers - August 10, 2011 10:41

  • KHC Offers Disaster Relief to Horse Owners

    The Kentucky Horse Council (KHC) is providing coordination for the U.S. Equine Disaster Relief Fund to support horse owners affected by this past week’s tornadoes. KHC has experience responding to equine crises through this fund and the Save Our Horses

    Flossie Sellers - March 6, 2012 09:37

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