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  • Are Parasite Practices Effective Where Horse is Boarded?

    If you board your horse, a safe and healthy environment for your horse is of utmost importance. With resistance increasing in small strongyles and no new dewormer on the horizon, horse owners should be asking barn managers about parasite practices whereve

    Flossie Sellers - July 22, 2011 09:19

  • Arizona Stallion Tests Positive for CEM

    The Arizona Department of Agriculture has quarantined 5 horses to a Maricopa County premises after a stallion tested positive for Contagious Equine Metritis (CEM), a sexually transmitted disease. CEM can cause spontaneous abortion and infertility in mares

    Flossie Sellers - July 27, 2011 10:22

  • Arthroscopic Stifle Surgery Performed in China

    History was made in Chinese veterinary surgery last month when the first stifle arthroscopy, keyhole procedure, was carried out in a make-shift vet hospital in Shanghai, China, using a gymnastics mat with a system of ropes from the ceiling to move and pos

    Flossie Sellers - November 21, 2011 15:08

  • Biosecurity and Hygiene Key to Disease Prevention

    According to veterinary services at UC Davis many managers of equine facilities and events have imposed EHV-1 vaccination requirements for incoming and resident horses in the hope that EHV-1 infection, particularly the neurological form, can be prevent

    Flossie Sellers - June 27, 2011 09:02

  • Methods for Preventing Fractures in Racehorses

    Catastrophic injuries still plague the horse racing industry. This was clearly evident when Eight Belles fractured both front fetlock joints after finishing second in the 2008 Kentucky Derby and was euthanized.

    Flossie Sellers - February 24, 2012 12:10

  • BLM Strategy for EVH-1 Outbreak

    Bureau of Land Management (BLM) mustangs have so far been unaffected by the recent neurologic equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1) outbreak sweeping through Western states, according to a statement issued by the agency on May 26.

    Flossie Sellers - May 31, 2011 11:11

  • AAEP Asks Vets to Submit Cases for Laminitis Study

    The American Association of Equine Practitioners Foundation is calling on veterinarians to volunteer information about naturally occurring cases of laminitis for the first study of The Laminitis Research Project which will attempt to identify risk factors

    Flossie Sellers - February 10, 2012 12:50

  • AAEP Members Prioritize Laminitis Research

    The American Association of Equine Practitioners Foundation, November 20, 2011, announced the launch of an aggressive $1 million campaign for laminitis research and the start of the first of multiple studies that will occur to help unravel the mysteries

    Flossie Sellers - November 21, 2011 15:31

  • Botulism Kills Five Horses

    Five horses have died from botulism on a family horse farm in Redding, Indiana. According to reports, the horses most likely contracted botulism by eating hay contaminated by toxin-producing bacteria that leads to the disease.

    Flossie Sellers - March 27, 2012 13:11

  • California EHV-1 -- EHM Disease Update

    California has one new confirmed case of Equine Herpes Myeloencephalopathy (EHM) caused by EHV-1. There are 18 confirmed EHM cases in the state. The positive confirmed cases are located in the following 12 counties: Amador(1), Glenn(2), Kern(2), Lo

    Flossie Sellers - May 23, 2011 13:46

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