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Top Five Ways To Get Your Horse Ready for Spring Vaccines
Itâs that time of year, again, when horse owners need to schedule their vaccines with their veterinarian. Knowing which ones are necessary, and preparing for their administration is beneficial to everyone included: the horse, the vet, and the handler.
New Rules Limit Encounters with Wild Horses
To help reduce the incidence of too-close encounters with wild horses on Assateague Island, two new regulations have been adopted and will now be enforced by National Park Service Rangers.Â
Time to Ride Challenge Brings 20,000 Newcomers to Horseback Riding Experience
âThe Time to Ride Challenge, a grassroots competition offering $100,000 cash and prizes to stables, clubs, and businesses that introduce new people to horses, continues through September 30th nationwide and has reached 20,107, marking a 31% increase ove
USDA Proposes New Regulations to Combat Horse Soring
"USDA's goals in upholding and enforcing the Horse Protection Act are to achieve the dual purposes of the Act: eliminate the cruel and inhumane practice of soring; and eliminate unfair competition by persons showing, exhibiting and selling sore horses.â
Protecting Your Horse from Stress When Traveling
While some horses adapt well to being transported, others do not, and being moved from one place to another can be highly stressful for them, whether they travel by air or by road.
Horse Slaughter Bill
Equine welfare organizations are denouncing the agricultural appropriations bill that if passed, would make equine slaughter for human consumption legal again in the US and dump horsemeat that is unfit and unsafe on foreign markets, saying the bill would
Who Is Qualified to Care for Your Horses' Teeth?
"We also know that, just as in the field of human health care, preventative health care for horses is far more beneficial, both health-wise and economically, than reactive care that is provided only after an illness or problem arises.".
American Paint Horse Assn Gears Up for Show
APHA is gearing up for an exciting World Championship Horse Show with more than 900 Paint Horses and over 2,500 entries converging for top-end competition. Visitors to the American Paint Horse Association (APHA) Open/Amateur World Championship Paint Hors
Horse Hoof Health and Nutrition: Balance Is Key
"A well-balanced diet will contain the nutritional elements needed for optimal hoof growth, but each horse is unique and different life stages, performance levels, and lifestyles can affect each situation.â
California Case of Equine Herpesvirus-1 Confirmed at Santa Anita
Diagnostic tests at the CAHFS laboratory at UC Davis have confirmed that a euthanized horse was EHV-1 positive. On Tuesday, March 5, a horse at Santa Anita â My Sugar Sugar, trained by Eddie Truman â required euthanasia after developing neurological s