A necropsy done on a horse that died before a race last month at The Meadows Racetrack indicates that she succumbed to natural causes.
An editorial on 9/28/2012, in the New York Times cites a report by a panel of experts regarding the alarming rise in thoroughbred fatalities last winter at Aqueduct Racetrack.
The Georgia Department of Public Health has confirmed one positive case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) in a horse found in Lanier County. This is the fourth positive case of EEE found in a horse in South Georgia this year.
The Corolla Wild Horse Fund manages the herd through observing and tracking the health and condition of each individual, bringing in veterinary intervention when necessary.
For what it is worth, a lighter note has emerged in the Murdock phone hacking scandal as Prime Minister David Cameron has confirmed he did ride a former police horse loaned to former News International boss Rebekah Brooks.
âGradually introducing horses to spring pastures helps prevent diseases related to nutrition and diet, including colic and laminitis.â
Lack of snow cover in pastures and other areas where horses forage is causing veterinarians to warn their clients about an increase in sand colic. When horses nibble low-lying forage and ingest sand in areas where sandy soil is the norm, the sand settles
More than 100 horses out of 400 found in neglected state have had to be put down after they were kept in appalling conditions at a farm in New South Wales.
The death of Emtech will intensify the debate over the safety of horse racing.
A greater uptake of vaccination against infectious diseases will provide better protection for both the individual horse and our local and national herd.