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Genetics of White Horses Unraveled
They're rare, they're iconic, they're the
quintessential symbol of the horse. And now their genetics are better
understood.
Science Daily recently announced that an
international team of researchers at Uppsala University in Sweden has identified the genetic
mutation that causes true... | read »
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Get Rotation Right: Updated Equine Deworming Chart Available from Safe-Guard®
Updated and revised to reflect the latest approach to parasite management and
reducing the growing threat of parasite drug resistance, the
Safe-Guard(r) Get
Rotation Right deworming barn chart is available for free at www.getrotationright.com . Safe-Guard(r) and parent
company... | read »
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Spa Day with Horses
Horse lovers of all kinds know the health
and well-being benefits of being around horses. And now a mainstream spa
developer is bringing those benefits to the non-horse community.
WTS International, a spa consulting and
management firm, has partnered with Equestrian Services, LLC, a firm... | read »
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Southern Horse Owners Warned to Vaccinate for EEE
As of June
30, Florida state officials report four times as
many cases of Eastern Equine Encephalitis as were reported in each of the
previous two years.
Florida
Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson urged horse
owners to have their animals vaccinated.... | read »
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Benefits of Equine Therapy Proven By Washington University Research Team
Researchers from the Washington University Program in Occupational Therapy,
funded by a grant from the Horses & Humans Research Foundation, recently
completed a breakthrough study on the therapeutic impact of equine therapy for
children with cerebral palsy.
The study
found that... | read »
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Britain, EU start planning for Horse IDs
In
about a year from now, all foals born in the European Union will have to be
microchipped, according to legislation passed in March of this year. The
Department of Environment, Health and Rural Affairs in the UK (DEFRA) met with a
number of equine organizations recently to identify... | read »
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Silicosis Linked to Fragile Bones, According to Study
It's
a well-known human disease, known to affect those that routinely inhale fine
dust in their jobs as miners, masons, sandblasting or construction
work--anywhere rock is crushed into an easily inhaled dust.
For
the past few years, silicosis, caused by the inhalation of silica dust... | read »
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Prepared for Anything?
The
news from the flooded midwest, as well as the story of former
Olympian Phyllis Dawson losing her barn (but luckily no horses or people)
to a lightening strike reminds us that you can never be too prepared for
the unexpected. The American Association of Equine Practitioners notes in this... | read »
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Consumer Alert: Southern States Added to Feeds Recall List
Horse Journal just learned that horse feeds made by Southern
States Cooperative Milling's Gettysburg plant have been recalled for
elevated aflatoxin levels. The recall was issued on March 28, 2008, but posted
on the FDA web site on June 11. The recalled feeds are:
Reliance Hay Stretcher... | read »
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News:
Unser Could Face Animal Cruelty Charges
When Bobby Unser Jr. was evicted
from his home in Albuquerque's North Valley, his landlord took pictures of
Unser's animals, all of whom were neglected. The son of multi-time Indianapolis 500 winner
Bobby Unser, Bobby is in jail on drug charges.
The horses, goats and dogs seized
at... | read »
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| AQHA Executive Vice President Bill Brewer Stepping Down March 9 |
| The registration of more than 2 million of the now more than 5 million horses in
the American Quarter Horse Association registry and a growth in membership
numbers from 276,500 to more than 350,000 are examples of the success of the
customer service-driven management model that Bill Brewer... | read |
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