Archive for September, 2009

Students talking about taking pre- veterinary medicine classes on their way to Cornell; other students nurturing personal interests in entrepreneurship; and still others taking rich literature offers driven by their personal love for writing . The fact that these courses are online offers obvious challenges and opportunities: the students who shared their tacit experiences with us via videoconference spoke of the discipline both needed and developed in order to thrive in …

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Musings from Model Schools: A Healthy Jealousy – Quick Reflection …

A single mutation in the genome of the equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1) was “necessary and sufficient” to cause neurologic disease in horses in a new study, reported Cornell University researchers. All strains of EHV-1 can cause respiratory disease and…

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Study: Single EHV-1 Mutation Can Cause Lethal Neurologic Disease

Texas A&M researchers Terry Blanchard, DVM, MS, Katrin Hinrichs, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACT, and Charles Love, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACT, led lectures and wet labs at the “R

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R.M. Kenney Students Present at Equine Reproduction Symposium

A Fort Pierre, S.D., man faces multiple charges in connection with the theft of Dually, a champion barrel racing horse allegedly stolen from the Stanley County fairgrounds in July.

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Man Charged in Barrel Horse Theft

Purina has donated horse feed to two deserving families featured on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Episodes featuring the Hamptons of Springfield, Mo., and the Marshalls of Dallas, Texas, will air this fall on ABC. Purina donated five tons of horse…

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Horse Feed Donated to ‘Extreme Makeover’ Families

Maryland’s Thoroughbred Placement and Rescue, Inc. (TPR) is a 501(c)(3) charity that was created by Thoroughbred horsemen for Thoroughbred horsemen as a way to retire former racehorses. Last year TPR placed over 150 horses

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Nearly 100 Thoroughbreds Placed through Maryland Group this Year

From reviewing statistical data from large populations of patients, researchers have noticed that certain breeds of horses are predisposed to certain types of colic.

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Predicting Colic: Some Horse Breeds at Higher Risk

This 52 page report was prepared by Anna Fraser for the Compassion in World Farming Trust and it looks at supermarkets and farm animal welfare, providing a survey of farm welfare standards. An overview of results is given along with scoring and awards

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Supermarkets and farm aninal welfare : raising the standard

This information sheet discusses the physiology of conditioning in horses and their adaptations over time to obtain and maintain fitness.

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Is your horse fit? The physiology of conditioning

This information sheet was a paper presented at and appears in the Proceedings of the 1997 Alberta Breeders and Owners Conference. It was published online by the Horse Industry section of Alberta Agriculture in 2002 and revised in 2008

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Myths and truths about controlling pain and inflammation in horses