Just when horse owners became resigned to escalating corn prices due to ethanol demand, Midwest corn fields were swamped by floodwaters the Mississippi River’s banks just couldn’t contain. Now with acres of corn fields deluged, growers and consumers are wondering if the corn season can be salvaged enough to keep corn prices from growing out [...]
Drugged equines, grisly catastrophic injuries, greedy breeders, damaged racehorses with nowhere to go, inaction and confusion, and industry leaders more concerned with holding onto power than doing the right thing–a congressional subcommittee heard it all June 19 during a hearing in Washington, D.C. Continue reading…
30 June deadline stands firm
Despite months of rumours that Microsoft might rethink its decision to pull the plug on Windows XP, the official word is: XP is on its way out.
Microsoft is sticking to its plan to cease providing PC makers with XP to preload on new PCs after 30 June, as Microsoft is now [...]
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At the beginning of 2008, International Equine Acquisitions Holdings (IEAH) anticipated that its biggest event of the year would be the opening of the $17-million equine medical facility it built and funded a stone’s throw outside the gates of Belmont Park. Little did IEAH know that a horse owned by the partnership would steal the [...]
Kentucky researchers report that roundworms and small strongyles, two common equine intestinal parasites, are developing resistance against most of the commercially available deworming products. What’s worse, no new drugs against either of these parasites are forthcoming on the market. Continue reading…
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The Thoroughbred Safety Committee announced June 17 that it is recommending the elimination of steroids in race training and racing, a ban on toe grabs, and a series of whip-related reforms, all aimed at improving safety and integrity in Thoroughbred racing. The recommendations are the first from the committee which was formed and announced by [...]
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The American Quarter Horse Journal, June 24, 2008 – The American Quarter Horse Association recognized the highest placing American Quarter Horse in each of the four Ranch Horse Association of America National Finals classes as AQHA/RHAA Horses of the Year. The horses’ owners, as recorded by AQHA, were presented a specially designed AQHA bronze trophy [...]
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COMFORTIS® and ivermectin interaction Safety Warning Notification
Today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) is announcing that it has received reports of adverse reactions in dogs receiving the drug Comfortis® (spinosad) concurrently with high, extra-label doses of the drug ivermectin. The clinical signs of these adverse reactions are consistent with [...]
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The American Quarter Horse Journal, June 23, 2008 – The Ford American Quarter Horse Youth Association World Championship Show moves to a new location and has other changes in store for 2008.
After being held in Fort Worth, Texas, for the past 16 years, the Ford Youth World Show now moves to State Fair Park in [...]
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SCHAUMBURG, Ill.
— The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) testified today before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, addressing the preventative use of antimicrobials in food animals and reiterating the necessity of antibiotic use in livestock for ensuring food safety.
Dr. Lyle P. Vogel, AVMA’s assistant executive vice president, testified at the [...]
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