Horses faced with career-ending tendon injuries might possess the power to heal themselves. According to Alan J. Nixon, BVSc, MS, Dipl. ACVS, and colleagues from Cornell University, veterinarians might be able to effectively treat horses with injuries to their superficial digital flexor tendons (SDFT)… Read more
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America’s Horse, April 28, 2009 – If you walk away from QuarterFest without spending any money in the trade show, you didn’t shop hard enough.
The first-ever QuarterFest trade show, May 1-3 in the Tennessee Miller Coliseum in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, will feature more than 50 vendors selling tack and trailers, purses and wallets, belts and jewelry, [...]
America’s Horse, April 28, 2009 – Do you spend more time outdoors than indoors? If you’ve got an interest in camping, one of the coolest things you can do at QuarterFest is sit in on backcountryman Bo Winslow’s clinics. And the best thing is – you don’t need a horse to participate in these clinics.
Currently [...]
Michael San Filippo
Phone: 847-285-6687
Cell: 847-732-6194
e-mail: msanfilippo@avma.org
April 24, 2009
Schaumburg, IL
— Eight U.S. cases of a unique form of swine flu have been confirmed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), with the virus apparently spreading via human-to-human contact and not contact with animals. All those affected have been in California and Texas and all [...]
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Tom McPheron
Phone: 847-285-6781
Cell: 773-494-5419
e-mail: tmcpheron@avma.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 25, 2009
Schaumburg, IL
— World Veterinary Day, April 25, 2009, celebrates the important relationship between veterinarians and livestock farmers.
“This year’s theme, ‘Veterinarians and Livestock Farmers: a winning partnership,’ highlights a discipline of veterinary medicine the AVMA is dedicated to 365 days a year,” said Dr. W. Ron DeHaven, DVM, MBA, Chief [...]
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America’s Horse, April 27, 2009 – No accurate figures document how many unwanted horses actually exist, their age, their sex, the breeds represented, how many are purebred versus grade, their most recent use, their value or what happens to them in the long run. The estimate runs in the tens of thousands.
Unfortunately, the number of [...]
America’s Horse, April 27, 2009 – Got any summer vacation plans? You might if you attend the QuarterFest Extravaganza May 1 and 2 and win a trip to a Dude Ranchers’ of America dude ranch in Arizona or Colorad
The Tanque Verde Ranch in Tucson, Arizona, and Tarryall River Ranch in Lake George, Colorado, are just [...]
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America’s Horse, April 27, 2009 – Kermit the Frog used to say, “It’s not easy being green.” The American Quarter Horse Association has found it’s just the opposite if you’re a horse owner.
So, what is being green?
It means living easy on the Earth, helping rather than harming our environment to keep things going for future [...]
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Lexington, Ky. – April 27 – The “greatest two minutes in sports” will be preceded by the greatest week in sports at BloodHorse.com. With expanded video segments, [...]
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Preliminary test results indicate that a dairy in west Texas is infected with cattle tuberculosis (TB). Cattle TB is caused by theMycobacterium bovis bacteria and can cause internal lesions in animals. Milk from commercial dairies is pasteurized, killing bacteria with heat, so there is not public health concern from this herd detection.
“Animals from the 2,600-head [...]
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