Tailored exercise programs involving habitual low-intensity loading during early development could reduce the prevalence of osteochondral injury later in life, said a group of veterinary orthopedic researchers. According to the researchers, “The positive effect of exercise on bone mineral density… Read more
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has been tasked with examining how horse processing plant closures have affected equine welfare. The GAO is an independent, nonpartisan agency that provides Congress with objective, fact-based information intended to improve performance and accountability of federal agencies. Continue reading…
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More than 30 horses removed from a petting zoo at a Texas feed store will be returned to their owner. Dallas County law enforcement authorities and SPCA of Texas personnel removed the 35 horses and more than 300 other animals from Earnest Kearney, owner of the Kearney Store in Sunnyvale, Texas, on Oct. 6. Continue reading…
Virus hunters are raising the alarm for a large-scale spam attack that uses fake Facebook password-reset messages to trick PC users into downloading a dangerous piece of malware.
The malicious executable is linked to the Bredolab botnet, which has been linked to massive spam runs and identity-theft related attacks.
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Trial lawyer George Knopfler faced a number of unique challenges beyond simply proving the facts of his case when he represented actor Tom Selleck and his family in a lawsuit alleging fraud in the sale of a show horse. He had to educate a jury with little experience in the horse business about the ins [...]
America’s Horse, October 26, 2009 – Establish the kind of relationship with your horse in which you are the captain of the ship and he is the follower that looks up to you. AQHA Professional Horseman Julie Goodnight helps give riders the horsemanship skills to create such a relationship in her clinics. Earlier this year, Julie presented three clinics at the [...]
Varsity Equestrian 2009-2010 season under way with great competition for athletes and horses.
The American Quarter Horse Journal, October 22, 2009 – While football might be the college sport that gets the most attention in the fall, the newest sport to attract female athletes to universities across the country is Varsity Equestrian. The NCAA emerging sport of [...]
Fort Worth, TX—Phase two of the American Paint Horse Association’s World Championship Show series kicks off November 5, 2009 with the Fall World Championship Show in Fort Worth, Texas, and continues through November 14 at the Will Rogers Memorial Center. The improved format features slot classes, Open and Amateur World Championship competition in a wide array [...]
Texas Animal Health Commission
Box l2966 * Austin, Texas 78711 * (800) 550-8242 * FAX (512) 719-0719
Bob Hillman, DVM * Executive Director
For info, contact Carla Everett, information officer, at 1-800-550-8242, ext. 710, or ceverett@tahc.state.tx.us
A tick-borne disease known as equine piroplasmosis has been confirmed on a ranch in South Texas. Additional testing is being conducted [...]
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October 20, 2009
A ferret with a respiratory infection was examined by a Portland, Oregon veterinary clinic on October 5, 2009. After learning the ferret’s owner had recently been ill with the flu, the veterinarian contacted the Oregon state veterinarian’s office and submitted a nasal swab from the ill ferret. Infection with the 2009/H1N1 virus was [...]
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