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202 E Bo Gibbs Dr Glen Rose , TX 76043
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3310 Popular Street Marshall, TX 75671
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1315 North Main Street, Cleburne, TX 76033
Online Entries M7 Arena
8001 FM3136, Alvarado, TX 76009
Online Entries Northcrest Equestrian Center
3900 CR 805 B Cleburne , TX 76301
Online Entries Parker County Arena
1010 Farm to Market Road 1885, Weatherford, TX 76088
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837 Lumas Rd, DeRidder, LA 70634
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4601 Bosque Boulevard, Waco, TX 76710
Online Entries Nolan County Expo Center
220 Coliseum, Sweetwater, TX 79556
Brazilian researchers report that platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is beneficial for healing surgical wounds in horses, contrary to previous reports. Because wound healing in horses is frequently problematic from both a clinical and economic point of view, methods to improve healing and minimize complications (such as the development of “proud flesh” or exuberant scar tissue) are desperately needed.Continue reading…
Eastern, Western, and Venezuelan equine encephalitis (EEE, WEE, and VEE) are arboviruses–meaning they are transmitted by blood-feeding insects or ticks–and these pathogens can cause fatal neurologic disease in horses. EEE, WEE, and VEE are all alphaviruses that are a part of the Togavirus family (Togaviridae), and collectively they are termed the equine viral encephalomyelitides. West Nile virus is also an arbovirus, but it is a member of the Flaviridae family, which is named after yellow fever virus. Continue reading… Get more great articles like this by subscribing to The Horse magazine.
As of Aug. 25, Florida led the United States in the number of documented equine cases of Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), a mosquito-borne disease with mortality rates of around 90% in horses. Washington state officials had confirmed the most equine cases of West Nile virus (WNV) this year.Continue reading…
Bipartisan bill would expand veterinary services nationwide New legislation addressing the nation’s veterinary services needs is under consideration in the House of Representatives. The AVMA played a key role in crafting the Veterinarian Services Investment Act (H.R. 3519), which was introduced July 31 by Republican Adrian Smith of Nebraska and Democrat Leonard Boswell of Iowa and had 17 co-sponsors as of mid-August. The bipartisan VSIA would establish a grant program designed to relieve veterinary shortages while supporting a broad range of veterinary services, including veterinarian and veterinary technician recruitment and retention, and continuing education programs. The grant
Horses being transported to Mexico are not required to be microchipped, said Jim Barrett, public affairs specialist with the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, an agency within the USDA.Continue reading…