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Day: November 3, 2010

APHA gearing up for a great Fall World Championship Paint Horse Show

Fort Worth, TX— Visitors to the American Paint Horse Association (APHA) Fall World Championship Paint Horse Show will be treated to a colorful showcase of the best horses and riders in Paint Horse competition. Featuring nearly a thousand horses, this year’s Fall World Show will take place November 4-13, 2010 at the Will Rogers Memorial Center in Fort Worth, Texas. The APHA Fall World Championship Show is a competition between the best Paint Horses we well as a gathering of breeders, owners and exhibitors from around the world. The horses at this level of competition provide a

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NEW JERSEY BEEFS UP HORSE HEALTH REGULATIONS ENFORCEMENT

The New Jersey Department of Agriculture has announced an initiative to ensure that horse owners and dealers are aware of–and following–the long standing regulations for bringing horses into New Jersey from another state.

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Reduced vaccine use likely caused virus spread in Michigan horses

A mosquito-borne disease might have spread among horses in Michigan this year due to a decrease in vaccines used, according to a state expert. Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) is a virus that can infect horses and humans and usually is carried by birds and mosquitoes. “I think there was a decline of the use of the vaccine because of the economy. It’s unfortunate because it might mean the loss of a horse,” said Steve Halstead, the state veterinarian in the Department of Agriculture. The increase of confirmed cases of infected horses this year is not connected to

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