3 horses test positive for CEM in Kentucky December 24, 2008

Lexington, Ky. -- State officials are asking the U.S. Department of Agriculture to declare a state of emergency in Kentucky following the discovery of three cases of contagious equine metritis (CEM), a venereal disease that causes infertility in mares.

Live from AAEP December 10, 2008 By: James M. Lewis

What can be done about the growing problem of unwanted and abandoned horses in America?

BLM receives offer of horse sanctuary December 1, 2008

Thousands of horses in U.S. Bureau of Land Management holding facilities could be saved if the agency decides to accept an offer from Madeleine Pickens, wife of Texas billionaire T. Boone Pickens.

The toughest jobs: Idaho TV station focuses on work of large-animal veterinarians December 1, 2008

Pocatello, Idaho -- A recent televsion news series about Idaho's toughest jobs from KPVI-TV -- an NBC affiliate here -- featured mixed-animal veterinarian Dave Stanley.

Case-histories study aims to improve diagnosis of EPE, halt outbreaks December 1, 2008 By: James M. Lewis

Lexington, Ky. — A retrospective study of 57 horses treated for proliferative enteropathy aims to help equine practitioners make a timely diagnosis.

Researchers at new equine lab work on tendon and ligament regeneration November 30, 2008

Leesburg, Va. -- The Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center's new laboratory at Virginia Tech opened earlier this fall and researchers already are working on tendon and ligament regeneration that would help patients heal more quickly and bring back ligament and tendon elasticity.

Partnership aims to develop equine embryonic stem-cell lines for lameness therapies November 28, 2008

Austin, Texas -- Creating a bank of stem cells genetically matched to individual horses is the goal of a newly announced partnership between Austin-based Viagen Inc. and the Monash Institute of Melbourne, Australia.

BLM receives offer to create wild-horse sanctuary November 20, 2008

Reno, Nev. -- Thousands of unadoptable wild horses in U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) holding facilities could be saved from possible euthanasia or slaughter if the agency decides to accept an offer from Madeleine Pickens, wife of Texas billionaire T. Boone Pickens, to create a preserve where the horses could live out their lives.

Last of Florida EP-positive horses removed November 11, 2008

Tallahassee, Fla. -- No horses that tested positive for piroplasmosis during a nearly two-month investigation remain on Florida premises, the state's Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services announced, although six properties remain under quarantine.