James M. Lewis

In this economic climate, there's pressure both to charge more and to charge less-and creative ways to hold the line.

Should racehorse owners, trainers and veterinarians have to produce horses' medical records on demand?

A proposal to create new wild-horse preserves may raise public awareness and perhaps stir more interest in adoptions.

No one is exactly sure why, but the number of horse deaths at the nation's racetracks declined very little in 2008, despite ongoing industrywide efforts to raise health and safety standards.

Reported cases of Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) during the first eight months of 2009 already have surpassed last year's total in the United States, while West Nile virus (WNV) cases are sharply down from 2008, according to the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). The report was last updated Sept. 9.

Consultant, practitioners offer their top economic strategies.

If horse owners and groups allied to them were to contribute money, as many who took part in a recent online survey indicated they were willing to do, they could make a substantial impact toward solving the nation's problem of unwanted and neglected horses.

Despite a GAO report critical of its choice, the Department of Homeland Security remains committed to the Manhattan, Kan., site it chose for a new national bio-defense research laboratory and says it won't re-open the selection process.

There are many new incentives to encourage veterinary students to consider careers in large-animal medicine or to work in underserved rural areas.

From a pain practitioner's standpoint, it's much better for a practice to provide more service to existing clients than try to compete for new ones when patients die before their time. That was one of two key take-home points Robert M. Stein, DVM, Dipl. AAPM, pain specialist and president of the International Veterinary Academy of Pain Management (IVAPM), offered CVC Kansas City attendees Sunday morning during his presentation, "A day in the life of a pain practitioner," part of the IVAPM Symposium at CVC Kansas City. Stein practices in suburban Buffalo, N.Y.

Veterinary practices that maintain a consistent standard of care stand the best chance of surviving in today's economic climate.

Research into foot-and-mouth disease can be conducted safely in Manhattan, Kan.

Washington -- A new government study says the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) didn't adequately assess the biosecurity and economic risks of moving the Plum Island, N.Y., animal-disease research lab to a Kansas State University site in Manhattan, Kan.

The USDA has filed an injunction against Teva Animal Health Inc. leaders.

The economy is the No. 1 reason for a dramatic increase in the number of unwanted horses.

Wausau, Wis.- It took this 60-year-old veterinarian 11 days to ride 3,021 miles across the United States on a bicycle. He did it averaging two hours of sleep each night.

Washington - Reopening of U.S. processing plants is among the four most popular solutions suggested for dealing with increasing numbers of unwanted horses, according to a new survey.

National Report - The nation's last three horse-slaughter plants have been shuttered since 2007, but new ones may start to open around the country in coming months.

Horse owners open to reopening of U.S. processing plants, according to survey.

Montana now allows horse-processing plants to be built within its borders, and a handful of other states soon may do likewise.

Current risk in U.S. is low, but pathways are present, expert says.

Veterinarian's horse beats 50-1 odds to win this year's Kentucky Derby - then nearly repeats the performance at the Preakness.

Blacksburg, Va. - The sights and sounds of heavy construction equipment will become part of campus life at the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine as early as this fall.

As cameras flashed, a veterinarian joined the elite crowd inside the winner's circle at this year's Kentucky Derby.

Louisville, Ky. - Racing officials say it seems only appropriate that Louisville's Churchill Downs, home of the Kentucky Derby, is the nation's first racetrack to win accreditation by NTRA.

Lake City, Iowa - An Iowa veterinarian says there's little more he can say about his testimony in 2007 trial just released in a documentary on HBO.

Churchill Downs is expected to become the nation's first major racetrack to win accreditation by the NTRA.

Lawmakers are on a collision course over the emotionally charged issue of horse slaughter.

A faculty organization at UC-Davis is looking for better ways of dealing with California's rising unwanted-horse population.

New legislation would prohibit euthanization of healthy wild horses and burros on federal lands.