Equine Medicine

Ocala, Fla. -- Formal certification and new operating procedures for hyperbaric oxygen therapy could result from a Feb. 10 explosion at a Florida equine rehabilitation center that killed a 28-year-old woman and a 6-year-old Thoroughbred gelding.

Equine survey is closed.

Management options include reestablishing bonds with the foals or using surrogate mares.

The debate on why costs are increasing goes on, but is there a solution?

The Bureau of Land Management has set our corrective actions following an internal review.

Equine herpesvirus has been confirmed in 17 horses at two locations in California.

Orange County, Calif. -- A new outbreak of the neurological form of equine herpesvirus (EHV-1) has been confirmed by California authorities.

Fort Collins, Colo. -- A Colorado State University (CSU) study will look at how equine herpesvirus type 1 (EHV-1) may compromise the immune system immediately upon entering the ?gate? of a horse?s respiratory system.

Fort Collins, Colo. -- At least one client of Colorado State University's (CSU) Equine Reproduction Laboratory (ERL) is looking at legal options following the catastrophic fire that destroyed the facility and all of his genetic material stored there.

Raleigh, N.C. -- North Carolina confirmed the state?s first-ever case of the neurologic form of equine herpesvirus (EHV-1) Jan. 5.

Lexington, Ky. - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) Board of Directors amended its therapeutic drug rule to restrict use to a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID).

New research into this training tool brings insight-and controversy.

A new gene microarray containing hundreds of pieces of DNA strands could be the key to understanding the brain responses of horses infected with West Nile virus.

Cornell's veterinary college reports the cause of death was inconclusive for a New York City carriage horse whose collapse stirred debate about the welfare of these horses in New York City.

Schaumburg, Ill. -- American Veterinary Medical Association president Dr. René Carlson recently okayed Santa's reindeers for duty on a recent YouTube video.

White paper's authors question equine veterinarians' current mediciation and treatment practices.

Educate your clients on how to snap good images of what's ailing their horses to send to you.

How to meet the mathematical needs of the higher grades of laminitis.

Lexington, Ky. -- A $1 million campaign to fund veterinary laminitis research in horses was recently unveiled by the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP).

Rockville, Md. -- The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) just approved the veterinary drug Prascend (pergolide mesylate for the control of clinical signs associated with Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction (PPID or Equine Cushing's disease) in horses.

Lexington, Ky. -- The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) amended its therapeutic drug rule to restrict use to a single non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID).

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