Equine

Horses may have been exposed after participating in a recent trail ride event.

Horses found in west Texas test positive for equine piroplasmosis, USDA reports.

The Times data is unreliable and potentially deceptive, NYRA asserts.

Undercover investigation reveals abusive practices; multiple violations of Horse Protection Act cited.

Affected horse euthanized; facility placed under quarantine.

A series of profiles of this year's AAEP Markel scholarship recipients.

Illinois House Bill 5382 was introduced Feb. 9 and would repeal a previous ban on the slaughtering of horses for human consumption.

The Humane Society of the United States has petitioned the U.S. Department of Agriculture to expand the Horse Protection Act to make the use of numbing or masking drugs to hide underlying soring a felony offense.

Association and other groups respond to New York Times article investigating the dangers racing poses to horses, people.

Frankfort, Ky. -- Warm, wet weather in Kentucky over the last few weeks means conditions are ripe for an outbreak of West Nile virus (WNV), and equine owners are being warned to vaccine their horses against the disease.

Rockville, Md. -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a statement to veterinarians regarding the compounding of pergolide products to treat Cushing's disease in horses.

West Lafayette, Ind. -- The Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine is moving forward with plans to build a new, $2.7 million regional equine diagnostic and surgical center near the Indiana Downs racetrack.

Public can search for information on breakdowns, fatalities and violations at state's tracks.

Horses in Monterey and San Diego Counties have been cleared for release following EHV-1 outbreak.

Oklahoma City, Okla. - State lawmakers are considering an income tax credit for an equine horse slaughter facility.

Nashville - Shortly after the federal government re-opened the door to horse slaughter for human consumption in the United States, Tennessee legislators are working to keep it out of the state.

Pierre, S.D. - South Dakota lawmakers want a new study to examine the feasibility of establishing an equine processing plant in the state.

Two New Jersey practitioners earn 2011 Good Works for Horses Award.

The genome is a big step toward understanding genetic variation in horses.

Formal certification and new operating procedures may be on the way after lethal explosion.

Answers to common questions about HBOT.

Saratoga Springs, N.Y. -- A strangles outbreak forced the closure of Saratoga Raceway until April 11, according to a recent announcement from the New York State Racing and Wagering Board.

PhD student earns one of two inaugural EQUUS Foundation Research Fellows with this line of research.

Solving the mathematical needs of a Grade IV laminitic foot.

Veterinary officials confirmed a single case of the neuropathogenic strain of equine herpesvirus infection at a Riverside County ranch.

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.

Rockville, Md. -- The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plans to tackle anthelmintic resistance in horses and ruminants during a two-day public meeting in March.

Equine survey is closed.