Equine
Kentucky officials warn weather conditions are ripe for West Nile outbreak
May 1st 2012Frankfort, 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.
Equine hyperbaric oxygen chamber explosion in Florida kills woman and horse
February 22nd 2012Ocala, 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.
Colorado State veterinarians take on novel equine herpesvirus study
January 19th 2012Fort 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.