Equine

Brookfield, Wis. - The International Equine Veterinarians Hall of Fame has inducted James Rooney, DVM, Queenstown, Md., and Richard Mansmann, DVM, Apex, N.C.

Four northern Virginia horses have exhibited cases of equine herpesvirus (EHV) myeloencephalopathy, a rare neurologic disease, according to TheHorse.com.

What is the most important piece of equipment in your truck or clinic?

Las Vegas, Nev.-Most horses won't disappoint you, says Glenn Anderson, DVM. "If you go looking for a fight, you better pack a lunch. They're gonna give you one."

A proper exam can detect physical and hereditary faults as well as assess mating behavior

Rockville, Md.- Equine supplements have been taking some federal heat of late, with questions of contents, the supplements' claims, and how they are manufactured.

Santa Rosa, Calif.- Sonoma County's horse industry can thank voters for passage of a bond measure that, among numerous other projects, will allow for the construction of a $2.4 million equine center, reports The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa.

Minneapolis- The University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine has forged a charitable partnership with the Minnesota Hooved Animal Rescue Foundation to provide complementary dental services.

Rockville, Md.-A recent Food and Drug Administration update warning that prescribing, purchasing, or distributing "compounded" clenbuterol violates federal law, is a first step to reform, indicate several DVMs.

A new genetic disease is selectively killing certain Quarter Horse foals by 2 months of age, report researchers at the University of Minnesota (UM).

East Lansing, Mich. - The West Nile Virus (WNV), which adversely affects a horse's neurological system, has been found in 18 states and Ontario, since it was first discovered in New York in 1999.

East Lansing, Mich. - Scientists at Michigan State University are testing the efficacy of pyrantel tartrate as a potential preventive treatment against Sarcocystis neurona in horses.

Louisville, Ky. - At least five of the 17 horses in this year's Kentucky Derby are relaxing on pins and needles of the therapeutic variety.

Though the equine species in general excretes urine with high mineral content, especially calcium carbonate, and despite a normally alkaline urine pH, which tends to favor formation of urinary tract stones, equine urinary tract lithiasis is relatively uncommon.

Visionaries of North Carolina State University's equine program plan to enhance its user-friendly status to compete with well-renowned academic players in Colorado and California.

Cleveland-Nearly a year has passed and the 2001 Mare Reproductive Loss Syndrome (MRLS) still evokes impassioned discussions of its cause, which was never conclusively determined.

Veterinarians can often go an entire career without seeing some types of cases.

Dallas-A panel of equine experts plans to explore the benefits of equine genome research for the first time on March 2, during the American Quarter Horse Association convention here.

Lexington, Ky.-While mare reproductive loss syndrome (MRLS) was swiftly becoming a household word in Kentucky last spring, animal practitioners in central Kentucky were also reporting an influx in the number of cases of pericarditis, an uncommon disease involving the heart and the sac around the heart.

Vague signs, similar clinical presentation to other diseases confound practitioners

Lexington- Veterinarians and breeders would rather err on the side of caution as the foaling season nears in Kentucky, after 20 percent of mares in the region lost their foals last year.

Lexington, Ky.-The Kentucky Department of Agriculture has issued emergency regulations on breeding imported mares into the state, following last year's Mare Reproductive Loss Syndrome.

Madison, Wis.- Two out of three isn't bad.

Tokyo- A mare's blood plasma sample can apparently just as accurately confirm when ovulation occurs as can a veterinarian's rectal palpation assessment, new research, reported by The Horse.com, shows.

Lexington, Ky.-While mare reproductive loss syndrome (MRLS) was swiftly becoming a household word in Kentucky last spring, animal practitioners in central Kentucky were also reporting an influx in the number of cases of pericarditis

Colorado State University (CSU)'s Veterinary Teaching Hospital is now among three U.S. veterinary teaching hospitals to offer acupuncture and chiropractic services for equine.

The bacteria to blame for nocardioform placentitis, a reproductive disease of thoroughbred racehorses that leads to weakened or stillborn foals, can no longer hide, according to new research.

The West Coast appears to be the next victim of the West Nile.