PHOENIX – Horse owners are becoming increasingly aware of the environmental impact of their product choices and are asking for natural products.

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FORT COLLINS - A Colorado State University veterinarian has been awarded a grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop a gene therapy approach to help heal cartilage and prevent osteoarthritis in horses, potentially leading to scientific methods that also may help humans.

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Safer Building Materials, Inc., a new company founded by Eventing Olympians Mike Winter and Kyle Carter, is pleased to introduce "PROLOGS™". PROLOGS™ are frangible cross country jump logs made of Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) and are designed to increase safety when jumping horses over fixed obstacles.

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The Jockey Club today announced the launch of the Equine Injury Database system that will provide the racing industry with its first national database of racing injuries.

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DEL MAR, CA – The California Horse Racing Board fulfilled its promise to the public and the industry Thursday by unanimously adopting a regulation that effectively bans anabolic steroids in California horse racing.

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The floodwaters that inundated many Midwest river towns between late May and mid-June left veterinarians assessing losses while continuing to aid animals.

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SCHAUMBURG, Ill. — The Executive Summary of the AVMA One Health Initiative Task Force (OHITF) report defining "One Health" and providing ground-breaking recommendations and strategic actions to support and expand the concept across all health professions, especially the veterinary and human health professions, appears in the July 15, 2008 issue of the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (JAVMA).

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PHOENIX – The introduction last year of Farnam’s SuperMask® Miniature Horse Fly Mask for A/B sized miniature horses met with rave reviews from miniature horse owners. Miniature horse owners often say miniature horses are like potato chips . . . you can’t have just one.

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DULUTH, Ga. — Regular vaccinations, deworming and farrier visits can help prevent damaging and costly diseases.

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As athletes from around the world prepare for the great athletic challenge of the Olympic Games, preparations are taking place behind the scenes to ensure that they are able to perform to their full potential.

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The AVMA wants the veterinary community to be aware of a possible telephone scam.

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BENTONVILLE, Ark. - I prefer to call this a review of possible disorders rather than to create more confusion about forage toxins in regards to horses.

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MANHATTAN, Kan. – Let’s go to Ocala, Florida and turn on the radio. We come across a program where someone is talking about training, feeding, riding, and caring for horses. It’s the Better Horses Radio program.

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The British Horse Society has expressed its delight at the news that the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies is offering horse owners and yard managers in Scotland cost price tests to establish Strangles free status in an effort to control the spread of this horrendous disease.

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The Australian Veterinary Association (AVA) applauds the actions of the veterinary hospital at the center of an outbreak of the Hendra virus in Brisbane.

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The American Quarter Horse Journal: The American Quarter Horse Foundation recently donated $50,000 to Morris Animal Foundation (MAF) to advance equine health through MAF’s Equine Consortium for Genetic Research (ECGR) project.

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Biosecurity Queensland received laboratory results this evening (Tuesday, July 8) which confirmed three horses from a veterinary practice on the outskirts of Brisbane have tested positive for Hendra Virus.

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Researchers are developing a monitoring system similar to those used by earthquake seismologists to detect tiny cracks in bones, a technology that could help prevent fractures in humans and racehorses.

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The James L. Voss Veterinary Teaching Hospital has two new leaders at the helm, though the names may be familiar to most people associated with the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

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The AVMA Council on Education recently granted full accreditation to an Irish veterinary school and moved three U.S. veterinary colleges to limited accreditation status.

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