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After five very competitive events, a few weather episodes and lots of scoreboard watching, Team Appaloosa was officially declared the Champions of the 2007 Battle of the Breeds at Spruce Meadows in Calgary. For more info click here
Beginning with the National Appaloosa Show in Jackson, MS in 2008 the ApHC will be offering slot futurities and sweepstakes classes. One of the people who has been involved in developing the guidelines for the slot classes is Jack Zuidema, Chair of the ApHC Finance Committee and member of the Executive Committee. He is also a member of the Show Committee subgroup that was charged with this task. For more info click here
FORT WORTH, TEXAS—Load up your talented ranch horse and show the world what he can do at the American Paint Horse Association’s (APHA) Working Ranch Horse Competition and Clinic, slated for Oct. 27 and 28 at the NRS Training Center in Decatur, Texas. At this event, cowboys and cowgirls can showcase the practical, hard-working talents of their American Paint Horses. Never shown before? That’s no problem. This event is a great educational opportunity for Paint Horse riders to learn practical horsemanship skills, and it also offers a fun, friendly atmosphere for competitors of all levels. With custom-designed
leader earns special honors from her peers FORT WORTH, TEXAS—American Junior Paint Horse Association (AjPHA) member Laura Akerlund of Grafton, Wisc., earned her group’s highest honor recently, when she was named 2007 Youth Member of the Year. The award was announced during this summer’s World Championship Paint Horse Show, where Akerlund, a former AjPHA president, also received a Gist trophy buckle and a $500 U.S. Savings Bond for the honor. “When I heard the good news I had won, I was ecstatic! I am very honored to have been chosen and am extremely thankful to everyone who
Certain Collies and other breeds of herding dogs as well as hounds are sensitive to the avermectin class of drugs. In fact, ivermectin-sensitive Collies are bred for this trait because before the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Veterinary Medicine approves new avermectin products, it requests that they be tested in these dogs. If the product is found toxic when administered to ivermectin-sensitive Collies, the safety margin is considered inadequate for the drug to be used even in the general dog population. A genetic mutation is responsible for ivermectin sensitivity. It affects dogs that are homozygous-recessive for
The AVMA recently updated its 2000 Report of the AVMA Panel on Euthanasia, now called the AVMA Guidelines on Euthanasia. The guidelines are available at www.avma.org by clicking on the dark blue Issues bar. In July 2006, the Executive Board approved a recommendation that the AVMA convene a panel of scientists at least once every 10 years to review all literature that scientifically evaluates methods and potential methods of euthanasia for the purpose of producing the AVMA Guidelines on Euthanasia. During interim years, requests for inclusion of new or altered euthanasia procedures or agents in the guidelines
FOR MORE INFORMATION Michael San Filippo Phone: 847-285-6687 Cell: 847-732-6194 e-mail: msanfilippo@avma.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 1, 2007 SCHAUMBURG, Ill. — September begins with the nation looking back at the two-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and much of the nation dealing with floods, wild fires and hurricane-level wind speeds. It is fitting, then, that September 1 also marks the beginning of National Preparedness Month. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, National Preparedness Month is a nationwide effort to encourage Americans to take simple steps to prepare for emergencies in their homes, businesses and
State advises pet, livestock owners to vaccinate after highest spike of disease since ’50s. Moved by a spike in rabies cases unprecedented since the 1950s, the state Department of Agriculture has issued an advisory that includes livestock as well as household pets such as cats and dogs. Many of the cases are concentrated in Metro Detroit, experts said Sunday. The spike represents a more than 200 percent increase in the disease since 2006. Cases climbed to 169 so far this year, compared with 49 animal cases in 2006, according to state agriculture officials. The disease is caused