Day: November 27, 2007

Animal ID’s

South Dakota beef would be exempt from Senate proposal… SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – State veterinarian Sam Holland says part of the Senate’s version of the farm bill that could keep the public from getting information about animal identification won’t affect the South Dakota Certified Beef program. The proposal says the U.S. agriculture secretary is the only one who can release National Animal Identification System information. For more info click here 

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Lyme Disease’s Unusual Suspects

By Martin Enserink ScienceNOW Daily News A new study challenges the widely held view that mice are the main animal reservoir for Lyme disease in the United States. The paper, published online this week in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, shows that two shrew species are just as important and that chipmunks play a supporting role. Unless those species are taken into account, say researchers, efforts to control Lyme disease are doomed to fail. Lyme disease can cause anything from rash to arthritic and psychiatric diseases. Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto, the bacterium that causes Lyme

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Auctioned U.S. horses slaughtered in Mexican plants

EL PASO — The slaughter of horses has been banned in the U.S., but horses sold at American auctions are still arriving at Mexican slaughterhouses. Last year, lawmakers banned the practice of killing horses for human consumption in the U.S. Now, even those who balk at sending one of their own horses to slaughter say shutting down the American plants was a mistake. “(It’s) better they’re slaughtered in this country where the humane society can keep an eye on what is going on than to take them out of the country where nobody knows what is going

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$100,000 FEI REINING MASTERS RETURNS TO OKLAHOMA CITY

The American Quarter Horse Journal, November 26, 2007 – Fifteen countries. Twenty riders. One event. The world arrives in Oklahoma City this week for the 2007 FEI World Reining Masters. This $100,000-added event is set for Thursday, November 29, during the 2007 NRHA Futurity at the Oklahoma State Fair Park. This annual competition, which began in 2004, finds the best individual reiner in the world. According to a point system, the top rider in each National Federation qualifies to compete in the World Reining Masters. The United States, Canada, Italy, Germany and Switzerland are allowed to send

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Paint racing reaches out, educates about Paint racing

FORT WORTH, TEXAS—Paint Racing magazine headed to Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas, on November 10 to increase awareness about the sport of Paint racing. The magazine, which has been renamed with a new design for 2008, sponsored the first-ever APHA Family Night at the Races event to bring more recognition to the colored horses on the track. As floods of racehorse fans poured through the entry gates at Lone Star Park throughout the evening, APHA staff was able to speak with and educate the attendees about Paint Horses and racing. Once visitors stopped by to

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