Day: January 23, 2008

American Paint Horse shines brightly in spotlight of Fort Worth’s Chisolm Challenge

FORT WORTH, TEXAS—At the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo’s Chisholm Challenge, held Jan. 8–9 in Fort Worth, Texas, Paint Horse BR Miss Macho topped a field of 98 horses to earn the prestigious Carrot Award, which is presented to one horse that distinguishes itself through its actions. The Chisholm Challenge is a horse show for special needs riders from therapeutic riding centers across North Texas. This year, it attracted about 100 riders from seven centers and included 65 English, Western, halter and driving classes. The showring, however, is the last place owner Linda Tucker of Stephens,

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New EPM Research Sheds Light on Spread of Causative Parasite

by: Stacey Oke, DVM, MSc  After years of studying equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM), a serious neurological disease in horses, scientists have mapped the first steps in the migratory path of Sarcocystis neurona–the chief parasitic cause of EPM. “Before now, it was unclear how the parasite gained entry to the horse’s central nervous system to cause disease,” explained study co-author William Saville, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM, chair of the Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine at The Ohio State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine. After feeding six ponies S. neurona sporocysts, the parasite was identified in abdominal lymph nodes,

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January 23, 2008 No Comments