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Enter Online MADISON, Wis. – Horse owners, beware. An equine virus is growing more dangerous. The equine herpes virus type 1, or EHV-1, usually causes a respiratory infection. But the virus also takes a different form that strikes a horse’s central nervous system, sometimes causing death. Read more…
By JIM PROVANCE BLADE COLUMBUS BUREAU CHIEF COLUMBUS – As Ohio farmers prepare for a ballot showdown with animal rights activists over livestock confinement practices, Michigan has quietly followed a different path. Gov. Jennifer Granholm is expected to sign legislation making Michigan the seventh state to enact laws requiring that laying hens, breeding hogs, and veal calves have room to maneuver or spread their wings inside their cages or pens. Despite the price tag attached, agricultural groups in Michigan decided to negotiate now rather than fight a battle for public opinion some believed they couldn’t win. “Agribusiness
Schaumburg, IL “Congratulations, you’ve finally earned your veterinary degree. Here’s a bill for $130,000.” Veterinary school graduates are entering the profession today with educational debt that resembles an average mortgage in the United States. What a graduation gift. With average educational debt approaching the estimated $136,000 average of a U.S. home mortgage, veterinarians new to the field face significant financial challenges. But this isn’t only about veterinarians. It’s about animal and public health, as well as food safety. The sobering debt levels of veterinary graduates are forcing many beginning practitioners to make some tough decisions about where
Federal drug authorities are providing guidance for veterinarians on the use and compounding of a drug used in the treatment of hyperadrenocorticism (Cushing disease) in dogs. The Food and Drug Administration published online a letter to veterinarians Sept. 11 that states Vetoryl is the only FDA-approved animal drug containing trilostane as the active ingredient. The letter also states the drug should not be imported from other countries, should not be compounded in bulk, and can be legally compounded only if Vetoryl is used as the starting material. “An animal drug that is compounded from bulk drug ingredients
America’s Horse, October 13, 2009 – The American Quarter Horse Association is accepting applications for the 2010 Best Remuda Award. The Best Remuda Award is presented each year by the American Quarter Horse Association and Bayer Animal Health to honor the contributions that ranch horses have made to the heritage of the American Quarter Horse. The term remuda means a group of working horses bred by the ranch specifically to work and pen cattle. Any ranch that has five or more American Quarter Horse mares used to produce horses for ranch work and is a member of AQHA is