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221 Rubicon Road Benton, La
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10740 N US Hwy 377 Stephenville, Tx 76401
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3900 CR 805 B Cleburne , TX 76301
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5515 Hwy 190, DeRidder, LA 70634
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202 E Bo Gibbs Dr Glen Rose , TX 76043
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482 County Road 080, Jasper, TX, United States, Texas 75951
Featured Loxahatchee, FL-August 2, 2010 – The Vinceremos Therapeutic Riding Center (VTRC) is pleased to announce that it will be hosting two volunteer orientations for both new and current volunteers. The first orientation will be held Friday, August 6, from 3pm-5pm, and the second orientation will be held Saturday, August 21, from 10am-12pm. The orientation will address VTRC’s practices and procedures as well as the necessary changes for a successful year. Volunteers are needed to assist with barn chores and lessons throughout the day. The volunteer program is the backbone of VTRC, which includes 17 horses and 100
Gladstone, NJ -August 3, 2010 – The United States Equestrian Team Foundation is pleased to announce that it will be offering three lovely items during a silent auction held at the 2010 Collecting Gaits Farm/USEF Dressage Festival of Champions. The Festival features two consecutive weekends of extraordinary competition at the USET Foundation Headquarters in Gladstone, New Jersey. The first weekend of competition will be held August 6 – 8, 2010, and the second week will be held August 13 – 15, 2010. Bidding for the silent auction will begin on August 6, 2010, and the winners will
The US House Transportation Infrastructure Committee passed legislation H.R. 305, Horse Transportation Safety Act of 2009 to improve horse welfare.The bill now moves to the House of Representatives for a vote. The legislation intends to prohibit the interstate transportation of horses in motor vehicles with two or more floors or levels stacked on top of each other. The legislation was introduced by U. S. Representatives Mark Kirk(R-ILL) and Steve Cohen(D-TENN) and has 70 cosponsors. Read More…
Hampton, Ia. – The young hogs that Larry Sailer raises will get a series of antibiotics before they wind up on anyone’s table as pork chops and bacon. But one of the drugs used here and on other farms isn’t designed to treat or ward off illness. That antibiotic fattens hogs on less feed, shaving farm production costs and boosting profits. Doctors and public health experts have long worried that there’s a human price to using drugs this way – and President Barack Obama’s administration is listening. The Food and Drug Administration says overuse of the drugs
TAMPA, Fla. – Two Florida residents have died from Eastern equine encephalitis, a mosquito-borne disease that is rare among humans but has infected a rising number of horses in the state, health officials said Friday. Both deaths were in the Tampa area, where a woman died on July 1 and an infant died Wednesday, the Hillsborough County Health Department said. The disease known as EEE causes brain inflammation. There is no vaccine for humans. “It’s a fairly rare disease,” said Steve Huard, spokesman for the Hillsborough health department. Only a few human cases a year are reported
When it comes to cattle, Nebraska is a leader among states with the second highest number of cattle (6.25 million head) and the nation’s leading cattle slaughter (6.72 million head) in 2009. Cash receipts for cattle in Nebraska last year was more than $7 billion. But like the growing shortage of health care providers in Nebraska’s rural counties, the number of veterinary medicine providers is also low, considering the number of cattle in the state. For example, in 2007, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Cherry County had one food animal veterinarian per 145,781 animals. Nebraska’s