Day: November 3, 2010

APHA gearing up for a great Fall World Championship Paint Horse Show

Fort Worth, TX— Visitors to the American Paint Horse Association (APHA) Fall World Championship Paint Horse Show will be treated to a colorful showcase of the best horses and riders in Paint Horse competition. Featuring nearly a thousand horses, this year’s Fall World Show will take place November 4-13, 2010 at the Will Rogers Memorial Center in Fort Worth, Texas. The APHA Fall World Championship Show is a competition between the best Paint Horses we well as a gathering of breeders, owners and exhibitors from around the world. The horses at this level of competition provide a

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Reduced vaccine use likely caused virus spread in Michigan horses

A mosquito-borne disease might have spread among horses in Michigan this year due to a decrease in vaccines used, according to a state expert. Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) is a virus that can infect horses and humans and usually is carried by birds and mosquitoes. “I think there was a decline of the use of the vaccine because of the economy. It’s unfortunate because it might mean the loss of a horse,” said Steve Halstead, the state veterinarian in the Department of Agriculture. The increase of confirmed cases of infected horses this year is not connected to

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