Day: April 29, 2012

New foot and mouth vaccine could be available soon

The illness is one of the world’s most contagious animal viruses. Although it does not infect humans, an outbreak in the US could cost the economy more than $50bn (£31bn), experts estimate.

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Farm Bill Lacks Authority for First Line Disease Testing System

Although mad cow disease is in the headlines this week after the discovery of an affected cow in California, the farm bill passed on Thursday by the Senate Agriculture Committee failed to include an inexpensive and uncontroversial provision authorizing the lab system that tested the animal.

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Great Southwest Equestrian Center Hosts First-Ever Olympic Dressage and Para Qualifier

As the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games approach, equestrians are attending this qualifying competition with the hopes of representing their country abroad this summer. The able-bodied CDI3* riders are vying for the opportunity to go to the 2012 USEF Olympic Dressage Selection Trials.

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J.W. Brooks Custom Hat Company offers hatitude to APHA members

FORT WORTH, TX— The American Paint Horse Association (APHA) ?recently announced a new corporate partnership with J.W. Brooks Custom Hat Company. The company, owned by Western artist J.W. Brooks, chose to enter into a relationship with APHA as a result of the association’s member enthusiasm and the special place the American Paint Horse holds in the Western culture. J.W. Brooks began making Western hats in 1991, when he was hired by legendary hat maker, Kevin O’Farrell, owner of O’Farrell Hat Company, on a hunch that Brooks’ artistic hand would lend itself naturally to the crafting of a

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