A Personal Account and Anguish from the 2008 EEE Outbreak in North Florida
June 24, 2008 - Eastern Equine Encephalitis is on the rampage in our area. Please advise people to get their horses vaccinated! I have the test results from the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Division of Animal Industry-Bureau of Diagnostic Laboratories - attached is one of two lab results on the horses that we had come down with EEE. The third horse we did not have tested. We know it was the same thing. Vet bills run up too quickly!
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AAEP's Emergency & Disaster Preparedness Committee - Guidelines for Evacuation
In light of the devastating events surrounding Hurricane Katrina, AHP joins the American Horse Council in forwarding this Important Hurricane Evacuation Information provided by the American Association of Equine Practitioners.
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Awww! It's birthing time for the foals!
For twenty years Sherry Smith has imported champion dressage European warmbloods as a foundation for the dressage and jumping stock she breeds. Dogwood Farm followed standard breeding practices until they bred a magnificent black registered Westfalen stallion colt that they named Freedomhall.
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BARBARO^TM Jewelry by Jane Heart
March 7, 2008, Arizona - Jane Heart announces the introduction of her original, licensed jewelry designs of the charismatic race horse Barbaro. Through his valiant fight to recover from a broken leg and then laminitis, he touched our hearts with his courage and incredible spirit. In cooperation with Gretchen Jackson, Jane has adapted a favorite picture of Barbaro, looking out of his stall the morning of the Preakness, to an inspirational heart design.
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Classic Company's 4th Annual Horses Helping Horses charity event.
Harrodsburg, KY — May 8, 2008 — Bob Bell, president of the Classic Company and host of the Atlanta Summer Classics at the Georgia International Horse Park in Conyers, GA, is one who believes “change can be for the greater good”. Bell said this in reference to the 4th Annual Horses Helping Horses charity event that will take place during the June AA rated Hunter-Jumper series. Horses Helping Horses, benefiting Old Friends Thoroughbred Retirement Facilit
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Craig Carter Named Director of Kentucky Livestock Disease Center
July 10, 2007 - Craig Carter, DVM, PhD, a 26-year veteran in diagnostic veterinary medicine, is the new director of the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture's Livestock Disease Diagnostic Center (LDDC).
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Golden Hay Relief Program
The Golden LEAF Foundation has made a grant of $500,000 to the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to assist with transportation of hay or forage in the state. Golden LEAF grant funds will be used to reimburse livestock and equine operators for the transportation of bales of corn, soy and other stover or fodder within North Carolina to cattle operations elsewhere in the state.
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ShowBed Soft and SciZyme from FlexTran Inc.
FlexTran, Inc. brings two great bedding products to the horse and livestock community. ShowBed Soft bedding and SciZyme Ammonia Control are now available at a feed dealer near you.
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