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While EHV-1 remains a persistent threat, the disease risk level is dropping towards the baseline number of cases seen in any other year. Meanwhile, indoor arena use will be allowed again on April 12 by a “single household or bubble”.
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Official: “I have to confess that donkeys have never been a priority. I do hope that this study will contribute to a better consideration for these animals.”
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It is an important drug for treating equine uveitis, but can have effects on gut action, increasing the risk of colic.
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“The measure of how you look after the horse is how you look after the retired one.”
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“He’s at the beginning of his journey but he looks amazing and he’s really got something a bit special.”
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The FEI Tribunal finds against a high profile figure in the Endurance community.
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“Mortality is not an inevitable outcome of racing and may represent the endpoint of a continuum of influences whose effects might be anticipated.”
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Days End Farm Horse Rescue (DEFHR) has been approved for $500,000 as part of a Legislative Bond Initiative in Maryland.
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Registration is still open for the fifth International Forum for the Aftercare of Racehorses (IFAR), which is being held virtually this year as a series of four live weekly webinars.
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The Botai may have represented the final chapter in a millennia-long tradition of mass harvesting of wild horses, they said.
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The newly recognised Hendra variant shares ~99% sequence identity with the strain at the centre of an unexplained horse death in 2015, and has been detected in grey-headed flying fox samples from Adelaide.
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A new study analyzes genome-wide data for 111 ancient individuals spanning the Central Asian Steppe.
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“Fresh Start for Philly Youth” launches fundraising campaign as new movie starring Idris Elba gallops onto screens.
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“Location of lesions influenced their impact on performance and could affect several measures of racing performance,” researchers report.
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“We need to be brave, ambitious, creative, forward-looking and, most importantly, supportive and ready for change. It is time to stop the talk and take action.”
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A three-part virtual stallion expo is taking place this month to replace the annual open day at Stallion AI Services in Britain.
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“The equine industry would benefit from precise guidelines for distances in which equids can be safely housed without the risk of disease transmission.”
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Riders Emile Hendrix, Peter Charles and Frederick Goltz have established the EHV Relief Fund with the support of several organisations. Already €250,000 has been pledged.
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Bit type, breed and even the sex of the horse affected the risk of mouth-related injuries being present the study team found.
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Foundation seeks proposals for resaerch to investigate the possible effects horses have on humans who have experienced trauma.
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