Penn State Horse Newsletter
Edited by Extension Horse Specialist Dr. Ann Swinker, the Penn State Horse Newsletter for horse owners and horse specialists. Articles on the many facets of horse health, management, Penn State equine events related to the horse industry in Pennsylvania.
Edited by Extension Horse Specialist Dr. Ann Swinker, the Penn State Horse Newsletter publishes articles on the many facets of horse health, management, Penn State equine events related to the horse industry in Pennsylvania.
- 2009 Pennsylvania State Horse Show
- The 50th annual Pennsylvania State 4-H Horse Show featured 896 youth with 999 horses and a recognition of volunteers and 4-H'ers who have participated over the years.
- Equine Environmental Stewardship Conference (Harrisburg, PA, from Nov 06, 2009 06:00 PM to Nov 08, 2009 04:30 PM)
- In equine, babesiosis is an acute, subacute, or chronic infectious hemolytic disease caused by the intraerythrocytic protozoa Babesia equi and Babesia caballi. The disease is also known as equine piroplasmosis and "African Horse Sickness."
- The following equine disease information is an excerpt from Equine Disease Quarterly October 2009. In this articles is information on: Contagious equine metritis (CEM), EHV-1, equine influenza, piroplasmosis, mare reproductive loss syndrome (MRLS), anaplasmosis (Anaplasma phagocytophila) and borreliosis (Borrelia burgdorferi).
- PA State 4-H Horse Show Judges and Show Management School (University Park, PA, from Feb 19, 2010 05:00 PM to Feb 21, 2010 03:00 PM)
- The PSU Fall Equine Issues Forum and PA EQuine Council's Annual Meeting, November 6, 7 and 8, 2009 at the Holiday Inn East in Harrisburg, PA.
- Rabies is a fatal viral disease of mammals. Its occurrence is relatively rare in horses (as compared to other infectious neurologic diseases).
- November 6-7-8, 2009 Equine Issues Forum, PA Equine Council Annual Meeting and SHCAC Fall Meetings
- Source of this information: http://veterinarynews.dvm360.com/
- For more information about the Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services, visit www.agriculture.state.pa.us and click on “Animal and Plant Health” on the left navigation
- This is part of a national Horse Program. This progressive series of lessons is designed to offer equine science information, student activities, and techniques to foster positive youth development.
- Release supplied by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services, By Craig Shultz, DVM.
- Equine Herpes Virus-1: What You Should Know
- July 13, 2009 press release.
- The Unwanted Horse Coalition produces helpful information for the nation's horse owners.
- Prepared by the American Horse Council, Study on Contributing Factors Surrounding the Unwanted Horse Issue.
- Making sure pastures are not overgrazed will help avoid laminitis. Forage species store sugars when they are under stress. By: University of Minnesota Extension
- The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has just notified New Mexico that a horse in De Baca County has been confirmed as positive for the New Jersey strain of vesicular stomatitis. The premise has been under quarantine in which no other horses have been exhibiting signs.
- The disease causes encephalitis, or swelling of the brain, in both horses and humans. Humans and horses contract the disease from a mosquito that has bitten an infected bird.
