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Contact: Consumer: 1-559-302-1062 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — September 25, 2015 — GOSHEN, CA — Western Milling announced today that it has voluntarily recalled 50 lb bags of Western Blend horse feed, LOT 5251, manufactured on September 8, 2015. This voluntary recall was initiated by Western Milling after it...
Beginning November 1, 2015, clenbuterol will be considered a forbidden drug per American Quarter Horse Association Rule Change: AQHA Rule VIO401. Earlier this year, positive drug tests for detection of clenbuterol in American Quarter Horse racehorses resulted in significant penalties. As previously announced April 24,...
Summer sores are a common problem in Arizona. These sores are commonly found on the lower limb, corner of the eye, and the urethral process of geldings and stallions. They can also be found on the face neck or any other area of the body...
SOLITUDE® IGR contains the active ingredient cyromazine, an insect growth regulator that inhibits the development of the exoskeleton in immature house and stable flies, preventing them from becoming adults. The intermediate host vector of Habronema larvae is Musca domestica (the common house fly). In addition...
TAKING A TEMPERATURE - This is one of the skills every horse owner should have and is incredibly valuable to your veterinarian. If your horse’s temperature is normally 99 and one day increases to 101 Fahrenheit, this may be an early indication of a problem....
Equine sarcoids are a very common locally invasive fibroblastic skin tumor. There are six distinct sarcoids that are classified according to their appearance and clinical behavior. Occult – this sarcoid is flat, no hair (alopecia) and may have mild scaling. Nodular – firm, well defined...
So you would like to breed your mare this year? You have done your "homework" and have located the ideal stallion for your mare. The only problem is that the mare is here in Arizona and the stallion is in Virginia. No problem! You have...
AAEP Vaccine Guidelines – http://www.aaep.org/info/guidelines-48 CORE VACCINES RISK BASED VACCINES Eastern Encephalomyelitis Anthrax Western Encephalomyelitis Botulism Venezuelan Encephalomyelitis Equine herpesvirus (EHV -1 & 4) Tetanus Equine viral arteritis Rabies Equine Influenza Potomac horse fever Rotavirus/rotaviral diarrhea Streptococcus equi – equi (strangles) Young Horse Vaccination 1. American Association of Equine Practitioners core vaccine protocol starting at 4 to 6 months...
Protection against West Nile induced encephalomyelitis requires attention to insect control and an effective vaccination program. There are four USDA licensed vaccines for horses. Two inactivated vaccines, a nonreplicating canary pox-vectored vaccine and an inactivated flavivirus chimeric vaccine. The following four USDA inactivated WNV vaccines are...
An ulcer is an area of damaged and eroded tissue that leaves behind a painful loose of protective tissue. Gastric and duodenal (the first portion of the small intestine) ulcers, are very common. Veterinarians have adopted the term “equine gastric ulcer syndrome” (EGUS) to describe...