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| Round pen study uses remote-controlled cars |
| Source: TheHorse.com |
| Date: 01-Oct-2012 |
| A study by Australian equitation scientists used RC cars to compare horses' response to the cars vs. human trainers.
The study seems to show that "round pen training may rely on the offset of states of fear, anxiety, or fatigue to reinforce the target behavior of approaching and following the trainer."
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Remote-Controlled Cars Used to Study Round Pen Training
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| NS team shows well in Bromont |
| Source: HorseNovaScotia.ca |
| Date: 27-Sep-2012 |
| Nova Scotians were in fine form at the recent Canadian Interprovincial Equestrian Championships.
Team NS brought home a silver medal in reining, and individual medals were won by Kaleigh Bennicke of Shelburne, and Mary-Ann Cranton from Margaree Center. Bennicke won bronze in junior rening, and Cranton took bronze in senior reining.
Dara Pelkey-Field of Truro narrowly missed winning in the ... (read more on HorseNovaScotia.ca) |
| Do horses expect humans to solve their problems? |
| Source: TheHorse.com |
| Date: 27-Sep-2012 |
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| A study by Clémence Lesimple, PhD, has been trying to answer the question of whether horses that are "overly dependent on humans" might as a result have lower cognitive skills, and be less capable of solving their own problems. Test results showed positive correlations.
Lesimple said, "These findings suggest that horses with strong attachments to humans could lead to an impairme... (read more on TheHorse.com) |
| 3-D equine diagnostics to screen for roaring |
| Source: TheHorse.com |
| Date: 21-Sep-2012 |
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A new study being conducted at Equine Guelph aims to provide horse owners with a better diagnostic tool for roaring.
3-D ultrasound provides detailed imaging for vets and reduces the needs for some invasive biopsies. ... (read more on TheHorse.com) |
| You can lead a horse to a scary thing... and he'll get over it faster |
| Source: TheHorse.com |
| Date: 20-Sep-2012 |
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New research is showing that encouraging a horse to move toward an object he finds scary will help desensitize him, leading him to approach it with less fear the next day.
According to Winther Christensen, a research scientist at Aarhus University in Denmark, "If an animal avoids or escapes an object and can get away from it, that avoidance behavior gets reinforced, and the animal is ... (read more on TheHorse.com) |
| Horses put down as industry declines |
| Source: TheGlobeAndMail.com |
| Date: 17-Sep-2012 |
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Veterinarian and breeder Garth Henry is planning to inject a humane overdose of a barbiturate – tentobarbitol – into the jugular veins of five of his nine broodmares. His mares – “my girls,” he calls them – range in age from 14 to 20 and could live longer than 30 years. The drug will arrest their heartbeats in two minutes or less.
Four of these mares gave birth to colts and fillies this year ... (read more on TheGlobeAndMail.com) |
| Riding and Exercising Broodmares |
| Source: TheHorse.com, by H.S. Thomas |
| Date: 14-Sep-2012 |
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Some horse owners continue to ride and compete with a mare after she's bred, but is this good or bad for the mare and unborn foal?
Breeding mares then riding them or competing them is often a practical option with a young mare in training, and it is done occasionally with mares already showing, combining a show career with being a broodmare.
There are several possible advantages: t... (read more on TheHorse.com) |
| Stock Trailers: Another Option for Horses |
| Source: TheHorse.com, by Heather Smith Thomas |
| Date: 13-Sep-2012 |
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Many horsemen are discovering the versatility and economics of using stock trailers. A livestock trailer is generally less expensive than a horse trailer of comparable size. Stock trailers can be used for horses off the lot, or custom ordered to make them even more convenient for hauling horses.
Cimarron Trailers, manufactured in Chickasha, Okla., makes horse trailers and stock trailers, but a... (read more on TheHorse.com) |
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| Equine Veterinary Students Welcome New Learning Tool |
| Source: TheHorse.com, by S. Oke |
| Date: 11-Sep-2012 |
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Teachers at the Royal Veterinary College in London, England, recently developed a new study aid to help early-stage equine veterinary students better learn and memorize horse anatomy. The new study aid also provided fun and entertainment for the students. .
"Veterinary students are taught anatomy early in their education, but by the time the students reach the latter (clinical) years of ... (read more on TheHorse.com) |
| Researchers Evaluate Horses as Model of Human Depression |
| Source: TheHorse.com, by E. Larson |
| Date: 06-Sep-2012 |
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"Horses' and humans' basic body systems and physiology are quite similar, so in many cases research conducted in one species could be translated to the other," wrote Stacey Oke, DVM, MSc, in a recent article published in The Horse.
Some of the ailments horses and humans have in common include uveitis, cancer, and respiratory disease, among others. And according to recent s... (read more on TheHorse.com) |
| TLAER Founder, Primary Instructor to Retire in 2013 |
| Source: TheHorse.com |
| Date: 04-Sep-2012 |
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Tomas Gimenez, Dr.Med.Vet, founder and primary instructor of Technical Large Animal Emergency Rescue (TLAER) and professor emeritus at Clemson University, has announced that he will retire in 2013. Gimenez considered by some a founding father of TLAER, a movement which has grown to encompass global training efforts and recommended equipment for disaster and emergency preparedness, prevention and... (read more on TheHorse.com) |
| Veterinarians Urge Vaccination against West Nile Virus |
| Source: TheHorse.com, by E. Larson |
| Date: 31-Aug-2012 |
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As of Aug. 21, more than 110 cases of equine West Nile virus (WNV) have been reported this year in the United States, according to the United States Geological Survey. The majority of these affected horses were either not vaccinated against the disease, or not up-to-date on their WNV vaccination.
Since the mosquito season is far from over in some areas of the country, some horse owners mi... (read more on TheHorse.com) |
| 2012 Team PEI to Bromont for National Equestrian Championships |
| Source: IslandHorseCouncil.ca, by N. McCabe |
| Date: 29-Aug-2012 |
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| Two discipline coaches have been named for the Prince Edward Island team heading to the Canadian Equestrian Championships in Quebec this September. Gidget Oxner of Milton, PEI was selected as Team PEI's jumping coach, while Harma Germs-Fraser of Winsloe, PEI was selected as dressage coach. PEI Reiners have chosen not to send a team this year.
Qualifying events were held over the summer, bo... (read more on IslandHorseCouncil.ca) |
| New Surgical Treatment for Kissing Spines Evaluated |
| Source: TheHorse.com, by C. Bazay |
| Date: 28-Aug-2012 |
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| Here's some good news for owners of horses with kissing spines: A British research team recently developed a new, minimally invasive treatment method that boasted a 95% success rate in a recent study.
Kissing spines, technically termed overriding dorsal spinous processes (ORDSP), causes mild to severe back pain and can have a negative effect on a horse's ability to work. Several treat... (read more on TheHorse.com) |
| Surgical Options for Managing Roaring in Horses |
| Source: TheHorse.com |
| Date: 22-Aug-2012 |
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You might not be able to see a roarer from a mile away, but you sure can hear them. Horses with recurrent laryngeal neuropathy (RLN, often referred to as roarers due to the sound they make breathing) frequently require surgical intervention to both reduce the noise produced during exercise and to increase the amount of air they can take in while working.
Phil Cramp, BSc, BVM&S, MS, Dipl. ... (read more on TheHorse.com) |
| Nutrition for Rehabilitating the Starved Horse |
| Source: TheHorse.com, by Carolyn Stull |
| Date: 21-Aug-2012 |
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It is difficult to comprehend the long-term neglect and surrounding situations that produce such a devastated, depressed creature as a starved horse. The bones are so prominent that the skeleton appears to belong to a larger horse, the head is disproportionately large compared with the body, and the tail is always low and motionless.
But the low hanging head tells it all. The ears barely move... (read more on TheHorse.com) |
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