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Bronson Announces Import Restrictions on Horses from Texas
TALLAHASSEE -- November 18, 2009 -- Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson today announced the imposition of import restrictions on horses coming into Florida from Texas following the discovery of hundreds of Texas horses positive for Theileria equi, one of two organisms responsible for causing Equine Piroplasmosis (EP).
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Vesicular Stomatitis Quarantine Lifted in Starr County, Texas
Texas animal health officials have lifted a quarantine on a ranch in Starr County, where horses have recovered from vesicular stomatitis (VS), a virus that occurs sporadically in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Wyoming and other western states. Currently, there are no quarantines or active investigations for vesicular stomatitis in Texas. Livestock susceptible to VS include horses, cattle, sheep, pigs, deer and other cloven-hoofed animals.
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Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica Partners with The EQUUS Foundation
WESTPORT, CT - August 1, 2009 - Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. (BIVI) has designated The EQUUS Foundation as the beneficiary of its equine product sales donation program. BIVI will make donations on behalf of the veterinarians who make qualifying purchases on the company equine products during the last five months of 2009.
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Farrier Michael Wildenstein to Be Feature Presenter at 5th International Equine Conference
Wellington, FL - July 31, 2009 - The Fifth International Equine Conference on Laminitis and Diseases of the Foot is pleased to announce that farrier Michael Wildenstein will be a featured speaker at this year's event. Wildenstein will be conducting a workshop on Foot Management Strategies for Laminitis with Dr. Mike Steward. The conference will be held November 6-8, 2009, at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, FL.
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Fifth International Equine Conference on Laminitis and Diseases of the Foot
Wellington, FL - July 8, 2009 - The Fifth International Equine Conference on Laminitis and Diseases of the Foot is pleased to announce featured presentations by the top veterinarians and farriers from around the world. This year's conference will be held November 6-8, 2009, at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, FL.
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Foreign Animal and Emerging Diseases Course
The Center for Agriculture and Food Security and Preparedness will host a week-long training course on Foreign Animal and Emerging Diseases (FAED) August 3-7, 2009. FAED trainings have been held in Knoxville both in 2005 and 2007. This event is jointly sponsored with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and includes speakers with international expertise on foreign animal and emerging diseases as well as researchers from Plum Island Animal Disease Center.
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