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Are your foals outside full-time with their dams? Or do you keep your breeding stock indoors with occasional pasture access? The answers to these questions might have consequences on your foal’s digestive health, even on a microscopic level.
In a new study, young foals raised as members of a free-roaming herd had a vastly more varied hindgut microbiome than those raised in stalls with regular turnout. The results suggest that even in the first six weeks of life, when foals are still mostly nursing, management affects horses’ gut microbiota, said Meredith Tavenner, MSc, of the Department of Animal and Food Sciences at the University of Delaware, in Newark.
UpdatedWed, Mar 17, 2021 at 12:26 pm ET
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A historic barn that had apartment units in it was burned in one of several brush fires across Chester County Sunday. The fire on Wawaset Road left the property owner burned and two horses dead. (Nicole Henwood)
POCOPSON TOWNSHIP, PA A barn fire that destroyed a historic structure along Wawaset Road in Chester County Sunday left the owner burned, four apartment residents unharmed but displaced, two horses dead, and seven horses out in the elements.
The historic stone barn that had apartment units in it burned up in one of several brush fires across Chester County Sunday as high winds and low humidity stoked fires. The barn fire on Wawaset Road was among multiple blazes that fire and emergency crews rushed to throughout the afternoon.
Kentucky Position on EHV-1
The Kentucky State Veterinarian s office is being proactive in disseminating information and offering assistance to facility and equine event managers to stave off spread of neurologic equine herpesvirus.
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Mar 8, 2021
The office of Kentucky s State Veterinarian released this EHV-1 statement early on Monday, March 8, 2021.
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The following was provided from the Kentucky State Veterinarian s office: In the past seven days, we have learned of multiple occurrences of EHV-1 impacting equine events throughout the world. Additionally, as we are coming to the time of year that we historically see an increase in movement of equine exhibition and racing stock into Kentucky, I want to remind all associated parties that mitigating risk of disease introduction is a shared responsibility that requires commitment from each individual exhibitor, trainer, event manager, facility operator, veterinarian and animal health official.
EHV-1 Positive Horse In Pennsylvania Not Associated With European Outbreak Sponsored by:
On March 3, the Equine Disease Communication Center (EDCC) reported that one horse was euthanized after being admitted to the University of Pennsylvania s New Bolton Center with neurologic signs of Equine Herpes Myeloencephalopathy (EHV-1).
The horse, who lived in Pennsylvania, had no known affiliation with any international travel or competition, and is not considered to be associated in any way with the EHV-1 outbreak in Europe.
Veterinarians and horse owners in the United States are closely following the EHV-1 outbreak in Europe and remain vigilant in their efforts to prevent its spread to the States. EHV-1 is spread between horses from nasal discharge or aerosol droplets, as well as from touching contaminated surfaces.