The Jurga Report: Horse Health Headlines

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-378408852010-03-16T15:13:07.356-05:00The Jurga Report: Horse Health HeadlinesFran Jurga keeps you up-to-date in this EquiSearch.com blog on news about horse health, care, equine science and research that affects horses.EquiSearch.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12671815112903432584noreply@blogger.comBlogger902125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37840885.post-55672867988220636972010-03-16T15:13:00.001-05:002010-03-16T15:13:07.404-05:00This blog has moved

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EquiSearch.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12671815112903432584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37840885.post-31527361801379326302010-03-15T03:29:00.002-05:002010-03-15T04:09:40.220-05:00One Bolt of Lightning Kills Three Horses in South Carolina

The old saying we all grew up with was "Lightning never strikes the same place twice." But there's no old saying about how many lives a single lightning bolt can take when it only hits once.How about three nice big healthy Quarter horses, for starters? That's how many equine lives were lost on Friday when a wild line of squalls ripped through Anderson County, South Carolina. The sky cracked open

Fran Jurgahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05714349624852287450noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37840885.post-58285764620460210722010-03-12T12:42:00.004-05:002010-03-12T15:04:50.849-05:00United Nations Group Recognizes Spanish Riding School as Cultural Icon

by Fran Jurga | 12 March 2010 | The Jurga Report at Equisearch.comHere's some good news for a Friday afternoon. The United Nations agency UNESCO has given an iconic designation to the Spanish Riding School of Vienna by adding it to a list of immaterial cultural objects.The distinctive designation was announced in Vienna today. Maria Walcher from the Austrian UNESCO committee for immaterial

Fran Jurgahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05714349624852287450noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37840885.post-11878568408809403532010-03-11T20:40:00.005-05:002010-03-11T21:05:11.726-05:002018 Wellington WEG? Campaign Set to Begin to Bring FEI Games to South Florida

by Fran Jurga | 11 March 2010 | The Jurga Report at Equisearch.com The promoters of the Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, Florida would like to host the 2018 World Equestrian Games at their spectacular site. (photo from Winter Equestrian Festival web site)We haven't even survived the 2010 Alltech FEI Games yet, but that hasn't stopped the energetic people in Wellington, Florida. According

Fran Jurgahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05714349624852287450noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37840885.post-78868772759558179132010-03-11T01:40:00.009-05:002010-03-11T02:33:54.293-05:00Veterinary Stem Cell Therapy Association Formed at California Veterinary Conference

by Fran Jurga | 11 March 2010 | The Jurga Report at Equisearch.comPeek inside Thomas Edison's laboratory in his home in Florida. More than 100 years ago, his ultra-progressive experimentation with electric light, motion pictures and other early forms of technology and communication must have seemed as mystifying as stem cell research seems to most people today. (Photo by Staci)The following

Fran Jurgahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05714349624852287450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37840885.post-46301103278601106372010-03-10T23:59:00.003-05:002010-03-11T01:02:00.356-05:00AQHA Convention: Clones Should Not Be Registered as American Quarter Horses

by Fran Jurga | 10 March 2010 | The Jurga Report at Equisearch.com"Get real" was the AQHA's message to anyone planning to register a Quarter horse foal. Cloned horses, regardless of DNA, should not be registered by the AQHA, was the unanimous decision of the Stud Book and Registration Committee at this week's AQHA Convention in Florida. (Photo by Sarah/Sarowen)What a difference a year makes.A

Fran Jurgahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05714349624852287450noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37840885.post-46096377258813755832010-03-10T13:14:00.000-05:002010-03-10T13:14:56.442-05:00Peak Performance or Burnout? Diagnosing Overtraining Syndrome in Equine Athletes by Hormone Analysis

by Fran Jurga | 10 March 2010 | The Jurga Report at Equisearch.comResearchers at the University of Utrecht in The Netherlands created a variety of training and overtraining conditions in a group of Standardbred geldings. They trained them methodically on treadmills, similar to the one in this Erik Buehler photo taken at Kansas State University.A few weeks ago, I was bemoaning the absence of

Fran Jurgahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05714349624852287450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37840885.post-51688557983160558932010-03-09T05:00:00.000-05:002010-03-09T05:00:04.427-05:00Merial and Intervet to Merge in Animal Health Corporate Move by Parent Companies

by Fran Jurga | 9 March 2010 | The Jurga Report at Equisearch.comThe face of the pharmaceutical side of horse health is set to change again in the next year, following an announcement today:"(The French firm) sanofi-aventis and that sanofi-aventis has exercised its option to combine Merial with Intervet/Schering-Plough, Merck’s Animal Health business, to create a global leader in Animal

Fran Jurgahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05714349624852287450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37840885.post-90825581683645239942010-03-09T01:15:00.005-05:002010-03-09T02:19:16.695-05:00Nicki Henley: Veteran Eventer Returns from Tendon Injury for a World Cup Qualifier Win

by Fran Jurga | xx month 2010 | The Jurga Report at Equisearch.comWatching the results of the Red Hills International CIC***-W Horse Trial at Tallahassee, Florida this weekend had me scratching my head a bit. There was Mara Dean's name and she was riding...Nicki Henley? I remember that horse from Rolex, ages ago. Where's he been?He's been in his stall back home in Round Hill, Virginia, as it

Fran Jurgahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05714349624852287450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37840885.post-8037671499116675062010-03-08T22:23:00.004-05:002010-03-08T22:34:57.251-05:00Tough Break for WEG: Zara Phillips and Toytown Will Not Defend Their World Championship This Fall

by Fran Jurga | 8 March 2010 | The Jurga Report at Equisearch.comThis video is two years old, but if you change a word here and there, it fits for today's news from London.It's like deja vu all over again. It was sad to write then, and it's sad to write now.A year and a half ago, I wrote a heartfelt blog post announcing that one of my favorite Irish sport horses, Toytown, would not be headed to

Fran Jurgahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05714349624852287450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37840885.post-40484467582600199752010-03-07T22:08:00.007-05:002010-03-08T05:41:11.231-05:00So You Want to Breed Your Mare to Moorlands Totilas? Get in Line!

by Fran Jurga | 8 March 2010 | The Jurga Report at Equisearch.comHe's the hottest dressage horse in the world; the greatest sensation since the late Blue Hors Matine danced her way through the 2006 World Equestrian Games and into our hearts. But unlike Matine, Moorlands Totilas is still sound and still winning six months after breaking all the records in Europe last summer at Hickstead and the

Fran Jurgahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05714349624852287450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37840885.post-25290660172712856442010-03-07T19:16:00.010-05:002010-03-07T21:36:51.352-05:00Something's Ahoof in Kentucky: Equine Health and Welfare Board FIrst Step from New Organization as Kentucky Tops List of Legally Lax States for Abuse

by Fran Jurga | 7 March 2010 | The Jurga Report at Equisearch.comProgressive legislation that will enhance the health and welfare of the horse passed The Kentucky House of Representatives at the end of February on an uncontested bipartisan vote of 98-0. House Bill 398 will now be considered by the state's Senate.Just in time, too. Kentucky was recently named the best state in the USA to move to..

Fran Jurgahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05714349624852287450noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37840885.post-44349060621040134842010-03-04T14:12:00.010-05:002010-03-04T18:13:03.788-05:00US Dressage Olympian Courtney King-Dye Injured in Fall in Florida

by Fran Jurga | 4 March 2010 | The Jurga Report at Equisearch.comUS Dressage Olympian Courtney King-Dye of New Milford, Connecticut has been seriously injured in a fall from a horse while schooling in southern Florida. Courtney was rushed to the hospital yesterday and the horse world is united in wishing her a speedy recovery and return to the sport.According to most news outlets and reports,

Fran Jurgahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05714349624852287450noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37840885.post-51711241479282069502010-02-20T17:01:00.000-05:002010-02-20T17:17:38.854-05:00Video: FEI Working Group Will Have a Rolkur Action Plan in Six Weeks

by Fran Jurga | 20 February 2010 | The Jurga Report at Equisearch.comTrond Asmyr, Director of Dressage for the Federation Equestre Interationale (FEI) has prepared another videotaped news report to the world following last Tuesday's roundtable on how and if to enforce an official policy against the type of riding known as rollkur or hyperflexion, as a warmup technique for dressage horses before

Fran Jurgahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05714349624852287450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37840885.post-11555569517183543142010-02-19T01:21:00.002-05:002010-02-19T02:03:25.617-05:00Can You Ever Have Too Many Lipizzaners? The Spanish Riding School Thinks Not.

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Waiting my horse. Spanish Riding School. Vienna , originally uploaded by Abariltur. This photo compelled me to blog it. It was taken last week in that little street between the stables and the riding hall in Vienna. The

Fran Jurgahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05714349624852287450noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37840885.post-58607348427533883492010-02-18T23:31:00.002-05:002010-02-18T23:38:07.116-05:00Horses at the Winter Olympics? Almost As Exciting as the Half Pipe!

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Skijoring, originally uploaded by Nationaal Archief Back in 1928, horses brought some excitement to the Winter Olympic Games in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Skijoring, or racing on skis while being pulled by horses was a

Fran Jurgahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05714349624852287450noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37840885.post-17638903316153341622010-02-15T12:01:00.001-05:002010-02-15T12:01:00.261-05:00FEI Rollkur Meeting: Reactions from Around the Horse World

by Fran Jurga | 15 February 2010 | The Jurga Report at Equisearch.comThe battle is over. Shall we examine the battlefield? In this video clip, FEI Dressage and Para-Equestrian Dressage Director Trond Asmyr speaks about the outcome of the FEI's closed-door meeting held February 9 to discuss the practice of rollkur, or hyperflexion, or LDR, in training and schooling for dressage. Before the meeting

Fran Jurgahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05714349624852287450noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37840885.post-10565404469301926012010-02-14T14:59:00.007-05:002010-02-14T16:34:34.102-05:00Tragedy: European Dressage Sire Gribaldi Dead, Sired Totilas and Painted Black

by Fran Jurga | 14 February 2010 | The Jurga Report at Equisearch.comThe dominant international dressage breeding stallion Gribaldi, a Trakehner, has died in Europe. Photo linked from www.edwardgal.nl.Some people are still learning of the death of Blue Hors Matine; how can it be possible that the death of yet another superstar--perhaps the superstar--of international dressage could be in the news

Fran Jurgahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05714349624852287450noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37840885.post-83082821583885353742010-02-09T11:07:00.002-05:002010-02-09T11:14:14.754-05:00FEI Rollkur Roundtable Resolution: Aggressive force unacceptable, LDR still acceptable

by Fran Jurga | 9 February 2010 | The Jurga Report at Equisearch.com(following is the exact text of a press release received from the FEI today)Following constructive debate at the FEI round-table conference at the IOC Headquarters in Lausanne today (9 February), the consensus of the group was that any head and neck position achieved through aggressive force is not acceptable. The group

Fran Jurgahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05714349624852287450noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37840885.post-71245470174648486942010-02-08T12:19:00.008-05:002010-02-08T12:51:04.873-05:00Heavy-Duty Dressage: The Ground Will Shake at Aachen CHIO

by Fran Jurga | 8 February 2010 | The Jurga Report at Equisearch.comMax the logging horse is dreaming of dressage this winter.And his dreams may come true...on the international stage.This post sounds like the prelude to a children's book. There's that one about the Viennese cart horse that gets to stand in with the Spanish Riding School's Lipizzaners. And the one about the rundown London wagon

Fran Jurgahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05714349624852287450noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37840885.post-13709987136717397232010-02-06T21:57:00.013-05:002010-02-07T22:16:31.679-05:00Mark Todd May Run, Not Ride in Top USA Sporting Event THis Fall

by Fran Jurga | 6 February 2010 | The Jurga Report at Equisearch.comAmerican equestrian fans would love to see Mark Todd compete at the World Equestrian Games in Kentucky in September. But take away the horse; will New Yorkers hand the Kiwi a glass of Gatorade as he passes on foot?New Zealand Olympic Gold Medalist Mark Todd (left) is among a group of 20 runners from his country who are entered in

Fran Jurgahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05714349624852287450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37840885.post-2593197260970854212010-02-04T23:02:00.001-05:002010-02-06T00:49:50.160-05:00New York Horse Assassin Sentenced to Prison in Hoosick Falls Justice Twist

by Fran Jurga | 4 February 2010 | The Jurga Report at Equisearch.comDayPortPlayer.newPlayer({articleID:"6383",autoPlay:"false",slideShow:"false",playerInstanceID:"EADDDD54-D6FD-9524-EDC0-EDA20C1936FF",domain:"wnyt.dayport.com"});News film embedded from WNYT, Channel 13, in Albany, New York.When you cross into New York state from Bennington, Vermont, the fields look bigger, the tractors look

Fran Jurgahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05714349624852287450noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37840885.post-79246214678576842102010-01-30T19:35:00.000-05:002010-01-30T19:39:39.594-05:00Video: Nevada Wild Horse Roundup Protest Continues, Mustang Death Toll Rises

by Fran Jurga | 30 January 2010 | The Jurga Report at Equisearch.comOne of the Calico mustangs in a holding pen. BLM web site photo.Just when I thought it was time to update blog readers on the Calico roundup being conducted by the Bureau of Land Management in Nevada, ABC News's Good Morning America provides a nice little video capsule from today's show. The Department of Interior's agency

Fran Jurgahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05714349624852287450noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37840885.post-15393140060983397172010-01-30T00:01:00.004-05:002010-01-30T10:45:11.904-05:00Temple Grandin Docudrama Airs on HBO February 6th

by Fran Jurga | 30 January 2010 | The Jurga Report at Equisearch.comMark your calendar: Saturday, February 6, 8 p.m. on the east coast; check your local listings. If you don't know who Temple Grandin is, don't worry: you will. Publicity for the February 6th airing of HBO's original dramatization of Dr. Grandin's college days is sure to initiate a blitz of publicity and media stereotyping. But

Fran Jurgahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05714349624852287450noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37840885.post-57236302691032031682010-01-25T23:59:00.001-05:002010-01-26T10:45:53.268-05:00Dressage Sensation Blue Hors Matine Is Dead

by Fran Jurga | 25 January 2010 | The Jurga Report at Equisearch.comBlue Hors MatineA Fairy Tale Dressage StarTragic news rocketed through the horse world this morning from Denmark, where the sensational dressage mare Blue Hors Matine was euthanized following a freak paddock accident at Blue Hors Stud. I spoke with Karsten Petersen this afternoon, but he was hesitant to give many details,

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