The Canadian Food Inspection Agency sent us the following news release: OTTAWA, December 24, 2008 – The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has launched an investigation after confirming that horse semen was imported into Canada from a United States stallion subsequently determined to be infected with contagious equine metritis (CEM). There are no human health [...]
Due to the recent outbreak of CEM in Kentucky, we have a new article on our web site about Contagious Equine Metritis (CEM). It can be found in the articles section The biggest concern is if the US should lose its CEM free status. If that should occur, it will have a SERIOUS impact on [...]
We have received 2 more updates on CEM from Jos Mottershead of the Equine Reproduction site. CEMO-positive Stallion Number Increases The number of stallions reported as positive for the presence of /Taylorella equigenitalis/ the causative agent for Contagious Equine Metritis in the Kentucky USA outbreak has risen to six the index farm reports. Seven stallions [...]
We had just started our horse business and thought we would breed our black/white tobiano mare to a solid sorrel stud. We thought we might get a buckskin out of the combination. We ended up with a solid bay filly. She wasn’t the prettiest filly but we fell in love with her anyway. We went [...]
It was just a week before Christmas when two starving horses were discovered in the rugged mountains of the B.C. Interior – hip bones protruding, backs blanketed in ice, weakened bodies teetering between life and death. Logan Jeck, 21, came upon the pair while retrieving two tourists’ snowmobiles in the snow-covered terrain. He went home [...]
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) issued a warning late Friday, Dec. 26, that semen from one of the four Quarter Horses confirmed positive for contagious equine metritis (CEM) had been shipped to farms in Ontario and Alberta. It had begun an investigation on Dec. 24. Frozen semen from the stallion was sent to Ontario [...]
Hot Lopin Sensation, Indian Artifacts, Repeated in Red and Potential Investment standing at Degraff Stables/Liberty Farm Equine Reproduction enter LLC have all been identified as having tested positive for Contagious Equine Metritis (CEM). Officials had considered this highly contagious venereal disease eradicated from the United States until it was identified during routine testing of a [...]
I thought I would brag about achieving a New Years Resolution for a change. Every other year I resolved to lose weight and it never happened. Even with a broken tooth to keep my holiday eating to minimum I am sure I wouldn’t be able to qualify for saying I achieved success for that resolution [...]
I found this on the Wild Horses of Alberta Society website: It was confirmed that the dead horse found was indeed shot. As a result, the Alberta Sustainable Resources Department and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police are working together to try to solve it. Don Livingston, land management planning officer with the SRD in Rocky [...]
Stolen Horse, from Fanny Bay, Last seen at Happy Pet Lodge where she was boarded on Artela Road, off Cougar Smith Road, November 30, 2008. Paint Mare, 3yrs old. 10 yr old child has raised this horse from a weanling and is devastated. Would love her horse back for Christmas. Please contact David Peel at [...]
I think one of the most heartwarming Christmas stories I have heard this year is that some folks in the McBride area are doing what it takes to save a couple of horses that were stranded in the area. Shovelling a long and deep trench in record cold weather trying to beat the next storm [...]
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