Dr. Jane
January 11, 2023
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — At least 20 horses in Louisiana have died after ingesting bacteria found in some alfalfa hay cubes from a manufacturer in Colorado, state agriculture officials said. The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry began notifying livestock owners and others about potential problems with some bags of “Top Of The Rockies Alfalfa Horse Cubes” in mid-December …
Dr. Jane
November 9, 2022
by Paulick Report Staff|09/11/2022|8:47am For the first time in 17 years, veterinarian salaries are trending up while debt is trending down. The mean debt-to-income ratio for new veterinarians is the lowest it’s been since 2005 at 1.4:1. Mean educational debt was down to $147,258, and the mean starting salary for full-time veterinarians, not just those practicing equine vet med, was …
Dr. Jane
September 14, 2022
Equine sports medicine and rehabilitation is a comparatively new veterinary specialty. Sarah le Jeune, DVM, Dipl. ACVS, ECVS, ACVSMR, certified equine acupuncturist, and Jessica Morgan, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVSMR, both specialty clinicians at the UC Davis veterinary hospital, provided some insights into this topic. The American College of Veterinary Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation (ACVSMR) is one of the newest specialty …
by Paulick Report Staff|07.06.202207.06.2022|1:01pm1:20pm The licenses of owner/trainer/authorized agent Marvin A. Johnson and veterinarian Dr. Cynthia Loomis have been summarily suspended by the stewards of the Indiana Horse Racing Commission, according to rulings dated July 4, the same day as the alleged violations. Neither ruling details what the licensees are alleged to have done. Both include language indicating the summary …
PULLMAN, Wash. – Many horse owners purchase painkilling and potentially dangerous drugs without having a veterinarian examine their horse first, a recent survey has found. The survey of 389 horse owners in the United States found a total of about 27% bought painkillers from noncompliant sources that would fall outside the veterinarian-client-patient relationship. As of November 2021, 47 states require …
As tensions run high in the abortion debate following the leak of Supreme Court draft opinion on overturning Roe v. Wade, the conversation is fueling some misleading and unevidenced narratives. One argument that has resurfaced in this context concerns the usage of abortion drug misoprostol. Some social media users have claimed that the drug, which has had US approval on …
“There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man.” — Winston Churchill “I was ill and unable to work,” said Joy. “Horses are my passion and our family was financially slipping, so I offered to sell them – the horses that is! “Horses are an expensive lifetime commitment. They live 25 …
A jury in California Superior Court for the county of Los Angeles has awarded Priscilla and Carlo Vaccarezza more than $1.5 million in damages and interest stemming from a medical negligence lawsuit they filed against veterinarian Dr. Vincent Baker and his Equine Medical Center for Baker’s treatment of the Vaccarezzas’ filly, Little Alexis, prior to the 2014 Breeders’ Cup World …
Dr. Jane
February 5, 2022
dr Lee Cyphers, Oaklawn’s longtime veterinarian, died Sunday, September 5 of complications from a brain aneurysm. He was a fixture at the Oaklawn starting gate and paddock for over three decades. He was a local vet in Hot Springs with a highly successful small animal clinic. However, his training focused on large animals and his passion was horses. From Oaklawn …
Dr. Jane
September 14, 2021
Dr. Lee Cyphers Dr. Lee Cyphers, veteran veterinarian of Oaklawn for many years, died on Sunday September 5th of complications from a brain aneurysm. For three decades he was a fixture at the Oaklawn gate and in the paddock. He was a local vet in Hot Springs with a very successful small animal clinic. However, his training focused on large …
