Join The Equiery Out & About! Horseland at The Maryland State Fair • Maryland Hunter Pace Series • Maryland Horse Council BBQ • Washington International Horse Show • Lisbon Christmas Parade! Keep a look out for this weekly post for updates on these great Maryland events and more to come!
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EMC Announces Exciting Addition to Sports Medicine Team The Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center (EMC) in Leesburg, VA is pleased to announce the addition of Dr. Maureen Kelleher to its faculty. Receiving her veterinary degree from the University of California-Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, Dr. Kelleher is a board-certified surgeon who also completed her surgical residency at UC Davis. Dr. Kelleher brings to EMC years of experience in a large equine private practice in southern California specializing in sport and performance horses. Dr. Kelleher’s focus at this practice was lameness, equine sports medicine, advanced diagnostic imaging, and...
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MRI: A Highly Effective Diagnostic Tool & Treatment Aid by Nathaniel A. White, II DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVS Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), a technology available for horses, works differently from x-rays and ultrasound by detecting abnormal tissue density and fluid based on tissue response to magnetization. MRI has revolutionized injury detection in horses by under- standing the changes occurring in different tissues with different injuries. Initially MRI studies could only be completed with horses under general anesthesia in MRI units made for humans. An open magnet was later created for use in standing horses and is in use at...
Read MoreThe Maryland Horse Industry Board is now accepting grant applications for research, educational and promotional projects that support horses or the equestrian community, or develop new opportunities for the Maryland horse industry. Application deadline is October 2. Among the organizations eligible for grants are non-profit organizations, clubs and associations, businesses, licensed farms and stables, government entities, schools and educational institutions. Projects of interest to the Board include (but are not limited to) those that develop new opportunities for the Maryland horse industry. Projects will be evaluated for their value to the industry, degree of industry promotion, size and scope of activity, financial need, potential for matching funds, benefits and quality of the written presentation. Grant requests should not exceed $3,000. The average grant amount is approximately $1,000. In 2017, 28 projects received $30,000 in grant allocations. Funding for these grants and for the Maryland Horse Industry Board is provided by the Maryland Feed Fund, which collects $6 on every ton of horse feed sold in Maryland. Since the fund was established in 2002, MHIB has awarded over $400,000 in grant monies to over 300 projects throughout Maryland. “Horses are a critical component to Maryland’s agricultural industry. The Maryland Horse Industry Board and The Feed Fund do a terrific job in helping to stimulate growth and opportunity in Maryland’s equestrian community—without using any government funding,” said Horse Industry Board Chairman Jim...
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Hurricane Harvey…there are horses drowning…why the heck should we care about filling out yet another survey? Because. Because the horrific footage of Harvey’s biblical flooding and the ongoing rescue efforts of people and animals reminds us that the government, run by and for the people, runs on data – NEEDS data in order to assist, help, provide, DO. In order to gather data, citizens – horse owners – need to engage. It is incumbent upon us, as citizens, to participate in data-gathering projects, such as the American Horse Council’s survey. And the participation of Maryland horse people this year...
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On Monday, August 21, the City of Baltimore and the B&O Railroad Museum announced a joint effort to raise $2.5 million in charitable donations to build new, state-of-the art stables for the Baltimore Police Department’s mounted unit, to be located on the 40-acre campus of the B&O Museum in West Baltimore. The new stables would include an educational facility with classrooms and a railroad station stop for museum visitors. Schoolchildren will be able to visit for free, to encourage stronger relationships between city youth and city police officers. Founded in 1888, the Baltimore City mounted unit is the nation’s...
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