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Outbreak Alerts: March 16, 2023 – Equine Herpesvirus- Neurologic in Riverside County, CA

Equine Herpesvirus- Neurologic

Confirmed Case(s) – Official Quarantine Source: California Department of Food and Agriculture Number Confirmed: 1Number Exposed: 9Facility Type: Event CenterAge: 17Gender: MareBreed: Polo ponyUsage: PoloOnset of Clinical Signs: 3/11/2023Clinical Signs: Dragging pelvic limb 2 days prior to decreased appetite, ataxia, and reactivity on cervical spinal palpation, then found recumbent and unable to rise the following morning. Afebrile.Horse Status: EuthanizedVaccination Status: Status … Read More

Outbreak Alerts: March 14, 2023 – Equine Herpesvirus- Neurologic in Los Angeles County, CA

Equine Herpesvirus- Neurologic

Confirmed Case(s) – Official Quarantine Source: California Department of Food and Agriculture Number Confirmed: 1Number Suspected: UnknownNumber Exposed: 61Facility Type: Private Facility Age: 19Gender: GeldingBreed: SaddlebredOnset of Clinical Signs: 3/13/2023Clinical Signs: Acute ataxia and urine dribblingConfirmation Date: 3/14/2023Horse Status: EuthanizedComments: A 19-year-old Saddlebred gelding at a private boarding facility in Los Angeles County displaying acute neurological signs was confirmed positive … Read More

Trail Savvy: How to Purify Water

The Berkey Travel water purifier is a gravity fed water filter. Photo Courtesy Robert Eversole. www.bigberkeywaterfilters.com

Avoid Waterborne Disease in Remote Areas This isn’t the stone age, and we’re civilized. We shouldn’t drink out of ponds, puddles, or streams anymore. When we extend our adventures and visit remote areas that don’t have reliable, clean water sources, we need a dependable way to ensure that our drinking … Read More

Outbreak Alerts: March 10, 2023 – Equine Herpesvirus- Neurologic in San Luis Obispo County, CA

Equine Herpesvirus- Neurologic

Confirmed Case(s) – Quarantine Released Source: California Department of Food and Agriculture Number Confirmed: 1Number Exposed: 26 Comments: No additional cases were confirmed, and the quarantine on this premises has been released.Previous Alerts: 2917 See past published Outbreak Alerts: https://nwhorsesource.com/category/news/alerts

New & Noteworthy: The 22nd Annual Northwest Horse Fair & Expo March 24 – 26 at Linn County Fair and Expo Center

Photo by Alise Lemoreaux

The Northwest Horse Fair & Expo will once again entertain horse lovers of all kinds March 24–26 at the Linn County Fair and Expo Center in Albany, Oregon. The expo offers a wide range of attractions for the horse enthusiast—elegant dancing horses, strutting stallions, fast paced precision drill team, a … Read More

Handing Over The Reins – Western States Horse Expo

Western States Horse Expo

Western States Horse Expo returns to Murieta Equestrian Center June 9-11, 2023 Scheduled for June 9-11, 2023 to be held at Murieta Equestrian Center, Sacramento, CA The new and revived crew is eagerly planning ahead to once again present the Nation’s Finest Horse Expo. Horse Expo’s Founder, Miki Nelsen explained, “with … Read More

Pacific Coast Dressage CDI and Open Show March 9-12

Steffen Peters and Suppenkasper. Photo provided by Kim F Miller. Credit: TheWestEquestrian.com

California competition features Olympians and a full roster of national contenders. March 2, 2023, Temecula, California – What the West Coast may lack in quantity of dressage contenders it more than makes up for in quality. The Pacific Coast Dressage CDI and Open Show March 9-12, at Galway Downs Equestrian in Temecula, … Read More

Cover Story: Cascadia Equine Veterinary Clinic and Rehabilitation Center

Cascadia Equine
Photos by Love and Joy Photography

Oregon Clinic Offers Horse Owners Multiple Services By: Danielle Meyersick Cascadia Equine Veterinary Clinic was opened as an ambulatory practice by Chris Wickliffe, DVM, in the fall of 2007 and became a brick-and-mortar facility in the spring of 2021. The clinic is in Tangent, Oregon and mobile services are offered … Read More

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