horses

The Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service seeks public comments on proposed amendments to its import regulations for horses. According to USDA, the proposed amendments would better align regulations with international standards ...

The Oregon Department of Agriculture said over the past two weeks, they have received six confirmed reports of West Nile Virus in horses, with another suspected case under investigation. The cases are spread out across the state, in Umatilla, Malheur, and Klamath counties ...

Horse owners across the Pacific Northwest are reminded the importance of vaccinating their animal against the West Nile Virus. Cases of mosquitos and horses with the virus have been reported this month in Central Washington as well as southern Idaho ...

The owner of a horse farm southwest of Portland faces a felony charge for animal neglect, after investigators found nearly 50 horses they say were not being given adequate food or water. Because of the number of animals on the property, Susan Swango, 82, faces one count of 2nd Degree animal neglect ...

The Forest Service has announced that federal grazing fees on national forests and grasslands will remain at $1.35 per head/month for 2021. A head month is a unit the Forest Service uses to define a month’s use of the range by a cow/calf pair, by five goats or sheep, or by a single bull, steer, heifer, horse, burro, or mule. The ...

The Cold Springs Fire south of Omak has burned tens-of thousands of acres, destroyed homes, outbuilding and much more. But it’s not just humans that are the victim of this fire. Thousands of horses and cattle now have little to nothing to eat after fields were burned and barns were destroyed. I ...

According to Washington State University, 11 horses housed at the College of Veterinary Medicine have contracted equine influenza. The horses are a USDA research herd used to study tick-borne parasitic disease. The herd is currently quarantined, and all horses are recovering under veterinary care ...

The Washington state Department of Agriculture is warning horse owners across the region to vaccinate against West Nile. This is typically the time of year when mosquito populations start to explode thanks to the combination of standing water from spring rains and increasing temperatures ...

State health officials say for the first time, a Central Oregon county has recorded West Nile virus.  West Nile was first reported in Oregon in 2003, but 16 years later, this is the first time the virus has been reported in a horse in Crook County east of Bend.  ...

State health officials say for the first time, a Central Oregon county has recorded West Nile virus.  West Nile was first reported in Oregon in 2003, but 16 years later, this is the first time the virus has been reported in a horse in Crook County east of Bend.   ...