by Staff Writer | May 22, 2011 | Equine Health - Dr. Mike Manno, DVM, News, PoloZONE Updates
California EHV-1 Causing EHM Disease Update as of 12 pm 5/22/2011 California has one new confirmed case of Equine Herpes Myeloencephalopathy (EHM) caused by EHV-1. There are 17 confirmed EHM cases in the state. The positive confirmed cases are located in the...
by Staff Writer | Apr 18, 2010 | Equine Health - Dr. Mike Manno, DVM, News, USPA
April 17, 2010 By Dr. Mike Manno, DVM The United States Polo Association held their spring meetings in Wellington this past week in conjunction with the U.S Open finals at IPC. I made the coast to coast trek to attend the welfare committee meeting along with some...
by Staff Writer | Mar 12, 2010 | Equine Health - Dr. Mike Manno, DVM, News
Equine Health Report USPA Equine Drugs and Medications Rules By Dr. Michael Manno, DVM March 11, 2010 It was a little less than a year ago when the polo world was rocked with the horrifying loss of 21 horses at IPC due to a fatal drug administration. As national and...
by Staff Writer | Apr 25, 2009 | Equine Health - Dr. Mike Manno, DVM
A Wake Up Call Comes Sadly Too Late … By Dr. Mike Manno, DVM, MS About a year ago I wrote a couple of articles in my column relating to the mounting pressure on the horse industry to clean up its act. Most of this turmoil was stemming from the outrage over equine...
by Staff Writer | May 28, 2008 | Equine Health - Dr. Mike Manno, DVM
Well, that did not take long. Last week I wrote a piece alluding to the possibility of mounting pressure on the competitive horse industry and since then, several major developments have arisen. First, and probably most important is that the United States House...
by Staff Writer | May 20, 2008 | Equine Health - Dr. Mike Manno, DVM
May 19, 2008: The beginning of the end?……hopefully not. Where I grew up, May always meant the Kentucky Derby on the 1st Saturday and the Indy 500 on Memorial Day weekend – fast horses and faster cars flying around oval tracks – two sports that have very similar...
