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The unintended consequences of banning horse-slaughter

The unintended consequences of banning horse-slaughter

Tuesday, 11 January 2011 12:00

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As a rule, Americans don’t eat horse meat. We dropped the habit after World War II, but 14 percent of the world’s population still has a taste for it. That’s more than one billion people. Should Americans be allowed to serve that market?

dailycaller.com ... It’s an increasingly thorny question. Until recently, a handful of U.S. slaughterhouses processed horse meat for consumers overseas. But in 2007 Congress cut off the USDA’s funding for inspectors. Since then, says a study published last month in the Journal of Animal Science, a flood of unwanted horses has been unleashed on the American west...< read more >

FoodPolitik: By Rick Berman - The Daily Caller 12:13 AM 01/10/2011

Horse Health

Equine influenza is a respiratory disease of horses and other equidae that causes coughing, nasal discharge, depression, inappetance and fever of more than 38.5°C

Colic is the number one killer of horses (other than old age!) - take the Equine Guelph survey so they can get a better understanding of colic management practices

UPDATE 14 Aug 2012 - CFIA is implementing new import measures to protect Canadian livestock from an outbreak of vesicular stomatitis reported in Colorado, United States...

WCVM research survey targets Cushing’s disease

EIA is an infectious and potentially fatal viral disease affecting the immune system of members of the Equidae family

Strangles is a highly contagious bacterial disease of horses characterized by abscesses in the lymphoid tissue of the upper respiratory tract

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is urging livestock producers in the Prairie provinces to take the necessary precautions to protect their animals from anthrax this summer.

Ionophore Toxicosis in Horses - A Cautionary Tale

Vesicular stomatitis (VS), a viral disease affecting horses, reported in Arizona

Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) - protect your animals

UPDATE 17 SEPT - Alberta has had two confirmed cases of West Nile Virus in horses / Saskatchewan has six horses confirmed with WNV

Contagious Equine Metritis import requirements remain in effect

Equine infectious anaemia (EIA) is an infectious and potentially fatal viral disease affecting the immune system

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia - a new cause of respiratory disease in horses

Reported cases of Equine Herpesvirus in North America - now in Montana (Mar 2013)

Founder (laminitis) is inflammation of the sensitive lamina of the horses’ hoof

Equine Piroplasmosis is a tick-borne protozoal disease of horses