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Tip of the Week - Dermatophytosis, a fungal skin infection, is common in horses.  Fungi live in the environment (dirt, mud, shavings, straw and hay) and on the hair and skin of most horses.

KAM’s “Equine Learning Circle”Would you like to learn more about what can be done to help your horse with ulcers, EMS/IR, lameness, hives, colic, allergies, back pain, hoof problems, arthritis and so on? Do you struggle to determine the best nutrition for your horses and become completely overwhelmed by the vast array of feeds and supplements available? What about issues like conditioning, saddle fitting, shoeing, dehydration, long travel, legal use of supplements, teeth floating and the many other questions you need answered.

Get Involved! If you know of horsemen in your area struggling to keep afloat please pass this along, and be sure to thank the generous veterinarians who are donating to this effort.Join the American Horse Council and help support their efforts.Washington, DC – The Unwanted Horse Coalition’s (UHC) Operation Gelding program continues, with participation spread across the United States. The program, which was launched in late August 2010 with the help of seed money from the American Association of Equine Practitioners Foundation and the UHC, is designed to offer funding assistance to organizations, associations, and events that wish to conduct a public gelding clinic under the name and guidelines of Operation Gelding. An organization that has completed an Operation Gelding clinic will receive funding of $50 per horse, $1,000 maximum, to aid in the costs associated with the clinic.

Kentucky Veterinarians Curb Unwanted Horse PopulationSeveral of Central Kentucky's equine veterinarians are pitching-in to help lower the number of unwanted horses bred in the Commonwealth. On December 4, the Kentucky Horse Park, along with the Kentucky Horse Council and the Kentucky Equine Humane Center, will offer Free Gelding Surgeries for horse owners who cannot afford to have the surgery performed on their stallions.  In addition to rendering a stallion unable to reproduce, gelding surgery often helps horses become easier to manage, train, and if the need arises, adopt or re-home.