Agriculture Sites Listed by State

Nation Wide Trailering Assistance

MyHorseMatters.com - Twice-monthly online newsletter that includes horse-health news, views, research and happenings, plus an interactive Q&A veterinary forum and links to in-depth articles. Also offers a horse-health related calender of events, plus articles and links to other quality horse-health sites. Bonus: This site offers a link to Get-a-DVM, hosted by Bayer Animal Health, which makes it easy for clients to find an AAEP member veterinarian.

Michigan Quarter Horse Association

Sleepy Hollow Pet Cemetery & Crematory

American Horse Council

The Horse.com - Your Guide to Equine Health Care

The United States Pony Clubs

United States Equestrian Federation

United States Dressage Federation

United States Eventing Association

The Chronicle of the Horse

American Horse Trials Foundation, Inc.

North American Riding for the Handicapped Association

United States Equestrian Team Foundation

International Federation for Equestrian Sport

CANTER - Michigan

BlindHorses.org - A guide to loving and caring for blind horses.

AVMA.org - Brochures on horse-health topics, that clients can either read online, or download and print as PDF files. Topics include "Buying A Horse, Internal Parasites, West Nile Virus and Equine Euthanasia." Also offers horse-health news and resources, biosecurity updates and animal-welfare position statements.

EquineReproduction.com - Information on breeding, mare/stallion management, foals and foaling. This site - owned and run by meticulous and articulate experts in equine reproduction - offers news, articles, a bulletin board, a mailing list and other resources.

EquineRescue.com - Information on how to start an equine-rescue organization, as well as a list of rescue organizations by state.

Hoofcare.com - An excellent source of new information and thoughtful articles intended to help veterinarians and farriers treat and prevent common lamenesses. Associated with the quarterly "Hoofcare & Lameness: The Journal of Equine Foot Science," the site contains authoritative information on many of today's "hot" topics, including discipline-specific shoeing, laminitis, navicular, white line disease, barefoot horses and natural trims. Many horse owners are very enthusiastic about both the journal and the site, which offers a representative selection of the journal's indexed articles.

TheHorse.com - Online access to articles in "The Horse: Your Guide to Equine Health Care". All articles are available to readers who have either a paper or online subscription; some articles also are avaiable to nonsubscribers. Also provides a link to the AAEP's Ask the Vet page, a Q&A sponsored by the AAEP Foundation.

Merck Vet Manual - The latest version of this old standard at no charge. Clients will find a topic to interest them, whether it's a suggested vaccination schedule for broodmares, a piece about the uses of immunostimulants, general information about horse management or specific information about what can be concluded from the appearance of their horse's urine.

Theresa Jones - Foaling advice. This site, run by Theresa Jones, author of the "Complete Foaling Manual", is an important online destination for clients waiting for foals to arrive. Jones, a veterinary assistant and professional foaling attendant, provides patient answers to hundreds of horse owners who have general, specific or frantic questions about mares, foals and the foaling process.

UC-Davis - Helpful horse tips, as well as ordering information for a 498-page book that should be on clients' shelves: "UC Davis Book of Horses: A Complete Medical Reference Guide". Among many other topics, the book discusses equine systems, nutrition, reproduction and home care. Diagnostic tests are explained, and there's even a discussion of zoonotic diseases. The site also provides up-to-date information on UC-Davis research projects.

Pet Columns - A wealth of articles, including explanations of various veterinary specialties, such as anesthesiolgist, dentist, epidemiologist, ophthalmologist and surgeon. (Click on the equine link.) The site also offers discussions of such topics as antibiotic resistance, biomaterials, diagnostic imaging, embryo transfer, racetrack breakdowns, septic arthritis in foals and extracorporeal shock wave therapy for bone injuries.

Companion Animal Related Emotions Pet Loss Helpline - A confidential, toll-free telephone service that provides an understanding listener (a veterinary student with grief-counseling training) to clients who've either lost a beloved horse or are anticipating such a loss.

UC-Davis Veterinary Genetics Laboratory - An abundance of horse-breeding-related information. A separate link to UC-Davis's Veterinary Genetics Laboratory, it offers a great deal of information on coat colors, genetic diseases and diagnostic tests. Visitors can have tests run on their own horses for a small fee. The site includes forms and fees, parentage analysis, DNA testing and color testing.

VeterinaryPartner.com - Articles based on a three-minute radio program that deals with the everyday care of horses and other animals in urban and rural Texas. (Click on the Dr. Bob Judd icon.) Bob Judd, DVM, was the Texas Veterinary Medical Association's Equine Vet of the Year for 2005. Article subjects are wideranging, covering such topics as acupuncture, feed, cribbing, corneal ulcers and wound management.