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West Nile Vaccine Recall
Intervet
Schering-Plough has announced an urgent recall of all serial numbers
of PreveNile® West Nile Virus vaccine for horses due to an increased
number of adverse event reports associated with the use of these
vaccines. According to a letter distributed by the manufacturer, the
USDA has been alerted of this recall. See headline link above for
more information.
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ESDCTA Makes Bid to
Host
CDI*** at Allentown, NJ, Park
ALLENTOWN, NJ--Eastern States Dressage
and Combined Training AssocIATION (ESDCTA) along with Centerline
Events announces the CDI3*/Y/J
Allentown (final approval is pending) in conjunction with the
ESDCTA Memorial Weekend Dressage show,
May 27-30, 2010.
The CDI***/Y/J Allentown will supplement the current list of CDI
competitions available for competitors to qualify for the U.S.
National Championships at the Festival of Champions in August 2010.
The GP National Championships will also serve as the final selection
trial to choose the American team competing at the World Equestrian
Games.
The Horse Park
of New Jersey management has announced the continuation of a
three-year program of competition-ring leveling and footing
refurbishment. Ongoing footing maintenance and upgrades has resulted
in clear improvement that has been recognized by both competitors
and officials.
Please visit
www.horseparkofnewjersey.com to view the entire facility.
Otherwise, contact Debra
Reinhardt. For the prize list and other information, visit
www.centerlineevents.com
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FEI
ROUND-TABLE CONFERENCE
RESOLVES ROLLKUR CONTROVERSY
LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND (Feb. 9)--Following constructive debate at the
FEI round-table conference at the IOC Headquarters in Lausanne today
(9 February), the consensus of the group was that any head and neck
position achieved through aggressive force is not acceptable. The
group redefined hyperflexion/Rollkur as flexion of the horse’s neck
achieved through aggressive force, which is therefore unacceptable.
The technique known as Low, Deep and Round (LDR), which achieves
flexion without undue force, is acceptable.
The
group unanimously agreed that any form of aggressive riding must be
sanctioned. The FEI will establish a working group, headed by Dressage
Committee Chair Frank Kemperman, to expand the current guidelines for
stewards to facilitate the implementation of this policy. The group
agreed that no changes are required to the current FEI Rules.
The FEI Management is currently studying a range of additional
measures, including the use of closed circuit television for warm-up
arenas at selected shows.
The group also emphasized that the main responsibility for the welfare
of the horse rests with the rider.
The FEI President HRH Princess Haya accepted a petition of 41,000
signatories against Rollkur presented by Dr Gerd Heuschman.
The
participants in the FEI round-table conference
(shown
in photo above)
included:
HRH Princess Haya, FEI President
Alex McLin, FEI Secretary General
Margit Otto-Crépin, International Dressage Riders Club
Representative
Linda Keenan, International Dressage Trainers Club Representative
Sjef Janssen, Dressage Representative
Frank Kemperman, Chairman, FEI Dressage Committee (by conference
call)
François Mathy, International Jumping Riders Club Representative
David Broome, Jumping Representative
Jonathan Chapman, Eventing Representative
Roly Owers, World Horse Welfare Representative
Tony Tyler, World Horse Welfare Representative
Ulf Helgstrand, President, Danish Equestrian Federation
John
McEwen, Chairman, FEI Veterinary Committee
Dr. Sue Dyson, Veterinary Representative
Dr. Gerd Heuschman, Veterinary Representative
Prof. René van Weeren, Veterinary Representative
Jacques van Daele, FEI Honorary Steward General Dressage
Graeme Cooke, FEI Veterinary Director
Trond Asmyr, FEI Director Dressage and Para-Equestrian Dressage
John Roche, FEI Director Jumping and Stewarding
Catrin Norinder, FEI Director Eventing
Carsten Couchouron, FEI Executive Director Commercial
Richard Johnson, FEI Communications Director
The Federation Equestré
Internationale (FEI),
founded in 1921, is the international body governing equestrian sport
recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and includes
133 National Federations. Equestrian sport has been on the Olympic
program since 1912 with three disciplines--Jumping, Dressage and
Eventing. It is one of the very few sports in which men and women
compete on equal terms. It is also the only sport which involves two
athletes--horse and rider. The FEI has relentlessly concerned itself
with the welfare of the horse, which is paramount and must never be
subordinated to competitive or commercial influences.
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