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28/ NOVEMBER 2013 THE RIDER


AQHA News.......................28 OQHA News.......................29 OQHBF...............................29 AREA 3 News ....................30


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The deadline to apply


for an American Quarter Horse Foundation scholarship is December 1, 2013. Available scholarships


range from $500 to $25,000 and vary in length from one to four years, and recipients will be required to renew their scholarship annually. Applicants wishing to


obtain scholarship funding from the American Quarter Horse Foundation for the 2014-2015 academic year can download the scholarship guidelines for a complete list of criteria and requirements. The deadline for 2014 schol- arship applications is Decem- ber 1, 2013. The Foundation award-


ed 133 students with a total of $277,000 for the 2013-2014 academic year. The Founda- tion scholarship program has given more than $5.7 million


in financial assistance to more than 1,000 American Quarter Horse Youth Association members since its inception in 1976. Available scholarships range from $500 to $25,000 and vary in length from one to four years. Recipients will be required to renew their schol- arship annually. The average amount of funding awarded per student is $5,800. To be considered for a


Foundation scholarship, stu- dents must be AQHA or AQHYA members and com- plete and return the current scholarship application, In addition, several support materials are requested for submission. Canadian residents have


received AQHA scholarships. In 2013 Janelle Cameron of Millet, Alberta was awarded a $4,000 AQHF General Schol- arship.


EOQHA News ....................30 QROOI News .....................31 Liberal’s New Horse Racing Plan .........31


The Canadian Quarter Horse Association is an affiliate of the AQHA. Annual membership is


free to current members of AQHA. To enroll


on-line, visit the CQHA web site: www.cqha.ca, and choose


“Membership” section. Choose “Affiliates” to link to provincial Quarter Horse & Racing Association sites. Contact: Marnie Somers, President (204) 834-2479 or email: marnie@horsescoops.com


AQHA 2014 Scholarship Application is Now Available Eligibility of applicants


is based on the individual cri- teria and requirements provid- ed for each scholarship. Recipients are selected based on academic achievement, financial need and American Quarter Horse involvement, as well as the applicant’s out- standing leadership and com- munication skills. Applicants can submit a


nonspecific application, which will be evaluated against the criteria supplied within the scholarship program outline to


determine eligibility. Faxed applications will not be accepted. Mail completed applica-


tions to:


American Quarter Horse Foundation Scholarship Program 2601 E. Interstate 40 Amarillo, TX 79104 For more information


about Foundation scholar- ships, call (806) 378-5029 or email foundation@aqha.org.


Horses in Southern Alberta Diagnosed with Pigeon Fever


have to mature before they can be lanced, drained and regularly flushed while healing. “We give (the horses) pain medications while they have the


the clinic has treated several animals and it has also been diag- nosed in horses from the Fort Macleod and Lethbridge areas. Though not usually fatal, the fever results in abscesses that


Ottawa, October 9, 2013 — More than 10 horses in southern Alberta have been diagnosed with pigeon fever this fall, an illness so-named for the common symptom of swellings in the chest. Dr. Kelsey Brandon of Claresholm Veterinary Service said


abscesses. About eight percent of the horses that get external abscesses get internal abscesses and of those eight percent that get internal abscesses, 30 to 40 percent of those are fatal,” Brandon said.


Symptoms can appear on one or both sides of the chest, with swelling also common on the belly, neck and head. “Some horses do get sick from it and some do get internal


the flies bite horses, they can transmit the illness.Horse to horse spread is possible but rare because it involves direct transfer of pus or exudate from one horse to an open sore of another. Early swelling can be confused with results from bruising.


abscesses and they’re maturing,” said Brandon. Ultrasound tests reveal the proper time for lancing and treatment, which is done under sedation. Pigeon fever is caused by a bacterium spread by flies. When


don said she recalls a few cases in the region several years ago but the illness is far more common in the southern and western United States.


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rent risk has been reduced by cooler weather.”It’s usually a late summer, early fall thing when there’s lots of flies and its dryer out.”


please read “Drought might have contributed to upswing in pigeon fever in horses in the United States” on the American Quarter Horse Association web site, http://www.aqha.com/Show- ing/News-Articles/06142013-Pigeon-Fever.aspx


sheets on horses, and wearing gloves when handling horses with draining abscesses. For more information on new disease control guidelines,


Prevention involves fly control, use of fly spray, masks and Prairie winters tend to limit survival of the bacteria and cur-


This year was considered a bad fly year for livestock. Bran-


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