Equine Studies: Web Resources

This association provides information about horsemanship safety and liability issues.

Promotes carriage driving as a competitive sport and for pleasure.

The American Horse Council is a trade association that represent the horse industry. Its site contains information on legislative and regulatory issues affecting the industry. The site also contains a newsletter and statistics.

The American Society of Equine Appraisers (ASEA) is an organization of appraisal professionals and other parties interested in the appraisal profession. Includes a section on careers in horse appraisal.

Established in 1981 to encourage the breeding of excellent sport horses.

A registry for the American Warmblood. Information on inspections, registration, news, stallion service auction, applications and forms and links.

This association promotes excellence in safety and education for the benefit of the entire horse industry. This is accomplished by certifying instructors, accrediting equine facilities and publishing educational resources.

The Gladstone Equestrian Association is a New Jersey non-profit organization, which was founded in 1985 to promote equestrian sports, particularly the sport of combined driving in the United States. The GEA annually hosts driving competitions, including the Gladstone Driving Event held the third or fourth weekend in September and the Gladstone Spring Driving Event held the first weekend in June.

The IHSA provides collegiate riders of all skills the opportunity to compete individually and as teams in equestrian competition.

The Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship International (PATH Intl.) was formed in 1969 as the North American Riding for the Handicapped Association (NARHA). Taylor Memorial Library receives PATH Intl.'s Strides magazine, formerly titled NAHRA's Strides. The link provides access to the online materials for the association.

This is the primary Dressage organization in the United States. The dressage rules are found at this site.

Competitions, forms, publications, legal issues, links, library, points and awards, job opportunities and more.

The site is primarily promotional and is included because of its proximity to Centenary College.

The USHJA is the national affiliate for hunters and jumpers. The website offers news, directories and event information.

Information on equine careers compiled by the American Horse Council and the American Youth Horse Council.

Site offers the following specific information to the equine industry: resume posting, employer job postings, information about employers, school and association links, news and feedback page, and a salary survey. Requires registration which is free for students.

Article about considerations when choosing a career working with horses.

Government website provides a dictionary of occupational titles and job outlook.

From the American College of Veterinary Surgeons, provides overviews of various health conditions, including symptoms, diagnostics, treatment and aftercare.

This is a site for members of AAEP that also informs the general public about news, information on jobs, locating DVMs. It includes Internet links to breed associations, show and sport associations, racing organizations and government information sources.

This association provides information about equine veterinary technicians and assistants.

From the USDA, this site provides animal health monitoring information for several animal groups, including equine.

Information provided by the USDA's National Agricultural Library - topics include horses, and animal health and veterinary medicine.

Consultant is a diagnostic support application developed by Dr. Maurice White at Cornell University.

FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine covers a range of relevant topics.

From the World Organization for Animal Health, this manual is meant to inform the practices of veterinary diagnostic laboratories.

Highly authoritative coverage of thousands of topics in all veterinary fields.

Provided by the University of Illinois Veterinary Medicine Library.

Membership organization that provides access to continuing education and research information in veterinary critical patient care.

The University of Kentucky developed this online encyclopedia of agriculture.

The American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM) is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of animals and people through education, training and certification of specialists in veterinary internal medicine, discovery and dissemination of new medical knowledge, and increasing public awareness of advances in veterinary medical care

Bayer's website provides expert equine information, including general care, conditions and diseases and ownership/finances.

Detailed descriptions of many horse breeds from Oklahoma State University.

A website that provides dressage news, photos, event calendars, directories, horses for sale and more.

The site provides information about horses and how to care for them, including an e-zine.

Search for links to other equestrian sites as well as find information on everything equestrian.

The website is the work of the International Museum of the Horse, which is committed to educating the general public, equestrian and academic communities about the relationship between man and the horse throughout history and the world.

This website provides videos and information on horse training, health, breeding and various other topics related to equine studies.

The Horse Genome Project is a cooperative international effort by over 100 scientists in 20 countries to define the genome, the DNA sequence, of the domestic horse.

Horses Daily offers information on horse health and breeding, current events, photographs, listings of equestrian professionals and more for the equestrian enthusiast.

The site is produced by Blood Horse Inc. and provide links to a large number of equine topics.

This site contains comprehensive resource materials on equine law and horsemanship safety and is hosted by the University of Vermont.

The Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center is fully integrated with the missions of the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, consistent with the land grant traditions of Virginia Tech and the University of Maryland.