RE: Import Bashing - Was CEM and Supporting American Fjord Breeders

2009-04-22 Thread Karen Keith
This message is from: Karen Keith kkke...@hotmail.com For those who care, here goes. What attracted me to this unproven foreign youngstock? I wanted a white dun. That narrows the field drastically, as I'm sure you know, Bonnie, having been there yourself. So much for thousands of Fjords. Even

RE: Import Bashing - Was CEM and Supporting American Fjord Breeders

2009-04-22 Thread Mike May, Registrar NFHR
This message is from: Mike May, Registrar NFHR regist...@nfhr.com At 01:47 PM 4/22/2009, you wrote: Mike May, I'll be sending my check to join the NFHR today if I can get the printer working. Seems I've got some horses to register, hey? Sounds good Karen. We will be looking forward to having

Re: CEM origin/ Importing

2009-04-22 Thread ruth bushnell
. As far as CEM origins, all credible sites claim that somehow, somewhere, it all stemmed from Europe.. it has simply been passed along to animals that were not imported, or through contaminants, as Curtis inferred. It is not inconceivable that the future may hold similar tragic occurrences through

Re: What is CEM

2009-04-21 Thread Sally A. Kjorsvig
This message is from: Sally A. Kjorsvig kjors...@venturecomm.net Thank you for printing this message about CEM, I do read alot of the messages and print out the ones that I feel I learn from. I had not heard of CEM until it came up on the list. To be able to print it out and understand what

Re:what is CEM

2009-04-21 Thread FoxxRidge
This message is from: foxxri...@aol.com WHAT IS CEM ? Contagious Equine Metritis Kudos to Sophie and Howard for the class and professionalism they have shown in dealing with the recent CEM issues. Their prompt attention to alerting and educating those of us who had bred to Fernando helped

Re: What is CEM

2009-04-21 Thread ruth bushnell
This message is from: ruth bushnell fjo...@frontiernet.net This message is from: Green Valley Farm sop...@greenvalleyfarm.com Stallions are symptom-free carriers of the bacterium Taylorella equigenitalis. CEM is considered a foreign animal disease in the United States. It was first

Import Bashing - Was CEM and Supporting American Fjord Breeders

2009-04-21 Thread Karen Keith
This message is from: Karen Keith kkke...@hotmail.com Gee, it's a good thing the Morgan breeders didn't cop an anti-import attitude back in the 50s when the first Fjords were coming to America. I can see the Morgan people saying, Hey, whaddaya need a European all-purpose horse for when we've got

Re: Import Bashing - Was CEM and Supporting American Fjord Breeders

2009-04-21 Thread Starfire Farm
This message is from: Starfire Farm starfiref...@usa.net Karen Keith wrote: Karen in Northern Virginia, still doing the Snoopy happy dance in anticipation of the new arrival. Just a few days left. I was lucky enough to see photos of Karen's new filly. She is GORGEOUS. The others are

Re: What is CEM - imported stock

2009-04-21 Thread Starfire Farm
This message is from: Starfire Farm starfiref...@usa.net ruth bushnell wrote: It occurs to me, from this piece that you have shared, that the most comprehensive control of this infectious disease is to STOP European importation, is that not correct? Unfortunately, that is not correct. It

Import Bashing - Was CEM and Supporting American Fjord Breeders

2009-04-21 Thread morrisshadowmt
This message is from: morrisshado...@aol.com Yes a bit touchy.Congrates on your new arrival. My post was not an import bash, but a batch of questions to help understand as a breeder our fjord market and to get more imput from other breeders. Yes it is a free country and you can buy

What is CEM

2009-04-20 Thread Green Valley Farm
This message is from: Green Valley Farm sop...@greenvalleyfarm.com WHAT IS CEM ? Contagious Equine Metritis According to Gluck researchers (The Gluck Equine Research Center, College of Agriculture at the University Kentucky), CEM is a sexually transmitted disease that only affects members

CEM

2009-04-20 Thread Pedfjords
This message is from: pedfjo...@aol.com In a message dated 4/20/2009 9:10:10 PM Mountain Daylight Time, owner-fjordhorse-dig...@angus.mystery.com writes: This message is from: Green Valley Farm sop...@greenvalleyfarm.com WHAT IS CEM ? Contagious Equine Metritis Howard and Sophie