-Caveat Lector- This item was on Rense. Did not realize horses are afflicted by an AIDS type virus....and yet they use horse serums for estrogen, etc., and what else? And in France they are eating more and more horses...cannibals all. Saba Rense.com Mysterious Baby Horse Deaths Spreads Outside of Kentucky 5-12-1 WASHINGTON (AFP) - The mysterious affliction killing unborn and newborn foals in Kentucky now appears to be spreading to other horse populations, US scientists said. Following the spate of as-yet unexplained deaths which rocked the tiny, exclusive world of Kentucky's thoroughbred horse racing set, scientists earlier this week said that they had seen unusual illnesses among thorougbreds of all age and gender lines, and that the geographic reach of the illness was now extending south and east. Officials say it difficult to say with certainty how far the mysterious ailment has spread beyond Kentucky, while anedoctal information has placed some foal deaths in Tennessee and Ohio. The problem has also been reported to a lesser degree in the more northerly states of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Indiana, and it ultimately will effect horse sales and eventually racing. A panel of experts and researchers presented what they had found out so far about the phenomenon, which was first detected in late April. Since then more that 1,060 foals have succumbed to the disease. "Everybody is hoping that the mares now being bred and those in foal for only a short time are going to escape this," said Jim Squires, a breeder at a small farm near Versailles, Kentucky. "It's going to be a while before there is any definitive indication. Until we get 120 days into the breeding cycle, maybe even 200 days, we're not going to know. You have the possibility that nobody is going to have any foals. This could be a devastating thing over the short term." Veterinarians in the southeastern state began noticing an unusually high number of stillborn foals and pregnant mares carrying dead fetuses in late April. Between April 28 and May 10, 382 stillborn foals and aborted fetuses were delivered to University of Kentucky's Department of Veterinary Science for testing. That represents nearly a 700 percent increase over the same period last year, when 46 stillborns were handed over for study, the school said. Researchers and breeders groups were rushing to determine the extent of the problem and its cause, said University of Kentucky spokesman Mark Eclov. Of 159 Kentucky thoroughbred farms whose managers have responded thus far to a university survey, 17 had lost more than half the foals they were expecting. About 18,000 foals are born in Kentucky in a normal year, Eclov said. The outbreak will cost Kentucky's 3.4 billion dollar horse industry 37 million dollars this year and 150 million next year, said David Switzer, head of the Kentucky Thoroughbred Association. Losses will be greater next year because the outbreak hit at the end of this year's January to May foaling season, but many mares bred for next year have already lost their fetuses and may not be able to be re-impregnated after aborting, Switzer said. One measure of the economic impact of the foal loss is the cost of hiring a stallion to sire a foal. The prime suspect is mold present in the grass due to dramatic and unseasonal weather shifts in April, which has been exceedingly dry, warm conditions followed by snow and frost. MainPage http://www.rense.com This Site Served by TheHostPros <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
