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Piroplasmosis Test Required in Michigan

(Dateline - Updated June 1, 2010) All horses traveling to a UPQHA show from a state with a diagnosed case of Piroplasmosis will be required to show Coggin's test as well as health papers that show Piroplasmosis test results. This test is only good for one year. Vets are saying that the test is estimated at a turnaround time of 2 weeks, so please plan accordingly. Here's the statement from the Michigan State Vet Lab.

Piroplasmosis test results may be written on the health certificate in a location reserved for testing results, or if none is available, may be written in the body of the health certificate and should include the date the blood was drawn, the date the results were read, the laboratory used, and the results.

This new rule stems from the fact that an infected horse was imported into Wisconsin from Texas. The horse was sent back to the Texas ranch where it originated. The other three horses on the farm previously tested negative, and will be retested shortly. There are currently no known cases of this disease in Wisconsin. If you would like to help get this ban removed, please contact the Michigan Department of Agriculture. Please feel free to share your concerns that this test might prohibit exhibitors from Wisconsin traveling to horse shows in Michigan, which would impact local economies that are supported by these exhibitors. Hopefully we can get this requirement removed for show horses!

To complain about the Michigan Equine Import Requirements, just click on Michigan Department of Agriculture web site or call 1-800-292-3939.

UPPER MICHIGAN GOLD HORSE SHOW SAYS THANKS

(Dateline - June 14, 2010) The Upper Michigan Gold Quarter Horse Show would like to thank everyone who participated and volunteered to make this years show a success.

Over 1 inch of rain fell on Friday, making it impossible to show outside and get from barns to the indoor arena. Despite rain the number of horses on the grounds was up nearly 20% from last year. Entries did drop slightly each day due to the weather conditions. We would like to thank everyone who made the show a success and dealt with the muddy conditions. Thank God for the indoor arena and the patience of all exhibitors. For information on next years show or to make pre-stall reservations call or email us at Circle M Country. The phone is 906-789-9175 or you may e-mail circlem@uplogon.com.

WISCONSIN QUARTER HORSE ASSOCIATION SETS DATES

(Dateline - Jan 20, 2010) The Wisconsin Quarter Horse Association has finalized dates for 2010.

The dates and events for 2009 are posted on the Wisconsin Quarter Horse Web site. Just click on Wisconsin Quarter Horse Association to view the complete schedule of events.

UPQHA Announces Dates for 2010

((Dateline - Jan 20, 2010) The Upper Peninsula Quarter Horse Association has finalized dates for 2010.

For more information on the shows and for information on UPQHA, just click on Upper Peninsula Quarter Horse Association to view the complete schedule of events.

Equine(Horses) Import Requirements change for Michigan

((Dateline - February 22, 2010) 1. All equidae (horses, donkeys, ponies, zebras) must test negative to an official test for equine infectious anemia within the current calendar year, except equidae that are both nursing and are six months of age or younger. A "Calendar Year" means the current 13-month period commencing with December 1 and ending December 31 of the following year. (Public Act 466 of 1988.)

The test results, date, name of laboratory, and accession number of the test must be on the health certificate.

2. All equidae must have a current official interstate health certificate or official certificate of veterinary inspection. Health certificate is valid for 30 days.

3. Equidae coming from any state in which there has been a diagnosed case of vesicular stomatitis in the past 12 months - the interstate health certificate or certificate of veterinary inspection must include the following statement:

"I have examined the animal/s listed on this certificate and have found no clinical signs of vesicular stomatitis. To the best of my knowledge, these animals have not been exposed to vesicular stomatitis within the previous 30 days, nor have they been vaccinated with a vesicular stomatitis vaccine."

4. Equidae coming from or originating from any state in which there has been a diagnosed case of piroplasmosis in the past 12 months shall meet the following:

1. Have tested negative by c-ELISA or Compliment Fixation (CF) to piroplasmosis. This test is good for 1 year.

2. Be accompanied by an interstate health certificate or certificate of veterinary inspection that includes the following statement:

"I have examined the animal/s listed on this certificate. At the time of the examination, the animal/s listed on this certificate is/are not under quarantine for piroplasmosis, not displaying signs of piroplasmosis, and either did not have evidence of live ticks or was/were successfully treated for ticks if ticks were present."

3. Equine with ticks or evidence of tick infestation shall be treated with a topical pyrethroid or pesticide product registered with the United States Environmental Protection Agency for the treatment of ticks in equine.

4. Horses from premises currently under quarantine for piroplasmosis shall not be imported into Michigan.

For more information on the Michigan Equine Import Requirements, just click on Michigan Department of Agriculture web site or call 1-800-292-3939.
For more information on the Equine Piroplasmosis, just click on the Equine Piroplasmosis Fact Sheet.

NEWS YOU CAN USE!

JURY DUTY SCAM!

(Dateline - April 24, 2010) Pass this on to your grown children. This has been verified by the FBI(their link is also included below). Please pass this on to everyone in your email address book. It is spreading fast so be prepared should you get this call. Most of us take those summonses for jury duty seriously, but enough people skip out on their civic duty that a new and ominous kind of fraud has surfaced.

The caller claims to be a Jury Duty Coordinator. If you protest that you never received a summons for jury duty, the scammer asks you for your Social Security number and date of birth so he or she can verify the information and cancel the arrest warrant. Give out any of this information and bingo, your identity was just stolen.

The fraud has been reported so far in 11 states, including Oklahoma, Illinois, and Colorado. This (swindle) is particularly insidious because they use intimidation over the phone to try to bully people into giving information by pretending they are with the court system.

The FBI and the federal court system have issued nationwide alerts on their web sites, warning consumers about the fraud.

Check it out here: http://www.fbi.gov/page2/june06/jury_scams060206.htm And here: http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/juryduty.asp

CELL PHONE SAFETY ALERT!

(Dateline - December 10, 2006) Here's some reasons why we don't allow cell phones in operating areas, propylene oxide handling and storage area, propane, gas and diesel refueling areas. The Shell Oil Company recently issued a warning after three incidents in which mobile phones (cell phones) ignited fumes during fueling operations.

In the first case, the phone was placed on the car's trunk lid during fueling; it rang and the ensuing fire destroyed the car and the gasoline pump.

In the second, an individual suffered severe burns to their face when fumes ignited as they answered a call while refueling their car.

And in the third, an individual suffered burns to the thigh and groin as fumes ignited when the phone, which was in their pocket, rang while they were fueling their car.

You should know that: Mobile Phones can ignite fuel or fumes. Mobile phones that light up when switched on or when they ring release enough energy to provide a spark for ignition. Mobile phones should not be used in filling stations, or when fueling lawn mowers, boat! , Etc. Mobile phones should not be used, or should be turned off, around other materials that generate flammable or explosive fumes or dust, (i.e. solvents, chemicals, gases, grain dust, etc.).

To sum it up, here are the: Four Rules for Safe Refueling. 1) Turn off engine 2) Don't smoke 3) Don't use your cell phone - leave it inside the vehicle or turn it off 4) Don't re-enter your vehicle during fueling

Do You Know the Age of Your Tires?

(Dateline - Jan 20, 2010) Every wonder if the new tires you are about to purchase are fresh rubber or have been aged on the shelf? ABC News can show you exactly how to tell the age of tires before you buy them.You will also be able to tell how old your tires are on your car or truck.

To watch the news clip on how to date your tires, just click on theABC News Link to view the complete story.

HOW TO FORWARD EMAIL APPROPRIATELY

(Dateline - Jan 20, 2010) A friend who is a computer expert received the following directly from a system administrator for a corporate system. It is an excellent message that ABSOLUTELY applies to ALL of us who send e-mails. Please read the short letter below, even if you're sure you already follow proper procedures.

Do you really know how to forward e-mails? 50% of us do; 50% DO NOT. Do you wonder why you get viruses or junk mail? Do you hate it? Every time you forward an e-mail there is information left over from the people who got the message before you, namely their e-mail addresses & names. As the messages get forwarded along, the list of addresses builds, and builds, and builds, and all it takes is for some poor sap to get a virus, and his or her computer can send that virus to every e-mail address that has come across his computer. Or, someone can take all of those addresses and sell them or send junk mail to them in the hopes that you will go to the site and he will make five cents for each hit. That's right all of that inconvenience over a nickel!

How do you stop it? Well, there are several easy steps:
(1) When you forward an e-mail, DELETE all of the other addresses that appear in the body of the message (at the top). That's right, DELETE them. Highlight them and delete them, backspace them, cut them, whatever it is you know how to do. It only takes a second. You MUST click the "Forward" button first and then you will have full editing capabilities against the body and headers of the message.

(2) Whenever you send an e-mail to more than one person, do NOT use the To: or Cc: fields for adding e-mail addresses. Always use the BCC: (blind carbon copy) field for listing the e-mail addresses. This is the way the people you send to will only see their own e-mail address. If you don't see your BCC: option click on where it says To: and your address list will appear. Highlight the address and choose BCC: and that's it, it's that easy. When you send to BCC: your message will automatically say Undisclosed Recipients" in the "TO:" field of the people who receive it.

(3) Remove any "FW :" in the subject line. You can re-name the subject if you wish or even fix spelling.

(4) ALWAYS hit your Forward button from the actual e-mail you are reading Ever get those e-mails that you have to open 10 pages to read the one page with the information on it? By Forwarding from the actual page you wish someone to view, you stop them from having to open many e-mails just to see what you sent.

(5) Have you ever gotten an email that is a petition? It states a position and asks you to add your name and address and to forward it to 10 or 15 people or your entire address book. The email can be forwarded on and on and can collect thousands of names and email addresses. A FACT: The completed petition is actually worth a couple of bucks to a professional spammer because of the wealth of valid names and email addresses contained therein. If you want to support the petition, send it as your own personal letter to the intended recipient. Your position may carry more weight as a personal letter than a laundry list of names and email address on a petition.

(6) One of the main ones I hate is the ones that say that something like, "Send this email to 10 people and you'll see something great run across your screen." Or, sometimes they'll just tease you by saying something really cute will happen.
IT AINT GONNA HAPPEN!!!!! I don't let the bad luck ones scare me either, they get trashed.

(7) Before you forward an Amber Alert, or a Virus Alert, or some of the other ones floating around nowadays, check them out before you forward them. Most of them are junk mail that's been circling the net for YEARS! Just about everything you receive in an email that is in question can be checked out at Snopes. Just go to http://www.snopes.com/.
Remember, if you haven't already heard it on the news, it most likely isn't true. So please, in the future, let's stop the junk mail and the viruses

HOW TO PROTECT YOUR ADDRESS BOOK

(Dateline - Jan 20, 2010) Learned a computer trick today that's really ingenious in its simplicity. As you may know, when/if a worm virus gets into your computer it heads straight for your email address book, and sends itself to everyone in there, thus infecting all your friends and associates.
This trick won't keep the virus from getting into your computer, but it will stop it from using your address book to spread further, and it will alert you to the fact that the worm has gotten into your system.

Here's what you do: First, open your address book and click on 'new contact,' just as you would do if you were adding a new friend to your list of email addresses. In the window where you would type your friend's first name, type in 'A'. For the screen name or email address, type ' AAAAAAA@AAA.AAA '.

Now, here's what you've done and why it works: The 'name' 'A' will be placed at the top of your address book as entry#1. This will be where the worm will start in an effort to send itself to all your friends. But, when it tries to send itself to AAAAAAA@AAA.AAA , it will be undeliverable because of the phony email address you entered. If the first attempt fails (which it will because of the phony address), the worm goes no further and your friends will not be infected.

Here's the second great advantage of this method: If an email cannot be delivered, you will be notified of this in your In Box almost immediately. Hence, if you ever get an email telling you that an email addressed to AAAAAAA@AAA.AAAA could not be delivered, you know right away that you have the worm virus in your system. You can then take steps to get rid of it!