By Dave Jones, Dateline UCDavis


First they put Barbaro in a Kimzey ambulance. Then they put a Kimzey splint on the racehorse’s broken leg. And then the colt was in an Anderson sling several hours a day.


The ambulance, splint and sling all have links to the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.


“We couldn’t be prouder,” said veterinarian John Madigan, a professor of medicine and epidemiology, and an equine specialist in the School of Veterinary Medicine, who helped develop the Anderson sling through his work at UC Davis

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