Gait To Gate
The scene at a horse sale is familiar. The smell of coffee fills the air as early morning enthusiasts walk through the barns. A first-time-off-the-farm filly whinnies as her dam is trotted down the aisle for a group watching her stride. A man”P>The scene at a horse sale is familiar. The smell of coffee fills the air as early morning enthusiasts walk throug
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Willem Back, DVM, PhD, is currently staff surgeon at the Department of Equine Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht, The Netherlands. He has recieved numerous awards and honors, and in 2008 he was invited as visiting Professor in Equine Orthopaedics for
Ghent University. As staff surgeon he has special interest in fracture repair and hoof orthopaedics, and his research topics are mainly focussed on lower limb biomechanics of sporthorses and clinical genetics of orthopaedic diseases, in which he supervises and supports PhD students. Dr. Back is a past president of the Netherlands Equine Veterinary Association (NEVA) and founding president of the Federation of European Equine Veterinary Associations
(FEEVA). He and his wife have three children, and he enjoys jazz, classic car restoration, and many sports in his free time.
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