Health care for the nation’s horse population entered a new era June 7 when the Mary Anne McPhail Equine Performance Center officially opened at Michigan State University.


Occupying more than 18,000 square feet of space, the center expands the College of Veterinary Medicine’s facilities for clinical evaluations and research studies of equine health problems.


By combining such traditional diagnostic techniques as radiology, ultrasound and arthroscopy with cutting-edge methods such as computerized gait analysis, the building is one of the nation’s foremost centers for diagnosis and treatment of performance problems in sport horses.


“The facility will have two functions,” said Hilary M. Clayton, who holds the McPhail Dressage Chair in Equine Sports Medicine. “It will be used for clinical purposes as well as for research and will allow these two functions to be fully integrated

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