Jay Merriam, DVM

Jay Merriam, DVM, is an equine practitioner at the Massachusetts Equine Clinic, in Uxbridge, Mass., specializing in sport horse lameness. He is the founder of Project Samana, a charitable health care project in the Dominican Republic for working horses and mules. Dr. Merriam’s newest project is the Equitarians Initiative for Working Equids, a movement started 2 years ago with AAEP to focus on Working Equids and help them get veterinary care. The first Equitarians Workshop will be held in October in Vera Cruz, Mexico. You can find more information about Dr. Merriam’s projects on his website, web.me.com/jgmerriam.””ay Merriam

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Equitarian Initiative Table Topic (AAEP 2010)

The Equitarian Initiative Table Topic session at the 2010 American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) Annual Meeting, held Dec. 4-8 in Baltimore, Md., was characterized by great enthusiasm and a spirit of collaboration among the participants and like-minded organizations. Jay Merriam, DVM, of the Massachusetts Equine Clinic in Uxbridge, started off the session with a summary of the Vera

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Becoming ‘Equitarians’

What exactly is an “equitarian,” you ask? Since I’m a descendant of the dictionary family and, thus, “empowered” to make up my own definitions, I’ll explain: An equitarian is one whose only reward for providing medical or humane services to needy

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Responsible Horse Ownership

Animal rights, owner responsibility, health and welfare, and all the attendant issues occupy more and more of our time and energy these days as we horse owners struggle to find a place in our busy lives for what once was a routine part of life in a long-ago society. Now, a few generations removed from our agrarian roots, we are bombarded, it seems, with ethical and political questions unasked

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