The Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center in Leesburg, Va., one of three campuses that comprise the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, has been awarded a $5,000 grant from the Maryland Horse Industry Board. Grant funds will be applied toward equipping a new collaborative research laboratory based at the College’s Leesburg campus. Collaboration among the Equine Medical Center, the VMRCVM’s College Park campus, and Virginia Tech’s “MARE Center” (based in Middleburg, Va.) will enhance abilities to expand research that will promote the health and well being of the horse.

“The support from the Maryland horse industry through the Maryland Horse Industry Board will ensure the success of the regional college’s equine research program,” said Dr. Nathaniel White, interim director of the Equine Medical Center. “This support will enable the Center to obtain instrumentation, which is currently needed to complete state of the art equine research