Conference Focuses On Racehorse Health, Aftercare
Teresa Genaro
August 15, 2012
The day-long event focused on matters of equine health, primarily Thoroughbred retirement and aftercare.
The day-long event focused on matters of equine health, primarily Thoroughbred retirement and aftercare.
The Jockey Club has added a provision governing regulatory administration of furosemide on race day.
The treatment and drug records of horses running in the Travers Stakes will be updated daily online.
The commission plans to hold a fact-finding meeting on use of race-day furosemide day, officials said Aug. 4.
A new grassroots organization that opposes race-day medication wants involvement by the federal government.
The rule would affect found responsible for putting substances in racehorses that might endanger the animals.
A veterinary panel will present radiographic images of joints and endoscopic videos of throats in yearlings.
Discussion topics included public veterinary records, commission authority over veterinarians, and Salix.
The new rule states horses receiving ESWT will be ineligible to train or race for 10 days following treatment.
The two-day event will bring together a cross-section of the breeding, racing, and veterinary communities.
A small lesion in the middle of the suspensory ligament in his left front leg was detected last week.
Some of Thoroughbred racing’s most notable owners have pledged to run their 2-year-olds without Salix.
Bramlage served as the AAEP On-Call veterinarian for this year’s Triple Crown races.
Federal regulation of horse racing medications was the topic of a July 12 congressional hearing.
Three veterinarians who reviewed the colt’s treatment regimen found nothing out of the ordinary.
A study confirms omeprazole can prevent gastric ulcer formation in young racehorses.
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