Equine Guelph Marks Five Years

Equine Guelph, the University of Guelph’s horse owner and caregiver’s center, recently celebrated its fifth anniversary with a “Celebration of Partnerships” dinner.

More than 100 industry leaders and partners assembled for the event

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Shortage of Large Animal Vets Taxes Farmers

This summer, Steve Sanford had to tell 106 dairy farmers in rural northern Vermont he could no longer treat their cows.

Battling degenerative arthritis, the 56-year-old large animal veterinarian can’t do the physically challenging work any

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Mississippi State Vet School Adds Ambulatory Service

Mississippi State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine ambulatory service is catching on as a win-win opportunity for both vet students and area horse owners.

David Christiansen, DVM, assistant professor in the Department of

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Fuel Shortages Affect Vets, Horse Owners in Southeast


As if economic challenges weren’t enough for horse owners, there are now reports of fuel shortages throughout northern Georgia and into the Carolinas. The shortage has been affecting everything from scheduling veterinary appointments to how

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Ohio State Receives Science Faculty Diversity Grant

The Ohio State University will use federal funding to help female faculty advance in the sciences by launching a five-year initiative to change academic departmental culture in disciplines in which women are underrepresented on the faculty.

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Ohio State Vet Honored for Laminitis Research

James Belknap, DVM, MS, PhD, Dipl. ACVS, associate professor of equine surgery in the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences at The Ohio State University, has been awarded the annual Equine Veterinary Journal Open Award for 2007 for

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Equine Laser Surgery Now Available through Wisconsin Vet School

Lasers are changing the options available to horse owners whose animals need surgical procedures.

“Laser surgery can not only save horse owners money for certain procedures, it can also be more effective than traditional surgery, with fewer

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LSU Veterinary Hospital Carries on after Hurricane Gustav


The Louisiana State University (LSU) School of Veterinary Medicine’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital remained open for emergency service following Hurricane Gustav. Since the storm struck the Louisiana coast, the Veterinary Teaching

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Eight Belles Honored in Public Memorial

With more than 200 people in attendance, this year’s Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands runner-up Eight Belles was memorialized in a public ceremony in the garden of the Kentucky Derby Museum Sept. 7.


At the conclusion of the

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Who’s Your Vet

Horse owners have noticed a shift in who their medical caregivers are, and that trend will continue in the coming decade

For anyone with a horse, it might come as no surprise that in recent years you?ve been seeing a

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LSU Equine Opens Hotline for Horse Owners in Need


In the aftermath of Hurricane Gustav, the Louisiana State University (LSU) School of Veterinary Medicine and team members of the Equine Health Studies Program have developed a call center for the purpose of responding to the potential needs

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Promoting Equine Veterinary Practice to Vet Students

More than 800 third-year veterinary students were given a fully sponsored trip to attend the Opportunities in Equine Practice Seminar (OEPS) in Lexington, Ky., over Labor Day weekend. Members of the veterinary class of 2010 were given the

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Tropical Storm Fay Damages Equine Hospital

Although Tropical Storm Fay attacked the Palm Beach Equine Clinic in Wellington, Fla., with a vengeance on Aug. 19, no people or horses were injured. The veterinarians were quickly back at work, and the clinic was running fairly normally as of

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