News and issues for equine health professionals
Six of the 10 major vaccines to protect against equine infectious diseases were developed and created at the University of Kentucky’s Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research Center. But that’s not the only major research accomplishment the world-renowned Gluck Center has contributed to the equine and veterinary fields.
Dr. Jean-Marie Denoix describes his experiences imaging horses on site at the World Equestrian Games (WEG).
Thirty-three veterinary students are getting a crash course in high-level equestrian sport at the World Equestrian Games while they assist the veterinary team.
Get a behind-the-scenes tour of the World Equestrian Games 2010 on-site veterinary clinic, and a discussion of common WEG athlete health problems, with WEG veterinary coordinator Dr. Kent Allen.
The fall 2010 issue of the University of Kentucky’s Odyssey magazine features three articles on equine research in the Department of Veterinary Science.
The second annual Kentucky Breeders’ Short Course, hosted by the University of Kentucky Gluck Equine Research Center, will be held Jan. 22.
Dr. Donald Schlafer of Cornell University discusses the equine fetus and placenta.
The Irwin Foundation recently donated $10,000 to the University of Kentucky Gluck Equine Research Center to fund veterinary education. The money will be used to support the 2011 Department of Veterinary Science Equine Diagnostic and Research Seminar Series.
Dr. Nathan Slovis describes how equine health issues will be handled during the World Equestrian Games.
What makes the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games “bigger and better” from a horse care/management standpoint?
Dr. Duncan Peters of the Hagyard Equine Medical Institute discusses regenerative therapies (such as stem cell therapy and platelet-rich plasma) for healing injuries common to sport horses.
The World Equestrian Games will bring together an unprecedented level of veterinary talent.
Diagnostic assays for equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM) developed under the leadership of Daniel Howe, PhD, a molecular parasitologist at the University of Kentucky Gluck Equine Research Center, are now available exclusively at Equine Diagnostic Solutions LLC (EDS).
The World Equine Veterinary Association (WEVA) held an intermediate meeting May 28-29 in Debrecen, the second largest city of Hungary.
Dr. Kevin Haussler discusses horse back problems and the use of chiropractic and complementary therapies.
Regenerative medicine (stem cell therapy) might make the idea of “Horse, heal thyself,” a real possibility. This was the topic at the first North American Veterinary Regenerative Medicine Conference in 2010.
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