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Rood & Riddle to Host Merial Gastroscopy Event
Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital will host a Merial Animal Health gastroscopy event and education forum from 8am to 4pm on July 15 in the Rood & Riddle Podiatry building. Horse owners are invited to schedule an appointment for their horse or horses to have a gastroscopy at no charge with medication purchase required only for those patients identified with stomach ulcers. Rood & Riddle internal medicine specialists Dr. Bonnie Barr, Dr. Peter Morresey and Dr. Steve Reed along with Merial veterinarian Hoyt Cheramie, DVM, DACVS, will be on hand to perform gastroscopy exams and provide educationa... [ read more ]
Scholarships Aid 32 Students Committed to Equine Medicine
Lexington, KY (June 10, 2010) - Thirty-two leading veterinary students following a career path in equine medicine have received financial support through The Winner’s Circle Scholarship Program. The program, which is sponsored by the American Association of Equine Practitioners Foundation, Platinum Performance and The Race For Education, honors fourth-year students for involvement at their veterinary schools and dedication to careers in equine practice. The Winner’s Circle scholarships are intended to help offset the growing cost of veterinary school. Students are nominated from each of the AAEP’s 36... [ read more ]
Pre-Games Workshop to Give Sport Horse Owners an ‘Edge’ on Health Care
Achieving prime fitness in equine athletes will be the objective of The Winning Edge: Promoting Peak Performance in the Equine Athlete, a health care workshop for sport horse owners held in conjunction with the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™. Hosted jointly by Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital, the American Association of Equine Practitioners, and Alltech, the Friday, Sept. 24 workshop will be set in Lexington, Kentucky, just one day prior to the opening of the World Equestrian Games. The workshop will unite members of the diverse disciplines of equestrian sport to learn abo... [ read more ]
Dr. Bramlage addresses issues facing Thoroughbred racing during the media blitz of Derby week
Rood & Riddle orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Larry Bramlage contributed his expertise to television and newspaper journalists during Kentucky Derby week when the national media focused its attention on horse racing. In addition to his regular duties as the principal spokesman of the AAEP’s On Call program where he routinely answered questions for the NBC, ESPN and newspaper journalists at Churchill Downs, Dr. Bramlage provided the Associated Press with essential information about steroid use in the equine. The article, “Racing seeks balance in regulating some steroids,” which ran in over 200 newspapers including... [ read more ]