Ride for Research Events to Benefit WSU Veterinary College
July 22-24, 2005
The Washington State Horse Council and member organizations are
hosting fundraisers to benefit the Washington State University
College of Veterinary Medicine and its equine research programs.
State resources currently fund approximately 28 percent of the
veterinary college’s activities. As such, our WSU Equine Program
relies heavily on grants, gifts and fees collected for services
to fund its teaching, service and research programs. Support for
these programs across all areas of focus within the college is
not likely to come from tax dollars in the future. The
veterinary college needs and welcomes help from the horse
industry to provide funds necessary to support research aimed at
improving the health of our equine friends.
The WSU College of Veterinary Medicine is an international
leader in many areas of equine research. Current studies in
equine clinical medicine include the management of pain in
post-operative patients and navicular syndrome, as well as new
techniques in laparoscopic surgery, the management of joint
disease, and sports medicine in general. Across the basic
science departments within the veterinary college, additional
work is being pursued on equine digestive and infectious
diseases, as well as the immune responses of horses and foals to
disease.
The WSU College of Veterinary Medicine is staffed with many
outstanding equine clinicians and research authorities and is
the only veterinary college in North America currently equipped
with magnetic resonance imaging equipment capable of evaluating
lameness and neurological disorders in horses. This technology
has rapidly moved WSU to the forefront of equine veterinary
medicine and has changed the approach to the diagnosis and
treatment of horses with lameness problems that cannot be
readily diagnosed from traditional radiography or ultrasound
examination. The information gained as a result of this
technology is of interest to equine practitioners and horse
owners everywhere.
Events scheduled in support of the WSU research programs include
a benefit prize ride, the “Ride For Research,” set for July
22-24, 2005 at the Evergreen Sportsmen’s Club near Littlerock,
Wash. A Washington State Horsemen approved “B” system horse
show, the “WSU Benefit Horse Show,” will also be held at the
Kitsap Saddle Club in Port Orchard, Wash., on September 3 and 4,
2005. These events give the horse-owning community an
opportunity to support WSU College of Veterinary Medicine’s
equine research programs while being involved in activities
horse enthusiasts enjoy.
If participation in these family friendly events is not
possible, please consider a donation to support improved health
and welfare of our equine friends. Checks can be made payable to
Washington State Horse Council, and mailed to 2363 Mt. View Rd.
E., Port Orchard, WA 98366-8320. Be sure to include on the
check, “donation to Ride For Research.”
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