Equine Health Program
The Equine Health Program at North Carolina State University's College of Veterinary Medicine brings together horse owners, veterinarians, and college faculty on the issues, research, and advancements concerning horse health in North Carolina and beyond.
Equine Medicine Symposium
Veterinarian's & Horse Owner's Sessions
February 23, 2008
For more information visit
http://www.equinemedicinesymposium.com
New Staff with the Equine Health Program
NCSU College of Veterinary Medicine would like to welcome two new employees with the Equine Health Program:
Michael Strader is the new Associate Director of Development whose primary focus will be the Equine Health Program and the Equine Health Center in Southern Pines. Michael brings over ten years of development and fundraising experience to us, and we’re excited to have someone on board who can devote time to the Equine Health Programs ongoing efforts. Feel Free to contact Michael at (919) 513-6856 or via email to michael_strader@ncsu.edu
Shannon Hoffman will be providing Administrative Support to Dr. Dick Mansmann, the rest of the Equine Faculty in the Equine Health Program and Michael Strader with Development. Shannon comes to us after four years working at the North Carolina Horse Council where she has developed her knowledge of the horse industry and contacts with North Carolina horse owners. She can be reached at (919) 513-6424 or via email to shannon_hoffman@ncsu.edu
The Cogdell Challenge
For the Equine Health Program
at the Equine Health Center in Southern Pines
and the College of Veterinary Medicine at NC State University
- A $100,000 Challenge Grant offered by horse owner, Charlotte businessman and North Carolina Veterinary Medical Foundation board member Jim Cogdell, which will match all private gifts, dollar for dollar, up to $100,000.
- Double the value of your gift and help us take advantage of this extraordinary challenge grant from Jim Cogdell. With your support, we hope to raise over $200,000 to support these initiatives for our Equine Health Center at Southern Pines.
- Please visit our Equine Healthy Center at Southern Pines website to learn more about our programs and facility.
For more information, or to find out how to make your gift, please contact Michael Strader, Associate Director of Development at (919) 513-6856; (919) 810-7190 or michael_strader@ncsu.edu.
Emergency Links
- Barn Emergencies
- Colic
in the Horse: What is involved
with your horse at your place?
- Emergency Foaling Issues
- Emergencies and Your Horse: Where and what to know
- Stupid trees to have around horses
For any infectious disease situations in North Carolina like EHV1 neurologic disease and others see the North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services Veterinary Division.
New Services Offered Through the VTH
Outpatient Radiology
Equine Health Center at Southern Pines (EHC-SP)
EHP Annual Report and Research Overview 2006 Report
- Welcome
- Director's Report
- CVM Office of Development and Donations
- Drug Companies Involvement
- Veterinary Research Training Programs
- New Service: Equine Podiatry
- Colic and Digestive Diseases
- Reproduction
- Sports Medicine
- Medicine & Pharmacology
- Complete 2006 Annual Report and Research Overview
- Past Reports:
- The Quest to Conquer Laminitis
- Bluegrass Laminitis Symposium: Correcting Crushed Heels
- Bluegrass Laminitis Symposium: What is a Healthy Hoof?
- Equine Research Coordination Group
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Equine Practice: Great Information and Growing Pains
- The Eyes Have It at NC State
- N.C. State's College of Veterinary Medicine to Expand Equine Services
- NC State Veterinary Researchers Discover New Adverse Effects Associated with Systemic NSAID Use in Horses
- Colic's Under Attack at North Carolina State
- Medicating for Equine Colic
- Learning to Breathe Easier
- Reproduction: An Emerging Focus at North Carolina State
- Colic and Digestive Diseases, Dr. Anthony Bilkslager
- Ophthalmology, Dr. Brian Gilger
- Reproduction, Drs. Mike Whitacre and Carlos Pinto
- Sports Medicine, Drs. Sarah Gardner and Rich Redding
- About Equine Recurrent Uveitis Equine Extension Equine Health Center at Southern Pines (EHC-SP) Equine Medicine Equine Surgery NCSU-CVM Equine Orthopedic Research Laboratory Outpatient Radiology
- Veterinary Teaching Hospital
Information / News
For Horse Owners
For Students
For Veterinarians
Current EHP News:
Various articles from The Horse:
Areas of Excellence
An equine area of excellence is a program within the Equine Health Program (EHP) that encompasses clinical service, research, and teaching. Clinical service can be related to work in the NCSU-CVM Equine Hospital for referring veterinarians and their clients or can occur in the hospital of a requesting veterinarian. Research can be examining hospital data retrospectively or prospectively or doing basic studies. Teaching can be lecturing and working with veterinary students in the clinics, working with house officers and post-graduate students, or developing training programs in the Equine Hospital or in out-reach programs for practicing veterinarians.
Currently we have identified four programs with their leaders that fit the definition of areas of excellence:
Needs of the EHP through the Gallop of Honor
What is the Gallop of Honor? The Gallop of Honor is a fund within the North Carolina Veterinary Medical Foundation (NCVMF/GOH) that accepts any donations toward equine health within the College of Veterinary Medicine. The money can be targeted toward overall management of the EHP program via the horse shoes program, where a donor can honor a person or horse in the Bronze ($250), Silver ($500) or Gold ($1000) categories. Donations can be also targeted toward personnel or specific projects.Our College is very young compared to most of the Veterinary Colleges in America. So our reputation is still evolving. Our primary goal is to make the NCSU-CVM Equine Health Program as strong as it can be to give the horses in our region the best health care possible. Perhaps ways we diagnose or treat our own horses can spill over to help horses in other regions. To make this goal of excellence come to fruition, our single biggest need is trained personnel: from laboratory technicians, post-graduate students, various professorships and even endowed Chairs of each of the above areas of excellence. When we have sufficient salaries for a sufficient number of people, then the hospital care and research becomes seamless in as many areas as possible.Our second major area of need is money donated for projects that can be done in any of the four areas of excellence. This gives an interested person an opportunity to give to a specific area of health care that they have a personal interest.
Photo by Philip Ruckart, Biomedical Communications, NC State University, College of Veterinary Medicine
Future Equine Veterinarians
Our goal is to develop a complete plan to help young high school and college students to realize their dreams of becoming a quality equine practitioner. Our Circle of Success program would partner young potential veterinarians and even young veterinarians with established veterinarians. Mentoring would continue throughout the veterinary college. The key is to find and encourage talented young people with the horse and medical intuitive skills that will make them excellent equine veterinarians.Scholarships like the North Carolina Hunter Jumper Association (NCHJA) and Spring Classic Horse Show, directed toward equine interested veterinary students, will help reduce the debt these good students would have upon graduation. Working at developing under-graduate scholarships and mentoring programs will be helpful. If you know good people with these intuitive skills, please let us know.
Links of Interest
Faculty
Anthony Blikslager
Betta Breuhaus
David Bristol
Callie Fogle
Sarah Gardner
Mat Gerard
Brian Gilger
Lola Hudson
Sam Jones
Dick Mansmann
Jeannette Moore
Bob Mowrey
Mark Papich
Carlos Pinto
Rich Redding
Malcolm Roberts
Ian Robertson
Michael Schramme
Jock Tate
Mike Whitacre
Contact Information
Dick Mansmann
Director of the Equine Health Program
Department of Clinical Sciences
Email: dick_mansmann@ncsu.edu
Department of Clinical Sciences
4700 Hillsborough Street
Raleigh, NC 27606
Phone: 919.513.0035
Fax: 919.515.7510