Barbaro Injury Highlights Need for Laminitis Research Funding
Equestrian News Release
Ten million dollars in equine research funding is needed to unlock the
mysteries of the devastating equine disease known as laminitis, the American
Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) Foundation, Inc., said today.
The life-threatening injury to Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro and the
subsequent development of laminitis in the horse's left hind foot has
highlighted the prevalence and severity of the disease, which affects horses
around the globe.
Members of the AAEP have identified laminitis as a disease with a high
priority for future equine research. To advance this effort, the AAEP
Foundation has developed an informative paper on the challenges of solving
the laminitis puzzle and the need for increased research funding. Rustin M.
Moore, DVM, a member of the AAEP and the director of the Louisiana State
University Equine Health Studies Program, is the author.
The paper "Barbaro Injury Highlights Need for Laminitis Research Funding"
can be viewed at http://www.aaep.org/laminitisresearchfunding and is available for
reprint. To learn more about laminitis, funding opportunities or current
research, contact Keith Kleine, AAEP director of industry relations, at
kkleine@aaep.org or (859) 233-0147.
The AAEP Foundation, Inc., a 501(c) 3 organization, was created in 1994 as
the charitable arm of the American Association of Equine Practitioners
(AAEP), the world's largest professional association of equine
veterinarians. The AAEP Foundation's mission is to improve the health and
welfare of the horse through support of research, education, benevolence and
the equine community.
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