Vet Schools with Strong Equine Programs

[Bernsters83]

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Yup

 

[PigsRock]

Well, I don't know too much about equine medicine in vet school (even though I've had horses for 10 years I really don't want to be a horse vet) but my horses' vet went to Penn and she really knows her stuff. She got some really cool opportunities with racetracks, too. And-isn't where they took Barbaro? That's about all I know...

I know VMRCVM has an equine track and has an equine center in Middleburg- might be worth looking into. I volunteered with an equine nutrition resident at the vet school last year and she seemed to really like it at VMRCVM.

 

[eventualeventer]

Great vets can come out of any school, and doing an internship at a school or pvt practice with a large caseload matters a whole lot more than where you do what will honestly be on the order of weeks, at best, of sports medicine/lameness related stuff. You will also get the opportunity to do externships at other schools, or at private practices that will have a much greater proportion of lamenesses in their caseload than most vet schools. IME, in areas with good private practice vets, clients are more likely to do most of the workup, including digital radiographs and ultrasound, on the farm or at their own vet's clinic. They are more likely to be referred to either the vet school or a specialty lameness practice (if available) if the horse needs high-end diagnostics such as MRI and nuke scans or surgery.

There are some great lameness vets at the MDS Equine Medical Center in Leesburg, VA, which is part of VMRCVM, but their caseload has been declining (both inpatient and outpatient), probably due to (IMO) a combination of the economy and competition from a number of private practices who are now able to offer surgery, nuke scans, etc.

 

[Ben and Me]

Obviously I think Penn has a great equine program...

The equine vets I have worked with in Southern Pines have also been really, really pleased with the externs they've had from UGA--they (and their tech) agreed that UGA students seemed to have the best clinical/handling skills. I know nothing about UGA, but that seemed like a glowing endorsement to me.

 

[badcats]

Since Halloween is approaching, I can put on a twelvetigers hat. This one is pretty recent.

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=642272&highlight=equine+best

Also I don't know about their case load, but Minnesota just got a new equine center and I believe that they focus on sports medicine.

 

[Sophie10]

Well, I don't know too much about equine medicine in vet school (even though I've had horses for 10 years I really don't want to be a horse vet) but my horses' vet went to Penn and she really knows her stuff. She got some really cool opportunities with racetracks, too. And-isn't where they took Barbaro? That's about all I know...

I know VMRCVM has an equine track and has an equine center in Middleburg- might be worth looking into. I volunteered with an equine nutrition resident at the vet school last year and she seemed to really like it at VMRCVM.

I don't know a whole lot about equine but they definitely did take Barbaro to Penn. Here's their article about it: http://www.vet.upenn.edu/PennVet/News/Barbaro/tabid/849/Default.aspx

 

[twelvetigers]

Since Halloween is approaching, I can put on a twelvetigers hat. This one is pretty recent.

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=642272&highlight=equine+best

Also I don't know about their case load, but Minnesota just got a new equine center and I believe that they focus on sports medicine.

I was really confused for like, a minute. I think I need to sleep more.