Vol 22, No. 8 August 2002
FROM THE EDITOR 335 Current research news
LIBRARY 353 The horse specialists’ guide to educational opportunities
VIEWPOINT 338 Unraveling the mystery of poor performance VETERINARY REVIEW 339 Poor performance evaluation at UC Davis MEETING REPORT 343 ACVIM Medical Forum 2002 WHAT’S NEWS 346 New DDSP collar 346 Leg paint recall 348 EPM road kill research 348 Improved test for West Nile Virus 349 Akhal-teke horse 349 Mare reproductive loss syndrome 351 Parasite resistance 352 Permanent private quarantine stations 352 Riding helmets
BOOKS IN PROGRESS 357 Probiotics, prebiotics, and synbiotics
EQUINE FOOT SCIENCE 361 Evaluation of a plastic shoe
EQUINE NUTRITION 362 How much does that horse weigh?
CURRENT RESEARCH 363 Current research at Colorado State University
EQUINE CLINIC 364 Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital
Editorial Board Willem Back, DVM, PhD ● Olin Balch, DVM, MS, PhD ● Warwick Bayly, BVSc, MS, PhD ● George A. Bergman, DVM ● J. LM. Bowern, FRCVS ● Hilary M. Clayton, BVMS, PhD, MRCVS ● H. Steve Conboy, DVM ● Dee L. Cross, PhD ● Howard H. Erickson, DVM, PhD ● Bernard F. Feldman, DVM, PhD ● David W. Freeman, PhD, Dipl. ACAN ● G. Federick Fregin, VMD ● Dennis French, DVM ● R. R. Hanson, DVM ● Harold F. Hintz, PhD ● Leo B. Jeffcott, MA, BVet Med, PhD, FRCVS, DVSc ● Jerry H. Johnson, DVM ● Kevin H. Kline, PhD ● Ralph C. Knowles, DVM ● Calvin Kobluk, DVM ● Laurie Lawrence, PhD ● Maury B. Linkous, DVM ● Irvin Liu, DVM ● Nora Matthews, DVM ● Fred B. McCashin, DVM, MSc ● Patrick M. McCue, DVM, PhD ● Travis C. McGuire, DVM, PhD ● C. Wayne McIlwraith, BVSc, PhD ● Kenneth H. McKeever, PhD, FACSM ● H. David Moll, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVS ● William Moyer, DVM ● Dean P. Neely, VMD, PhD, Dipl. ACT ● Stephen E. O’Grady, DVM, MRCVS ● Fred W. Oehme, DVM, PhD ● James A. Orsini, DVM ● Richard D. Park, DVM, PhD ● B. W. Pickett, PhD ● Roy R. Pool, DVM, PhD ● R. F. Redden, DVM ● James R. Rooney, DVM ● David G. Schmitz, DVM, MS ● Dean Scoggins, DVM ● Steven Sedrish, MS, DVM, Dip ACVS ● Robert K. Shideler, DVM ● Mary O. Smith, BVM&S, PhD, MRCVS ● R. D. Scoggins, DVM ● E. L. Squires, PhD ● Ted S. Stashak, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVS ● Corinne R. Sweeney, DVM ● T. W. Swerczek, DVM, PhD ● Colin Vogel, BVetMed, MRCVS ● Nathaniel A. White II, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVS.
MEETING SCHEDULES 366 August-July 2003
CHANGING TIMES 370 Colorado State University’s Orthopaedic Research Center
ON THE COVER The Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital, Lexington, KY. The director is William A. Rood. See page 364.