Equine Fitness - The Olympic Way

This is the proceedings from our course held in February 2000 at Bondi Beach in Sydney.
It covers:
- the pivotal role of the official veterinarian in International Equestrian Competition
- protecting the Welfare of Equine Athletes
- new initiatives in diagnosing back problems in Competitive Horses
- understanding the horse.s foot
- skeletal maturity in horses.why we should be racing 2 year-olds
- lameness in the performance horse
- angular limb deformities in foals
- osteochondrosis in horses
- applications of thermography in horses
- prepurchase examination of the performance horse
- new methods of diagnosing lameness
- the problem of laminitis: new solutions
- travelling to the Olympic Games.What are the risks for horses?
A well received course and an excellent resource for your library.