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Article: University of California, Davis Experts Available to Comment on Racehorse Health and Welfare.
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- AScribe Medicine News Service
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- June 20, 2008
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Byline: University of California, Davis
DAVIS, Calif., June 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Experts in the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine are available to comment on topics of racehorse health and welfare, including Thursday's (June 19) hearing on the sport by the U.S. House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
HOW HORSES GET HURT -- Sue Stover, director of the J.D. Wheat Veterinary Orthopedic Research Laboratory at UC Davis, testified Thursday (June 19) at a congressional hearing in Washington, D.C., about the state of thoroughbred horseracing and the welfare of thoroughbred racehorses. Stover studies the orthopedic biomechanics of ...