Showing posts with label The Horse: Horse Racing Medication Regulations Reviewed. Show all posts
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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

MUST READ! The Horse: Horse Racing Medication Regulations Reviewed

Horse Racing Medication Regulations Reviewed

  • By Michelle N. Anderson, TheHorse.com Digital Managing Editor
  • Feb 18, 2014
  • The old adage says "you don't know where you're going if you don't know where you've been." So at the 2013 American Association of Equine Practitioners' (AAEP) convention, held Dec. 7-11 in Nashville, Tenn., several of the organization’s past presidents covered controversial industry topics in a “Lessons Learned” session from. Tom Brokken, DVM, AAEP’s president in 2006, reviewed evolving medication regulations in horse racing. Brokken is a partner with Teigland, Franklin & Brokken, DVMs, P.A., in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
    Brokken began by outlining the AAEP-sponsored Racehorse Medication Summit which took place in 2001. The goal of that first meeting was to create overall uniformity within the racing industry, Brokken said. At that meeting the group agreed on a need for:
    • Medication regulation uniformity;