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    Horses

    Equine Lameness Study Osteoarthritis

    In this double-masked, sham-controlled, randomized study, VH-750 will be administered intra-articularly to horses with mild to moderate limb lameness caused by joint OA (fetlock, carpal, or coffin joints).

    A brown horse in a field.

    Triumph over a Twisted Fate

    A Penn Vet care team helps a filly beat the life-threatening odds of a severe wry nose.

    AI, Algorithms Helping to Improve Drug Testing in PA (link is external)

    Dr. Mary Robinson discusses how PETRL is using AI to help improve the detection of drugs in post-race tests.

    A brown horse horse with a crooked nose.

    Wry Not’s Triumph Over a Twisted Fate

    A filly born with a rare deformity fights her way to health and into the hearts of New Bolton Center’s care team.

    Patient Gallery

    We take a look back at some of our star patients treated at New Bolton Center and Ryan Hospital.

    A horse in a field

    Modesty Burleson, V’07

    Hard Work Makes a Fairy Tale Come True

    Philanthropy – Katherine Houpt, V’63, PhD’72

    Giving Back in Thanks for a Career Well Earned

    PA Horse Breeders Donate $150,000 to Penn Vet’s New Bolton Center to Advance Biomarker, Blood Doping Research

    The Pennsylvania Horse Breeders Association announced a $150,000 donation to the Equine Pharmacology Laboratory at Penn Vet’s New Bolton Center that will support continued revolutionary research in equine biomarkers.

    Breakthrough laminitis research shows promise for the future (link is external)

    Horse owners usually dread hearing the diagnosis of “Laminitis.” The disease plagues horses of many backgrounds, ages and disciplines. Using genetics, UF/IFAS and University of Pennsylvania scientists have made a breakthrough in the disease thanks to funding from…

    People operating on a dog.

    People Behind the Surgeries and the Lifesaving Procedures They Love

    Surgeons, animals, owners — and two complex surgeries with joyful results