Care for horses & livestock/farm animals
Care for cats, dogs & other companion animals
In 2006, Patrick Reilly joined New Bolton Center as Chief of Farrier Services and Director of the Applied Polymer Research Laboratory. He received his Graduate Diploma in Equine Locomotor Research at the Royal Veterinary College in 2020.
Penn Vet’s Farrier Service at New Bolton Center is one of the oldest and well-respected programs in the country. Our farriers have created pioneering techniques using glue-on shoes and synthetic polymers for hoof reconstruction, and continue to conduct groundbreaking research on hoof care.
Patrick Reilly had been happily shoeing horses for more than a dozen years in New Hampshire when he got some momentous news.
On Tuesday, May 7 at 6:30 PM, Penn Vet will present a special lecture, The Penn Vet Podological Museum: The Farrier-Vet Connection Through the Years, as part of the First Tuesday Lecture Series at Penn Vet’s New Bolton Center in Kennett Square, PA. The series offers the public open lectures on equine topics, at no charge, the first Tuesday of each month.