Our Crusade - Lifestock Animal Health

[...] Honduras! Drs. Tracy A. Turner, Julia Hall Wilson and David Turoff have joined up with the World Horse Welfare... We arrived in Honduras on Sunday with 4 huge suitcases of supplies and 2 carryons and [...]

[...] and farriers were doing. The local press came by to investigate and interviewed both the World Horse Welfare and Equitarian leaders. A number of the horse owners today were incredibly courteous as [...]

[...] ’s goal of expanding working equid veterinary care throughout the world.  When the World Horse Welfare charity asked for help in their Latin America projects, we jumped at the opportunity.” Said [...]

[...] earlier this year working with the cart horses of San Pedro Sula and the great team from World Horse Welfare. I have worked as a surgeon with interests in sports medicine, lameness and podiatry for [...]

[...] , Sharon Spier, Steve O’Grady, Adrienne Otto, Tracy Turner, Dave Turoff, Kim Thabault, and Julie Wilson. Non-veterinarian team members included Jeff Ridley, president of the AAFP, Jerry Rapp, a [...]

[...] Dr. Adrienne Otto, Dr. David Turoff, Dr. Judy Batker, Dr. Amy Worrell, Dr. Paul Mallonee, Dr. Julie Wilson, Angie Gebhart, and Nina Simmonds) consisting of both veteran Veracruz workshop participants [...]

[...] needs to be arranged. My arrival was preceded by extensive advice from fellow equitarians Drs. Julie Wilson, David Turoff, Raul Casas and Susan Monger; and WHW British directors Liam Maguire and Des [...]

[...] October 10th, 2012 by Dr. Julie Wilson We have had a quiet first day here in Antigua, Guatemala. This is the view from the 3rd floor [...]

[...] , DVM, DACVIM, of Weatherford, Texas, has been named to the Board of Directors of the Equitarian Initiative, a group of equine veterinarians and caregivers looking to provide education, <!--more- [...]

[...] The Equitarian Initiative and Universidad Autonoma de Mexico are very pleased to announce the 4th Equitarian [...]

[...] -us/" target="_self">Dr. Rob, Dr. Keith and Robo</a> The Equitarian Initiative has announced the <a style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text- [...]

[...] of a poor village's working equids attended by veterinarians & volunteers from The Equitarian Initiative, Donkey Sanctuary, UNAM, World Horse Welfare and FullBucket. Wow, what a whirl. My [...]

[...] Equine Probiotic, a probiotic developed by veterinarians Rob Franklin, DVM, Dip. ACVIM and Keith Latson, DVM, Dip. ACVS. The first in what will be a complete line of FullBucket products, FullBucket [...]

[...] Nashville, TN. Rob Franklin, DVM DACVIM and Keith Latson, DVM DACVS were recently spotlighted on a 1-hour live show called Horse talk Live with Lizzie [...]

[...] Our cofounders Rob Franklin and Keith Latson are in Guatemala on the TEVA sponsored Equitarian trip. Julie Wilson sent us an update of the [...]

[...] digestive care products was developed by veterinary specialists Rob Franklin, DVM, DACVIM and Keith Latson, DVM, DACVS to address the needs of their clinical patients and performance horse clients. [...]

[...] – For the donation of paste dewormer. Also thanks to this unbelievable team of volunteers! Chris Brasmer, DVM- Albuquerque, NM Kent Arnold, DVM- Terrell, Texas Tammy Vretis, DVM- Uvalde, Texas Kim [...]

[...] took a number of great pictures throughout the day along with a treating many horses!) Drs. Chris Brasmer and Craig Niblett rapidly began to deworm and vaccinate horses before the farriers got going [...]

[...] we wanted for our records. Sadly, we had lost one of our two bilingual veterinarians (Chris Brasmer had to head home), but our 4 Guatemalan veterinarians, Jorge, Jaqueline, Gerardo and Rudy, [...]

[...] on November 9 with the group of 5 veterinarians (Lisa Stephens, Pat Garrett, Tammy Vretis, Chris Brasmer, Rob Franklin), 2 students from Texas A&M (Emily Hood, Melanie Hensley), MWI sales rep [...]

[...] for their first Equitarian Initiative: a five day venture, where the group will provide nutritional supplements, veterinary, dental, farrier and saddlery services to working animals. The 35,000 [...]

[...] plan to provide high-end, digestive aids for horses in the US that in-turn pays for nutritional supplements for these animals in need… and here it was, in a bag, in my hand. Yet, it still didn’t [...]

[...] third world countries.  We address specific nutritional needs with specifically designed nutritional supplements. In the USA, we have developed four, very engineered, gastrointestinal products: 1) [...]

[...] might make a good video game… However, this battle scene actually happens when we send nutritional supplements, such as probiotics, down into a pig or cow. Now, probiotics are a weapon in and of [...]

[...] from the U.S.: David Turoff, Stacy Tinkler, Chelsey Miller, and Lindall Soule. Veterinary students from the U.S. include Helen Sims, Mary Lindahl, and Melissa Fenn, and Canadian student [...]

[...] with the locals to record all the horses we worked on that day. Local veterinarians and veterinary students joined in the on the work; totaling around 20 people in the project. There were 3 stations: [...]

[...] from the University of Honduras' veterinary college in Catacamas, and 10 of their 2nd year veterinary students. The World Horse Welfare farrier students no longer appear to be students as they [...]

[...] training. Our veterinary team, led by Dr. Rob Franklin, consists of 5 veterinarians, 2 veterinary students from Texas A & M, and a veterinary technician. We set up our supplies on the concrete [...]

[...] Niblett from Texas. The gentlemen with me in the picture are 2 of the veterinarians on our Equitarian team, Dr. Chris Brasmer from New Mexico and Dr. Craig Niblett from Texas. Other members of our [...]

[...] TEVA Equitarian Trip - Guatemala 2012 Blog by Dr. Julie Wilson for the Equitarian Team, Photos by Equitarian Team Member Dr. Tammy Vretis Our morning began with coffee on the roof [...]

[...] on the 2nd Equitarian trip to Costa Rica. Right before this Workshop, I will be part of the Equitarian team working in Guatemala in conjunction with World Horse Welfare. I was given the gifts of [...]

[...] 3rd Equitarian Workshop in Costa Rica Supported by a grant from the AAEP Foundation The Equitarian team, led by Dr. Adrienne Otto, began to gather near the international airport in Alajuela near [...]

[...] of 42 horses evaluated and treated. We began at 8 AM and horses were already gathered. Our veterinary team includes myself, Tracy Turner, and David Turoff (arriving Monday night) from the U.S.; Drs. [...]

[...] (WHW), whom we have worked with before in Honduras and Mexico, had requested the presence of a veterinary team to assist them in their care of working equids in Guatemala. WHW has a global program of [...]

[...] . Our arrival coincided with the start of the third and final module of their training. Our veterinary team, led by Dr. Rob Franklin, consists of 5 veterinarians, 2 veterinary students from Texas A &# [...]