VetsOnCall – I became a vet because I love horses

I like being around the horses, and I get to do that all day, says Dr. Deb Spike-Pierce in this Vets On Call story in central Kentucky, the Horse Capital of the World. As the story opens, shes traveling to an appointment to modify the cast of a thoroughbred racehorse recovering from surgery after a bone frure. The cast is rubbing against the horses leg and causing a sore, so she tranquilizes him, then re-sets the cast so the horse can stand and walk more comfortably. She explains hell likely be able to race again in 90 days. \r
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As she drives to her next appointment, she explains that with todays advances in surgery, Lots of horses go back to racing after a bone frure. With some we cant repair the frure to make them an athlete, but after surgery they go onto a second career as a breeding animal.\r
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She adds that horses need proper medical care like people do. If a horse has a fever or lacerates himself on a stick in the field, you need to call your vet.\r
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Thats whats so great about being an equine veterinarian, being with the horses every day, theyre just a magnificent animal.\r
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