Vet joins American Horse Council board
US equestrian squad veterinary Rick Mitchell is to supplant United States of America Equestrian Federation president David O’Connor on the American Horse Council Board of Trustees.
Mitchell, DVM, MRCVS, has been involved inwards national together with international equine competitions equally both a passenger together with veterinarian. This summer’s Olympic Games inwards London volition reach his 5th take in to the Olympics equally an attention veterinary for the United States of America team.
“The AHC is real pleased to convey Dr Mitchell on the board,” said AHC president Jay Hickey. “Dr Mitchell has been chair of the AHC Health together with Regulatory Committee for several years together with provided smashing advice together with experience. He is a existent ‘two-for’ inwards that he has veterinary expertise inwards equine diseases together with international sense at the highest degree of competition. As the equine exhibit globe gets smaller, that is the type of sense the AHC is fortunate to have.”
Mitchell was born inwards Greensboro, NC together with lived in that place throughout childhood, participating inwards fox-hunting together with hunter/jumper competitions into adulthood.
He attended Guilford College, majoring inwards biological scientific discipline thus received his B.S. from North Carolina State University, together with his DVM from Oklahoma State University. He is currently inwards someone veterinary practise express to equine medicine together with surgical operation alongside an emphasis on lameness. He has been inwards practise alongside Fairfield Equine Associates inwards Newtown, CT, since 1989, where he is president.
Mitchell is internationally certified inwards veterinary acupuncture together with equine locomotor pathology together with has authored many nationally together with internationally published articles together with textbook chapters on equine wellness care.
He has served on diverse boards, including the U.S. Equestrian Federation, Connecticut Veterinary Medical Association, together with the American Association of Equine Practitioners. He is a founding fellow member of the International Society of Equine Locomotor Pathology.
“I am pleased to hold out on the AHC board together with promise I tin proceed to brand fifty-fifty to a greater extent than of a contribution to the AHC together with the Equus caballus community,” Mitchell said.
Mitchell is married, has 2 children together with 3 grandchildren.
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