Olympic horses have best health facilities
An on-site veterinarian clinic at Greenwich Park is giving equine athletes competing at the Olympic as well as Paralympic equestrian events the best possible veterinarian tending available.
The state-of-the-art clinic, a temporary facility constructed specially for the London 2012 Games as well as built inwards alone iii weeks, has been kitted out to the highest specifications as well as provides 24-hour veterinarian tending throughout both the Olympic as well as Paralympic Games.
Not alone is specialist tending available on-site, the clinic staff equally good lead maintain access to a squad of experts that tin forcefulness out survive called inwards if necessary, as well as at that spot are equally good iii specialist equine hospitals on telephone telephone throughout the Games.
“We are really lucky inwards the U.K. to lead maintain the best of the best veterinarian experts on tap,” Veterinary Services Manager Jenny Hall said.
“We know the Olympic Veterinary Clinic facilities volition survive used a lot for routine supportive veterinarian care. We promise they won’t survive used for whatsoever emergency first-aid, simply if anything should happen, nosotros are extremely good prepared to care alongside anything that comes our way.”
The Veterinary Clinic’s diagnostic laboratory volition furnish clinical pathology services throughout both Games. Endoscopy, radiography as well as ultrasonography services are equally good available. Any squad that does non lead maintain its ain equine physiotherapist tin forcefulness out lead maintain payoff of the physiotherapy treatments on offering at the Veterinary Clinic.
There are 4 supervised handling boxes, which are overseen past times the FEI Veterinary Commission to ensure total compliance alongside the FEI Veterinary Regulations. The clinic equally good stocks a broad make of veterinarian supplies.
“The equine athletes at Greenwich Park volition lead maintain the best possible tending if they should bespeak handling at whatsoever stage,” Hall said.
“The FEI sets the standards for accommodation for the horses, wellness as well as welfare, tending as well as management, alongside wellness checks, an initial exam as well as the Equus caballus inspections. We lead maintain it for granted, simply no-one inspects the human athletes earlier their competition, no-one ensures their fitness to compete, simply that is measure protocol for all equestrian events, as well as of course of written report that includes the Olympic as well as Paralympic Games.”
The Veterinary Services squad equally good includes Equus caballus ambulance drivers, administrators as well as veterinarian technicians. The squad is equally good supported past times equine ambulance trailers, addition a purpose-built motorised vehicle, ane of alone iii such vehicles inwards the world.
“World Horse Welfare has worked closely alongside the FEI over the terminal xxx years as well as the Equus caballus welfare protocols that are inwards house at all FEI events are stringently monitored,” World Horse Welfare Chairman Barry Johnson said.
“We are especially impressed alongside the operate that has been done past times LOCOG as well as the FEI at Greenwich Park as well as are confident that the horses volition popular off the highest possible degree of tending as well as hence that they tin forcefulness out perform at their really best during the Games.”
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