Cornell to open new equine emergency hospital
Cornell University has signed a lease-buy understanding for the former Ruffian Equine Medical Center to found a referral as well as emergency assist hospital.
The bargain has been made betwixt Cornell University’s College of Veterinary Medicine as well as Racebrook Capital Advisors, LLC to found Cornell Ruffian Equine Specialists.
The hospital, located nigh the Belmont Racetrack backstretch inwards Elmont, New York., is expected to opened upwards on Apr 1, as well as volition render elective equine specialty services to horses referred past times their attention veterinarians. Full emergency as well as critical assist services volition live offered past times the Spring of 2015.
The 22,000 square-foot facility volition render state-of-the-art surgical, imaging, diagnostic as well as rehabilitation services to heighten equine health.
Dr Alan Nixon, a renowned equine orthopedic surgeon as well as manager of the Cornell’s Comparative Orthopedics Laboratory, volition serve equally the Chief Medical Officer.
Drs Lisa Fortier as well as Norm Ducharme, pioneers inwards regenerative as well as laryngeal procedures, volition also offering advanced surgical procedures.
The infirmary volition live staffed past times Cornell University veterinarians as well as technicians as well as volition offering a amount complement of advanced orthopedic as well as soft tissue surgical operation as well as regenerative therapies, an internal medicine service, as well as a wide array of diagnostic modalities including advanced imaging such equally MRI, CT, nuclear scintigraphy, high speed treadmill endoscopy, arthroscopy as well as laboratory services.
Dr. Michael I. Kotlikoff, Dean of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell’s College of Veterinary Medicine, said the team looked forwards to joining the well-established horseracing as well as sport Equus caballus communities inwards the area.
“The infirmary volition live inside walking distance of Belmont Park, recognized equally 1 of the world’s premiere Thoroughbred Equus caballus racing facilities, as well as is easily accessible to the many sport Equus caballus enthusiasts located inwards as well as around the area. Our goals are to better the wellness as well as security of the equine athlete as well as past times so doing to strengthen 1 of the world’s premiere racing programs,” he said.
Nixon said it was an exciting initiatory for Cornell. “Through the institution of Cornell Ruffian Equine Specialists, Cornell volition accolade Ruffian’s legacy. She established herself equally 1 of the greatest racehorses to gear upwards pes on the rails as well as is known equally the perfect champion as well as a courageous filly,” Nixon said.
“The novel pump volition piece of employment along the feel of inspiration as well as achievement surrounding Ruffian, as well as nosotros are eager to partner amongst the referring veterinarians to produce so. We accept multiple goals for our novel hospital, all of which are patient-centered, client-responsive, as well as community-minded.”
Ruffian is buried nigh a flag pole inwards the infield of Belmont Park, amongst her olfactory organ pointed toward the complete line.
She earned the nickname “Queen of the Fillies”, after existence voted the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Two-Year-Old Filly in 1974 as well as winning the Filly Triple Crown (now called the Triple Tiara) inwards 1975. Ruffian was undefeated inwards her root x races. Her 11th race was run at Belmont Park on July 6, 1975, as well as was a gibe race amongst that year’s Kentucky Derby winner, Foolish Pleasure. The “Great Match” was heavily anticipated as well as attended past times to a greater extent than than 50,000 spectators, amongst an estimated boob tube audience of twenty million.
As Ruffian left the starting gate, she hitting her shoulder difficult earlier straightening herself. The root quarter-mile (402 m) was run inwards 221⁄5 seconds, amongst Ruffian ahead past times a nose. Little to a greater extent than than a furlong later, Ruffian was inwards forepart past times one-half a length when both sesamoid bones in her correct foreleg snapped. Vasquez tried to clit her up, simply the filly would non stop. She went on running, pulverizing her sesamoids, ripping the peel of her fetlock as well as fierce her ligaments until her hoof was flopping uselessly.
Ruffian was attended to past times four veterinarians and an orthopedic surgeon, as well as underwent an emergency performance lasting 3 hours. When the anesthesia wore off after the surgery, she thrashed nigh wildly on the flooring of a padded recovery stall equally if however running inwards the race. Despite the efforts of numerous attendants, she began spinning inwards circles on the floor. As she flailed nigh amongst her legs, she repeatedly knocked the heavy plaster cast against her ain elbow until the elbow, too, was smashed to bits. The vet who treated her said that her elbow was shattered as well as looked similar a slice of H2O ice after existence smashed on the ground. The cast slipped, as well as equally it became dislodged it ripped opened upwards her foreleg all over again, undoing the surgery. The medical team, knowing that Ruffian would likely non locomote to a greater extent than extensive surgical operation for the repair of her leg as well as elbow, euthanized her presently afterward.
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