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EQUINE ■ EQUINE ■ EQUINE ■ EQUINE ■ EQUINE ■ EQUINEQuestions andAnswers aboutthe Equine CenterQ: Why build an Equine Center now?A: Expanded facilities have been neededfor some time.The number of horsestreated annually has grown six-foldfrom 500 in 1980 to more than 3,000last year.This growth has spurred thedevelopment of equine technology tokeep pace with the growing, diverseneeds of horse owners and others.Nearly 30 similar equine facilities havealready been built throughout theUnited States. In Minnesota, theequine industry continues to growand has become an important economicand social factor. Home to nearly500 state and local horse clubs,Minnesota has the 10th largest horsepopulation in the United States.Q: What are the plans for the current largeanimal facilities? How will the existinglarge animal hospital be used?A: The campaign will fund new equipmentand provide an updated surgical suite.Current facilities will continue to provideservices to treat and care for dairycows, cattle, llamas, alpacas, goats, andother large animals, including horses.Q: What is the total cost for the center?A: The total cost for building construction,endowments, and equipment is $10million. More than $4 million has beenraised to date.Q: When will the new facilities be built?A: Groundbreaking is tentativelyplanned for 2005.Q: What role is the University playingregarding this center?A: The University enthusiasticallyendorses the Equine Center on theSt. Paul campus and has provided thebuilding site.Q: Is this the only new building planned?A: The Equine Center is the first of twophases for equine facilities and servicesat this location.The second phase,as yet unscheduled, calls for theconstruction of a new, additionallarge-animal hospital.Campaign Underwayfor Equine CenterWhetheryou’rehelpinga competitivejumper get backinto the show ringor a newborn foalscramble to its feetfor the first time,there is somethingparticularly rewardingabout workingwith horses.No one knows thatbetter than the equine faculty andstaff. For decades, the College’sequine experts have won nationalacclaim for their research, teaching,and clinical services, serving morethan 3,000 horses annually. All thisdespite aging and limited-access facilitiesthat have not kept pace with thelarge population growth of horses inMinnesota or the diverse needs ofhorse owners, breeders, trainers, barnand track owners, farriers, and others.“The Equine Center is long overdue,”says Dean Jeffrey Klausner.“This 50,000-square-foot, world-classfacility will offer new technology andequipment, superb research and teaching,and clinical diagnosis and treatmentservices.” The Center will feature50 stalls, an indoor arena andlunge area with natural light, a speciallydesigned, secure loading area, and aseparate paddock area for outdoorexercise. The equine campaign willalso fund an endowed chair and professorshipin sports medicine.“With the Equine Center, our topnotchequine faculty will have a firstclassequine facility where they canoffer advanced services and complementarytherapies and work with thebest diagnostic and treatment equipment,”Dean Klausner adds.Collaborations with the MedicalSchool and the College ofAgricultural, Food, andEnvironmental Sciences will positionthe Center as a nationally recognized,premier equine facility.Giving opportunities exist at everylevel, and substantial gifts made byindividuals or groups will be recognizedin designated areas of theCenter. For more information aboutthe Equine Center, contact DeanKlausner at 612-624-6244 or MaryEllen Kuhi, campaign consultant, at952-470-0856. An overview of theEquine Center campaign is availableon video or DVD. Print materials arealso available, and information is postedon the College Web site atwww.cvm.umn.edu.4
EQUINE ■ EQUINE ■ EQUINE ■ EQUINE ■ EQUINE ■ EQUINEPumpkin Roams the Range“He loves his job!” Emily Bootesays of Pumpkin, a 13-yearoldquarter horse gelding.Together, they serve as members of“We changed Pumpkin’s diet toinclude supplements that provide himproper nutrition, without added sugars,”says Stephanie Valberg,D.V.M., a world expert on musculardisorders in horses. “ManyPSSM horses have wonderfulpersonalities and they are likemembers of the family. It’sreally satisfying to see thehorses and their ownersback together ina happy situation.”but that will take additional researchand facilities. That’s one of the reasonswhy a new Equine Center is soimportant.”Stephanie Valberg, D.V.M., is an expert on musculardisorders in horses.the Mounted Park Patrol Volunteersin Three Rivers Park District’s CarverPark Reserve. But it wasn’t always so.Several years ago, Pumpkin was apatient at the Veterinary MedicalCenter, diagnosed as having polysaccharidestorage myopathy (PSSM), amuscle disease that makes horses verysensitive to the hormone insulin.Symptoms range from muscle crampingand stiffness to not being able towalk.Back at home withhis new feeding regimen,Pumpkin waswalking, then goingup and down smallhills. Within a fewmonths, Pumpkin andEmily were riding againin Carver Park.“Through our researchhere, we are better understandingthe genetics ofthis disease,” Dr. Valbergexplains. “We hope to beable to develop a test forPSSM in the near future,Emily Boote and Pumpkin.In Minnesota…According to the most recent agriculturecensus, Minnesota ranked10th in horse numbers.Ottertail County had the mosthorse farms, with 307. BeltramiCounty had the least, with 155.Washington County had the highesttotal number of horses at1,996. Mille Lacs County had thelowest number of horses at 875.Wright County had the highest valuedhorses, at $6,251 per head.Total direct, indirect, and inducedeconomic value of the horse industryis estimated at $1 billion.Value of horses increases dramaticallyin metro-area counties.Comparative estimated horserelatedexpenditures averaged$4,300 per head, totaling $678 millionper year.Comparative estimated horserelatedincome was $2,000 perhead, totaling $312 million.Comparative estimated horserelatedassets were $37,494 perhead, totaling $5.8 billion.Source: USDA, NASS, Equine Inventory,released March 2, 1999.5
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