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Not only is technology cutting edge at New Bolton Center, so is teamwork, with one of the nation’s oldest farrier programs working hand-in-hand with top board-certified internists, surgeons and sports medicine specialists. At the University of Pennsylvania’s New Bolton Center, “a cutting-edge partnership between farrier and veterinarian is a natural extension of our daily interactions,” said Patrick Reilly, chief of Farrier Services and director
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of the Applied Polymer Research Laboratory in Kenneth Square, Pa. As in so many other things in science today, no veterinarian can be an expert in all aspects of equine care. “There’s a reason we have so much specialization in veterinary medicine,” explained Dean W. Richardson, DVM, DACVS. “The more sophisticated treatment protocols become, the more specialization is required to stay in front of cutting-edge clinical practice and the more likely a
beneficial partnership between veterinarian and farrier will develop.”
A Blend of Art & Science
“Admittedly,” said Dr. Richardson, who is Charles W. Raker Professor of Equine Surgery and chief of Large Animal Surgery at Penn’s School of Veterinary Medicine, “I’m spoiled—I mean unequivocally terribly spoiled—because I have always lived in this environment where we’ve had support from our internal