Veterinary students spend the last 15 months of school in the hospital learning the art and science of veterinary medicine.
All students rotate through equine medicine and surgery.
The hospital environment also allows training of graduate veterinarians as specialists in equine medicine and surgery. The large volume of clinical equine patients allows the faculty to advance our knowledge of veterinary care, including the discovery of new methods of diagnosis and treatment, the comparison of different treatments to improve effectiveness, and the discovery of new previously unrecognized diseases. In the last five years, the equine faculty and graduate students have published 264 scientific articles in the world literature, which has contributed appreciably to the advancement of medical and surgical care of ill and injured equine patients.