LVMA Equine Committee Donates Videoendoscope
The Louisiana Veterinary Medical Association Equine Committee has donated a three meter videoendoscope and light source valued at $20,000 to the LSU Equine Medicine and Surgery Service. 

Dr. George Martin, chief of equine medicine and surgery, said, “This will enable complete examination of the stomach and pylorus of adult horses.” 

The stress of racing and training makes gastric ulceration a huge problem of track and show horses, and athletic performance is adversely affected.  The new endoscope will enable diagnosis of this relatively common, but difficult to detect, condition.