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F U N D E D B Y U N D E R W R I T E R S AT L LOY D ' S , LO N D O N
JANUARY 2018
Volume 27, Number 1
C O M M E N TA RY
IN THIS ISSUE
Commentary
International
Third Quarter
2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
The Role of
Footings . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
National
Neurological
Disorders . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Equine
Microchips . . . . . . . . . . 4
Kentucky
Reducing
Horseracing
Fatalities . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
College of Agriculture,
Food and Environment
Department of
Veterinary Science
30
T
he more things change, the more they remain
the same.”
The epigram was written by Alphonse Karr
during his tenure as editor of the French satirical
magazine Le Figaro during the middle years of
the nineteenth century. The intended meaning
has been the subject of debate over the years,
but placed in the context of international equine
health reporting, Karr’s musing on change and
permanence is a perfect fit for the Equine Disease
Quarterly (EDQ).
The EDQ was established in October 1992 as a
collaboration between the University of Kentucky’s
Department of Veterinary Science, insurance gi-
ant Lloyd’s of London, and local Lloyd’s agents.
Its purpose, according to the EDQ’s first Com-
mentary, was to provide accurate information on
equine diseases at three levels: in Kentucky, in the
United States, and internationally.
Twenty-five years and 100 issues later, despite
ground-breaking changes in technology, a global
recession, and the emergence of new diseases and