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but over the skin . The major risk , beyond the fracture , was infection of this contaminated wound . Six months later , the third plate was removed from the colt , who lives with a companion pony and will be able to start walking in-hand . His sporting future is obviously very uncertain , but we must leave room for dreams !
Photos L ’ Héritier was freed from the plates that saved his life ... with a good dose of patience and owners who spared no expense .
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TAMARA DE BEAUREGARD , THE MADONNA OF THE OPERATING THEATRE
While the veterinary profession is becoming increasingly feminised , this conquest does not seem to have yet reached the operating theatres where men remain in the majority . Tamara de Beauregard is , at Meslay-du-Maine , one of the French pioneers of this discipline . A graduate of the Toulouse school in 2004 , she then completed an internship and a surgical residency in Ghent , Belgium . Her vocation came very early , as she was four years old when she decided on her future profession : “ A horse escaped from my father ’ s and crashed into a car on the motorway . We had to euthanize it . I said to myself : I want to become a surgeon and save horses .“ Tamara de Beauregard perhaps never feels as good as when her arms are plunged up to her shoulders in the belly of a sleeping horse , whose future depends on her prowess . “ It ’ s adrenaline every day , we face challenges , questioning and surprises every day . That ’ s rare in a job !“
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JEAN-MARC BETSCH , THE FREE ELECTRON
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He answers us from Arizona , where he is attending a conference . The man is a jack-of-all-trades , who did his military service at the Saumur Cavalry School before briefly managing a Thoroughbred stud farm and then joining the Méheudin clinic in 1990 , created by Dr Moisant , “ the first to consider the trotter as a sport horse “. Jean-Marc Betsch also holds a university degree in equine law and another as a reproduction centre manager . He is also vice-president of the AVEF , the French association of equine veterinarians . A specialist in orthopaedic surgery , he is passionate about sports horse medicine and has participated in numerous studies on the subject . It is no coincidence that Méheudin boasts a treadmill where racehorses can undergo exercise tests by cantering . The clinic , which has undergone major renovation work , merged with the nearby Boisrie clinic in 2021 . Activity therefore continues on both sites .
THREE EQUINE VETERINARY HOSPITAL CENTRES
In France , three sites have obtained the CHVE ( Centre Hospitalier Vétérinaire pour Équidés ) label : in addition to Livet in Calvados and the equine clinic in Haute-Garonne , there is the Conques clinic , not far from Bordeaux , created in 1981 by Dr Serge Lenormand . The equine hospital label corresponds to specifications defined by the Veterinary Code of Ethics . The requirements are high in terms of premises ( e . g . a room for recumbent surgery and a room for standing surgery ), equipment and personnel ( number of full-time vets , having at least one specialist in surgery or internal medicine , etc .). A vet and an assistant must be present on site 24 hours a day , 7 days a week to deal with emergencies . CIRALE , a centre of excellence Established in 1999 on the Normandie Equine Vallée site in Goustranville , CIRALE ( Centre d ’ Imagerie et de Recherche sur les Affections Locomotrices Équines ) is the Normandy equine centre of the Alfort National Veterinary School . With research , teaching and clinical practice as its vocations , CIRALE is a world-renowned reference centre for the study of locomotor disorders and factors limiting performance in sport and racehorses . The figurehead of CIRALE is Professor Jean-Marie Denoix , a world-renowned specialist in equine locomotor disorders . More recently , the Kinésia physiotherapy centre opened its doors with the aim of developing horse rehabilitation programmes . It should be noted that the horse racing laboratory , dedicated to the fight against doping , is located on the same site .
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