Texas Equine Veterinary Association

• 23 • Raising a foal today is a challenge. e challenge is to raise a foal that will grow rapidly to satisfy the demands of the marketplace and still produce an athlete that will perform competitively. e demands of the marketplace are for fast growing early maturing foals. is is what buyers want. Buyers also want yearlings that can train and perform successfully; in the past there was divided opinion on whether this could be done and if it could be done, how to do it. Developmental Developmental Orthopedic Disease Jim Ward, D.V.M. received his Bachelor of Science degree in 1964 and his Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine degree in 1965 from Texas A&M University, College of Veterinary. Medicine. He practiced equine veterinary medicine for forty years, emphasizing equine reproduction. He has been extensively involved in the equine industry, owning and managing several breeding farms. He is a Life Member, former board member, and a past president the Texas oroughbred Association. He was also a board member of e Breeders Cup Ltd and Texas Racing Agri-Industry Council. Jim was formerly the Equine Management Consultant for Cargill, Inc., a position he held since 2000. He has retired from Cargill and currently works part time for Cargill focusing on Veterinary Colleges and veterinarians. Ward's passion has been to develop feeds that would provide solutions for veterinarians and horse owners for diseases such as colic, laminitis, tying-up, developmental orthopedic disease, cushing's disease and equine metabolic syndrome. In 2004 he received the Cargill Innovation award for his role in the development of the feed, SafeChoice. He received the Trailblazer award from Cargill in 2015. Ward is the former manager of Center Veterinary & Reproduction Services and served in a consultative role at Center Ranch for sixteen years prior to the ranch dispersal. e Center Ranch Dispersal set a record for cutting horses with the stallion "Woody Be Tuff " at 1.3 M and herd sale average of $64,000. He serves as a practice management and nutrition consultant at Ward Animal Hospital. He has served as a nutrition consultant at major ranches, including 6666 Ranch, EE Ranches, Noble Equine Reproduction, Sterling Ranch, Checkup Ranch, and Hartman Equine Reproduction Center. Ward has done nutrition consultative work with equine veterinary practices including Texas A&M University Large Animal Hospital, Lone Star Park Equine Hospital, Brazos Valley Equine Hospital, Elgin Veterinary Hospital, Premier Equine Veterinary Services, Hill Country Veterinary Hospital, and Retama Equine Hospital. Ward serves on the Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine Development Council. He is an Adjunct Professor at the College of Veterinary Medicine where he presents lectures on equine nutrition to veterinarians, veterinary students and equine industry members. Ward teaches "Equine Veterinary Nutrition" and "Introduction to Veterinary Science" at Stephen F. Austin State University where he is an Adjunct Professor. Ward has lectured on equine nutrition at Louisiana State University, Oklahoma State University, Mississippi State University, University of Tennessee and University of Illinois. He recently developed a series of online learning lessons on equine nutrition that has been approved as an extracurricular course at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine and e Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine. is same material has been approved by the Texas Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners and the American Association of Veterinary State Boards for C.E. credit for veterinarians and veterinary technicians. Ward is a member of the American Veterinary Medical Association, Texas Veterinary Medical Association, American Association of Equine Practitioners and the Texas Equine Veterinary Association. Jim Ward, DVM Equine Management Consultant Cargill Animal Nutrition orthopedic disease is a group of maladies in the young growing horse that has been an increasing concern over the last few years. As mentioned there has been divided opinion on how fast to grow a foal. e Equine Committee of the National Research Council in fact has made two recommendations; one for fast growth and one for moderate growth. is was in 1989. Either

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