Horses

Dr. Vosburgh with her dog Astrid and horse Kisses. Photo courtesy of Dr. Vosburgh.

Dr. Haydan Vosburgh recently joined the Gary R. Carlson, MD, College of Veterinary Medicine as an instructor of Rural Veterinary Practice. In this role, she instructs and trains students and house officers (interns, residents, fellows) in classroom, laboratory and clinical settings and provides large animal primary patient care as a member of the Lois Bates Acheson Veterinary Teaching Hospital's Rural Veterinary Practice service. 

Dr. Kelsey Jurek, Dr. Rodrigo Sanchez and the whole veterinary team saved mare Lovely's life, and nine days later she gave birth to Grace in the hospital. Photo courtesy of Dr. Jurek.

August 21, 2025
Words and photos by Jens Odegaard

Izzy Olsen is an Appaloosa breeder. Her place is a gorgeous spread tucked into the tendril foothills of the Cascade Range near Lebanon, Oregon. Jack Creek meanders through the meadow, and Olsen named her operation for the waterway.  

Chrisy Parrish was just sitting down with the family after dinner on a Friday night in July when her phone buzzed with the alert: “Fire at Royal Ridges.”

Parrish is the program director for Royal Ridges Retreat in rural Yacolt, Washington. The retreat offers outdoor and equine programs year-round for kids and adults. Summers are particularly busy with youth campers flooding in day after day. This week had been no exception, and Parrish had just wrapped up an equine vaulting camp.

Oregon State University's Lois Bates Acheson Veterinary Teaching Hospital's Dr. Lacy Kamm and team work to help a foal with his limp.

Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine students, faculty veterinarians and veterinary support staff loaded into Oregon State University passenger vans to volunteer their Saturday at Warm Springs and provide aid to the herd.

Did the horse have rabies? That’s just one of the questions that Wendy Black and Nelson Osorio can answer. Black and Osorio are both microbiologists in the Oregon Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory at the Oregon State University Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine.