Ohio Greyhound Gathering & Adoption Blog » Wheeling Down WV http://www.myogga.org Rescuing greyhounds from the track & adopting them into homes like yours. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:40:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 OSU/Dr. Couto and WV Racing http://www.myogga.org/2011/11/osudr-couto-and-wv-racing/ http://www.myogga.org/2011/11/osudr-couto-and-wv-racing/#comments Sat, 05 Nov 2011 15:57:22 +0000 VWhit http://www.myogga.org/?p=5143       Many of OGGA’s greyhounds are brought from the West Virgina tracks.  The information in the article below  is wonderful news to all of us at OGGA that have an interest in racing greyhounds health.

 

 

It’s been a…

]]>       Many of OGGA’s greyhounds are brought from the West Virgina tracks.  The information in the article below  is wonderful news to all of us at OGGA that have an interest in racing greyhounds health.

 

 

It’s been a busy summer at Wheeling with some ground-breaking off-track developments.

Wheeling Island Racetrack and The Ohio State University have formed a joint venture targeting the wellness of greyhounds.

The partnership is two-fold – first to improve the health status of racing greyhounds through an investigative study, and secondly to significantly decrease or eliminate euthanasia due to catastrophic the program from The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, Dr. Lori L. Bohenko, West Virginia Racing Commission state veterinarian, played a major role in launching the undertaking at the Wheeling racetrack.

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