Veterinärer kommer att se efter hundarnas bästa, från det att hundarna besiktigas dagen innan tävlingsstart till dess att spannen kommer i mål.
Veterinärerna kommer att finnas tillhands för förare och hundar på varje checkpoint där de kan ge professionella råd och vägledning till varje förare. Hundar som tagits ur tävling tillses av veterinär på plats och kan få behandling om det behövs.
När sista spannet har passerat mållinjen utser veterinärerna föraren som de anser tog bäst hand om sina hundar under den 30 mil långa tävlingen. ”Best dog care” priset är ett mycket uppskattat inslag i samband med prisutdelningen och vinnaren av priset åker alltid hem som en enormt stolt förare.
Steinar Dagestad
Chief Veterinarian
Norway
Steinar Dagestad graduated as a veterinarian at the Norwegian Veterinary College in 1994. Steinar started at Evidensia Oslo Animal Hospital in 2017.
Steinar is a Long-term competition veterinarian for sleddog races at home and abroad
Steinar is a Long-term competition veterinarian for sleddog races at home and abroad
Hans Nieuwendijk
Veterinarian
The Netherlands
drs. Hans Nieuwendijk
Veterinary Surgeon, advisor and trainer in anesthesiology
Hans Nieuwendijk has approximately 10 years of experience as a veterinarian in primary practice (exclusively companion animals) and over 20 years of experience as a surgeon in a second-line practice. He treated many work/sport dogs there.
In addition, He has a lot of experience with snow and cold, especially in Scandinavia (Hardangervidda, Sarek, Tromso).
Veterinary Surgeon, advisor and trainer in anesthesiology
Hans Nieuwendijk has approximately 10 years of experience as a veterinarian in primary practice (exclusively companion animals) and over 20 years of experience as a surgeon in a second-line practice. He treated many work/sport dogs there.
In addition, He has a lot of experience with snow and cold, especially in Scandinavia (Hardangervidda, Sarek, Tromso).
Paul verschueren
Veterinarian
The Netherlands
Graduated from utrecht university in 2002, moved to the UK in 2002 where I have worked just north of London for the last 20 years treating only small animals mainly dogs and cats. Finished my certificate in small animal soft tissue and orthopaedic surgery in 2012 and became and RCVS recognised advanced practitioner in small animal surgery in 2013.
I am the clinical director and owner of 2 clinics in Leighton buzzard and Dunstable, where I perform weekly advanced surgery on stifles and other parts of dogs and cats.
I have at home a jack russell called Tiny and 2 cats called Lily and Flash.
Hanna Smedstad
Veterinarian
Sweden
Hanna Smedstad has several years of experience from both the Femundløpet, Finnmarksløpet, Polardistans and Amundsen races in 2017 & 2018.
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