IAHA Drug Committee Consultants
Marvin Beeman, DVM
Dr. Beeman does council and consulting for the Littleton Large Animal Clinic, in Littleton, Colorado. His professional interest is in equine lameness. Dr. Beeman is a member of national, state, and local veterinary societies. He is the past president of the American Association of Equine Practitioners and has held such positions for many associations and organizations. Dr. Beeman served as a committee member in 1997.
John Lengel, DVM
Dr. Lengel is the head of the AHSA Drugs and Medications Department of AHSA. Dr. Lengel has been very active in coordinating this Committee’s efforts to enact the conclusions and recommendations of this Committee through AHSA rules for our shows.
Duncan Peters, DVM
Dr. Peters is with the LaSalle Veterinary Clinic in Kalispell, Montana. His specialty is large animals, primarily horses. He rides polo horses in polo matches. Dr. Peters was a consultant to Allan Balch, AHSA President, for AHSA’s summit meeting of May 1998, concerning drug and medication rules. He is a member of the Horsemans Advisory Council, primarily concerned with aspects of showing. This council was initially organized in response to AHSA’s proposed new rules on drugs and medication in the show horse and continues as a consulting group in broader areas. Dr. Peters is also the Chair of the Horse Show Committee of the American Association of Equine Practitioners
M. H. Riegger, DVM
Dr. Riegger of the Northwest Animal Clinic Hospital Practice & Specialty Practice in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is also a Diplomate, American Board of Veterinary Practitioners whose clinical specialty is the diagnostics, medicine, surgery, and therapy of companion animals. He has shown Quarter horses in the 1960s and currently, he and his wife show Arabians.
Bradley Root, DVM
Dr. Root is with the Albuquerque Equine Clinic in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Dr. Root treats Arabian show horse barns.
L. D. Shamis, DVM
Dr. Shamis is associated with the Cortaro Equine Hospital, P.C. in Tucson, Arizona,-- a complete medical & surgical referral center. He is also a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons.
Bob Battaglia
Bob is a professional trainer and has trained and shown Arabian horses for many years. He has served on IAHA Committees, including as the chair of the Professional Horsemans’ Committee. He is also a current member of the Judges & Stewards Education/Evaluation Commission.
Virginia “Ginger” Detterman
Ginger has owned and bred Arabian horses since the 1950s and has shown many of those horses very successfully. She has had a very long involvement with the Arabian horse since her grandmother bred Arabians starting in the 1930s. Ginger served as a committee member in 1997.
Don DeLongpre
Don is a professional trainer and Arabian horse breeder. He has trained and shown Arabian horses for many years. Don served as a committee member in 1997.
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