Biography
Dr. Harry Voesten,
Surgeon
Dr. Harry Voesten is a Vascular
Surgeon at Drachten Hospital.more
Dr. Harry Voesten,
Writer/Instructor
In 1999 he qualified as an ATLS (Advanced
Trauma Life Support) Instructor according to the
standards established by the American College of
Surgeons Committee on Trauma.
He is co-author on several
books:
- Amputation and Prosthetics of
the Lower Limb
- Multidisciplinary
treatment of Lymphedema
- Training Manual for Interns in
surgery
Dr. Harry
Voesten, His love of Horses
His horse addiction started as he presented his wife
a race horse for her birthday in 1989 (in front of their
sixteen century house right in the middle of
Groningen city with its 175,000 inhabitants.)
After 10 years breeding race horses he switched
to Friesians, a type of horse much more suited for a
family with two girls of 6 and 9.
As computeranalysis of pedigree is very
sophisticated in thoroughbreds and nonexistent in
Friesians he started deleting 550,000 racehorses out of
their pedigree program and put in all Friesian stallions
from no 1 to 406 and
all friesian mares he came across. This allows very accurate
comparison of pedigree in terms of where are the
superior horses in that particular pedigree. Tail female or tail
male lines are no problem. Using computer
pedigree research it appears that selective inbreeding to
superior females could have much
more impact to get good
quality stock than mere inbreeding to
stallions.
As
there are not that many English papers
on friesian matter he tries to translate important
issues on Friesian horses into English as
he follows courses at the Friesch Paarden Centrum.
Another very interesting topic is introducing human
surgical procedures into equine surgery. In 2000 Dr
Voesten (in collaboration with a vet surgeon
group) performed the first veinaccessport
implant in a famous jumping stallion with congestive
heart disease. | 
News Bulletin (updated 5-6-08)
