The Kentucky Board of Veterinary Examiners (KBVE) and eight veterinarians at Hagyard Equine Medical Institute agreed to financial settlements last week after the KBVE investigated allegations of misdating horse sale radiographs by several of the hospital's partners.
The Paulick Report's Natalie Voss first broke the story that Drs. Michael Hore and Michael Spirito agreed to pay $25,000 in “administrative payments” to offset the cost of the KBVE's investigation. In addition, Dr. Robert Hunt agreed to pay $15,000; Dr. Dwayne Rodgerson agreed to $5,000, and Drs. Ben Stivers, James Schalnus, Jeff Pumphrey, and Arnoldo Monge agreed to pay $1,000.
The Paulick Report wrote that, “In all cases, settlement agreements included the statement, 'The Board agrees and acknowledges that there is no evidence that any radiograph taken by the respondent did not accurately reflect the condition of the horse.'”
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