While Dr. Stuart Nelson — chief Iditarod veterinarian — was at the Kennel, I asked him for an overview of the Iditarod veterinary program. He very graciously allowed me to record this for you:

For those of you who can’t watch the videos, I’ve ripped the audio into mp3 format:

If you are having trouble with the embedded mp3 player, you can click here to access the mp3 file directly and play it however your computer normally handles mp3 files.