Given Name

Michael

Family Name

HURLEY

Current Position

Director / Veterinary Surgeon

Organization

Michael Hurley & Associates Ltd

Nationality-Resident

New Zealand

Major Interest

Areas of interest include pre-purchase   examinations, racehorse management and medicine, the international   movement and air-transport of horses, equine quarantine and   biosecurity, bloodstock insurance, and the Chinese horse racing   industry. 

Education

BVSc (Bachelor of Veterinary Science, Massey   University)

Post-graduate Training

CertEP   GradDipBusStuds MANZCVS MRCVS

RCVS Advanced   Practitioner in Equine Practice

Professional Experience

Michael is a Veterinary   Surgeon with 25 years international equine experience. Since graduating   from New Zealand's Massey University he has worked with leading   Thoroughbred horse trainers and breeders around the world.

His career has   spanned Newmarket in the United Kingdom, Coolmore in   Ireland, Riyadh in Saudi Arabia and Hong Kong.

In Saudi Arabia he was the   private veterinary surgeon for HRH Prince Ahmad bin Salman bin Abdul   Aziz's Thoroughbred Corporation. For 12 years Michael was based in Hong   Kong where he was Deputy Head of the Veterinary Clinical Services   Department at the Hong Kong Jockey Club.

Currently based in New   Zealand he is now the Director of an Equine Veterinary Consultancy Practice.

More recent publications

L. McGlinchey, M. J.   Hurley, C. Riggs and S. M. Rosanowski (2017).

Description of the incidence, clinical presentation and outcome of proximal   limb and pelvic fracture in Hong Kong racehorses (2003-2014). Equine   Veterinary Journal 

Michael J. Hurley,   Christopher M. Riggs, Naomi Cogger and Sarah M. Rosanowski (2016). The   incidence and risk factors for shipping fever in horses transported by air to   Hong Kong: Results from a two-year prospective study. The   Veterinary Journal 

Michael J. Hurley, Josie Hardwick, Brett W. Jones, David P. Taylor. A mast   cell tumor in the tracheal lumen of a two-year-old Thoroughbred gelding   (2016). The   Australian Equine Veterinarian 

Emmie N. M. Ho, George H. M. Chan, Terence S. M. Wan, Peter   Curl, Christopher M. Riggs, Michael J. Hurley and David Sykes (2014). Controlling   the misuse of cobalt in horses. Drug Testing and Analysis