IDITAROD XXXVII ADVISORY 

DATE:            Saturday, March 21, 2009

TO:                 Race Officials

Race Veterinarians

Media

Volunteers

FROM:           Mark Nordman, Race Marshal

The gross necropsy performed on Maynard a five year old male in the team of Warren Palfrey (Yellowknife NWT, Canada) has been completed.  Pulmonary edema was present, which likely developed as the result of a cardiac abnormality.

Further tests will be conducted to complete the necropsy study.