Editing Greyhound racing (section)

== Medical care ==
The medical care of a racing greyhound is primarily the responsibility of the trainer while in training. All tracks in the United Kingdom have to have a veterinary surgeon and veterinary room facilities on site during racing.<ref name="welfare">{{cite web|url=http://www.gbgb.org.uk/welfare.aspx|title=Welfare|publisher=Greyhound Board of Great Britain}}</ref> The greyhounds require microchipping, annual vaccinations against [[Canine distemper|distemper]], [[infectious canine hepatitis]], [[parvovirus]], [[leptospirosis]],  and a vaccination to minimize outbreaks of diseases such as [[kennel cough]].<ref name="greyhounds.org">{{cite web|title = Answers to Commonly Asked Questions|publisher = Greyhound Protection League Official|url = http://www.greyhounds.org/gpl/contents/common.html|access-date = 19 November 2012|archive-date = 27 November 2012|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121127222059/http://www.greyhounds.org/gpl/contents/common.html|url-status = dead}}</ref> All greyhounds in the UK must pass a pre-race veterinary inspection before being allowed to take part in that race.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbgb.org.uk/welfare.aspx|title=Rule 113 part iii|publisher=Greyhound Board of Great Britain}}</ref>

The racing industry (in several countries) actively works to prevent the spread of [[Doping (sport)|doping]] cases. Attempts are being made to recover urine samples from all greyhounds in a race, not just the winners. Greyhounds from which samples cannot be obtained for a certain number of consecutive races are subject to being ruled off the track in some countries. Violators are subject to criminal penalties and loss of their racing licenses by state gaming commissions and a permanent ban from the [[National Greyhound Association]]. The trainer of the greyhound is at all times the "absolute insurer" of the condition of the animal. The trainer is responsible for any positive test regardless of how the banned substance has entered the greyhound's system.<ref name="greyhounds.org" />

A series of research papers have indicated that the greyhound racing industry played an important role in the rise of [[Drug resistance|drug-resistant]] [[Hookworm|hookworms]]. Greyhound farms tended to treat greyhounds with dewormers even when the dogs did not have an active infection, thus enabling worms, which are constantly exposed to drugs, to develop immunity against the drugs among the surviving worms. The rise of drug-resistant hookworms poses a threat to pets and humans more generally.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Paridon |first=Bradley van |date=2023 |title=How Greyhound Racing Drove the Evolution of a Superparasite |url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-greyhound-racing-drove-the-evolution-of-a-superparasite/ |website=Scientific American |language=en}}</ref>