Over the weekend of Jan. 9, Virginia Tech’s Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center hosted the American Association of Equine Veterinary Technicians’ (AAEVT) mid-Atlantic Regional Symposium.

More than 70 veterinary technicians who specialize in working with horses gathered in Leesburg, Va., from across the United States to attend lectures and participate in labs in order to earn valuable continuing education credit, learn about advances in equine veterinary care, and apply new skills.

A wealth of information was available to symposium attendees, beginning on Thursday evening as several administrative personnel from the center offered practice management tips. Lectures given by the equine medical center’s faculty on Friday and Sunday covered topics such as equine emergencies, neonate critical care, pain management, cardiology, respiratory disease, dentistry, gait analysis, and other subjects.

Wet labs, which offered hands-on opportunities for participants to learn more about a variety of subjects, took place at the equine medical center over the course of the day on Saturday. Wet labs topics covered the spectrum from nuclear scintigraphy, digital radiography, ultrasound techniques, equine dentistry, hoof care, and diagnostic treadmill examinations