Flying feathers and pounding hooves will be examined on March 26-28 as Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine hosts the nation’s first conference specifically about lameness and shoeing of draft horses. The conference is being organized by Carl Kirker-Head MA, VetMB, MRCVS, Dipl. ACVS, Dipl. ECVS, the current Marilyn M. Simpson Chair in Equine Medicine at Tufts.

Speakers are a diverse group of farriers and equine practitioners specializing in draft horses. The conference is designed as a professional continuing education event for veterinarians and farriers, and it will include live demonstrations of procedures and shoeing techniques