The latest information on scores of topics is presented at the AAEP convention; we can’t report on them all, but we do try to bring you a representative sampling. This year, many of the topics can be grouped into five categories: fighting infection, reproduction, lameness/ injury, medicine, and predicting performance. In-depth coverage following the convention will be in our AAEP Wrap-Up (mailing with the February 2002 issue) and online at www.thehorse.com/aaep2001 after Nov. 24.

Team Roping Horse Injuries

Not so long ago, rodeo was mostly an event peculiar to the West and Southwest. However, rodeo events, especially team roping, have become incredibly popular throughout the United States (and the world), with U.S. team roping competitors estimated at nearly one million participants.

What this means to Richard H. Galley, DVM, of Willow Park, Texas, is that veterinarians across the country are now seeing team roping horses as patients, and many veterinarians aren’t very familiar with the competition. Galley will present "Injuries of the Team Roping Horse" on Nov. 25 during the In-depth session on Lameness in the Western Performance Horse