Feeding practices to help horses with endocrine disorders (such as Cushing’s disease or metabolic syndrome), colic, carbohydrate-sensitive horses, and older horses.

Strangles, Rhodococcus equi pneumonia, influenza, West Nile virus, and Lawsonia were discussed at the convention, along with vaccines and treatment for some diseases.

Several presentations covered various aspects of arthritis, which has been called the most economically important disease of horses. Several topical, injectable, and oral treatments were

Presentations, forums, and table topic discussions on foot lameness in horses, including therapeutic shoeing, managing laminitis, lameness diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, and stem cell therapy.

Several presentations discussed diagnostic imaging for lameness and purchase exams, and airway examination was also covered.

Dean Richardson, DVM, discussed Barbaro’s story and everything the team learned from it.

Glance through nearly any newspaper or magazine, and you’re bound to see ads proclaiming the health benefits of omega-3 fatty acids in the human diet.

Western performance horse industry changes and medications, equine viral arteritis (EVA) outbreak, sale ethics, tooth fractures, influenza, strangles, equine infectious anemia, therapeutic options, air quality, preparing

Topics included a wide range of discussions on emergency care for problems such as foot wounds, fire, snakebite, and leg injuries. Older horse care such

Skin disease overview and discussions of grafts, infections such as methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), and sarcoid chemotherapy.

Topics included joint supplements, shock wave therapy, silicosis, lameness diagnosis, joint disease, and barefoot vs. shod hoof management.

Adipobiology (the study of fat) tells us that fat is much more active biochemically than was previously thought. Presentations covered this relatively new field, the

Overview of colic, treatment, and prevention; and Milne State of the Art lecture on colic research.

Includes the following articles, which can be downloaded separately: News and Awards (6 pages, 582 KB) Medicine (7 pages; 612 KB) Digestive Health (5 pages, 567 KB) Obese Horses