Hoof examination, cracks, puncture wounds, custom-molded horseshoes, heel support, and more were discussed during the day-long farriery program at the 2010 American Association of Equine Practitioners convention.
Dr. Tom Brokken discusses bone lesions, track surfaces, the racing industry’s commitment to making racing safer, and more topics from the racehorse session at the 2010 American Association of Equine Practitioners convention.
Summary of several presentations on joint issues in horses from the 2010 American Association of Equine Practitioners convention, with Dr. Wayne McIlwraith of Colorado State University.
Dr. Carrie Finno of the University of California, Davis, uses several case videos to describe the neurologic disease neuroaxonal dystrophy (also called equine degenerative myeloencephalopathy) in horses.
Update on Rhodococcus equi pneumonia in foals by Drs. Noah Cohen of Texas A&M University, Steeve Giguere of the University of Georgia, and M. Julia B. Felippe of Cornell University. (Presented at the 2010 AAEP convention)
Back problems, stem cells for tendon injury, rehabilitating after an injury, pigeon fever, and more were discussed during the Lameness/Soft Tissue session at the 2010 American Association of Equine Practitioners convention. (Interview with moderator Dr. Brad Jackman)
Dr. Juan Samper discusses twin reduction, the determination of fetal gender, the veterinarian’s role in breeding sheds, mare behavior, embryo recovery, and more topics from the theriogenology/reproduction session at the 2010 AAEP Convention.
Dr. Nat Messer discusses racehorse welfare, show horse welfare, the Equitarians, and more based on the In Depth: Equine Welfare session he moderated at the 2010 American Association of Equine Practitioners Convention.
Dr. Clara Ann Mason discusses EPM, equine herpesvirus, Vitamin E, neurologic exams, and more topics from the neurology/ophthalmology session at the 2010 American Association of Equine Practitioners convention.
One of the popular Table Topics sessions held at the 2010 American Association of Equine Practitioners Annual Meeting, held Dec. 4-8 in Baltimore, Md., revolved around equine embryo transfer.
Interview with Jeremy Hulme, CEO of the Society for the Protection of Animals Abroad (SPANA), following the group’s reception of the 2010 Lavin Cup equine welfare award (bestowed annually by the AAEP).
Internal parasite control programs, abdominal abscesses, the use of hypertonic saline, and many more were discussed at the 2010 American Association of Equine Practitioners convention medicine/GI session (interview with Dr. Robert Franklin).
Update on assisted reproduction techniques, fetal programming, and stallion management strategies from the 2010 American Association of Equine Practitioners convention. (Interview with Dr. Katrin Hinrichs of Texas A&M University)
Alcohol joint fusion, cryotherapy techniques for laminitis, sidebone fractures, and many more joint/foot lameness topics were discussed at the 2010 American Association of Equine Practitioners convention joint/foot session.
TheHorse.com’s Ask the Vet LIVE session on Feeding Foals and Young Horses, held on Dec. 15, is now available for listening on demand. Questions about developmental orthopedic disease in horses, grains, forages, supplements, breed differences, and more were answered by veterinarians Sarah L. Ralston, VMD, PhD, Dipl. ACVN, and Kenneth Kopp, DVM.
Update on what veterinarians and horse owners need to know about ocular (eye) surface failure (such as corneal ulcers) in horses, from Dr. Dennis Brooks of the University of Florida. (Presented at the 2010 American Association of Equine Practitioners convention, Milne State-of-the-Art Lecture)
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