Hundreds of veterinarians waited patiently in line in San Diego, Calif., on the afternoon of Nov. 26—and not at the airport. They were waiting in the American Association of Equine Practitioners convention trade show to purchase a copy of “The Glass Horse,” a digital, three-dimensional electronic horse model developed by James N. Moore, DVM, PhD, and two of his colleagues at the University of Georgia. That morning, Moore had delivered the Frank J. Milne State of the Art lecture, including a review of the capabilities of the Glass Horse program that has been in development for more than four years at the university.

“The equine gastrointestinal (GI) tract was probably designed by a committee,” Moore said with a chuckle. “You have to have a good topographical appreciation for the anatomy and the ability to visualize within the abdomen” in order to effectively understand many GI diseases and displacements