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Emergency Planning Workbook

Areas covered in the kit include pre-planning steps to take before a disaster strikes and what to do if one is predicted. With sections for

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Complete 2007 Convention Coverage

Our complete coverage of the 2007 American Association of Equine Practitioners convention includes the following articles, which can be downloaded separately: News and Awards (3 pages)

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Ophthalmology

Eye examination techniques, uveitis, and corneal ulcers were hot topics at the convention.

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Nutrition

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

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Medicine/Surgery

Surgery for spinal cord compression, cisplatin for skin cancers, fetlock joint fragment removal, fracture first aid, brain injury, and more topics fall under our medicine/surgery

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Infectious Disease

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

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Arthritis

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

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Foot/Lameness

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

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Diagnostics

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

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Where’s the Good Stuff?

A number of people have posted or e-mailed to ask where they can find 2008 Olympic equestrian souvenirs. Many of us here in Hong Kong

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Stormy Weather

It’s midday on August 21 here in Hong Kong, and we’re under what’s known as a “T1” warning — that’s T as in typhoon. A

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Latest on the Omegas (Fats)

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.

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Equine Veterinarian Dies of Hendra Virus

One of the two equine hospital staff workers hospitalized with Hendra virus in Australia has died. Veterinarian Ben Cunneen, BVSc, died Wednesday. He had contracted Hendra virus from a horse hospitalized at the Redlands Veterinary Clinic on the

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