b'2019 AAEP CONVENTION WRAP-UPTHE HORSE EVENT COVERAGE TEAMT he hallmark educational event in equine veterinary medicine is the annual convention of the American Association of Equine Practitioners. Each December nearly 6,000 vet-erinary professionals, students, and industry members convene to learn about the latest research findings and horse health recommendations. In 2019 they gathered in Denver, Colora-do, and The Horse was on site to de-liver the most important take-homes to horse owners and their veterinar-ians. Heres a selection of presenta-tion summaries, with more in-depth coverage available atTheHorse.com/AAEP2019. This coverage was underwritten in part by the following indus-try partners: Dechra, Haygain,Kentucky Performance Products, Patterson Vet, Platinum Perfor-mance, and WF Young.FRACTURE REPAIR12 Take-Homes From a Top SurgeonMany millennial veterinarians arent old enough to remember Gary Larson and his The Far Side comic, quipped Dean Richardson, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM, as he opened the 2019 Frank J. Milne State of the Art Lecture on equine bone fracture repair. Richardson was happy to intro-duce the younger audience members to Larson, whom he described as one of the great comic artists of the late 20th century. But theres one Larson comic Richardson cant stand. I absolutely detest it, hedeadpanned. Let us paint the picture for you with our words (be sure to take a moment to Google Gary Larson Horse Hospital): The single-panel comic shows what appears to be a mili-MICHAEL PINTAR PHOTOGRAPHYtary hospital ward. The patients are horses, each reclining in a hospital bed with a casted leg in traction. The doctors ominously carry shotguns through the aisle. BLAM! exclaims a speech bubble from behind a curtain. Below, the text simply reads Horse hospitals.TheHorse.com|The HorseMarch 202031AAEPWrapUp.indd 31 2/6/20 1:52 PM'