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AAEP Convention 2005: Diagnostic Anesthesia
Diagnostic anesthesia (nerve blocks) comprise an essential part of lameness examinations for many practitioners. Their function is to anesthetize specific structures in the lower leg and thus allow identification of the location of pain. However
Bone Scintigraphy (AAEP 2005)
Scintigraphy is an imaging modality that reveals “hot spots” of bone and muscle metabolism that can indicate remodeling due to stress, fractures, or other causes. Many practitioners use it as a screening tool to pinpoint the location of a bone
AAEP Convention 2005: Magnetic Resonance Imaging
“I am here to convince you that MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) is in all your futures, so you are going to have to develop some familiarity with this,” began Robert Schneider, DVM, MS, equine orthopedic surgeon at Washington State University,
AAEP Convention 2005: Performance Horse Forum
“We’re meant to be advocates for the welfare of the horse,” said Rick Mitchell, DVM, of Fairfield Equine Associates in Newtown, Conn., moderator of the Dec. 3, 2005 Performance Horse Forum at the American Association of Equine Practitioners
AAEP Convention 2005: Chronic Salbutamol Treatment for Inflammatory Airway Disease
“Anywhere between 25-92% of stabled horses have some form of airway inflammation,” said Melissa R. Mazan, DVM, of Tufts University’s Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, at the 2005 American Association of Equine Practitioners Convention in
AAEP Convention 2005: Infectious Neurologic Disease
Sometimes subtle and often dramatic, infectious neurologic disease cases are things veterinarians never want to see, although most would like to understand them better and more easily recognize them when they appear in clients’ horses. From
DO NOT DELETE–David Wilson’s AAEP Vax story
AAEP Convention 2005: Recent Progress in Vaccine Development
Four equine vaccines have been developed and approved for West Nile virus (WNV) in the past five years, one of which was the first DNA vaccine for any mammal. The pace of this progress is unheard of in industries that make vaccines for other
AAEP Convention 2005: Racing Forum
What is being done to ensure a level playing field for horses and horsemen? That was a key question discussed at the American Association of Equine Practitioners’ Racing Forum on Dec. 3 during the group’s annual convention in Seattle, Wash.
AAEP Convention 2005: Biologic and Therapeutic Agents Forum
The main topics of concern at the American Association of Equine Practitioner’s convention Biologic and Therapeutic Agents Forum were veterinary compounding, judicious use of antibiotics, plasma products, and the ability to update current
AAEP Convention 2005: Foot Lameness Table Topic
About 75 people attended the Foot Lameness Table Topic during the AAEP Convention. It was moderated by Andy Parks, VMD, of the University of Georgia, and Tracy Turner, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVS, a private practitioner in Minnesota.
One of the first
AAEP Convention 2005: Awards and Recognition
At the 2005 AAEP Convention held Dec. 3-7 in Seattle, Wash., the founders of Days End Farm Horse Rescue received the Lavin Cup, which is the AAEP’s equine welfare award named for longtime racetrack practitioner Gary Lavin, VMD, of Kentucky.
AAEP Convention 2005: Milne State of the Art Lecture
From Arthroscopy to Gene Therapy–30 Years of Looking Into Joints
Nat White, DVM, Dipl. ACVS, chairman of the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) Foundation, introduced the 2005 Milne State of the Art
AAEP Convention 2005: Alternative Therapy Table Topic
This year’s table topic on alternative therapies discussed mostly acupuncture and chiropractic and how to best incorporate them into a veterinary practice for diagnosis and treatment. Facilitators Rhonda Rathgeber, DVM, PhD, of Hagyard Equine
AAEP Convention 2005: Treating Sore Backs Table Topic
Kent Allen, DVM, of Virginia Equine Imaging, and Jerry Black, DVM, of Pioneer Equine in California, facilitated a table topic discussion of sore backs during the 2005 American Association of Equine Practitioner’s convention held Dec. 3-7 in
AAEP Convention 2005: How To Manage Sheared Heels
Steve O’Grady, BVSc, MRCVS, of Northern Virginia Equine, said a sheared heel is a “created situation” and a “poorly understood phenomenon.” He said the condition was first described by Bill Moyer, DVM, in 1975. “The diagnosis and treatment is th
