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Veterinary Ethics (AAEP Convention 2012)

The Horse Staff March 21, 2013

Learn about the veterinarian-client-patient and veterinarian-farrier relationships, plus ethical issues facing racetrack vets.

Feeding Orphan Foals (AAEP Convention 2012)

Erica Larson March 21, 2013

Dr. Mary Rose Paradis discusses options and methods for feeding orphan foals. Learn about inducing lactation in barren mares, using milk substitutes, feeding orphans with milk from other species, and more.

Lameness (AAEP Convention 2012)

The Horse Staff March 21, 2013

Lameness topics include track surfaces, suspensory, flexion tests, sesamoid, and non-weight-bearing injuries, and more.

Therapeutics and Medicine (AAEP Convention 2012)

The Horse Staff March 21, 2013

Find out about flunixin meglumine dosage for hoof pain; comparing IV and oral bute testing; and using the antispasmodic gastrointestinal drug N-butylscopolammonium bromide for use in eye exams.

Diagnostics (AAEP Convention 2012)

The Horse Staff March 20, 2013

Learn about diagnostic testing for insulin issues, lyme disease, L. intracellularis, and respiratory conditions.

Hoof Care and Disease (AAEP Convention 2012)

Nancy S. Loving, DVM March 20, 2013

Learn about club feet, localizing pain, hoof biomechanics, and the role radiographs play in farriery.

2012 Frank J. Milne State-of-the-Art Lecture

Erica Larson March 20, 2013

The University of Minnesota’s Dr. Stephanie Valberg discussed exertional rhabdomyolysis (formerly tying up) the 2012 Frank J. Milne State-of-the-Art lecture during the 2012 AAEP convention.

Study: Acupuncture Doesn’t Impact Ovulation (AAEP 2012)

Stacey Oke, DVM, MSc March 18, 2013

Ovulation in healthy mares was not impacted by acupuncture in this study.

Lyme Disease in Horses; TAHC Continues Equine Piroplasmosis Testing

New Test Could Detect Equine Lyme Disease Sooner (AAEP 2012)

Nancy S. Loving, DVM March 17, 2013

The new Lyme disease test can reportedly detect antibodies as early as two to four weeks following infection.

New Hyperinsulinemia Screening Test Promising (AAEP 2012)

Christy Corp-Minamiji, DVM March 16, 2013

An oral sugar test might provide a more convenient means of screening horses for hyperinsulinemia.

2012 AAEP Convention Coverage

The Horse Staff March 15, 2013

Our in-depth coverage of the 2012 American Association of Equine Practitioners convention in Anaheim, Calif., includes summaries of more than 100 up-to-date presentations and other sessions on all aspects of equine veterinary medicine.