2018-19 Penn Vet First Tuesday Lecture Schedule Released
Edited Press Release
August 24, 2018
This year’s lectures will focus neurology care, lameness exams, colic emergencies, surgical advancements, and more.
Prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of leg lameness
This year’s lectures will focus neurology care, lameness exams, colic emergencies, surgical advancements, and more.
Learn how researchers are improving footing at two major competition venues in the United States, including the one that will host the 2018 World Equestrian Games next month.
Researchers are examining inflammatory and anti-inflammatory markers’ efficacy as early indicators for potential catastrophic injuries in racehorses.
Find out how equine researchers are using the latest gadgets and gizmos to diagnose lameness, collect data, and more.
Laminitis causes crippling lameness associated with intense pain that shortens horses’ athletic careers. Download this fact sheet to learn more about recognizing, treating, and preventing laminitis in horses.
Describing age-related structural changes in senior horse hearts is a critical first step in recognizing pathologies. However, researchers say it’s too soon to know how those age-related changes affect horse health.
An automated feeder that provides grain in multiple small meals throughout the day might help reduce the prevalence of gastric ulcers in horses in training.
Recent research suggests that bone scans in horses aren’t always accurate in diagnosing causes of lameness and poor performance in sport horses when used alone.
Learn how to manage this incurable disease that causes debilitating lameness in horses.
Veterinarians have tested a new method for assessing equine performance with positive results.
Researchers determined that the diet and exercise recommendations veterinarians make for horses with PSSM1 can help improve, but likely won’t eliminate, clinical signs of PSSM2 in Warmbloods.
Find out how Claire Godwin, DVM, keeps her 27-year-old endurance horse PL Mercury in elite condition, from joint support to conditioning tactics.
Scintigraphy gives provides the practitioner with information about some injuries related to bone or soft-tissue connections to bone, but it might not reveal many other sources of foot pain, researchers found.
Members of the Royal Veterinary College’s Structure and Motion groups highlight the need for further farriery research in the Equine Veterinary Journal editorial.
Researchers also developed a genetic test to check for the “MYH1 mutation,” which can now allow owners and veterinarians to identify susceptible horses and screen breeding stock.
The 100-mile ride has long provided a unique opportunity to conduct research on well-conditioned endurance horses working in extreme conditions, and this year is no exception.
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