News and issues for equine health professionals
A total of 527 third-year veterinary students from 34 schools across the country attended the Opportunities in Equine Practice Seminar (OEPS) 2007 over Labor Day weekend. The seminar offered all-expenses-paid trips to Lexington, Ky., to learn
Pioneering equine veterinary practitioner Dr. Robert Copelan has been named the Honor Guest of the Thoroughbred Club of America?s 76th annual testimonial dinner, club president Mike Barnett announced Aug. 31.
Copelan, who will be honored
Nathaniel A. White II, DVM, of Leesburg, Va., has been selected as the American Association of Equine Practitioners? next vice president. White will ascend to the AAEP presidency in 2010.
A board-certified surgeon and renowned
A showdown is looming in Texas between a group of equine dentists and the Texas State Board of Veterinary Examiners over who should be allowed to work on a horse’s teeth. The State Board fired the first shot in the exchange earlier this year by A free PDF download intended to guide horse owners through the process of planning for emergencies is available in the TheHorse.com’s PDF library. Horse owners are invited to a symposium on equine healthcare Saturday, Oct. 6, from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. The symposium will be hosted by Oklahoma State University Center for Veterinary Health Sciences and Department of Animal Science, Division of Veterinarians at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University in North Grafton, Mass., now have the ability to look for lameness, brain damage, and other conditions within horses by using the first equine-capable high-strength One of the most frustrating aspects of diagnosing and treating lameness in horses is that they can’t tell you where it hurts. But a relatively new technology to the equine world is helping some veterinarians pinpoint lameness problems. Bruce Exactly how fast is the heart rate of a racehorse as it flies around the track? For the first time ever, two University of Guelph researchers will be able to answer this question as part of a study aimed at recording the maximum heart rate One of Marguerite Hodgson’s earliest memories is at the age of two when her parents put her on a horse for the first time. From there her love for horses blossomed and brought her some of the most cherished moments in childhood. Her lifelong Robin Hollar has joined the staff of the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) as development coordinator for the AAEP Foundation, the organization announced Aug. 16. Her chief responsibilities include coordinating the Foundation’s Tissue-engineered products such as extracellular matrix (a graft material that can be implanted at the site of damaged tissue) are being used by a growing number of equine veterinarians to stimulate swifter and better healing for tendon and From the National Turf Writers Association Noted veterinary surgeon Larry Bramlage, DVM, Dipl. ACVS, jockey Calvin Borel, and award-winning racing journalist Dick Jerardi will be honored Oct. 24 with awards presented by The fourth International Equine Conference on Laminitis and Diseases of the Foot will be held Nov. 2-4 at the Palm Beach convention center in West Palm Beach, Fla. The conference is under the direction of James A. Orsini, DVM, Dipl. ACVS, of the Stay on top of the most recent Horse Health news with FREE weekly newsletters from TheHorse.comWeekly PollCreate a free account with TheHorse.com! |
