The American Horse Council (AHC) held a day-long Issues Forum at Keeneland Racetrack in Lexington, Ky., on Nov. 2. This is the second such forum held outside the AHC’s base in Washington, D.C.
Topics covered included:
Diagnostic techniques are often subjective and based on practitioners’ experience, and Bathe speculated whether gait analysis could become more objective in its application to lameness.
Inflammation of the lower rows of hock joints is referred to as distal tarsitis, and it is associated with a variety of clinical signs. According to Black, an affected horse might demonstrate a “stiff” gait, especially noticeable when offloaded from
More than 170 equine practitioners from Florida met Sept. 27-29 at the Atlantis resort on Paradise Island, the Bahamas, for the third annual Florida Association of Equine Practitioners (FAEP) Promoting Excellence Symposium.
“We’ve had
The Ninth International Symposium on Equine Reproduction was held this past summer at Kerkrade, Netherlands, and it maintained its sound reputation for presenting original and applicable research. From its origin at Cambridge in 1974 until now,
The American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) is inviting farriers to attend their 52nd Annual Convention to be held in San Antonio, Texas on December 3-6, 2006.
This year’s program will consist of multiple sessions
Hot, dry Tucson, Ariz., doesn’t conjure up images of equine nutrition research, but leading animal scientists convened there May 31-June 4 to present their latest findings on a variety of equine science topics. The following article highlights
Several awards were presented to outstanding individuals in the field of equine science at the Equine Science Society (ESS) Symposium May 31-June 3, in Tucson, Ariz.
The Outstanding Educator Award was presented to Pete G. Gibbs, MS, PhD,
More than 25 equine-industry organizations and one U.S. congressman participated in the nation’s first Unwanted Horse Summit on April 19 in Washington, D.C. Hosted by the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP), the Summit served as
The importance of podiatry in equine practice and to the overall well-being (especially soundness) of the horse is well known. Treatment and prevention of lameness involving the distal limb centers around a thorough knowledge of hoof care. Due to
“Horses often find themselves in extremely dangerous situations, and we want to do everything in our power to save their lives,” said John Nicholson, Executive Director of the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. “That’s why we’re so pleased that
Equine obstetrics is more than pulling a foal out. At the American College of Theriogenology (ACT) meeting held in August in Lexington, Ky., the basics of this specialty–as practiced with today’s advanced capabilities–were defined by Grant S”P>Equine obstetrics is more than pulling a foal out. At the American College of Theriogenology (ACT) meeting held in August in Lexington, Ky., the basics of this specialty–as practiced with today’s advanced cap”>Equine obstetrics is more than pulling a foal out. At the American College of Theriogenology (ACT) meeting held in August in Lexington, Ky., the basics of this specialty–as pr”Equine obstetrics is more than pulling a foal out. At the American College of Theriogenology (ACT) meeting held in August in Lexington, Ky., the”quine obstetrics is more than pulling a foal out. At the American College of Theriogenology (ACT) meeting held i”uine obstetrics is more than pulling a foal out. At the American College of Theri”ine obstetrics is more than pulling a foal out. At “ne obstetrics is more th
Many of the leading farriers and equine veterinarians from around the United States and the world will again join hundreds of other hoof-care professionals at the second annual International Hoof-Care Summit to be held at the Cincinnati
Smarty Jones won a little sympathy Saturday night, July 24, as Patricia Hogan, VMD, Dipl. ACVS, board-certified veterinary surgeon, recounted the tale of how the Pennsylvania-bred colt reared up in the starting gate of Philadelphia Park last yea
Hagyard-Davidson-McGee Associates (HDM) veterinary hospital will be offering equine emergency demonstrations to the general public on Aug.14, 2004, at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky. A more extensive three-day training course will be
While the term sports medicine is of modern extraction, exercise physiology in humans and horses has been around for more than 100 years. During the decline of the use of work horses in the early to mid-20th Century, not much research was done.
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