Horse Owner Seminar: Keeping Horses Healthy
October 29, 2022
You are invited to the Horse Health Seminar Series and Open House, Oct. 29, 2022, at the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine Adams Conference Center in Columbia. Join us for a series of educational talks covering a range of equine health topics. We will also offer tours of the Equine Hospital.
The Missouri Veterinary Medical Board has approved 6 hours of continuing education credit for veterinary technicians. Cost is $20 for general participants or $50 for CE credit.
Register online or contact Laura Graeler, LA office supervisor, at lbgd5k@missouri.edu or 573-882-3513.
We will revert to ZOOM format if COVID19 restrictions are imposed and disallow an in-person meeting.
Schedule of Events
Time | Speaker | Title |
9:00 – 9:25 | Dr. Martha Scharf | Prevention and treatment of choke |
9:25 – 9:50 | Dr. Kevin Keegan | Modern lameness diagnosis |
9:50 – 10:15 | Dr. Brianna Hamrick | Sudden onset severe lameness |
10:15 – 10:40 | Dr. Lyndsey Hayden | Surgical colic – common findings |
10:40 – 11:00 | Mid-morning break | |
11:00 – 11:25 | Dr. Joanne Kramer | Equine podiatry for clients – restoration of the foundered hoof |
11:25 – 11:50 | Dr. Alison LaCarrubba | Care of our geriatric horses |
11:50 – 12:15 | Dr. Kelly Gravitt | Horse care under extreme weather conditions |
12:15 – 1:00 | Lunch break | |
1:00 – 1:25 | Dr. Megan McCracken | Horse Sinus disease |
1:25 – 1:50 | Dr. Gabrielle Gonzalez | Preventing infections of the newborn foal |
1:50 – 2:15 | Dr. Kourtney Dowler | Equine ocular cancer |
2:15 – 2:30 | Afternoon break | |
2:30 – 2:55 | Dr. Alexandra Warren | How we treat wounds that involve joints |
2:55 – 3:20 | Dr. Tim Evans | How Fescue affects broodmares and newborn foals – part 1 |
3:20 – 3:45 | Dr. Lynn Martin | How Fescue affects broodmares and newborn foals – part 2 |
Sponsors
- Missouri Horse Council
- MFA Incorporated