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Our goals as organizers over the years are to continue to promote farriery as a vital part of Equine Sports Medicine along with providing additional ideas from a comparative perspective on each of our 2 day topics. As you can see this ESMS follow that format. Clinicians include Dr. Sammy Pittman, Drs. Stephanie Valberg, Meg Ramos, Lauren […]
When client horses present with lameness or other issues accompanied by clinical signs of pain, this adds to the challenges faced by hoof care practitioners. Join Dr. Kevin Haussler to learn about the role of pain in creating structural and functional asymmetries, with a focus on understanding pain mechanisms and laterality, and learning to distinguish […]
This webinar fulfills the advanced nutrition requirement for PHCP students. This two-part webinar series is a great introduction to equine nutrition in practical terms and compliments Dr. Kellon’s NRC Plus course. Part 2 – Laminitis and Myths Some horses have a life threatening, metabolic condition that causes insulin to rise, triggering the chain of events […]
This webinar fulfills the advanced nutrition requirement for PHCP students. This two-part webinar series is a great introduction to equine nutrition in practical terms and compliments Dr. Kellon’s NRC Plus course. Part 1 – Growing the Best Possible Hoof This session will focus on the digestive system, the best feeds for horses and the key […]
In this episode, Dr. Doug Butler continues his discussion on balance by discussing functional balance and how it relates to geometric balance which was discussed in a previous Farrier Focus podcast episode. This discussion from a previous seminar can be used in conjunction with studying Chapter 38 of The Principles of Horseshoeing III.
In this episode, Dr. Doug Butler shares his observations about the early history of horse training. Many of the misconceptions that exist in the minds of horse owners about horse training have arisen in recent years. Dr. Butler talks about how to effectively train and work with horses and key horsemanship skills that all farriers […]
In this episode, Dr. Doug Butler talks about the basic fundamental skill of farriery of geometric balance. You'll get a lot out of this discussion that Dr. Butler conducted as part of a teleseminar with his son Jacob Butler. You may want to use Chapter 9 of The Principles of Horseshoeing III as a further […]
In this episode, you'll hear a discussion that Dr. Doug Butler had with a group of farriers and veterinarians on eight specific foot diseases including abscesses, white line disease, keratoma, canker (and the rare coronitis), quittor, pedal osteitis, osteomyelitis, and low ringbone. These correspond to pictures and additional information that can be found in Chapter […]
Following a summit of veterinary professionals, US Equestrian has released a white paper summarizing the group's recommendations on best practices in sport horse medicine.
Legislation passed by Congress and signed into law in July includes extensive changes to federal student loan programs. A new AVMA webpage summarizes the key changes for veterinary borrowers.
Are you or do you know a veterinary technician who would like to connect with a mentor? It’s not too late to apply for a scholarship to participate in MentorVet Tech beginning August 1.
Placing an IV catheter is one of the most common procedures in veterinary clinics. But here’s a question: Does your team have a clearly defined, shared process for how it’s done?
A New York trial court has allowed a claim for negligent infliction of emotional distress to proceed in a case involving a dog that was struck and killed by a car. The ruling is under appeal.
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