Saturday February 4, 2012, 8:00 am to 12 noon
Our annual Winter Horse Health Seminar was held at the Wheatland-Chili High School at 940 North Road in Scottsville on February 4, 2012. This popular event was offered to local horsemen free of charge, thanks to the generous support of many national and local sponsors.
View photos of the 2012 Winter Horse Health Seminar here!
This year our program included presentations by two guest speakers. Katherine Garrett, DVM is a Rochester native and has been a friend of Genesee Valley Equine Clinic since she was in high school. We invited Dr. Garrett
back to Rochester to present Advances in Equine Diagnostic Imaging: Taking a Better Look Inside. Dr. Garret explained some of the most important advances in equine imaging, and discussed the benefits to your horse from diagnosis with ultrasound, digital imagery and MRI. Dr. Garrett is the diagnostic imaging director at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, KY. She is responsible for overseeing the equipment and expertise required to supply 35 staff veterinarians and 12 veterinary interns with what they need to obtain high quality diagnostic images of their equine patients.
The Bluegrass was well represented as Keith Kleine also joined us from Lexington. Keith is the Director for Industry Relations for the American Association of Equine Practitioners, and he spoke on The AAEP: Helping Veterinarians, Horses, and Their Owners . Clients learned about the broad scope of work done by the AAEP on behalf of horses and their caregivers. Keith explained the role that AAEP plays in equine welfare, continuing education for veterinarians, owner education, monitoring of infectious diseases, and funding of important equine research. He helped the audience understand what goes on outside of their own pastures to ensure that individual patients or entire herds of horses have their health needs met.
Our own Dr. Erica Hutten also shared a case scenario of a GVEC patient, which complemented Dr. Garrett’s presentation.
We once again hosted a trade show displaying exhibits of interest to horse owners. Attendees were able to visit all sorts of booths with great products, information about horse clubs, and educational opportunities. We presented our annual Educator of the Year Award, raffled off many wonderful door prizes, and offered free coffee and donuts. We had an excellent turn out this year. Thanks so much to the clients and sponsors that make the first Saturday in February a special day on the local horsemen's calendar.
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