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Kansas State University

2010
SCAAEP Winter
Conference on Equine
  Laminitis

   January 30, 2010


 

Conference Objectives:
To provide the equine professional with a contemporary, comprehensive understanding of the development and management of equine laminitis.


 Kansas State University
Student Chapter of American
Association of Equine Practitioners
and the College of Veterinary Medicine

 

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Date and Time
Saturday, January 30, 2010
8:30 am – 4:30 pm

 
Location
Frick Auditorium, Mosier Hall, College of Veterinary Medicine, 1800 Denison, Manhattan, KS. Frick Auditorium is located on the second floor of Mosier Hall. Enter at the Emergency Entrance. Signs will be posted in the building to direct you to registration.


Conference Contact Hours
6.0 Clock Hours
 

Parking
Parking is available on the west side (off Denison Avenue) and on the east side (off Jardine Drive) of the Veterinary Medical Complex. A parking permit is not required for weekend parking. Do not park in the client parking or reserved stalls as you may get ticketed.
 

Registration Information

  • Register On-line
  • Mail-In/Fax Registration
  • Pre-registration is due by January 15, 2010. Registrations received after this date will be assessed a late fee.
  • Registration fee includes lectures, proceedings, catered luncheon and refreshment breaks.
  • Refunds, less a $20.00 handling charge, will be made if notification is received by January 27, 2010.
  • Check for meal availability if registering after January 25, 2010 by calling Liz Babcock at 785-532-2495.

 

 

Conference Schedule
8:00 am Registration

8:30 am

Welcome and Introductions
– Ralph Richardson, Dean, K-State CVM
– Elizabeth Davis, Assistant Professor and
Section Head, Equine Medicine
8:45 am Anatomy and Physiology of the Hoof Wall
– Dr. Raul Bras
9:45 am Equine Laminitis
– Dr. Raul Bras
10:45 am Refreshment Break
11:00 am Metabolic Syndrome: Obesity, Cushing’s, and Insulin
Resistance
– Dr. Elizabeth Davis
12:00 noon Catered Luncheon (Included with registration)

1:00 pm Pain Management for the Laminitis Horse
– Dr. Karie Vander Werf
2:00 pm Refreshment Break
2:15 pm Preventing Contralateral Limb Laminitis
– Dr. Raul Bras
3:15 pm Refreshment Break
3:30 pm Rehabilitating the Laminitis Horse
– Dr. Raul Bras
4:30 pm Questions & Answers, Evaluation and Adjourn


Featured Speaker

Raul Bras, DVM
Dr. Raul Bras grew up in Puerto Rico where he showed and bred Paso Fino horses. He finished his undergraduate at Louisiana State University. He graduated from Ross University Veterinary School in 2005 and completed his clinical year at Auburn University. In 2005 Dr Bras completed a surgery internship at Rood And Riddle Equine Hospital, the following year Dr. Bras stayed on as an Associate Veterinarian in the Podiatry Department of Rood And Riddle. Dr Bras completed the farrier program at Cornell University in 2007 and in 2009 became a Certified Farrier of the American Farriers Association.

 

Questions

Contact:

  • If you have any questions, please contact Liz Babcock at 785-532- 2495, VMCE@vet.k-state.edu, Veterinary Medical Continuing Education at the College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University.

  • Conference information is also available at our website. Go to www.vet.k-state.edu click on Continuing Education and scroll down to the January 30th, 2010 SCAAEP Winter Conference on Equine Laminitis.

  • If you have questions regarding registration information, call Rebecca Frakes at 785-532-5569.

 

Accommodations

We advise you to make your room reservations as soon as possible as rooms are limited in Manhattan and blocks are reserved on room availability, first-come first-served basis.

A block of rooms has been reserved at both the Clarion Hotel and the Holiday Inn at the Campus. The block rates are listed below. Please refer to the “Vet Med Equine Conference” when reserving your room.

Clarion Hotel
530 Richards Drive, 785-539-5311
Rooms: $90 + tax. Cutoff date: January 15

Other motels in Manhattan are listed below.
Comfort Inn, 150 E. Poyntz Ave., 785-770-8000
Econo Lodge, 1501 Tuttle Creek Blvd., 785-539-5391
Fairfield Inn, 300 Colorado St., 785-539-2400
Hampton Inn, 501 E. Poyntz Ave., 785-539-5000
Motel 6, 510 Tuttle Creek Blvd., 785-537-1022
Super 8 Motel, 200 Tuttle Creek Blvd., 785-537-8468

 

Manhattan area information
http://www.vet.ksu.edu/index/local.htm

Visit our conference web site at:
http://www.vet.ksu.edu/CE/index.htm

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