Agenda
7:00 -
8:00 AM Registration (Coffee & Donuts)
8:00 Welcome:
Gary B. Anderson, Chair of Animal Science
Jan Roser, Professor, Animal Science
Greg Ferraro, Director of the Center for
Equine Health, CTBA Representative
8:30 -
9:00 AM Barry Ball: What should you know about
CEM?
Dr. Ball, Professor of equine reproduction
and the John Hughes Endowed Chair at the
School of Veterinary Medicine, will discuss
the latest information on the highly
contagious disease, Contagious Equine
Metritis.
9:00 -
9:30 AM Renee Golenz: Colic: Are you Putting Your
Horse at Risk?
Dr. Golenz, equine veterinarian and owner of
the North Valley Equine Veterinary Service,
Davis, California, will discuss ways to
prevent your horse from getting colic.
9:30 -
10:00 AM Break (Coffee & Donuts)
10:00 -
10:30 AM Dave Wilson: Vaccination Update: New
and Improved Strategies for Foals.
Dr. Wilson, Professor of equine internal
medicine at the School of Veterinary
Medicine and expert in foal diseases, will
discuss new vaccination regimes for foals.
10:30 -
11:30 AM Dennis Meagher and Kirk Adkins:
Conformation and Special Shoes as They
Relate to Performance.
Dr. Meagher, orthopedic surgeon in
veterinary medicine, and Kirk Adkins, farrier
at the VMTH, will put their expertise
together to present an informative discussion
on conformation problems and how special
shoes may help with performance.
11:30 AM Panel Discussion: Morning Speakers
12:30 -
1:30 PM BOX LUNCH
1:30 -
2:15 PM Brooke Gerard: Law and the Horse Owner.
Brooke Gerard, horse owner and practicing
attorney in the Los Angeles area, will discuss
legal issues facing the horse owner and how
to avoid them.
2:15 -
3:00 PM Robert Bray: Condition Scoring: Too Fat
or Too Skinny?
Dr. Bray, Professor of equine nutrition at Cal
Poly, Pomona, California, will discuss how to
assess the body condition of your horse to
ensure a proper feeding regime.
3:30 PM Demonstration: TRAINING THE HORSE
TO LOAD Valley Creek Farms.
Leigh Ann Howard, manager of Valley Creek
Farms, will have her crew demonstrate how
some thoroughbred farms teach their foals to
load safely and efficiently.
OR
Tours of the Veterinary Medical Teaching
Hospital and Center for Equine Health.
