 
The American Association of Equine Practitioners would
like to invite farriers to attend our 52nd Annual Convention to be
held in San Antonio, Texas on December 3-6, 2006. This year's program
will consist of multiple sessions devoted to the equine foot.
Monday Afternoon Dec. 4
In-depth session on Palmar Foot Pain (3 hours)
- Structure
and Function of the Equine Digit in Relation to Palmar Foot
Pain - Andrew Parks
- Clinical
Evaluation and Diagnosis of Palmar Foot Pain - Robert J. Hunt
- Therapeutic
Considerations for Horses with Palmar Foot Pain - G. Kent Carter
- Strategies
for Shoeing the Horse with Palmar Foot Pain - Stephen E. O'Grady
Tuesday Morning Dec. 5
"Putting Science into Farriery" (session open to Farriers only)
- The
Farrier-Veterinary Partnership: The Role of Diagnostic Imaging
- Harry Werner
- Lameness
evaluation: practice and theory - Andy Parks
- Hoof
balance vs. hoof mechanics: is there a difference? - Bob Pethick,
CJF
- The "tipping" point:
radiographic assessment of the affect of wedge pads -- Mike Pownall
- Using
composites to compliment farriery: when, where and how? - Scott
Pleasant
- Lets
review the landmarks that can be used to evaluate, trim and shoe
the equine foot - Dave Duckett, FWCF
Wednesday Morning December 6
"How to" presentations on the hoof
- How
to...Use Hoof Wall Resection and Amniotic Membrane as a Treatment
for Coronary Band Prolapse - Carrie Gatke-Long
- How
to...Surgically Access Lesions Beneath the Hoof Capsule - Clifford
M. Honnas
- How
to...Radiographically Assess the Hoof Capsule and Related Lameness
Problems - J. G. Merriam
- How
to...Prepare Equine Hoof Defects for Repair - William H. Moyer
- How
to...Manage White Line Disease - Stephen E. O'Grady
- How
to...Perform the Digital Venogram - Amy Rucker
- How
to...Assess the Equine Foot for Prepurchase - Tracy A. Turner
- How
to...Safely Perform a Mid-Metacarpal Deep Digital Flexor Tenotomy
on a Standing Horse - Daniel J. Burba
- How
to...Cryotherapy Reduced the Severity of Laminitis Evaluated Seven
Days after Induction With Oligofructose - Andrew W. van Eps
- How
to...Transcription of MMP-2 and MMP-9 in Horses with CHO Induced
Laminitis Treated With an Intracecal Buffering Solution - Adriana
H. Souza
- How
to...Acute Laminitis: The Temporal Evaluation of Serial Hoof Biopsies
- Emma L. Croser
Additionally, Sunday through Tuesday there will be various 1.5 hour
Table Topics including:
- Barefoot vs. shod,
- Foot lameness,
- Hoof wall cracks and defect repair techniques,
- Therapeutic shoeing,
- Managing acute and chronic laminitis.
Advance Registration fee for AAEP and AFA members $395.00. Non-members
$445.00 (Registration includes complimentary lunch Sunday-Tuesday as
well as access to the other program sessions and trade show.)
For more detailed program information or to register go to www.aaep.org or call 1-800-443-0177.
(Hoofcare.com and hoofcare.blogspot.com will post updates as available.)
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