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 THIRD
INTERNATIONAL EQUINE CONFERENCE ON LAMINITIS AND DISEASES OF THE FOOT
November 4-6, 2005
Palm Beach Convention
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Contents:
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2005
PRACTICAL MANAGEMENT SESSION
8:00 - 8:10 am Welcome/Getting the Most from the Third International Equine
Conference on Laminitis and Diseases of the Foot
James A. Orsini, DVM, DACVS
8:10 - 8:30 Highlights from the Second International Equine Conference
on Laminitis and Diseases of the Foot
James A. Orsini, DVM, DACVS
Laminitis Prevention, Forage & Diet
8:30 - 9:15 am Laminitis Prevention and Managing the At-risk Horse
Donald Walsh, DVM
9:15 - 10:15 Forage and Pasture Management
Kathryn Watts, BS, Researcher
10:15 - 10:45 Exhibits/Break/Scientific Posters
10:45 - 11:45 Dietary Strategies to Prevent Laminitis
Kathryn Watts, BS, Researcher
11:45 - 12:30 pm Question & Answer Session
12:30 - 2:00 Luncheon/Keynote Speaker
Biomechanics/Management of the Foot
2:00 - 3:00 Hoof Biomechanics
Haydn Price, DipWCF
3:00 - 3:45 Basic Trimming Modalities for Advanced Cases
Michael Wildenstein, CJF, FWCF (Hons)
3:45 - 4:15 Exhibits/Break/Scientific Posters
4:15 - 5:00 Managing the Foot of the High Level Sport Horse II: A Farrier’s
View
Haydn Price, DipWCF
5:00 - 5:45 Advanced Therapeutic Horseshoes
Michael Wildenstein, CJF, FWCF (Hons)
5:45 - 6:00 pm Question & Answer Session
FRIDAY EVENING SPECIAL EVENT
5:45 - 7:00 Buffet Dinner
Sponsored by Thoroughbred Charities of America
7:15 - 8:45 Interactive Trial of the 21st Century
Presiding Judge: Susan Hankin, JD, MPH
Defendant: David M. Hood, DVM, PhD • Ischemia Theory
Plaintiff: Chris Pollitt, BVSc, PhD • Enzymatic Theory
8:45 - 9:00 Closing/Summarizing the Facts
9:00 pm What’s Next?
David M. Hood, DVM, PhD; Chris Pollitt, BVSc, PhD
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2005
SCIENTIFIC SESSION
8:00 - 8:10 am Welcome/Getting the Most from the Third International
Equine Conference on Laminitis and Diseases of the Foot
James A. Orsini, DVM, DACVS
8:10 - 8:30 Highlights from the Second International Equine Conference
on Laminitis and Diseases of the Foot
James A. Orsini, DVM, DACVS
The Equine Digit
8:30 - 9:15 Part I: Ultrasound and MRI/Examination of the Foot: Collateral
Ligaments
Jean-Marie Denoix, Agrégé, F. Audiglé, DVM, PhD
9:15 - 10:00 Part II: Ultrasound & MRI Examination of the Foot: Deep
Digital Flexor Tendon Pathology
Jean-Marie Denoix, Agrégé, F. Audiglé, DVM, PhD
10:00 - 10:15 Question & Answer Session
10:15 - 10:45 Exhibits/Break/Scientific Posters
10:45 - 11:30 Part III: Ultrasound & MRI Examination of the Foot:
Sesamoidean Ligaments
Jean-Marie Denoix, Agrégé, F. Audiglé, DVM, PhD
11:30 - 12:15 pm Functional Anatomy of the Distal Interphalangeal Joints
Jean-Marie Denoix, Agrégé, F. Audiglé, DVM, PhD
12:15 - 12:30 Question & Answer Session
Scientific Developments I
2:00 - 2:30 Laminar Expression of Hypoxia-related Genes in Developmental
Stage of Laminitis
James K. Belknap, DACVS, DVM, PhD
2:30 - 3:00 Is There Biochemical Evidence of Ischemia in Developmental
Stage of Laminitis?
James K. Belknap, DACVS, DVM, PhD
3:00 - 3:30 What Role Do Leukocytes Play in Developmental Stage of Laminitis?
James K. Belknap, DACVS, DVM, PhD
3:30 - 3:45 Question & Answer Session
3:45 - 4:15 Exhibits/Break/Scientific Posters
4:15 - 4:45 Proinflammatory Cytokines in Developmental and Acute Stages
of Laminitis
James K. Belknap, DACVS, DVM, PhD
4:45 - 5:15 COX1 and COX2 Expression in Developmental and Acute Stages
of Laminitis
James K. Belknap, DACVS, DVM, PhD
5:15 - 5:45 Question & Answer Session
FRIDAY EVENING SPECIAL EVENT
5:45 - 7:00 Buffet Dinner
Sponsored by Thoroughbred Charities of America
7:15 - 8:45 Interactive Trial of the 21st Century
Presiding Judge: Susan Hankin, JD, MPH
Defendant: David M. Hood, DVM, PhD • Ischemia Theory
Plaintiff: Chris Pollitt, BVSc, PhD • Enzymatic Theory
8:45 - 9:00 Closing/Summarizing the Facts
9:00 pm What’s Next?
David M. Hood, DVM, PhD; Chris Pollitt, BVSc, PhD
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2005
PRACTICAL MANAGEMENT SESSION
Laminitis Case Management & Other Foot Problems
8:30 - 9:15 am Laminitis Case Management – What Does a Referral
Center Offer?
Scott Morrison, DVM
9:15 - 10:15 Scintigraphy/Ultrasound/MRI: Maximizing the Diagnostic Value
Jean-Marie Denoix, Agrégé, F. Audiglé, DVM, PhD
10:15 - 10:45 Exhibits/Break/Scientific Posters
10:45 - 11:30 Pathogenesis of Navicular Disease/Current Ideas
Sue J. Dyson, MA, VetMB, DEO, FRCVS, PhD
11:30 - 12:15 pm Question & Answer Session
12:15 - 1:30 City Place/Luncheon Coupons
1:30 - 2:00 Awards Session and Presenters
Spot Courage: Lori S. Mann, VMD
Lifetime Achievement: Fran Jurga, Editor
Pfizer Scientific: Former Dean, Alan M. Kelly, BVSc,
MRCVS, PhD
Soft Tissue Injuries/Venogram/ Regional Perfusion/Heel Pain
2:00 - 2:45 Management of Traumatic Injuries to the Hoof Capsule
Ric Redden, DVM
2:45 - 3:45 Venograms –Techniques & Interpretation
Ric Redden, DVM
3:45 - 4:15 Exhibits/Break/Scientific Posters
4:15 - 4:45 Regional Perfusion – When to Use & How
James A. Orsini, DVM, DACVS
4:45 - 5:30 Practical Approaches to Heel Pain
Scott Morrison, DVM
5:00 - 5:30 pm Question & Answer Session
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2005
SCIENTIFIC SESSION
Scientific Developments II
8:30 - 8:50 am Microarray – Gene Expression: Does it Help in Our
Understanding of Laminitis?
James A. Orsini, DVM, DACVS
8:50 - 9:20 New Scientific Developments in Managing Laminitis
Chris Pollitt, BVSc, PhD
9:20 - 10:05 Equine Metabolic Syndrome (MS)/ What Is It and How Do I Diagnose?
Mark T. Donaldson, VMD, DACVIM
10:05 - 10:15 Question & Answer Session
10:15 - 10:45 Exhibits/Break/Scientific Posters
10:45 - 11:15 Interpretation of Laboratory Tests for Endocrine Diseases
Mark T. Donaldson, VMD, DACVIM
11:15 - 11:45 Treating Endocrinopathic Laminitis
Mark T. Donaldson, VMD, DACVIM
11:45 - 12:15 pm Question & Answer Session
12:15 - 1:30 City Place/Luncheon Coupons
1:30 - 2:00 Awards Session and Presenters
Spot Courage: Lori S. Mann, VMD
Lifetime Achievement: Fran Jurga, Editor
Pfizer Scientific: Former Dean, Alan M. Kelly, BVSc,
MRCVS, PhD
Other Diseases of the Equine Foot
2:00 - 3:00 Uses and Limitations of Local Anesthesia/ Techniques of the
Foot: A Review of Clinical & Experimental Studies
Sue J. Dyson, MA, VetMD, DEO, FRCVS, PhD
3:00 - 3:45 Nuclear Scintigraphy in the Diagnosis of Foot-related Pain
Sue J. Dyson, MA, VetMD, DEO, FRCVS, PhD
3:45 - 4:15 Exhibits/Break/Scientific Posters
4:15 - 5:00 Injuries of the Distal Phalanx and Cartilages of the Foot
Sue J. Dyson, MA, VetMD, DEO, FRCVS, PhD
5:00 - 5:30 pm Question & Answer Session
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2005
WORKSHOPS AND WET LABS
Endocrinopathic Diseases & Laminitis: Case Studies
Mark T. Donaldson, VMD, DACVIM
Discussion will include diagnostic dilemmas in the form of interactive
case presentations. Topics will focus on test selection and interpretation,
treatment and monitoring of horses with Cushing’s disease and “metabolic
syndrome/insulin resistance.” The limitations and pitfalls of diagnosis
and treatment will also be discussed. Plus, on-the-farm management that
is both scientifically rational and practical will be emphasized during
this workshop.
Foot Management: Things to do to Protect and Rehabilitate the
Laminitic Foot
Scott Morrison, DVM
Demonstration of various techniques to rehabilitate the foundered foot,
including shoeing, deep digital flexor tenotomy, various casting techniques
for the vertical displacement cases, coronary band grooving, partial hoof
wall resections, and more. This lab will demonstrate various foot management
techniques to treat mild cases and high-scale unstable cases.
Diagnostic Imaging of the Laminitic Patient: Venogram and Digital
Radiographs
Ric Redden, DVM
This clinical protocol was developed by Dr. Redden in 1992 using a technique
created by Dr. Chris Pollitt in his in vitro studies. This procedure has
proven to be a valuable tool for evaluating the vascular damage associated
with laminitis as well as other soft tissue disease syndromes; plus, it
defines potential flow through vital circulatory supply routes that maintain
nourishment to the laminae, sole corium, coronary plexus, and coffin bone.
Venograms offer a means of better understanding the series of cascading
events that adversely effect the health of the vascular supply, subsequently
precipitating the structural instability of the digit.
Hoof Wall Resection and Repair
Robert Sigafoos, CJF
Chronic laminitis frequently leaves horses’ hooves with debilitating
structural damage. This wet lab will focus on the reconstruction and repair
of lesions frequently associated with laminitis that compromise the structural
integrity of the hoof, covering the use of free standing repairs (repairs
that are spaced off from underlying lesions and infection), as well as
the use of acrylic/epoxy adhesives and engineering textiles (carbonfiber,
Kevlar, polyester, etc.).
Ultrasonography of the Foot
Jean-Marie Denoix, Agrégé, F. Audiglé,
DVM, PhD
The objectives of the workshop are to describe the most interesting anatomical
structures being frequently injured or presenting clinical applications
in the field of diagnostic ultrasonography; demonstrate the most adequate
technique for imaging every aspects of the main joints of the horse; demonstrate
and describe reference images to help identification of the most important
anatomical structures during ultrasonographic examination of joints; and
to present the main ultrasonographic abnormal findings of the different
joint structures allowing the diagnosis and documentation of a lot of
joint conditions. The workshop will cover the following areas: tendon
and pastern, foot, fetlock, and carpal canal; and if time allows elbow,
shoulder, hock, stifle, pelvis, neck and back will also be considered.
Clinical Approach & Treatment of Laminitis
James K. Belknap, DACVS, DVM, PhD
Discussion will consist of the use of radiography, general lameness examination
including specific nerve blocks and examination of the foot with the farrier
to determine the best method of shoeing, in addition to whether or not
a deep digital flexor tenotomy (DDFT) is indicated. Evaluation of the
pros and cons of DDFT, and review of the principles learned from our early
mistakes to avoid complications from the procedure. The use of radiography
during shoeing to ensure proper alignment of the third phalanx after DDFT
to avoid coffin joint complications will also be assessed. Finally, I
will discuss the use of other techniques including coffin joint injection
in managing these cases in which aggressive de-rotation of the third phalanx
is required.
Forage and Pasture Management for Laminitic Horses
Kathryn Watts, RS, Researcher
Discussion will incorporate topics such as which grasses may be better
choices for laminitic horses: identifying characteristics of grass species,
what to ask when searching for low-carbohydrate hay, and examples of hay
with known amounts of NSC; testing for non-structural carbs: how to properly
collect hay and pasture samples, where to send them, and hay test kits
provided from Equi-Analytical; practical methods for soaking hay to remove
excess NSC: equipment options - how long and which hays may not be salvageable
by soaking; and pasture management practices to minimize NSC: rotational
grazing concepts and how to decide when to mow to keep NSC lower.
Real-time Ultrasound Guided Injection of the Navicular Bursa
Robert Boswell, DVM
The technique of injecting the navicular bursa and using ultrasound for
guidance is much quicker and safer than using radiographs to confirm needle
placement with less risk of the horse moving with a needle in place when
weight bearing. In contrast to a blind injection, it allows the veterinarian
to be absolutely certain of the needle placement. of laminitis and the
stages of “founder.”
Management Suggestions for Owners with Laminitic Horses
Chris Pollitt, BVSc, PhD; Donald Walsh, DVM
Fast-moving advice and first-person experiences from two continents and
two experts in the disease progression and care of the recovering or chronically
foundered horse. Behavior, bedding, slings, walk or don’t walk,
shoes or no shoes, ice baths, abscesses, feeding, mental states, recovery
signs, animal welfare issues, and “final call” decision-making
dilemmas are only a few topics that may be covered in this interactive
session offering advice and alternatives to attendees wishing to learn
more about what to expect when working on foundered horses. Who should
attend: owners, farriers, veterinary technicians, clinicians who house
foundered horses, anyone wanting to understand the aftermath of laminitis
and the stages of “founder.”
Media-based Techniques for Shoeing Evaluation
Haydn Price, DipWCF
Equinalysis vision is to bring evidence-based medicine to the equine industry,
and will focus on non-invasive products that assist in extending the competitive
life and optimize the performance of horses involved in equine sports
activities (i.e. show jumping, racing, etc.). Equinalysis first marketable
product is a unique system, specifically designed and developed to visually
track, measure, quantify and display accurate biomechanical data. It is
currently the only equine dedicated biomechanical system available. Its
design and concept enables any accredited Equinalysis technician to initiate
a standard screening process when performing assessment of lameness, diagnosing
poor performance or carry out pre-purchase examinations.
90-MINUTE LABS
The Use of Force Plate Analysis on Horses with Laminitis
David M. Hood, DVM, PhD
This lab will demonstrate the use of force plate analysis to localize
the origin of lameness and quantitatively index the response to treatment
in horses with chronic laminitis. The load placed on each individual foot
and the load distribution profile will be used in a series of normal horses
and horses affected with chronic laminitis. Results of force plate analysis
will be correlated with lameness examination as well as other clinical
evaluations including venograms and laminar biopsies.
Interpretation of Magnetic Resonance Images of the Equine Foot
Sue J. Dyson, MA, VetMB, DEO, FRCVS, PhD
Lab will determine how to evaluate magnetic resonance images (MRI); signal
how abnormalities correlate with lesions seen at gross and histological
examination; and how signal abnormalities correlate with lameness. Plus,
a systematic approach to the interpretation of MR images will be discussed
with case examples.
PRIVATE AND CORPORATE SPONSORS
John K. and Marianne Castle
Michael and Denise Rotko
Lawrence and Vonnie Steinbaum
Ted and Sharon Weise
Margaret Hamilton Duprey
Thoroughbred Charities of America
Spot Castle Foundation
Pfizer Animal Health
Hoofcare and Lameness Journal
Universal Ultrasound
Eklin Medical Systems, Inc.
Universal Medical MRI
Merial
IDEXX Laboratories
The Hoof Project Foundation and Hoof Project
Palm Beach Equine Clinic
Milburn Distributions, Inc.
Elsevier Science
Luitpold Animal Health
Wedgewood Pharmacy
Med Vet Pharmaceuticals, Ltd.
HOTEL RESERVATIONS
Please refer to the Laminitis Conference when reserving your room at
the discounted rate.
Room rates are guaranteed through October 3, 2005, or until room block
sells out. Call today!
The West Palm Beach Marriott
1001 Okeechobee Boulevard
West Palm Beach, Florida 33401
For reservations call:
Toll-free: 1-800-376-2292
Outside the U.S.: +(1) 561-833-1234
Discounted Room Rate $139 (Single/Double)
FACULTY
COURSE DIRECTOR
James A. Orsini, DVM, DACVS
Associate Professor of Surgery
University of Pennsylvania
School of Veterinary Medicine
New Bolton Center
Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Chris Pollitt, BVSc, PhD
Director of Australian Equine
Laminitis Research Unit
Professor, School of Veterinary Science
University of Queensland
Queensland, Australia
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Robert Boswell, DVM, FRCVS
Margaret Hamilton DuPrey
David M. Hood, DVM, PhD
Fran Jurga, Editor
Lori S. Mann, VMD
Chris Pollitt, BVSc, PhD
Denise Rotko, RN, MSN
Robert Sigafoos, CJF
INSTRUCTORS AND ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
James K. Belknap, DACVS,
DVM, PhD
Associate Professor of Equine Surgery
Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio
Robert Boswell, DVM
Palm Beach Equine Clinic
Wellington, Florida
Jean-Marie Denoix, Agrégé, F.
Audiglé, DVM, PhD
Professor of Veterinary Anatomy
Head of the Equine Clinical Unit
Veterinary School of Alfort, Paris, France
Head of CIRALE-ENVA
Normandy, France
Mark T. Donaldson, VMD,
DACVIM
Associate Veterinarian
Unionville Equine Associates
Oxford, Pennsylvania
Sue J. Dyson, MA, VetMB,
DEO, FRCVS, PhD
Head of Clinical Orthopaedics
Centre for Equine Studies
Animal Health Trust
New Market, Suffolk, England
David M. Hood, DVM, PhD
President, Hoof Project Foundation
Associate Professor
Department of Veterinary Physiology
and Pharmacology
College of Veterinary Medicine
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas
Fran Jurga, Editor
Hoofcare & Lameness Journal
Gloucester, Massachusetts
Alan M. Kelly, BVSc, MRCVS, PhD
Former Gilbert S. Kahn Dean
School of Veterinary Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Lori S. Mann, VMD
Five Jacks Farm
Landenberg, Pennsylvania
Scott Morrison, DVM
Equine Podiatry Specialist
Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital
Lexington, Kentucky
Haydn Price, DipWCF
The Farrier Center
Gwehelog, Usk
Monmouthshire
Wales, United Kingdom
Ric Redden, DVM
Founder, International Equine
Podiatry Center
Versailles, Kentucky
Robert Sigafoos, CJF
Chief of Farrier Services
Director, Applied Polymer
Research Laboratory
University of Pennsylvania
School of Veterinary Medicine
New Bolton Center
Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
Donald Walsh, DVM
Private Equine Practitioner
Homestead Veterinary Hospital
Pacific, Missouri
Kathryn Watts, BS, Researcher
Research Director
Rocky Mountain Research &
Consulting Center
Center, Colorado
Michael Wildenstein, CJF, FWCF
(Hons)
Resident Farrier
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York
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