Fenton River Veterinary Hospital Educational Clinic

Date/Time
March 11, 2022 - March 12, 2022
Friday: 5:00 - 9:00 pm; Saturday: 8:00 am - 5 :00 pm
Event Type(s)
Horse Owner Education
Event Description
Clinician:
  • Esco Buff PhD APF-I CF
Approved for 12 IAPF Continuing Education Credits

March 11 from 5:00 - 9:00 pm
IAPF Horse Owner Education lecture
In this lecture I will be going over the farrier industry, what a farrier does, choosing a farrier, why use a IAPF farrier and some basic horse owner lameness issues. (4 CE)

March 12 from 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
PowerPoint lecture on Treating Laminitis and Radiology Review. (8 CE)




 
Location
Fenton River Veterinary Hospital
73 West Stafford Road
Stafford Springs , CT 06076
UNITED STATES

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Contact Person
Fenton River Veterinary Hospital
(phone: (860)-971-7300)
Details
How to Correctly Treat the Laminitic Horse
 
8:00 am to 10:00 am
A.          Introduction
B.          General Statistics
C.         What is laminitis and founder
D.         Popular theories for the cause and medical and mechanical treatment of laminitis and 
             founder
E.         Blood flow – the key to successful treatment
F.        Other forces involved in laminitis and founder
G.        Laminitis History, Medical, and Mechanical Treatment of Laminitis
H.        Discussions and Statistics about different mechanical treatment modalities

10:00 am to 10:15 am - Break

10:15 am to 12:15 pm 
A.        Emergency first-aid techniques.
B.        Evaluating treatments
C.        Radiograph techniques to help aid in the assessment, prognosis and shoeing of a laminitic 
            or foundered horse.
D.        Radiograph magnification and Radiograph types of founder.

12:15 pm to 1:00 pm - Lunch Break

1:00 pm to 3:30 pm
A.       Collection and documentation of radiographic information..
B.       Monitoring and assessing progress.
C.       Dorsal Wall Removal, Goals and expectations.

3:30 pm to 3:45 pm - Break

3:45 pm to 5:15 pm
A.      Radiographing, documenting, transferring measurements to the foot and providing mechanical           treatment.
 
Event Documents/Images

Approved for 12 IAPF Continuing Education Credits


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