American Association of Professional Farriers
International Association of Professional Farriers

Farrier, Christiansburg, VA

Member Profile
Category: Farrier

Travis Burns MSc CJF TE EE FWCF APF-I (Member # 12-0088)
Virginia Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
Christiansburg, VA 24073

Phone: 540-553-4827

btravis@vt.edu


Year Started as a Farrier/Veterinarian:


Disciplines/Breeds:
Corrective/Therapeutic

Education / Experience:


Social / Volunteer Organizations:

Continuing Education Credits:
2021: 21 CE Credits;  2020: 24 CE Credits;  2019: 34.5 CE Credits;  2018: 79 CE Credits;  2017: 89 CE Credits;  2016: 127.5 CE Credits;  2015: 111 CE Credits;  2014: 85 CE Credits;  2013: 78 CE Credits;  2012: 28 CE Credits; 
Continuing Education Events:
02/01/2021 - 18th Annual International Hoof-Care Virtual Summit - February 2021: "Therapeutic Shoeing" (21 CE) - CLINICIAN - 21 credits
03/09/2020 - AFA 49th Annual Convention, Chattanooga, TN (24 CE) - 24 credits
06/22/2019 - Valley Farrier Supply Clinic, Molalla, OR (6 CE) - CLINICIAN - 6 credits
04/26/2019 - Monetta Farrier's 24th Annual Spring Fling & Open House, Aiken, SC (6 CE) - CLINICIAN - 6 credits
04/20/2019 - AAPF/IAPF Hoofcare Essentials Clinic at 30th Annual Meader's Farrier Appreciation Day, Rochester, NH (7 CE) - CLINICIAN - 7 credits
03/22/2019 - Equine Podiatry Seminar with Travis Burns CJF TE EE FWCF APF-I, Kalispell, MT (9 CE) - CLINICIAN - 9 credits
01/12/2019 - AFA/OSPHOS Regional Clinic at The Shoein Shop 19th Annual Open House & Clinic, Yucaipa, CA (6.5 CE) - CLINICIAN - 6.5 credits
11/09/2018 - 1st Annual Danny Ward Memorial Contest & Clinic, Blacksburg, VA (7 CE) - 7 credits
10/19/2018 - Farrier Friday Clinic, Murrysville PA (14 CE) - CLINICIAN - 14 credits
04/28/2018 - High Country Horseshoes Clinic, Langley, BC (6 CE) - CLINICIAN - 6 credits
03/13/2018 - Farrier Focus Podcast with Travis Burns CJF TE EE FWCF APF-I (1 CE) - 1 credits
02/26/2018 - AFA 47th Annual Convention, Reno, NV (24 CE) - 24 credits
01/23/2018 - 15th Annual International Hoof-Care Summit, Cincinnati, OH (27 CE) - CLINICIAN - 27 credits
10/06/2017 - World Championship Blacksmiths Competition, Doswell, VA (26 CE) - 26 credits
06/23/2017 - World Championship Blacksmiths Competition, Edgewood, NM (26 CE) - 26 credits
04/22/2017 - Free Farrier Clinic at Stockhoff's, LaGrange, KY (5.5 CE) - CLINICIAN - 5.5 credits
03/06/2017 - AFA 46th Annual Convention, Arlington, TX (24.5 CE) - CLINICIAN - 24.5 credits
01/28/2017 - 31st Annual Charles Heumphreus Memorial Lecture, Davis, CA (7 CE) - CLINICIAN - 7 credits
12/14/2016 - IAPF Foundation Credential (24 CE) - 24 credits
11/12/2016 - 2016 Cornell Farrier Conference, Ithaca, NY (12 CE) - CLINICIAN - 12 credits
09/22/2016 - 2016 Annual NEAEP Symposium, Niagara Falls, NY (24 CE) - CLINICIAN - 24 credits
05/20/2016 - 3rd Annual Equine Podiatry Conference, Knoxville, TN (10.5 CE) - CLINICIAN - 10.5 credits
03/19/2016 - 2016 Horseshoes Plus Annual Spring Clinic, Barrington, NH (6 CE) - CLINICIAN - 6 credits
03/01/2016 - AFA 45th Annual Convention, Mobile, AL (24 CE) - CLINICIAN - 24 credits
02/02/2016 - 13th Annual International Hoof-Care Summit, Cincinnati, OH (27 CE) - 27 credits
12/05/2015 - AAEP 61st Annual Convention, Las Vegas, NV (16 CE) - 16 credits
09/24/2015 - 2015 Annual NEAEP Symposium, Pittsburgh, PA (24 CE) - CLINICIAN - 24 credits
07/10/2015 - East Tennessee Farriers Assoc Clinic with Danvers Child CJF, Corryton, TN (14 CE) - 7 credits
06/04/2015 - NEAEP How To: Podiatry Case Presentations (Virginia) (1 CE) - 1 credits
05/16/2015 - 2nd Annual Equine Podiatry Conference, Knoxville, TN (6 CE) - 6 credits
02/24/2015 - AFA 44th Annual Convention, Overland Park, KS (24 CE) - CLINICIAN - 24 credits
02/03/2015 - 12th Annual International Hoof-Care Summit, Cincinnati, OH (27 CE) - CLINICIAN - 27 credits
01/17/2015 - MCHA Radiograph Clinic, Thompson's Station, TN (7 CE) - CLINICIAN - 6 credits
09/25/2014 - 2014 Annual NEAEP Symposium, Norfolk, VA (24 CE) - 24 credits
06/13/2014 - 2014 FAEP Equine Foot Symposium, Orlando, FL (16 CE) - CLINICIAN - 16 credits
03/08/2014 - 1st Annual Equine Podiatry Conference, Knoxville, TN (7 CE) - 7 credits
02/08/2014 - Equine Health Symposium, Raleigh, NC (11 CE) - CLINICIAN - 11 credits
01/28/2014 - 11th Annual International Hoof-Care Summit, Cincinnati, OH (27 CE) - 27 credits
09/25/2013 - 2013 Annual NEAEP Symposium, Stamford, CT (21 CE) - 21 credits
03/02/2013 - 2nd Annual Podiatry & Rehab Seminar, Raleigh, NC (7 CE) - CLINICIAN - 7 credits
02/27/2013 - AFA 42nd Annual Convention, Baton Rouge, LA (20 CE) - 20 credits
01/29/2013 - 10th Annual International Hoof-Care Summit, Cincinnati, OH (24 CE) - 24 credits
01/19/2013 - 2013 Annual Practitioner's Seminar, Charlottesville, VA - 6 credits
10/27/2012 - AAEP/AAPF Veterinarian/Farrier Course, Raleigh, NC (7 CE) - 7 credits
06/25/2012 - AWCF Prep Course, Lamar, MO (14 CE) - 14 credits
02/04/2012 - 1st Annual Podiatry & Rehab Seminar, Raleigh, NC (7 CE) - CLINICIAN - 7 credits

More Information:
Travis Burns MSc CJF TE EE FWCF APF-I is a farrier with years of extensive training. He attended farrier school at the North Carolina School of Horseshoeing. He worked for Forging Ahead, an elite multi-farrier practice in Northern Virginia. He has become a AFA Certified Journeyman Farrier (CJF) with Therapeutic (TE) and Educator Endorsements (EE). He is one of only six Americans to become a fellow with the Worshipful Company of Farriers (by examinations) from the United Kingdom. He has also earned the APF-I from the American Association of Professional Farriers.

He currently serves as the Associate Professor of Practice in the Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine and Chief of Farrier Services in the Equine Podiatry Service at Virginia Tech. He is an AFA Examiner and the 2018 & 2019 President of the American Farrier's Association.