Equinosis is proud to sponsor this webinar series developed by the faculty of the University of Missouri's Equine Teaching Hospital. This course is designed to cover important topics, ideas, and up-to-date policies to help prepare future equine veterinarians for practice.   

The series will consist of multiple modules, on a variety of topics with various speakers which will be presented live.  Recordings of each presentation will be added here following the live presentation. 

If you do not already have a learning portal account or have not been enrolled in this course, please request enrollment. In doing so you will have access to the posted previous presentations and receive notification about upcoming live presentations. 

·  McCracken - Dr. McCracken is an Assistant Teaching Professor of equine surgery at the University of Missouri. She earned her Bachelor's degree from the University of Florida and her DVM from Cornell University. She completed her residency in equine surgery at the University of Missouri and joined the MU faculty in 2019. Her clinical and research interests are in equine lameness and general equine surgery.

·  Scharf - Dr. Sharf is an Assistant Teaching Professor of Equine Ambulatory Medicine at the University of Missouri. She graduated from the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine in 2008 and completed a rotating equine internship the following year. Since then, she has been working as an equine ambulatory veterinarian and professor. In 2017, Dr. Sharf achieved certification as a specialist in equine practice from the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners. And she is also working on certification in veterinary chiropractic.

·  Townsend - Dr. Townsend is an Assistant Teaching Professor of Equine Internal Medicine at the University of Missouri. She earned her Bachelor's degree from the University of New Hampshire and her DVM from the University of Prince Edward Island’s Atlantic Veterinary College. She then completed an internship and a large animal internal medicine residency at the University of Missouri. Dr. Townsend is pursuing additional postgraduate training in veterinary education through the Royal Veterinary College. Her clinical interests include equine neonatology, ophthalmology, critical care, and emergency medicine.

Speakers by Section:

Tackling Colic – Martha Scharf, DVM, DAVPB–Equine
Managing Lacerations – Megan McCracken, DVM, DACVS-LA
How to Handle Choke – Kile Townsend, DVM, DACVIM-LA

2:16:05

Speakers: 

·  Joanne Kramer, DVM, DACVS - Dr. Kramer is a teaching Professor of equine surgery and Interim Assistant Dean of Clinical Education at the University of Missouri. She is a graduate of the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine. She completed her specialty training at the University of Missouri. Her research interests are in veterinary education, lameness and podiatry and her clinical interests include equine surgery, podiatry and student education.
interests are in equine lameness and general equine surgery.

·  Lyndsey Hayden, DVM, MS, DACVS - Dr. Hayden is a clinical instructor in the equine surgery department at the University of Missouri. Dr. Hayden received her veterinary degree from Auburn University followed by an equine surgery internship at Hagyard Equine Medical Institute in Lexington, Kentucky. She then completed a rotating equine medicine, ambulatory and surgery internship followed by a surgery residency at the University of Missouri.

·  Kevin Keegan, DVM, MS, DACVS - Dr. Keegan is a Professor of Equine Surgery and the Director of E. Paige Laurie Endowed Equine Lameness Program at the University of Missouri. He is a graduate of the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine and also earned his Masters and completed his surgical residency training at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His clinical interest is equine lameness and his research interests are the development of objective methods of lameness evaluation in horses. Dr. Keegan is one of the primary inventors of the Equinosis Q with Lameness Locator – a body-mounted inertial sensor-based lameness measurement system.

Speakers by Section:

Podiatry Principles: Laminitis First Steps - Joanne Kramer, DVM, DACVS

Lameness Evaluation - Lyndsey Hayden, DVM, MS, DACVS 

Biomechanics of Lameness and Objective Lameness Measurement - Kevin Keegan, DVM, MS, DACVS 

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