Cowboy Campfire

New in 2010, Horse Expo will hold a Cowboy Campfire. If you are a musician or poet and are interested in performing, email your bio to miki@horsexpo.com. Should you be accepted, Horse Expo will contact you and provide you with (2) 3-Day Passes and you will be scheduled for a 30 minute performance segment.

VERT

The UC Davis Veterinary Emergency Response Team (VERT) is a volunteer service organization comprised of faculty, resident veterinarians, veterinary students, and staff from the School of Veterinary Medicine and William R. Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. Armed with a two-horse rescue trailer, a winch, and a variety of lifting and pulling equipment, they support the VMTH equine ambulatory service within their geographically-limited area. Additionally, VERT is an example of a community-based animal rescue program that makes its services and minimal equipment available to all counties in California. VERT can augment first responders, as well as be integrated into any disaster or emergency response involving animals, including companion, livestock, farm, and for what we are best known, horses.

The Team will be demonstrating simple rescue techniques for the downed horse on their 500-lb rubber model horse "Lucky." They will show how a downed horse can be safely moved, and even lifted to standing, with both specialized equipment and items that you may already have at home, in the horse trailer, or which can be inexpensively purchased for your barn.

Web Address: http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/vmth/large_animal/equine/default.cfm

Speakers:

Dr. John Madigan is the Director of both the Large Animal Clinic and the International Animal Welfare Training Institute at the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, and a Professor in Medicine and Epidemiology at the School of Veterinary Medicine. He graduated with his Degree in Veterinary Medicine from UC Davis and is board certified in Internal Medicine. Dr. Madigan's research focus includes infectious diseases, neonatal medicine, neurological disease and sling support systems for large animals. Dr. Madigan is the leader of the volunteer student, faculty and staff organization-the UC Davis Veterinary Emergency Response Team-through which he has successfully airlifted 28 stranded horses via helicopter and organized animal disaster response for more than a decade.

Description of Talk: Dr. Madigan will show you how to check your horse's TPR (temperature, pulse and respiration), as well as how to evaluate for hydration status and other signs of illness.

Dr. Robin Bell is a Staff Veterinarian in Lameness and Advanced Imaging at the William R. Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital at UC Davis. He studied veterinary medicine at the University of Sydney, where he also completed an equine internship in medicine and surgery following the general veterinary curriculum. After a year in equine practice in the UK, he completed a combined residency and masters degree in Equine Surgery at Massey University. He received board certification in equine surgery with the European College of Veterinary Surgery. Dr. Bell worked as a staff surgeon at the University of Sydney and then as a surgeon at a large referral hospital in the UK before joining UC Davis in 2007.

Talk description: Dr. Bell will explain how veterinarians perform the lameness exam using a model horse, covering everything from distant observation and palpation to flexion tests and diagnostic blocks.

Dr. Julie Dechant is an Assistant Professor in Equine Surgical Emergency and Critical Care at the William R. Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital at UC Davis. She graduated with her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from the University of Saskatchewan before completing an internship in private practice in Canada. Dr. Dechant then completed a 3-year combined residency and masters degree specializing in Equine Surgery at Colorado State University. She received her board certification in Large Animal Surgery in 2001. Dr. Dechant was on faculty at University of askatchewan and Oklahoma State University before joining UC Davis in 2004.

Talk Description: Dr. Dechant will discuss what you can do to help your horse when life-threatening illnesses/injuries strike, such as colics, lacerations or stepping on a nail. She will also go over what you should have in your emergency first-aid kit to prepare for the unexpected.

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