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| Two Decades of Veterinary Service Conference This course will concentrate on recent advances in equine reproduction, medicine and surgery. The main emphasis will be on practical take home information. Dates: Monday June 29 till Friday July 3, 2009. Outline: At the time of this update the exact topics and programme are still being finalised. The broad outline is: Keynote speakers: Ed Squires:
Ed was a professor at Colorado State University and is widely regarded as Mr.
Embryo Transfer. He pioneered equine embryo transfer in 1979 and his team were
first to create identical twins from non surgically recovered eggs, first to obtain foals from GIFT and ICSI and first to obtain pregnancies from sex
selected sperm. In addition he has done more research on freezing semen than
anyone else that we know. Tim B Lescun: An intern with us in 1996. We were so impressed with Tim that we sent him to the US in search of residencies. Purdue University was the one smart enough to grab him. Now, after 13 years there, we are proud to have him back. Surgery is his strength and he ranks as one of the youngest ever to gain the world acclaimed 'Board Certification' in Equine Surgery. Paul Loomis: Paul started ‘Select Breeders Services, Inc’ at Colora, Maryland, USA. in 1984. He concentrates only on freezing horse semen and has established a network of veterinary practices throughout the world. He believes that in time cooled semen will be replaced by frozen semen and that it will all be distributed with a live foal guarantee. Paul has more than likely frozen more semen commercially than anyone else in the world. Wayne McIlwraith: Mac is an old friend of Angus's having worked togther for a five years in Colorado. Mac is a legend in the filed of equine surgery as almost all of you will know. He is a dynamic person that travels the world operating on horses. How he finds time to manage the premier Orthopedic Research Laboratory in Colorado, no one knows but they are an awesome group that are in the forefront of molecular research with direct practical value. Jane Axon: Is currently head of the medicine department (Clovelly Stables) at Scone Veterinary Hospital. After an internship with us Jane went to Pennsylvania (New Bolton Centre) to work as a Medicine Resident. After completing her three years there, Jane now works each breeding season at Scone and manages their Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Jane is an excellent example of what hard work, intelligence and dedication can achieve. Angus McKinnon: Angus has been a practical equine veterinarian and researcher for many years now. He was the architect behind the text book “Equine Reproduction’ and has received numerous awards for his work in reproductive research. During the breeding season he is responsible for the veterinary management of over 1000 Thoroughbred mares as well as running the ET, frozen and problem mare programs that the GVEH is so well known for. Jim Vasey: Jim is a surgeon for which the phrase ‘a chance to cut is a chance to cure’ seems to have been made. He coordinates all the surgical procedures at the GVEH and has built the hospital caseload up to ~ 1000 surgeries per year. However there is more to Jim than just surgery. For 20 straight years he provided AI service to one large (>250 mares) Standardbred farm, so he has a real appreciation of what things happen on farms and how to prioritise management of mares foals and his first love of surgery. Tom Russell:
Tom has a great sense of humour. He also has great knack for getting going
faster as the day goes on. All the cases that come in later in day are his
domain. Recently passed by examination the
European College of
Veterinary Surgeons (ECVS) surgery membership. There are only 4 other
certified ECVS members in Large Animal Surgery in Australia. Tom
graduated from Glasgow (Scotland) and then seemed to follow that famous Australian
song (I've
been everywhere man!). Have a look.
Costs: Whole Course… ..@ $1200
Daily………………@ $400 Students: Our aim is to encourage students. Our wishes are that students, if wanting to attend, can do so without undue stress on their finance. We have a small number of enrolments that are associated with responsibilities of this courses management. Contact us if you are interested.
Course costs include, morning and afternoon tea, lunches and dinner on Wednesday night. Venue:
The course will all be at the Eastbank Centre, Welsford Street, Accommodation: One of our favourite places to stay is the
Parklake, 481 Wyndham Street, Shepparton, Victoria. However there is a facility to organise accommodation for this conference. Just contact us to sort it out. Registration: Contact details for the hospital are: 0358 299 566 Phone (24 hours) e mail conference@gvequine.com.au Or e mail Angus or Jim who are organising the conference. |