Equine Endocrinology - Improving the Approach to Common Disorders & Awareness of the Rarer Ones...
Species
Equine
Contact Hours
12 Hours - RACE Approved
Language
English
Discipline
Internal Medicine – Endocrinology, Haematology, Infectious Diseases, Parasitology & Oncology
Nutrition
Pathology - Clinical & Gross
Veterinary Partner
Equine




























Recorded: January 2023
This lecture series is kindly sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim
Speaker | Title | Duration |
Andy Durham & Nicholas Frank | Equine Metabolic Syndrome - Facing the daily challenge | 120 min |
Andy Durham & Nicholas Frank | Equine Metabolic Syndrome – When things get difficult | 120 min |
Andy Durham & Nicholas Frank | Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction - Facing the daily challenge | 120 min |
Andy Durham & Nicholas Frank | Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction – Dealing with tricky cases | 120 min |
Andy Durham & Nicholas Frank | Let's not forget! – Minor Endocrine Disorders
(incl. Thyroid disorders, Hypercalcemia, Diabetes Mellitus & Hyperlipaemia)
| 120 min |
Andrew Parks | Foot Care for Horses with Chronic Laminitis: Theory & Cases | 100 min |
ONLINE LECTURE SERIES CONTENT
This lecture series is intended to fill in the gaps for practitioners dealing with potential endocrine cases. The series will include a large amount of discussion as well as lecture-based information, and will primarily cover EMS and PPID including the important principles that might have been forgotten as well as approaches to more challenging scenarios. Rarer endocrine disorders such as thyroid disorders, disorders of calcium homeostasis and hyperlipidaemia will also be covered.
Click on the links in the table above to sign up for an individual module.
Further Details on the Individual Modules:
Equine Metabolic Syndrome - Facing the daily challenge
This initial session will focus on many of the fundamentally important points underpinning EMS including pathophysiology relevant to practitioners and the relationship of EMS with other conditions such as obesity, hyperlipaemia and Diabetes mellitus. Routine choices of diagnostic tests will also be appraised.
Equine Metabolic Syndrome – When things get difficult
This session will include discussion of more challenging clinical scenarios of EMS such as how to manage cases that don’t respond to the standard plan and how/when to apply drug therapy.
Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction - Facing the daily challenge
This session will cover many of the fundamentally important points underpinning PPID including pathophysiology relevant to practitioners and the relationship of PPID with other conditions such as EMS, vit E deficiency. Routine choices of diagnostic tests will also be appraised.
Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction – Dealing with tricky cases
This session will cover approaches to the less straightforward PPID cases that are frequently encountered and will include alterative treatment options. Rather than purely focusing on simple control of pars intermedia secretion, the importance of issues such as insulin dysregulation and weight loss will also be discussed.
Other Endocrine Disorders
This final session will complete the series with coverage of more minor endocrine issues such as thyroid disorders, disorders of calcium homeostasis and hyperlipaemia.
Optional Add-On Purchase – 1 at $85 or Both at $150
Speakers | Title | Duration |
Simon Bailey DECVPT, Myriam Hesta DECVCN, Krishona Martinson PhD (Panelists) & Pat Harris DECVCN (Moderator)
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Panel Discussion – Nutritional Management of the Obese Horse/Pony
| 180 min |
Carey Williams PhD, Nerida Richards PhD, Annette Longland (Panelists) & Pat Harris DECVCN (Moderator)
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Panel Discussion – Pasture Management for the Laminitic Horse
| 180 min |
To purchase both panel discussions at $150 click here
Andy graduated from Bristol in 1988 and after two years in mixed practice started in ambulatory equine practice in the Midlands. He gained the RCVS CertEP in 1993 before moving to Liphook Equine Hospital in 1994, becoming a partner in 2001. This was followed by the RCVS diploma in equine internal medicine in 2003 and European diploma in equine internal medicine in 2004. Andy has continued to perform a little first opinion ambulatory work although he now mainly works in the new hospital at Liphook with medical in-patients and the diagnostic laboratory. He has recently been appointed as visiting professor at the University of Surrey, Guildford and is involved in the development of a new veterinary school there. Andy’s main professional interests are in endocrine disease, liver disease, dermatology, infectious diseases and most other aspects of internal medicine.
More InfoDr. Frank grew up in the United Kingdom and then trained in the United States. He received his BSc degree in biology from the University of North Carolina in 1989 and his DVM degree from Purdue University in 1993. After working for two years in private equine practice in Illinois, he returned to Purdue University and completed his large animal medicine residency training and PhD degree. In 2002, Dr. Frank joined the faculty of the University of Tennessee as a clinician and developed research programs in the areas of equine endocrinology, metabolism, gastrointestinal disease, and laminitis. In 2011, he moved to Tufts University in Grafton, Mass. and took the position of academic chair for the Department of Clinical Sciences. In 2023 he became dean of MSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine. He continues to consult on equine internal medicine cases and coordinate clinical research.
More InfoDr. Steve O'Grady was a professional farrier for ten years prior to obtaining his degree in veterinary medicine. He learned the farrier trade through a formal apprenticeship under "Hall of Fame" farrier, Joseph M. Pierce, of West Chester, Pennsylvania. He then returned to school, completed his undergraduate studies at Haverford College and received his DVM degree from the University of Pretoria, Faculty of Veterinary Science in South Africa in 1981. He operates Virginia Therapeutic Farriery in Keswick, Virginia which is a referral practice devoted to equine foot disease and therapeutic farriery. Recently, he joined Palm Beach Equine Clinic in Wellington, FL as a consultant in farriery during the Winter Equestrian Festival. He also operates a consulting service where he travels worldwide to lecture and treat complicated podiatry cases.
He has published over 40 manuscripts in both the national and international peer-reviewed veterinary literature, numerous articles in the farrier journals, written 17 book chapters and edited two editions of the Veterinary Clinics of North America – Equine Practice: one on Equine Podiatry and the other on Therapeutic Farriery - all resulting from his extensive work in equine podiatry. He is a member of the International Equine Veterinarians Hall of Fame and in 2010 received the prestigious AAEP President’s Award for his work in farrier education. In 2019, he was awarded the coveted gold medal from The South African Veterinary Association and in 2020 received the AAEP’s Distinguished Educator Award. In 2024, Dr. O’Grady was placed on The Foundation of the Horse’s My Mentor Honor Wall.
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USD 100.00
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USD 385.00
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