The International Thoroughbred Breeders Federation is holding its meeting in Lexington, 31st October/1st November, 2018. An integral part of the conference is a one-day meeting of the Federation’s Veterinary Committee that will take place Wednesday, 31st October at the Marriott Hotel. Attached please see the program of topics that will be presented on that day. The Kentucky Board of Veterinary Examiners has approved the program for 4 credit hours of Continuing Education.
All veterinarians are welcome to attend the day’s meeting. There will be no registration fee and a complimentary lunch will be provided to all attendees. Please see the attached flyer advertising the meeting.
Register at: https://toba.org/itbf2018/
ITBF 2018 Veterinary Committee Meeting
Programme Agenda
31st October, 2018
07.30 – 08.00 Registration
SESSION 1 – Infectious Diseases
08.00 – 09.30 International Disease Reporting
All Delegates
SESSION 2 – Biosecurity
09.30 – 09.50 Klebsiella & Pseudomonas Fred Barrelet, DrMedVet, DipVMS, MRCVS, (UK)
09.50 – 10.20 Biosecurity Risk Planning Camille Vercken, (FR)
10.20 – 11.00 Biosecurity & EHV Nervous Form Josie Traub-Dargatz, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVIM, (USA)
11.00 – 11.30 Discussion – Code of Practice & Vesicular Stomatitis All Speakers
SESSION 3 – Genomics
11.30 – 12.15 Genomics Updates Max Rothschild, MS, PhD, (USA) Brandon Viele, MS, PhD, (SWE) Des Leadon, MA, MVB, MSc, FRCVS, DipECEIM, (IRL)
12.15 – 12.30 Discussion
12.30 – 13.30 LUNCH – Provided
SESSION 4 – Veterinary Medicine & the Thoroughbred Industry in the USA
13.30 – 14.30 Importance of Infectious Diseases in Impairing Reproductive Efficiency in the Horse
Peter Timoney, MVB, MS, PhD, FRCVS (USA)
14.30 – 15.15 Medication at Sales – What is & What is Not Acceptable Jeff Berk, VMD, (USA)
15.15 – 15.45 Discussion & Close