from First Choice Marketing

Morristown, NJ — First Choice Marketing has announced plans to host the 12th annual Hambletonian Continuing Education Seminar for Equine Veterinarians, to be held in conjunction with the 86th Hambletonian Festival of Racing in East Rutherford, N.J. Over the past 11 years, this veterinary meeting has grown to become the third largest regional equine veterinary CE meeting in the country.

The sixth annual Continuing Education Wet Labs program will take place at Meadowlands Racetrack on Thursday, August 4, with sessions running from 8 a.m. to 12 Noon and 1-5 p.m. Participants will have a choice among 20 credit hours offered. Transportation and lunch will be provided. There will be a $350 fee per half-day session or $600 for two half-day sessions. Participation in these intensive, hands-on sessions is limited. Sessions will include:

• Brian Gilger, DVM, MS, DACVO – Ophthalmic Examination, Ophthalmic Nerve Blocks, and Placement of Subpalpebral Lavage Catheters (Half-day lab sponsored by Pfizer Animal Health)
• Stephanie Davis, DVM & Jeffrey Schaffer, DVM – PRP Collection and Injection (Half-day lab sponsored by Pall Life Sciences and EquStem)
• Alex Valdés-Martínez – Equine Musculoskeletal Radiography and Equine Musculoskeletal Ultrasound (two Half-Day sessions sponsored by Sound-Eklin)
• Photographing the Equine Iris for the Purpose of Identification – a free demonstration of eyeD™ – a new, equine iris identification technology (sponsored by Global Animal Management)

The Hambletonian Continuing Education Seminar program will take place on Friday, August 5, from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Sheraton Meadowlands Hotel and Conference Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Veterinary Seminar participants attend free of charge, and will select from 12e continuing education credit hours offered.

The Hambletonian Continuing Education Wet Labs and Seminar programs have been approved by the New Jersey Veterinary Medical Association and the New Jersey Association of Equine Practitioners.

As in the past, the CE Seminar is being offered at no charge to DVM participants thanks to the following Educational Sponsorship Partners: 3M Animal Care Products, Abaxis, Arenus, Auburn Laboratories, Bayer Animal Health, Bluegrass Equine Products, Blue Seal Feeds, Boehringer Ingelheim, Butler Schein Animal Health, Dan Scott & Associates, Equinosis, EquStem, Global Animal Management, Intervet Schering-Plough Animal Health, KCI Animal Health, Land O’Lakes Purina Feed, Macleod Pharmaceuticals, Mars Horsecare, Mid-Atlantic Equine Medical Center, Midwest Veterinary Supply, Milburn Equine, MWI Veterinary Supply, Neogen, Nutrena, Pall Life Sciences, Pfizer Animal Health, Platinum Performance, Rutgers Equine Science Center, Sound-Eklin, Southern States, Triple Crown Nutrition, Universal Medical Systems, Vet Ray Technologies, Wedgewood Pharmacy, and Wiley-Blackwell[m1].

The Seminar lineup features the following topics by respected equine experts:

• Mark Crisman, DVM, MS, DACVIM – Sounds of Stridor: Prevention and Treatment of Equine Respiratory Disease (sponsored by Pfizer Animal Health)
• Denise Farris, Esq. – Managing Equine Malpractice Exposure: Key Risk Management Strategies for the Equine Practitioner (sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim)
• Nicholas Frank, DVM, PhD, DACVIM – Practical Equine Endocrinology
• Mary Beth Gordon, PhD – Nutritional Management of Equine Medical Conditions (sponsored by Land O’Lakes Purina Feed)
• Michael Karlin, DVM, MS, DACVS – What MRI Has Taught Us About Ultrasound (sponsored by Mid-Atlantic Equine Medical Center)
• Robert Mackay, BVSc, PhD, DACVIM – Infectious Disease Headlines from 2010-2011: Updates & Trends (sponsored by Intervet Schering-Plough Animal Health)
• Scott E. Palmer, VMD, DABVP – Innovative Wound Care Technologies (sponsored by KCI Animal Health)
• Sarah L. Ralston, VMD, PhD, DACVN – NMR-based Metabonomic Analyses of Horse Serum: Detection of Metabolic Markers of Disease (sponsored by Rutgers Equine Science Center)
• Ronald J. Riegel, DVM – The Science, Current Research, Clinical Applications & Economics of Therapeutic Lasers in Equine Practice
• Nathan M. Slovis, DVM, MS, DACVIM, CHT – Etiology of the Problem Wound (sponsored by Bayer Animal Health)
• W. Wesley Sutter, DVM, MS, DACVS – Update on PRP: Focus on Intra-articular Therapy (sponsored by Milburn Equine)
• Alex Valdés-Martínez – Diagnostic Imaging Case Discussion (sponsored by Sound-Eklin)

This full day of events will also include a 12th annual Veterinary Seminar dinner and evening of world-class racing at the Pegasus Restaurant, Meadowlands Racetrack, and the opportunity to attend the 86th Hambletonian Final on Saturday, August 6.

For more information, or to register for these events, visit www.firstchoicemarketing.us or contact Marie Hagerty, marie@firstchoicemarketing.us, 908.654.3112.