Dr.
Redden’s In-Depth Equine Podiatry Symposium
Schedule
January 16-18, 2009
Falling Springs Theater
275 Beasley Drive
Versailles, KY 40383
859-873-5948
Friday, January 16
7:00-9:00:
- Identifying the unique
characteristics of club feet
- Selecting the optimum
treatment relative to age, breed and use
9:00-9:30: Break (Sponsored
by MinXray, Inc.)
9:30-11:30:
- Surgical and shoeing
options for congenital and acquired DDF contraction syndrome in the young
and aged horse
- White line disease: Gross
and imaging characteristics
- How white line disease relates
to the club foot
- Treating extensive canker
11:30-1:00: Lunch
1:00-3:00:
- Related case studies from
the morning lectures
- Questions
3:00-3:30: Break (Sponsored
by MinXray, Inc.)
3:30-5:30:
- Treating congenital and
acquired flexor deformities in foals, training horses and aged animals
- Treating full thickness
toe cracks, associated abscesses and soft tissue damage
- Questions
Saturday, January 17
7:00-9:00:
- Developing an emergency
plan for the acute laminitis case
- Monitoring the sequence of
events that are relative to the prognosis and efficiency of treatment of
laminitis
9:00-9:30: Break (Sponsored
by MinXray, Inc.)
9:30-11:30:
- The mechanical formula of
laminitis: How farriers play a major treatment role and what they should
know to be most effective
- Tailoring treatment
protocol to meet client goals
11:30-1:00: Lunch
1:00-3:00:
- Review: What the venogram
has taught us about laminitis
- Case studies: laminitis
3:00-3:30: Break (Sponsored
by MinXray, Inc.)
3:30-5:30:
- Case studies (continued)
- Treating puncture wounds
and preventing contra-limb laminitis
- Questions
Sunday, January 18
7:00-9:00:
- Emergency medical
treatment for the catastrophic breakdown
- How to perform an
amputation
- Questions
9:00-9:30: Break (Sponsored
by MinXray, Inc.)
9:30-12:30:
- Reviewing the mechanical
goals of the rocker shoe concept
- How to select, monitor and
maintain the ideal case for the full rocker motion shoe
- Shoe selection, design and
placement: How to avoid unwarranted post shoeing soreness, and other side
effects
- Case studies and questions