the Horse.com
by: Press Release
January 18 2010, Article # 15647

The 2010 Universitiy of Kentucky's Department of Veterinary Science Equine Diagnostic and Research Seminar series kicks off Jan. 28 at 4 p.m. with a presentation by the University of Pennsylvania's Sue McDonnell, PhD, Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist. Her presentation is titled: "How horses think and why it matters to equine scientists and veterinarians."

The Seminar series also has a new location this year at the South Theater in the Visitor Center at the Kentucky Horse Park. Seminars were previously at the Livestock Disease Diagnostic Center (LDDC).

For those who cannot attend in person, TheHorse.com videotapes and archives these lectures, which are free to registered users at Horse Courses through sponsor Pfizer Animal Health. the Horse.com Video Series

This seminar series, which are held the fourt Thursday each month, is co-sponsored by the Kentucky Association of Equine Practitioners (KAEP).

The schedule for 2010 is:

Jan. 28, Sue McDonnell, PhD, Cert. AAB - University of Pennsylvania - Equine Behavior

Feb. 25, Ernie Bailey, PhD - UK Gluck Equine Research Center - Genetic Diseases

March 25, Molly McCue, DVM, MS, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM - University of Minnesota - Polysacharide Storage Myopathy

April 29, Don Schlafer, DVM, MS, PhD, Dipl. ACVP, ACVIM, ACT - Cornell University - Reproduction

May 27, Kevin Haussler, DVM, DC, PhD - Colorado State University - Therapeutic Options

June 24, James Orsini, DVM, Dipl. ACVS - University of Pennsylvania - Laminitis

July 29, Allen Page, Uneeda Bryant, and Alan Loynachan - UK Gluck Equine Research Center and LDDC - Lawsonia intracellularis

Aug. 26, Duncan Peters, DVM, MS - Hagyard Equine Medical Institute - Sport Horse Medicine

Sept. 30, Natasha Werpy, DVM, Dipl. ACVR - Colorado State University - Imaging-Modality Approach

Oct. 28, Paul Morley, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM - Colorado State University - Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity

Nov. 18, Jack Easley, DVM, MS, Dipl. ABVP - Kentucky Private Practitioner - Dentistry