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World congress looks at horses inside and out The biennial congress of the World Equine Veterinary Association (WEVA) was held in Budapest last month, hosted by the Hungarian Association of Equine Practitioners (HAEP) and the World Organisation of Hungarian Veterinarians. As Mel Lean reports, the city provided an exciting and cultural backdrop to a well-attended and well-planned scientific congress
ALMOST 500 delegates from 48 different countries, including Australia, the USA, India and Mexico, travelled to Hungary for the 13th WEVA congress, held from October 3 to 5. Veterinary students were offered a reduced rate, which attracted a number of attendees, including those from the Szent Istvan Veterinary Faculty in Budapest. A lively and varied schedule of lectures and abstracts was on offer over the three days, with 45 invited speakers delivering keynote lectures and oral presentations on a wide variety of current and cuttingedge equine veterinary medicine subjects. At the opening ceremony, delegates were welcomed by Ravi Reddy, the president of WEVA, Zita Makra, president of the HAEP, and Sandor Fazekas, the Hungarian minister of rural development, before David Hodgson, of the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine in the USA, was introduced as the incoming president of the WEVA. During the first day of lectures, the winner of the Merial Applied Research Award, Dominique Votion, of the University of Liège in Belgium, gave an insightful overview of atypical myopathy, based on 10 years of collaborative work. She concluded that, while no specific treatment was yet available, the toxin methylenecyclopropyl acetic acid CoA, which was found in sycamore/maple tree (Acer pseudoplatanus) leaves, was the causative factor for the disease. Louise Southwood, of the New Bolton Center at the University of Pennsylvania, gave a fascinating talk looking at ‘Lessons from the past and expectations for the future’ with regard to equine colic. The hour-long session included aspects of analgesia, anthelmintic treatment, feeding practices, perioperative care and, not least, consideration of the client’s financial and emotional investment in taking a horse to surgery. Des Leadon, of the Irish Equine Centre in County Kildare, discussed the transportation of horses, identifying the demands placed on the horse during transit, including stressors such as isolation or behavioural issues in conjunction with small stall confinement. The risk factors
Jean-Marie Denoix discusses live sonographic images from the horse on the right of the picture, along with comparative cross sectional images
associated with shipping fever were also discussed, with Dr Leadon concluding that it was primarily concomitant with the elevated position of the head during flights. Other keynote speakers on the first day of the congress included Jorg Auer, of the University of Zurich, who discussed the management and treatment of long bone fractures, and Anne Courouce, a lecturer at the Nantes Atlantic College of Veterinary Medicine, Food Science and Engineering, who discussed the use of endoscopy at rest. Tim Greet, of Rossdales Equine Hospital in Newmarket, gave an hour-long overview of both angular and flexural limb deformities and how best to approach suitable treatment and expectations of long-term outcome. Eric Parente, professor of surgery at the New Bolton Center at the University of Pennsylvania, finished the scientific programme on Thursday, with talks on upper respiratory disease and diagnosis and on nasal discharge. The congress welcome reception was hosted at the Budapest Congress Centre. Delegates enjoyed a traditional Hungarian dance display, and braver individuals were able to get up and join in. A great array of Hungarian food and wine was on offer to allow delegates to meet and greet and enjoy the city further. Equine gastrointestinal disease and cardiorespiratory topics, together with
abstract presentations and posters, featured on the scientific programme for the second day of the congress. Stéphane Pronost, of the Laboratoire Frank Duncombe in France, provided an up-to-date review of equine influenza virus and the implications of increased equine travel. Anthony Blikslager, of North Carolina State University, introduced further colic-related topics. A series of lectures on reproduction was presented in tribute to Michelle LeBlanc, a leading expert on equine reproduction who died earlier this year. Key speakers included Patrick McCue, of Colorado State University, who gave a number of lectures, Sandro Barbacini, of Select Breeders Services Italia, who discussed frozen semen processing, and Giorgio Ricardi, president of the Federation of European Equine Veterinary Associations, who covered rectovestibular injuries in the mare. Anne Dwyer, of the Genesee Valley Equine Clinic in the USA, gave a fantastic series of ophthalmology lectures, providing a thorough introduction to the topic before moving on to more in-depth clinical lectures. She noted that uveitis was the leading cause of blindness in equids, with many subsets of this condition. Bernhard Spiess, of the University of Zurich, continued the ophthalmology theme discussing both uveitis and keratitis. Afternoon sessions featured
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Budapest Congress Centre hosted almost 500 delegates over the three days of the WEVA congress
tendon sheaths and bursae, while Bianca Schwarz, of the Equine Clinic Altforweiler in Germany, gave a fascinating overview of equine grass sickness. Mark Crisman, of Zoetis, gave an entertaining talk on rational use of antimicrobials, outlining quite clearly the level of antibiotic resistance facing equine veterinary practitioners, while underpinning a cautionary tale regarding use and prescription.
In the final two lectures, Michael Hewetson, of Helsinki University, shared diagnostic approaches to chronic diarrhoea in the horse, and Annamaria Nagy, of Bristol veterinary school, discussed MRI of the carpus and proximal metacarpal region. A brief closing ceremony was held at which the hosts for the 2015 WEVA congress in Guadalajara, Mexico, were introduced. doi: 10.1136/vr.f6368
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News & Reports World Equine veterinary association
World congress looks at horses inside and out The biennial congress of the World Equine Veterinary Association (WEVA) was held in Budapest last month, hosted by the Hungarian Association of Equine Practitioners (HAEP) and the World Organisation of Hungarian Veterinarians. As Mel Lean reports, the city provided an exciting and cultural backdrop to a well-attended and well-planned scientific congress
ALMOST 500 delegates from 48 different countries, including Australia, the USA, India and Mexico, travelled to Hungary for the 13th WEVA congress, held from October 3 to 5. Veterinary students were offered a reduced rate, which attracted a number of attendees, including those from the Szent Istvan Veterinary Faculty in Budapest. A lively and varied schedule of lectures and abstracts was on offer over the three days, with 45 invited speakers delivering keynote lectures and oral presentations on a wide variety of current and cuttingedge equine veterinary medicine subjects. At the opening ceremony, delegates were welcomed by Ravi Reddy, the president of WEVA, Zita Makra, president of the HAEP, and Sandor Fazekas, the Hungarian minister of rural development, before David Hodgson, of the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine in the USA, was introduced as the incoming president of the WEVA. During the first day of lectures, the winner of the Merial Applied Research Award, Dominique Votion, of the University of Liège in Belgium, gave an insightful overview of atypical myopathy, based on 10 years of collaborative work. She concluded that, while no specific treatment was yet available, the toxin methylenecyclopropyl acetic acid CoA, which was found in sycamore/maple tree (Acer pseudoplatanus) leaves, was the causative factor for the disease. Louise Southwood, of the New Bolton Center at the University of Pennsylvania, gave a fascinating talk looking at ‘Lessons from the past and expectations for the future’ with regard to equine colic. The hour-long session included aspects of analgesia, anthelmintic treatment, feeding practices, perioperative care and, not least, consideration of the client’s financial and emotional investment in taking a horse to surgery. Des Leadon, of the Irish Equine Centre in County Kildare, discussed the transportation of horses, identifying the demands placed on the horse during transit, including stressors such as isolation or behavioural issues in conjunction with small stall confinement. The risk factors
Jean-Marie Denoix discusses live sonographic images from the horse on the right of the picture, along with comparative cross sectional images
associated with shipping fever were also discussed, with Dr Leadon concluding that it was primarily concomitant with the elevated position of the head during flights. Other keynote speakers on the first day of the congress included Jorg Auer, of the University of Zurich, who discussed the management and treatment of long bone fractures, and Anne Courouce, a lecturer at the Nantes Atlantic College of Veterinary Medicine, Food Science and Engineering, who discussed the use of endoscopy at rest. Tim Greet, of Rossdales Equine Hospital in Newmarket, gave an hour-long overview of both angular and flexural limb deformities and how best to approach suitable treatment and expectations of long-term outcome. Eric Parente, professor of surgery at the New Bolton Center at the University of Pennsylvania, finished the scientific programme on Thursday, with talks on upper respiratory disease and diagnosis and on nasal discharge. The congress welcome reception was hosted at the Budapest Congress Centre. Delegates enjoyed a traditional Hungarian dance display, and braver individuals were able to get up and join in. A great array of Hungarian food and wine was on offer to allow delegates to meet and greet and enjoy the city further. Equine gastrointestinal disease and cardiorespiratory topics, together with
abstract presentations and posters, featured on the scientific programme for the second day of the congress. Stéphane Pronost, of the Laboratoire Frank Duncombe in France, provided an up-to-date review of equine influenza virus and the implications of increased equine travel. Anthony Blikslager, of North Carolina State University, introduced further colic-related topics. A series of lectures on reproduction was presented in tribute to Michelle LeBlanc, a leading expert on equine reproduction who died earlier this year. Key speakers included Patrick McCue, of Colorado State University, who gave a number of lectures, Sandro Barbacini, of Select Breeders Services Italia, who discussed frozen semen processing, and Giorgio Ricardi, president of the Federation of European Equine Veterinary Associations, who covered rectovestibular injuries in the mare. Anne Dwyer, of the Genesee Valley Equine Clinic in the USA, gave a fantastic series of ophthalmology lectures, providing a thorough introduction to the topic before moving on to more in-depth clinical lectures. She noted that uveitis was the leading cause of blindness in equids, with many subsets of this condition. Bernhard Spiess, of the University of Zurich, continued the ophthalmology theme discussing both uveitis and keratitis. Afternoon sessions featured
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News & Reports talks on respiratory topics, neonatal medicine, neurology, infectious diseases, gastrointestinal medicine and endocrinology topics. The final morning of the congress began with Sue Dyson, from the Animal Health Trust in Newmarket, and Laurie Goodrich, from the College of Veterinary Medicine at Colorado State University, considering musculoskeletal issues, including arthritis treatments and lameness case discussions. Derek Knottenbelt, from the University of Liverpool, began a series of welfare talks by outlining equine tumour treatment and ocular pathology in working equids. After coffee, the lectures followed surgery and respiratory-based themes. The afternoon saw a fantastic live ultrasound demonstration from Jean-Marie Denoix, of the veterinary school in Alfort, France, using a cooperative local Hungarian horse. Dr Denoix was able to illustrate not only live sonographic views to the audience, but also to talk through comparative cross sectional images in his slides. The congress scientific programme was brought to a close with afternoon sessions following the musculoskeletal and gastrointestinal theme. Stefan Witte, of the University of Bern, provided an anatomical overview of the less commonly affected
Budapest Congress Centre hosted almost 500 delegates over the three days of the WEVA congress
tendon sheaths and bursae, while Bianca Schwarz, of the Equine Clinic Altforweiler in Germany, gave a fascinating overview of equine grass sickness. Mark Crisman, of Zoetis, gave an entertaining talk on rational use of antimicrobials, outlining quite clearly the level of antibiotic resistance facing equine veterinary practitioners, while underpinning a cautionary tale regarding use and prescription.
In the final two lectures, Michael Hewetson, of Helsinki University, shared diagnostic approaches to chronic diarrhoea in the horse, and Annamaria Nagy, of Bristol veterinary school, discussed MRI of the carpus and proximal metacarpal region. A brief closing ceremony was held at which the hosts for the 2015 WEVA congress in Guadalajara, Mexico, were introduced. doi: 10.1136/vr.f6368
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