A Vet’s Day at the AAEP Convention

Find out what a day at the American Association of Equine Practitioners’ Convention entails for one veterinarian.
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The annual American Association of Equine Practitioners’ Convention is always a great time to catch up with old friends and make new ones. By friends I mean fellow veterinarians, industry sales and technical representatives, and international members.

I always come to the convention with a tentative schedule—listen to this presentation, go to this table topic, have lunch with this friend, spend time in the trade show. But, inevitably the best laid plans are foiled. I am now going to dinner not lunch with this friend and more added to the list and the presentation I was on my way to got cut short because I saw my friend from Germany in the hall and we got a chance to catch up on our personal and professional lives.

It’s a time of learning whether in the presentations or out in the hallway. Sometimes there is a chance to pick up new techniques while walking the trade show. A lot of companies will launch their new drug at this meeting due to the large population of equine veterinarians in one place. It is a marketing dream. We go to sunrise talks at 6 a.m. before the actual meeting begins to learn about the applications and side effects of the new drug. 

Then onto the regular sessions at 7:30 a.m., a quick sandwich in the trade show, a brisk walk around, and then back into the sessions by 1:30 p.m

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Erin Denney-Jones, DVM, is an FEI veterinarian and owner of Florida Equine Veterinary Services, in Clermont, Florida. Her interests and practice areas include chiropractic care, sport horse medicine, reproduction, general medicine and surgery, and preventive care including wellness programs, vaccinations, parasite control, and dentistry.

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