AAEP Convention 2004 Wrap-Up: Kester News Hour

Probably the best-attended session at the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) Convention, the Kester News Hour features brief reports of new research that was too new or brief for inclusion in the scientific program. The information is presented in a fun, rapid-fire format by two of the country’s top equine veterinary specialists–internal medicine guru John Madigan, DVM, MS,

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Probably the best-attended session at the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) Convention, the Kester News Hour features brief reports of new research that was too new or brief for inclusion in the scientific program. The information is presented in a fun, rapid-fire format by two of the country’s top equine veterinary specialists–internal medicine guru John Madigan, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVIM, professor of medicine and epidemiology and section chief of equine medicine at the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital of the University of California, Davis; and orthopedic surgery specialist Larry Bramlage, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVS, a partner in Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, Ky., and the immediate past president of the AAEP. Following are brief reports of the research they found important for this popular session.

Bone Mass and Exercise

Bramlage discussed a 10-year study of 112 12-18-year-old women, which found that exercise was more beneficial than calcium supplementation in developing strong bones. This study, which investigated the value of calcium supplementation on bone mass (40-50% of bone mass is formed during adolescence), found no difference in bone mass with supplementation, but exercise increased it 3-5%.

“These were not athletes; it was just moderate exercise,” Bramlage commented. “So should we train 2-year-olds? Many have felt that training a 2-year-old gets them a better start on developing a good skeleton than waiting until they’re older, and that we can do more to develop the skeleton at that point than at any other time in their lives

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