2012 Equine Endocrinology Summit: Laminitis Q & A

Don Walsh, DVM, answers questions about The 2012 Equine Endocrinology Summit and how it relates to laminitis.
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The Animal Health Foundation’s (AHF) Don Walsh, DVM, has answered some questions about The 2012 Equine Endocrinology Summit and how the information presented relates to laminitis research. Some of the speakers at the Summit, held Sept. 7-8 in Boston, Mass., included AHF-funded researchers Melody de Laat, BVSc, PhD, a research associate at Oklahoma State University; Nicholas Frank, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM, a professor of large animal internal medicine and chair of the department of clinical sciences at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University; and Philip J. Johnson, BVSc (Hons), MS, Dipl. ACVIM, Dipl. ECEIM, MRCVS, a professor of equine medicine and surgery at the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine.

The first equine endocrinology summit was held in 2011 in Charleston, S.C., where attendees discussed equine pituitary pars intermedia disorder (PPID, or equine Cushing’s disease).

What is The Equine Endocrinology Summit?

Walsh: Leading scientific researchers in the field of equine metabolic syndrome (EMS) gathered in Boston under the direction of Dr. Nicholas Frank. I had the privilege of attending this meeting, which was sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica’s Equine Division

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