Program Schedule
Thursday, September 5
Foothills Campus (HRIC Atrium & Theatre 3)
| 11:30 a.m. | Arrival, Registration and lunch (Foothills Campus, HRIC Atrium |
| 12:35 p.m. | Introduction to Symposium and Keynote Speaker by UCVM Dean Renate Weller - Theatre 3 |
| 12:40 p.m. | Keynote Speaker | Lisa Fortier | Presentation Title: Intra-articular Approaches to Osteoarthritis |
| 1:45 p.m. | Podium #1 Jennifer Burns Title: Prevalence of Exercise-Induced Pulmonary Hemorrhage, Tracheal Mucus and Recurrent Laryngeal Neuropathy in Competitive Draft Pulling Horses |
| 2:15 p.m. | Podium #2 Zoe Chan Title: Association between Hoof Asymmetry and Movement Asymmetry in Racing Thoroughbreds |
| 2:45 p.m. | Break |
| 3:00 p.m. | Keynote Speaker | Lisa Fortier | Presentation Title: How to Get Your Work Published and Noticed - Through the Lens of an Editor in Chief |
| 3:45 p.m. | News Reviews/Talk - Thilo Pfau |
| 4:05 p.m. | News Reviews/Talk - Brielle Rosa |
| 4:25 p.m. | News Reviews/Talk - Michael Davis |
| 4:50 p.m. | Poster Presentations & Wine and Cheese Reception - Foothills Campus, HRIC Atrium |
| 7:00 p.m. | Travel back to hotel |
Friday, September 6
Spy Hill Campus & Spruce Meadows
| 8:00 a.m. | Bus from hotel to CSB |
| 8:45 a.m. | Keynote Speaker #2 is introduced |
| 8:50 a.m. | Keynote Speaker #2 – Maria Camilla Ceballos Betancourt |
| 9:50 a.m. | Podium #3 Bethanie Cooper Title: Oral DHA supplement (algae-derived) increases alveolar macrophage metabolism and alters protein expression of the lower airway in healthy horses |
| 10:20 a.m. | BREAK |
| 10:40 a.m. | Podium #4 Katie Sheats Title: Investigation of peritoneal fluid cell-free dna as a biomarker in equine colic patients |
| 11:10 a.m. | Podium #5 Lindsay Korac Title: Effect of a dietary nutraceutical “STRUCTURE-Joint” on response of horses to intra-articular challenge with IL-1: implications for tissue adaptation to stress. |
| 11:40 a.m. | Podium #6 Denise Mc Sweeney Title: Using Accelerometer-based Inertial Measurement Unit Sensors To Identify Racing Thoroughbreds At High Risk Of Catastrophic Musculoskeletal Injury |
| 12:10 p.m. | LUNCH |
| 1:15 p.m. | Tour of CSB |
| 2:00 p.m. | Podium #7 Nadia Golestani Title: Systemic safety, oxidative and inflammatory effects of dietary Spirulina in horses following high-intensity exercise |
| 2:30 p.m. | Podium #8 Yuji Takahashi Title: Comparison of muscle activity in hindlimb between treadmill and sand surface |
| 3:00 p.m. | Podium #9 Babak Faramarzi Title: The Distal Sesamoidean Impar Ligament: A histologic review |
| 3:30 p.m. | Program concludes |
| 4:00 p.m. | Bus to Spruce Meadows |
| 5:00 p.m. | Spruce Meadows reception & awards presentation |
| 9:40 p.m. | Bus to hotel |