C.L. Davis Symposium on Equine Respiratory Diseases

Course Director: Fabio Del Piero, DVM, Ph.D., Dipl. ACVP
University of Pennsylvania, New Bolton Center, 382 W Street Rd, Kennett Square, Pa.
E-mail: fdp@vet.upenn.edu 

Co-organizer: Pamela A. Wilkins, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVIM, DACVECC, Professor
Veterinary Clinical Medicine, Section Head, Equine Medicine & Surgery, University of Illinois

Andrew M. Hoffman, DVM, DVSc, DACVIM, Professor, Large Animal Medicine
Director, Lung Function Testing Laboratory
Cummings School of Veterinary MedicineTufts University

Laurent Couëtil, DVM, PhD, DACVIM, Professor
Chief of Large Animal Medicine, Director, Equine Research Programs, Director, Equine Sports Medicine Center, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Purdue University, School of Veterinary Medicine

1. Lower airway diseases:  infections, inflammatory airway disease (IAD), and heaves.

2. Practice building techniques for early diagnosis or IAD:  BAL and pulmonary function testing done in the barn.

3. How does lower airway disease effect performance and how to recognize the signs.

4. Management including aerosol therapies for IAD:  the test, treat, retest program to maximize the results.

5. EIPH - latest theories and practice from around the world.

6. Clinical pearls of lower airway diseases.