In pain or being a pain?

An Interactive Professional Development Workshop for Veterinarians, Veterinary Nurses and Equine Physiotherapists

When a horse presents with an unwanted behaviour, from aggression to bucking, reluctance to go forwards to just generally appearing unhappy, how do we differentiate clinical pain from a behaviour problem? This workshop will consist of a series of lectures and discussion from specialist veterinary surgeons working in the fields of behavioural medicine, orthopaedics, and internal medicine, followed by an interactive case discussion.

This professional development opportunity is aimed at veterinarians and veterinary nurses
ISES members who are attending the ISES annual conference are also welcome to attend
Numbers are limited and tickets will be allocated on a first-come-first-in basis (ISES attendees limited to 28, then waitlisted)

Cost:

Veterinarians, veterinary nurses and equine physiotherapists: $80 (limited to 25 places)
ISES members attending the ISES annual conference: Free (limited to 25 places)

Date: 13th March from 9:00 to 12:30

Place: Waipa Room, Don Rowlings Centre, Lake Karapiro, Cambridge (601 Maungatautari Road, Leamington, Karapiro 3494, New Zealand)

Registration: Limited places available on a first come first in basis.

Go to: https://events.humanitix.com/equine-pain-workshop to register

Speakers include:

Dr Gemma Pearson BVMS Cert AVP (EM) MScR CCAB PhD MRCVS

RCVS Specialist in Veterinary Behavioural Medicine (Equine)

R(D)SVS University of Edinburgh and Horse Trust https://www.research.ed.ac.uk/en/persons/gemma-pearson

Dr Alec Jorgensen BVSc, Cert EP, Dipl ABVP Eq

Diplomate, American Board of Veterinary Practitioners (Equine)

Waikato Equine Veterinary Centre

https://www.wevc.co.nz/meet-the-team/

Dr Laura Johnstone BVSc MVSc DACVIM (LAIM)

Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine

University of Massey and Central Lakes Equine

https://www.centrallakesequine.co.nz/about

Chairperson:

Roly Owers OBE MA Vet MB MRCVS

CE World Horse Welfare

https://www.worldhorsewelfare.org/about-us/our-people/staff

Workshop Programme

9.00 am:	Registration and introduction
9.30 am:	An introduction to equine behaviour and how to use the principles of training to resolve common issues (GP)
10.00 am:	Pain or Behaviour? The orthopaedic perspective and approach to case work up (AJ)
10.30 am:	Pain or Behaviour? The internal medicine perspective and approach to case work up (LJ)
11.00 am:	Break
11.30 am:	Pain or Behaviour? The behavioural medicine perspective and approach to case work up (GP)
12.00 pm:	Interactive case discussion (all speakers with audience participation)
12.30 pm:	Finish

Information:

For further information about the programme please contact the workshop organisers:

Janet Douglas janetdouglas@worldhorsewelfare.org

Gemma Pearson Gemma.Pearson@ed.ac.uk

Or

For local information or information about the ISES conference contact: Prof Nat Waran Nat@companionanimals.nz

Generously sponsored by World Horse Welfare