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EQUINE VETERINARY EDUCATION / AE / MARCH 2015


Request funding from the AAEP Foundation 2015 grant applications due May 1


Organizations that share the spirit of the AAEP Foundation’s mission to improve the welfare of the horse are encouraged to apply for funding for the 2015 grant cycle. Applications are due May 1 and will be reviewed by the AAEP Foundation Advisory Council during its summer meeting.


Application instructions, requirements and selection criteria are available through the “Apply for Funding” link on the Foundation’s website.


The Foundation accepts requests for funding when these requests help facilitate accomplishment of its mission. Priority is given to those requests that have the greatest impact on the welfare of multiple horses on a national or international scope.


The Foundation has disbursed more than $3 million since 1994 in support of its mission, including $284,000 in 2014 for 24 projects and programs ranging from education and laminitis research to Equitarian initiatives and youth development in the equine community.


Grants from the AAEP Foundation have helped the Unwanted Horse Coalition’s Operation Gelding Program facilitate the castration of 1,096 horses in 90 clinics in 34 states since 2010.


To learn more, visit www.aaepfoundation.org or contact Jodie Bingham, Foundation development coordinator, at (859) 233-0147 or jbingham@aaep.org.


Touch Point: Clients like it when you know their business


If your client is a competitor or a professional horseper- son who makes his or her living in the horse industry, your expertise about the discipline or breed in which they’re involved is important to their satisfaction with your services.


According to the AAEP’s market research, owners who are satisfied with their veterinarians are substantially more likely than those who aren’t satisfied to say that their veterinarian “understands my business.”


Of the 19 attributes tested in our research with owners and trainers, “my veterinarian understands my business” was among those with the largest difference in ratings between the satisfied and the dissatisfied.


Gaining the necessary expertise about your client’s business can be as easy as attending a horse show or researching a discipline on the Internet. It just requires


the willingness to learn more about what is important to your clients.


Get started by watching the Touch program’s video series, “Getting to Know the Sport.” The series provides an introduction to several disciplines within equine sport and offers advice from an experienced veterinarian and trainer in each discipline. All Touch resources are available exclusively to AAEP members at touch.aaep.org.


Unwanted Horse Coalition


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