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EQUINE VETERINARY EDUCATION / AE / MARCH 2016


Resort Symposium attendees fuse sun and science in Barbados


Warm sun and turquoise Caribbean waters greeted the 78 practitioners and their guests who ventured to the island paradise of Barbados for the AAEP’s 18th Annual Resort Symposium, Jan. 25-27.


The small, relaxed nature of the meeting provided an ideal setting for interactive discussions and consumption of diagnostics, treatments and techniques in the areas of equine dentistry, foal medicine and lameness in the per- formance horse. Meanwhile, sunny weather and tempera- tures in the 80s made sunscreen a priority for afternoon group excursions or simply lounging around the pool or beach.


If you missed your chance at a laid-back, tropical recess from practice this winter, you’ll have another opportunity to feel the sand between your toes in early 2017 at a location to be announced in an upcoming issue.


The AAEP thanks IDEXX, Luitpold Animal Health and Merial for their sponsorship of the 18th Annual Resort Symposium and support of equine continuing education.


Birgit Hofman, left, and Dr. Sophia Parzer traveled from Germany to attend the Resort Symposium in Barbados.


Touch Point: ‘Getting to Know the Sport’ videos help you learn your client’s business


If your client is a competitor or a professional horseperson who makes his or her living in the horse industry, your expertise about the sport 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 vet- erinarian “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 the things most important to your clients.


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


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