IV AAEP News November 2024
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5 things to know about AAEP this month
1. Unable to join us in Orlando for the 70th Annual Convention? Take advantage of virtual registration and earn CE until Dec. 31, 2025. Register at
convention.aaep.org.
2. View new Field Diagnostic Guidelines for Equine Infectious Disease or save them to your mobile device at
aaep.org/guidelines- resources/field-diagnostic- guidelines.
3. The Foundation for the Horse has awarded more than $660,000 in grants for 18 research projects. Learn about funded projects at
FoundationForTheHorse.org/ impact/research.
4. Missed the AAEP’s new OphthoXP wet labs CE event in October? Make plans to attend in 2025 when brought back in San Marcos, Calif., Feb. 6–8; and in Lexington, Ky., April 10–12.
5. Performance horse medicine takes center stage at the AAEP’s 26th Resort Symposium, Jan. 20–22, 2025, in Maui, Hawai’i. Register at
aaep.org/ event/26th-annual-resort- symposium.
Field Diagnostic Guidelines for Infectious Neurologic Disease now available
The AAEP has published on its website Field Diagnostic Guidelines for Infectious Neurologic Disease to assist practitioners in developing differentials and diagnostic strategies for suspected acute neurologic cases in adult horses.
Until proven otherwise, practitioners are urged to approach horses with acute- onset neurologic disease cautiously and consider differential diagnoses that are contagious, like Equine Herpesvirus-1, or have public health implications, such as Rabies, West Nile Virus, Eastern Equine Encephalitis and more. The diagnostic flowchart contained within these guidelines will help practitioners navigate their differential list, sample collection and diagnostic test selection. The flowchart also includes sample handling, packaging and shipping guidance, along with best practices for post-mortem specimen collection.
“Our goal was to provide field practitioners with readily accessible targeted guidance in the diagnosis of equine acute infectious neurologic disease in North America,” said Dr. Toby L. Pinn-Woodcock, chair of the AAEP Field Guidelines Subcommittee that authored the new guidelines along with Infectious Disease Committee Chair Dr. Sally DeNotta.
The new guidelines were reviewed and approved by the Infectious Disease Committee and AAEP board of directors. View the guidelines or save them to your mobile device at
aaep.org/guidelines-resources/field-diagnostic-guidelines. AAEP members may also access the guidelines through the AAEP On-the-Go app; search “AAEP On-the-Go” at your app store to download.
In addition to the Field Diagnostic Guidelines, AAEP guidelines for more than 30 equine infectious diseases and foreign animal diseases are accessible through the app and the AAEP Guidelines Library at
aaep.org/guidelines-resources/resource-library/guidelines-library.
Standard of care in equine practice, continued
ago: “Allison, you can never judge how another vet handled something. You were not there; you did not see what they saw. You might have made the same call.” These wise words have stayed with me. It is prudent to withhold judgment when not having all the facts and intricacies of a case, and certainly we cannot judge standard of care without consulting the vet whose thought process led to decisions regarding a case.
It takes great personal character to approach every day with the fortitude to make the right call and to practice
the highest standard of care. Part of that recipe relies on effective communication with horse owners and explana- tion of all options. I am proud to say that having worked in my practice area for 30 years, all the vets I know in my area do this. We hold each other to the highest standards of care. It is not always easy, but life isn’t easy. As AAEP- member equine veterinarians, we should strive to embody the highest standard of care every day and practice such that we set standards every day for each other.
Horse standing with a neurologic, base-wide stance that might be seen in certain acute infectious neurologic disease cases.
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