Conference Schedule
Thursday, October 29, 2026
* Working Schedule (subject to change)
| Time | Farm Animal Oak I | Equine Terrace I/II | Small Animal I Auditorium | Small Animal II with Poultry and Bees Legacy | Pharmacy Terrace | Emerging Topics Oak III | USDA Terrace III | ||||||
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| Tracks | Farm Animal | Equine | Small Animal I | Small Animal II | Pharmacy | Emerging Topics | USDA | ||||||
| 8:00A-8:50A | Colostrum Management in Dairy Calves - New Insights | Townsend, DVM | A Practical Approach to Hind Limb Lameness: A Case-Based Review | Leise, DVM | How to Maximize the Usefulness of Blood Smears | Camus, DVM | From Suspicion to Action: Recognition, Response, and Prevention of New World Screwworm in Companion Animals | Reif, PhD | Beyond ChatGPT: AI 101 - The different types of AI found in veterinary medicine | Gibson, DVM & Canning, DVM | ||||||||
| 9:00A-9:50A | Demographic, Diagnostic, and Geochemical Correlates of Copper and Selenium Deficiency in Southeastern Cattle | Michael, DVM | Equine Wound Care: Evidence-Based Dos and Don'ts | Leise, DVM | Sus or Not Sus? Identifying Infectious Organisms on Blood Smears | Towns, DVM | The Tick Landscape is Changing: Emerging Threats from Pasture to Pet to Person | Reif, PhD | Navigating AI Responsibility and Liability Under Your Practice Regulations | Riddick, Esq. | Module TBD | |||||||
| 10:00A-10:50A | Going Whole Hog: Porcine Field Necropsy, Sampling, and Diagnostic Considerations | Michael, DVM | Seeing Laminitis Clearly: Practical Imaging with Radiographs and Venograms | Leise, DVM | Please Sir, May I Have Some Cells? Getting the Most from Your Cytology Submissions | Towns, DVM | Safe, Secure, and Auditable: Ethical Workflows and Data Privacy in the AI Era Intelligence in Veterinary Medicine | Riddick, Esq. | Module TBD | ||||||||
| 11:00A-11:50A | Young Calf Management: Taking Care of the Class of 2028 | Townsend, DVM | Dynamic Endoscopy: Not Just for Racehorses | Leise, DVM | Fundamentals of Cytologic Evaluation | Camus, DVM | Big Data and Bad Poetry: The Surprising Range and Future of AI in Veterinary Medicine | Gibson, DVM & Canning, DVM | Module TBD | ||||||||
| 11:45A-1:30P | Lunch in Exhibit Hall | ||||||||||||
| 1:30P-2:20P | Updates from the State Veterinarian's Office | Edmonson, DVM | Tracheostomies: Simple and Complicated | Claunch, DVM | Cats and Medications: Reaching Peaceful Coexistence | Delmain, DVM | Understanding a Honey Bee Colony: An Introduction to Its Biology and Health | Bruckner, PhD | Veterinary Rules & Regulations with Opioid Dispensation Guidelines | Duran, RPh | ||||||||
| 2:30P-3:20P | NSAIDs and Pain Management in Cattle | Townsend, DVM | Emergencies Associated with Breeding | Claunch, DVM | Uncovering Veterinary Cattitudes to Provide Better Care | Delmain, DVM | Why Honey Bees Need a Vet: An Overview of Pests and Diseases | Bruckner, PhD | Veterinary Rules & Regulations with Opioid Dispensation Guidelines (continued) | ||||||||
| 3:20P-4:00P | Exhibit Hall Break | ||||||||||||
| 4:00P-4:50P | New World Screwworm: What You Need to Know | Edmonson,DVM | Field Surgery - Soft Tissue | Claunch, DVM | Managing the Canine Hemoabdomen: Urgent or Emergent? | Tillson, DVM | Coops, Companions and Clients: The New Face of Poultry Ownership | McCrea, PhD | Florida Law | Duran, RPh | ||||||||
| 5:00P-5:50P | Troubleshooting Nutritionally Related Issues on Dairy Farms | Townsend, DVM | Field Surgery - Orthopedics | Claunch, DVM | Minimally Invasive Surgical Options for Prophylactic Gastropexy and Reproductive Procedures (Ovariectomy, Cryptorchid, Vasectomy) | Tillson, DVM | Diagnosis, Treatment and Control of Common Chicken Diseases | Hauck, DVM | |||||||||
| 6:00P-7:30P | Welcome Reception Sponsored by Mission Pet Health | ||||||||||||
Friday, October 30, 2026
* Working Schedule (subject to change)
| Time | Farm Animal Oak I | Equine Terrace I | Small Animal I Auditorium | Small Animal II Legacy | Technician Oak II | USDA Terrace III | |||||
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| Tracks | Farm Animal | Equine | Small Animal I | Small Animal II | Technician | USDA | |||||
| 7:30A-8:20A | [Auditorium] Are We Ready for Take Off? A Look at the Mistakes We Make in Medicine, How to Healthily Recover from Them, and How to Prevent Them | Reeves, DVM | ||||||||||
| 8:00A-9:45A | Breakfast in Exhibit Hall | ||||||||||
| 9:45A-10:35A | Small Animal Ruminant Dystocia | Schwartz, DVM | Antimicrobial Use in Horses: How to Ensure Success | Groover, DVM | Mitral Valve Degeneration: What is Known and What is New | Winter, DVM | Pet Food Labels, Decoded: A Practical Guide to Discussing Diets with Confidence | Payne, DVM | Form, Function, and Temperament - Clinical Awareness Through Breed Insight | Mikulencak, LVT | Module TBD | |||||
| 10:45A-11:35A | Trace Minerals in Cattle-Importance & Diagnostics | Rusch, DVM | Beyond Antibiotics: Advances in Understanding and Treating Equine Sepsis | Ceriotti, DVM | Treating Non-Cardiac Diseases in the Cath Lab: Case Discussions | Winter, DVM | Can We Breed IVDD Out of Chondrodystrophic Dogs? | Sullivan, DVM | Veterinarians, Clinics, and Wildlife...Oh my... | Kadletz, CWR | Module TBD | |||||
| 11:45A-12:35P | The Rumen Biome and Its Effect on Cattle Health | Rusch, DVM | Potomac Horse Fever: An Emerging Disease in the Southeast | Lascola, DVM | Breathless: Cardio vs Respiratory Disease in Felines | Gerken, DVM | Rabies: Management of Bites, Exposures, and Rabies Mitigation | Bruce, DVM | Grey Muzzles, Golden Hearts Caring for the Geriatric Patient | Burbage, LVT | Module TBD | |||||
| 12:15P-1:45P | Lunch in Exhibit Hall | ||||||||||
| 1:45P-2:35P | Use of Remote Drug Delivery in Cattle | Heins, DVM | Advancing Care: New Technologies and Treatments at the AULATH | Groover, DVM | New Diagnostics and Treatments for Chronic Kidney Disease Patients | Oswald, DVM | The Itchy Dog Algorithm | Holm, DVM | When the Fur Hits the Fan: The Wild World of Emergency Veterinary Medicine Technician's Role | Burbage, LVT | ||||||
| 2:45P-3:35P | Designing and Implementing an Effective Beef Herd Health Vaccination Program | Rusch, DVM | Harvesting Oocytes in Both Planned and Unplanned Situations: What Does This Look Like for the Client? | Wilborn, DVM | Proteinuria Testing and Treatment: Why Such a Hot Topic? | Oswald, DVM | Cytology You Can Trust: Skin and Ear Cytology Technique and Interpretation | Holm, DVM | Technician's Guide to Cranial Cruciate Ligament Disease | Powell, LVT | ||||||
| 3:45P-4:35P | Improving Beef Calf Performance from Birth to the Feedlot | Rusch, DVM | What's All This Hubbub About with Standing CT? | Taintor, DVM | Urinary Incontinence: Reviewing the ACVIM Consensus on Testing and Treatment | Oswald, DVM | Pyoderma Without Reaching for Culture Every Time | Holm, DVM | Colic: What Is It? How Do We Treat It? A Technician's Role In Triage and Treatment | Harkins, LVT | ||||||
| 4:45P-5:35P | Handling the Stressed Calf: Receiving Protocol | Heins, DVM | I Declare there is a Lesion: General Anesthesia CT | Taintor, DVM | Feline Interstitial Cystitis: Is There a Consensus in 2026? | Oswald, DVM | Reading the Report Back to the Owner: Interpreting the Pathology Report and Effectively Communicating Findings to Clients | Holm, DVM | Protecting Vision & Comfort: A Veterinary Technician’s Guide to Ophthalmology | Collins, DVM | ||||||
| 6:00P-9:00P | Reunions for Classes of 2011, 2016, and 2021 | ||||||||||
Saturday, October 31, 2026
* Working Schedule (subject to change)
| Time | Farm Animal Oak I | Equine Terrace I | Small Animal I Auditorium | Small Animal II Legacy | |||
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| Tracks | Farm Animal | Equine | Small Animal I | Small Animal II | |||
| 7:00A-8:30A | Breakfast in Exhibit Hall | ||||||
| 8:00A-8:50A | Epidemiology of Lameness in Beef and Dairy Herds | Heins, DVM | Summary of Ocular Anatomy and Physiology | Brooks, DVM | Gastrointestinal Blood Panels: Critical Information Before Biopsy or Treatment Trials | Oswald, DVM | Seizures Part 1: Investigating the Cause | Platt, BVM&S | |||
| 9:00A-9:50A | Treatment of Lameness Cases in Beef and Dairy Animals | Heins, DVM | Eye Examination and Therapeutic Techniques | Brooks, DVM | Antiemetics, Motility Modifiers, Mucosal Protectants: What's in My Pharmacy? | Oswald, DVM | Seizures Part 2: The Long Term Treatment | Platt, BVM&S | |||
| 10:00A-10:50A | Neonatal Calf Diarrhea: Causes, Treatment, and Prevention | Benson, DVM | Diagnosis and Therapy of Melting, Deep and Perforated Ulcers in Horses | Brooks, DVM | When to Consider Antibiotics in Acute and Chronic Gastrointestinal Disease | Oswald, DVM | Seizures Part 3: The Emergency Case | Platt, BVM&S | |||
| 11:00A-11:50A | Endoparasites in Small Ruminants: The Horrors Persist but So Do We | Freeman, DVM | Diagnosis and Therapy of Nonulcerative Keratopathies of Horses | Brooks, DVM | Protein-Losing Enteropathies: How to Use Diets and/or Anti-inflammatory Treatments | Oswald, DVM | Brain on Fire: Inflammatory CNS Disease | Platt, BVM&S | |||
| 12:00P-2:00P | Back to College Social | ||||||
| 2:00P - 5:00P | |||||||
| 6:00P-9:00P | Reunions for Classes of 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006 | ||||||