Conference Schedule
Thursday, October 29, 2026
* Working Schedule (subject to change)
| Time | Equine Terrace | Farm Animal Oak | Small Animal I Auditorium | Small Animal II Legacy | Pharmacy Legacy | Poultry Legacy | Emerging Topics | ||||||
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| Tracks | Equine | Farm Animal | Small Animal I | Small Animal II | Pharmacy | Poultry | Emerging Topics | ||||||
| 8:00A-8:50A | A Practical Approach to Hind Limb Lameness: A Case-Based Review | Leise, DVM | Colostrum Management in Dairy Calves - New Insights | Townsend, DVM | How to Maximize the Usefulness of Blood Smears | Camus, DVM | [Auditorium] Artificial Intelligence in Veterinary Medicine | Gibson, DVM & Canning, DVM [Terrace] New World Screwworm | Reif, PhD | |||||||||
| 9:00A-9:50A | Equine Wound Care: Evidence-Based Dos and Don'ts | Leise, DVM | Demographic, Diagnostic, and Geochemical Correlates of Copper and Selenium Deficiency in Southeastern Cattle | Michael, DVM | Sus or Not Sus? Identifying Infectious Organisms on Blood Smears | Towns, DVM | [Auditorium] Artificial Intelligence in Veterinary Medicine | Gibson, DVM & Canning, DVM [Terrace] TBD | Reif, PhD | |||||||||
| 10:00A-10:50A | Seeing Laminitis Clearly: Practical Imaging with Radiographs and Venograms | Leise, DVM | Going Whole Hog: Porcine Field Necropsy, Sampling, and Diagnostic Considerations | Michael, DVM | Please Sir, May I Have Some Cells? Getting the Most from Your Cytology Submissions | Towns, DVM | [Auditorium] Artificial Intelligence in Veterinary Medicine | Gibson, DVM & Canning, DVM | |||||||||
| 11:00A-11:50A | Dynamic Endoscopy: Not Just for Racehorses | Leise, DVM | Young Calf Management: Taking Care of the Class of 2028 | Townsend, DVM | Fundamentals of Cytologic Evaluation | Camus, DVM | [Auditorium] Artificial Intelligence in Veterinary Medicine | Gibson, DVM & Canning, DVM | |||||||||
| 11:50A-1:30P | Lunch in Exhibit Hall | ||||||||||||
| 1:30P-2:20P | Tracheostomies: Simple and Complicated | Claunch, DVM | Updates from the State Veterinarian | Edmonson, DVM | [Auditorium] Bee Topic | Bruckner, PhD | ||||||||||
| 2:30P-3:20P | Emergencies Associated with Breeding | Claunch, DVM | NSAIDs and Pain Management in Cattle | Townsend, DVM | [Auditorium] Bee Topic | Bruckner, PhD | ||||||||||
| 3:20P-4:00P | Exhibit Hall Break | ||||||||||||
| 4:00P-4:50P | Field Surgery - Soft Tissue | Claunch, DVM | New World Screwworm: What You Need to Know | Edmonson,DVM | TBD | McCrea, PhD | ||||||||||
| 5:00P-5:50P | Field Surgery - Orthopedics | Claunch, DVM | Troubleshooting Nutritionally Related Issues on Dairy Farms | Townsend, DVM | Diagnosis, Treatment and Control of Common Chicken Diseases | Hauck, DVM | ||||||||||
Friday, October 30, 2026
* Working Schedule (subject to change)
| Time | Equine Terrace | Farm Animal Oak | Small Animal I Auditorium | Small Animal II Legacy | Technician Terrace III | ||||
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| Tracks | Equine | Farm Animal | Small Animal I | Small Animal II | Technician | ||||
| 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 | Antimicrobial Use in Horses: How to Ensure Success | Groover, DVM | Small Animal Ruminant Dystocia | Schwartz, DVM | |||||||
| 10:45A-11:35A | Beyond Antibiotics: Advances in Understanding and Treating Equine Sepsis | Ceriotti, DVM | Trace Minerals in Cattle-Importance & Diagnostics | Rusch, DVM | Raptor Center Talk | Kadletz | ||||||
| 11:45A-12:35P | Potomac Horse Fever: An Emerging Disease in the Southeast | Lascola, DVM | The Rumen Biome and Its Effect on Cattle Health | Rusch, DVM | Geriatric Pet topic | Burbage, LVT | ||||||
| 12:15P-1:45P | Lunch in Exhibit Hall | ||||||||
| 1:45P-2:35P | Advancing Care: New Technologies and Treatments at the AULATH | Groover, DVM | Use of Remote Drug Delivery in Cattle | Heins, DVM | New Diagnostics and Treatments for Chronic Kidney Disease Patients | Oswald, DVM | Emergency Medicine topic | Burbage, LVT | |||||
| 2:45P-3:35P | TBD: Equine therio topic | Wilborn, DVM | Designing and Implementing an Effective Beef Herd Health Vaccination Program | Rusch, DVM | Proteinuria Testing and Treatment: Why Such a Hot Topic? | Oswald, DVM | Technician's Guide to Cranial Cruciate Ligament Disease | Powell, LVT | |||||
| 3:45P-4:35P | What's All This Hubbub About with Standing CT? | Taintor, DVM | Improving Beef Calf Performance from Birth to the Feedlot | Rusch, DVM | Urinary Incontinence: Reviewing the ACVIM Consensus on Testing and Treatment | Oswald, DVM | Colic: What Is It? How Do We Treat It? A Technician's Role In Triage and Treatment | Harkins, LVT | |||||
| 4:45P-5:35P | I Declare there is a Lesion: General Anesthesia CT | Taintor, DVM | Handling the Stressed Calf: Receiving Protocol | Heins, DVM | Feline Interstitial Cystitis: Is There a Consensus in 2026? | Oswald, DVM | Ophthalmology topic | Collins, DVM | |||||
| 6:00P-9:00P | Reunions for Classes of 2011, 2016, and 2021 | ||||||||
Saturday, October 31, 2026
* Working Schedule (subject to change)
| Time | Equine Terrace | Farm Animal Oak | Small Animal I Auditorium | Small Animal II Legacy | |||
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| Tracks | Equine | Farm Animal | Small Animal I | Small Animal II | |||
| 7:00A-8:30A | Breakfast in Exhibit Hall | ||||||
| 8:00A-8:50A | TBD: Ophthalmology | Brooks, DVM | Epidemiology of Lameness in Beef and Dairy Herds | Heins, 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 | TBD: Ophthalmology | Brooks, DVM | Treatment of Lameness Cases in Beef and Dairy Animals | Heins, 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 | TBD: Ophthalmology | Brooks, DVM | Neonatal Calf Diarrhea: Causes, Treatment, and Prevention | Benson, 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 | TBD: Ophthalmology | Brooks, DVM | Endoparasites in Small Ruminants: The Horrors Persist but So Do We | Freeman, 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 | ||||||