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"Biosecurity on Your Ranch or Farm" Tuesday, October 15, 7pm FREE lecture In 2011, an equine herpesvirus outbreak exposed the virus to more than 2,100 horses across the country. Smaller incidences of contagious disease spreads are routinely reported throughout the country, including at county evacuation centers during recent California wildfires, which UC Davis veterinarians helped stop. Join us on Oct 15 for a FREE lecture on proper biosecurity measures that can help your horses from being exposed to diseases. Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/biosecurity-at-your-ranch-or-f

In 2011, an equine herpesvirus outbreak exposed the virus to more than 2,100 horses across the country. Join us on October 15 at 7pm for a FREE lecture on proper biosecurity measures that can help your horses from being exposed to diseases. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/biosecurity-at-your-ranch-or-f

Why Do Horses Need Regular Dental Care? Join us Tuesday, September 17 at 7pm for a FREE lecture on the importance of keeping your horse's teeth healthy. Drs. Nicola Pusterla and Colleen Heney of the Equine Dentistry & Oral Surgery Service will address the benefits of keeping your horse's teeth in great shape, as well as the pitfalls that may come if your horse's teeth are neglected. Other areas of discussion will include: what a comprehensive oral evaluation entails, anatomy and physiology of the oral cavity, advanced dental procedures, proper equipment and sedation, age-related dental care, and much more. The seminar is FREE, but you must register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/why-do-horses-need-regular-den

Join us Sept 17 at 7pm for our next "An Evening with Vet Med" lecture: Why Do Horses Need Regular Dental Care? It’s free, but you must register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/why-do-horses-need-regular-den

Apparently there was a memo this morning for all the students on Equine Field Service rotation to wear navy blue today! Very on brand for UC Davis. Field Service can visit your ranch or farm if you live within a certain radiis of campus. Our faculty and students would love to help care for your horses. Learn more: https://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/ho/large-animal/equine-field

As the Class of 2019 wraps up its academic year and prepares for graduation, they bestowed some awards on our faculty, staff, technicians and residents. Joey Pacini, Field Service Coordinator, was awarded Large Animal Staff Member of the Year Ailbhe King, Livestock Resident, was awarded Resident of the Year Sarah Blasczynski, Livestock Technician, was awarded Technician of the Year... Munashe Chigerwe, Livestock Clinician, was awarded Faculty Member of the Year. Congratulations award winners, and a big congrats to the Class of 2019!

Dr. Isabelle Kilcoyne recently presented research at the American Association of Equine Practitioners convention that shows measuring the biomarker creatine kinase in abdominal fluid can help distinguish horses with ischemic (lacking blood flow) intestine due to a strangulating lesionand, thus, require surgeryfrom those without. Read more in The Horse: https://thehorse.com//biomarker-could-help-determine-if-y/

Dear Clients & Referring Veterinarians - We are currently having unexpected issues with our long-term phone number for the Large Animal Clinic (530-752-0290). This number had been automatically transferring to our new hospital number (530)752-1393 until recently when unanticipated technical difficulties arose. Please call our new number at (530)752-1393 if you need to reach us for any reason. We recommend that you update to the 1393 number in your contacts and apologize for any inconvenience.

It's not too late to register for this weekend's Winter Conference, which includes the annual Cattle Improvement Symposium and many more CE seminars.

Dr. Rebecca Bellone, director of the UC Davis Veterinary Genetics Laboratory, was recently featured on "Fresh Scoop," Morris Animal Foundation's podcast. She covers some of the most common eye diseases in horses, genetic testing to detect those diseases and her Morris Animal Foundation-funded work. Give it a listen: http://maffreshscoop.libsyn.com/episode-4-equine-eye-diseas

Want to learn more about colic? Join third-year equine surgery resident Dr. Charlene Noll on February 26 at 7pm for "Equine Colic: A Real Pain in the Gut." Tickets are FREE.