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Sept. 26-28, 2025

Central Bank Center 

Lexington, KY

Sessions

  • 8:00 AM

    8:50 AM

    Oxidative stress and antioxidant therapy in equine sepsis

    Meeting Room 6-7

    Dr. Serena Ceriotti DVM

    Sponsored by Zoetis

    9:05 AM

    9:55 AM

    Applied pulmonary pharmacology : how to choose antimicrobials for pneumonia treatment & what's new in nebulization therapy.

    Meeting Room 6-7

    Dr. Serena Ceriotti DVM

    Sponsored by Zoetis

    10:25 AM

    11:15 AM

    Equine asthma review and new diagnostics & treatment

    Meeting Room 6-7

    Dr. Serena Ceriotti DVM

    Sponsored by Zoetis

    11:30 AM

    12:20 PM

    Exploring the Metabolic Effects of Intra-Articular Corticosteroids in Horses

    Meeting Room 6-7

    Dr. Allen Page

    Sponsored by Zoetis

    1:50 PM

    2:40 PM

    Back Pain in the horse

    Meeting Room 6-7

    Dr. Lindsey Boone

    Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim

    2:40 PM

    3:10 PM

    Joint Juicing: An update on current intra-articular therapy

    Meeting Room 6-7

    Dr. Lindsey Boone

    Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim

    4:30 PM

    5:20 PM

    Pitfalls of the lameness exam

    Meeting Room 6-7

    Dr. Lindsey Boone

    Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim

  • 8:00 AM

    8:50 AM

    The Relief Triangle: Caregiver Burden & Quality of Life- How They Affect Patients, Pet Owners & You!

    Dr. Jennifer Schissler

    Meeting Room 1-2

    Sponsored by Zoetis

    9:05 AM

    9:55 AM

    Strategies for Management of Canine Allergic Dermatitis: 12 Keys to Treatment Success- Part 1

    Dr. Jennifer Schissler

    Meeting Room 1-2

    Sponsored by Zoetis

    10:25 AM

    11:15 AM

    Strategies for Management of Canine Allergic Dermatitis: 12 Keys to Treatment Success- Part 2

    Dr. Jennifer Schissler

    Meeting Room 1-2

    Sponsored by Zoetis

    11:30 AM

    12:20 PM

    Focus your Dermatology Diagnosis: the Value of Cytology

    Dr. Jennifer Schissler

    Meeting Room 1-2

    Sponsored by Zoetis

    1:50 PM

    2:40 PM

    Abstract Diagnostic Imaging has become an essential tool

    Dr. Forest Cummings

    Meeting Room 1-2

    2:40 PM

    3:10 PM

    Understanding liver enzyme abnormatalties in feline patients

    Dr. Forest Cummings

    Meeting Room 1-2

    4:30 PM

    5:20 PM

    Liver Enzeme Elevations in Dogs are frequently encountered

    Dr. Forest Cummings

    Meeting Room 1-2

  • 8:00 AM
    8:50 AM
    Angus' Angst: Nutritional Management of Canine Allergic Skin Disease”

    Dr. Shalene Leddingham

    Meeting Room 3-4

    Sponsored by Hills

    9:05 AM
    9:55 AM
    Nutritional Modulation of the GI Microbiome

    Dr. Shalene Leddingham

    Meeting Room 3-4

    Sponsored by Hills

    10:25 AM
    11:15 AM
    Tackling Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease

    Dr. Shalene Leddingham

    Meeting Room 3-4

    Sponsored by Hills

    11:30 AM
    12:20 PM
    Microscopy Tips and Tricks

    Dr. Eric Fish

    Meeting Room 3-4

    1:50 PM
    2:40 PM
    Tumor Cytology in Dogs and Cats

    Dr. Eric Fish

    Meeting Room 3-4

    2:40 PM
    3:10 PM
    Hematology in the ER

    Dr. Eric Fish

    Meeting Room 3-4

    4:30 PM
    5:20 PM
    Augmentation, not replacement: The use (and misuse) of AI in medical imaging

    Dr. Eric Fish

    Meeting Room 3-4

  • 9:05 AM

    9:55 AM

    New World Screwworm a Re-Emerging Disease Update

    Dr. Beth Johnson

    Meeting Room 5

    Sponsored by KY Dept. of Agriculture

    10:25 AM

    11:15 AM

    Equine Infectious Anemia- Is Your Practice At Risk?

    Dr. Katie Flynn

    Meeting Room 5

    Sponsored by USEF

    11:30 AM

    12:20 PM

    Human Rabies Case: KY & OH Response / Wildlife Updates

    Drs. Kelly Giesbrecht and Christine Casey

    Meeting Room 5

    Sponsored by CFHS/KY Fish and Wildlife

    1:50 PM

    2:40 PM

    A One Health Response to Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1): Updates on the Current Situation in Animals and Humans

    Dr. Allison Liu

    Meeting Room 5

    Sponsored by CDC

    2:40 PM

    3:10 PM

    Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Updates: What you need to know!

    Rebecca Wilkes, DVM, PhD, DACVM; Director- UKVDL

    Meeting Room 5

    4:30 PM

    5:20 PM

    Facility Registrations, Regulatory Updates and More!

    Michelle Shane

    Meeting Room 5

    Sponsored by KVBE

  • 9:05 AM

    9:55 AM

    Practice Management 911 - Applying Medical Principles to Improve Veterinary Business Mgmt

    Hannah Delk

    Meeting Room 8

    Sponsored by Wedgewood

    10:25 AM

    11:15 AM

    Veterinary EQ: Harnessing Emotional Intelligence to Transform Team Dynamics and Improve the Health of Your Practice

    Hannah Delk

    Meeting Room 8

    Sponsored by Wedgewood

    11:30 AM

    12:20 PM

    Free To Be You And Me: Psychological Safety In The Veterinary Clinic

    Dr. Carl Winch

    Meeting Room 8

    Sponsored by Banfield

    1:50 PM

    2:40 PM

    It's Getting Hot In Here: Integrating Environmental Sustainability Into Your Practice

    Dr. Carl Winch

    Meeting Room 8

    Sponsored by Banfield

    2:40 PM

    3:10 PM

    Patient Safety and Hospital Team Impact

    Dr. Kelsey Birchall

    Meeting Room 8

    Sponsored by Banfield

    4:30 PM

    5:20 PM

    So Many Pets! Implementing a Team Based Care Approach to Maximize Care Delivery

    Dr. Kelsey Birchall

    Meeting Room 8

    Sponsored by Banfield

Friday, Sept. 26

  • 8:00 AM

    8:50 AM

    Declining Fertility in Aging Stallions: Scientific and Practical Perspectives

    Dr. Regina Turner

    Meeting Room 6-7

    9:05 AM

    9:55 AM

    Tips and Techniques for Managing Subfertile Stallions

    Dr. Regina Turner

    Meeting Room 6-7

    10:30 AM

    11:20 AM

    How to Estimate A Stallion's Book Size

    Dr. Regina Turner

    Meeting Room 6-7

    11:30 AM

    12:20 PM

    Best Practices for Evaluation of a Stallion's Fertility

    Dr. Regina Turner

    Meeting Room 6-7

    1:50 PM

    2:40 PM

    Breeding soundness evaluation of the mare

    Dr. Tom Stout

    Meeting Room 6-7

    Sponsored by Merck Animal Health

    3:10 PM

    4:00 PM

    Causes and management of early pregnancy loss in mares

    Dr. Tom Stout

    Meeting Room 6-7

    Sponsored by Merck Animal Health

    4:30 PM

    5:20 PM

    Post-fixation twin reduction

    Dr. Tom Stout

    Meeting Room 6-7

    Sponsored by Merck Animal Health

  • 8:00 AM

    8:50 AM

    Physical Examination Findings of Heart Disease in Dogs and Cats

    Dr. Brian A. Scansen

    Meeting Room 1-2

    Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim

    8:00 AM

    8:50 AM

    Radiographic Interpretation of Heart and Lung Disease in Dogs and Cats

    Dr. Brian A. Scansen

    Meeting Room 1-2

    Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim

    8:00 AM

    8:50 AM

    Updates on the Staging & Mgmt of Mitral Valve Disease in Dogs

    Dr. Brian A. Scansen

    Meeting Room 1-2

    Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim

    8:00 AM

    8:50 AM

    Euglycemic vs regular DKA

    Dr. Katharine Gerken

    Meeting Room 1-2

    8:00 AM

    8:50 AM

    To Puke or Not: Emesis Induction Decision

    Dr. Katharine Gerken

    Meeting Room 1-2

    8:00 AM

    8:50 AM

    Treating Common Toxicities

    Dr. Katharine Gerken

    Meeting Room 1-2

    8:00 AM

    8:50 AM

    Point of Care Ultrasound Tips

    Dr. Katharine Gerken

    Meeting Room 1-2

  • 8:00 AM
    8:50 AM
    Practical Corneal Ulcer Management for GPs

    Dr. Alex Sigmund

    Meeting Room 3-4

    9:05 AM
    9:55 AM
    Geriatric Ophthalmology: Old Dogs. New Tricks

    Dr. Alex Sigmund

    Meeting Room 3-4

    10:30 AM
    11:20 AM
    ER Ophthalmology 101

    Dr. Alex Sigmund

    Meeting Room 3-4

    11:30 AM
    12:20 PM
    Glaucoma: The Lows and Highs

    Dr. Alex Sigmund

    Meeting Room 3-4

    1:50 PM
    2:40 PM
    Why won’t they go away? Lingering parasitic infections (Yes… Giardia)

    Dr. Brian Herrin

    Meeting Room 3-4

    Sponsored by Elanco

    3:10 PM
    4:00 PM
    Set it and forget it? Routine control of GI parasites in small animals

    Dr. Brian Herrin

    Meeting Room 3-4

    Sponsored by Elanco

    4:30 PM
    5:20 PM
    Vector Vigilance: Emerging parasitic diseases in North America - Tick-borne diseases: The spot is blue, now what do I do? –

    Dr. Brian Herrin

    Meeting Room 3-4

    Sponsored by Elanco

  • 8:00 AM

    8:50 AM

    Methods and benefits to shortening the calving season

    Meeting Room 5

    Dr. Jacques Fuselier

    Sponsored by Merck Animal Health

    9:05 AM

    9:55 AM

    Interesting truths about flukes

    Meeting Room 5

    Dr. Jacques Fuselier

    Sponsored by Merck Animal Health

    10:30 AM

    11:20 AM

    Vaccine effects on bull performance and fertility

    Meeting Room 5

    Dr. Jacques Fuselier

    Sponsored by Merck Animal Health

    11:30 AM

    12:20 PM

    Utilizing Liver Biopsy to Assess Trace Mineral Status in Cattle; Diagnostics, Interpretation, Supplementation and Role in Reproduction & Immunity.

    Meeting Room 5

    Dr. Jerry Rusch

    Sponsored by Axiota

    1:50 PM

    2:40 PM

    Understanding a Bull Breeding Soundness Evaluation and the factors that affect fertility-

    Meeting Room 5

    Dr. Chance Armstrong

    Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim

    3:10 PM

    4:00 PM

    Bovine Anaplasmosis

    Meeting Room 5

    Dr. Chance Armstrong

    Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim

    4:30 PM

    5:20 PM

    Urolithiasis in ruminants

    Meeting Room 5

    Dr. Chance Armstrong

    Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim

  • 8:00 AM

    8:50 AM

    Phone Skills Mastery Part 1: Includes how to handle challenging callers

    Wendy Myers

    Meeting Room 8

    Sponsored by CareCredit

    9:05 AM

    9:55 AM

    Phone Skills Mastery -Part 2

    Wendy Myers

    Meeting Room 8

    Sponsored by CareCredit

    10:30 AM

    11:20 AM

    Scheduling Mastery - Part 1

    Wendy Myers

    Meeting Room 8

    Sponsored by CareCredit

    11:30 AM

    12:20 PM

    Scheduling Mastery - Part 2

    Wendy Myers

    Meeting Room 8

    Sponsored by CareCredit

    1:50 PM

    2:40 PM

    7 Strategies to Calm Angry Clients

    Wendy Myers

    Meeting Room 8

    Sponsored by CareCredit

    3:10 PM

    4:00 PM

    Technology Trends CSRs Need to Know

    Wendy Myers

    Meeting Room 8

    Sponsored by CareCredit

    4:30 PM

    5:20 PM

    10 Ways to Power Up Technicians

    Wendy Myers

    Meeting Room 8

    Sponsored by CareCredit

  • 8:00 AM

    8:50 AM

    Back to Basics: Reading a Blood Smear

    Stephanie Fowler

    Sponsored by Wedgewood

    9:05 AM

    9:55 AM

    What's New With IMHA.

    Stephanie Fowler

    Sponsored by Wedgewood

    10:30 AM

    11:20 AM

    Exotic Pet Husbandry

    Stephanie Fowler

    Sponsored by Wedgewood

    11:30 AM

    12:20 PM

    Lions & CRI's & Math, Oh My! Vet Tech Math Everyday.

    Becky Howell

    Sponsored by Wedgewood

    1:50 PM

    2:40 PM

    They ate WHAT?! Handling toxins in your practice.

    Becky Howell

    Sponsored by Wedgewood

    3:10 PM

    4:00 PM

    Dental Home Care; Myths and Facts

    Scott Steele

    Sponsored by Wedgewood

Saturday, Sept. 27

  • 8:00 AM

    8:50 AM

    Immunotherapy: The Next Frontier of Cancer Care for Dogs with Osteosarcoma

    Dr. Amy Back

    Meeting Room 1-2

    Sponsored by MedVet

    9:00 AM

    9:50 AM

    Surgical management of osteosarcoma in general practice and beyond

    Dr. Karl Maritato

    Meeting Room 1-2

    Sponsored by MedVet

    10:00 AM

    10:50 AM

    Cutting Edge Cancer Care: The Power of Electrochemotherapy

    Dr. Amy Back

    Meeting Room 1-2

    Sponsored by MedVet

    11:00 AM

    12:00 PM

    Feline injection site sarcoma

    Dr. Karl Maritato

    Meeting Room 1-2

    Sponsored by MedVet

  • 8:00 AM
    8:50 AM
    Point of Care Ultrasound AFAST/TFAST for Emergent Cases aimed at the GP. Abdomen and Thorax

    Dr. Aimee Brooks

    Meeting Room 3-4

    Sponsored by Samsung/ Choice Medical

    9:00 AM
    9:50 AM
    Ultrasound Focus Wet Lab

    Dr. Aimee Brooks

    Meeting Room 3-4

    Sponsored by Samsung/ Choice Medical

    10:00 AM
    10:50 AM
    Ultra Sound Wet Lab

    Dr. Aimee Brooks

    Meeting Room 3-4

    Sponsored by Samsung/ Choice Medical

    11:00 AM
    12:00 PM
    Ultra Sound Wet Lab

    Dr. Aimee Brooks

    Meeting Room 3-4

    Sponsored by Samsung/ Choice Medical

  • 8:00 AM

    8:50 AM

    Don’t Paws, Start CPR! Veterinary CPR in Action (4hr lecture and wetlab)

    Dr, DeAnna Cotton and Dawn Dingman

    Meeting Room 9AB

    Sponsored by MedVet

    9:00 AM

    9:50 AM

    Don’t Paws, Start CPR! Veterinary CPR in Action (4hr lecture and wetlab)

    Dr, DeAnna Cotton and Dawn Dingman

    Meeting Room 9AB

    Sponsored by MedVet

    10:00 AM

    10:50 AM

    Don’t Paws, Start CPR! Veterinary CPR in Action (4hr lecture and wetlab)

    Dr, DeAnna Cotton and Dawn Dingman

    Meeting Room 9AB

    Sponsored by MedVet

    11:00 AM

    12:00 PM

    Don’t Paws, Start CPR! Veterinary CPR in Action (4hr lecture and wetlab)

    Dr, DeAnna Cotton and Dawn Dingman

    Meeting Room 9AB

    Sponsored by MedVet

  • 8:00 AM

    8:50 AM

    A Practical Approach to Lameness Evaluation Technology

    Dr. Scott Hancock

    Hagyard Equine Medical Institute

    Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim

    9:00 AM

    9:50 AM

    Sleip Application in the Real World - Hands On

    Dr. Scott Hancock

    Hagyard Equine Medical Institute

    Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim

    10:00 AM

    10:50 AM

    Ultrasound Imaging

    Ray Parham

    Hagyard Equine Medical Institute

    Sponsored by Esaote

    11:00 AM

    12:00 PM

    Ultrasound Imaging

    Ray Parham

    Hagyard Equine Medical Institute

    Sponsored by Esaote

  • 8:00 AM

    8:50 AM

    Utilizing Liver Biopsy to Assess Trace Mineral Status in Cattle; Diagnostics, Interpretation, Supplementation and Role in Reproduction & Immunity.

    Bluegrass Stockyards

    Dr. Jerry Rusch

    Sponsored by Axiota

    9:00 AM

    9:50 AM

    Liver Biopsy Wet Lab

    Bluegrass Stockyards

    Dr. Jerry Rusch

    Sponsored by Axiota

    10:00 AM

    10:50 AM

    Liver Biopsy Wet Lab

    Bluegrass Stockyards

    Dr. Jerry Rusch

    Sponsored by Axiota

    11:00 AM

    12:00 PM

    Liver Biopsy Wet Lab

    Bluegrass Stockyards

    Dr. Jerry Rusch

    Sponsored by Axiota

Sunday, Sept. 28

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