Texas Equine Veterinary Association

46 TIMING AND CEU LECTURE TITLE AND SUMMARY 2:00PM–3:30PM 1.5 CEU Pecos Session 230: Equine Asthma: Current Understanding and Future Directions — with Michelle Coleman, DVM, PhD, DACVIM Significant progress has been made in our understanding of equine asthma in the past decade. This session will highlight our current clinical understanding and future directions of the different asthma phenotypes, the role of infectious and non-infectious causes of equine asthma, genetic factors, and our diagnostic capabilities of this important equine disease as well as important approaches to the management and treatment of horses with equine asthma. 3:30PM–4:00PM: LONG BREAK IN THE TRADESHOW AREA 4:00PM–5:30PM 1.5 CEU Pecos Session 231: Updates on Diagnosis and Management of Equine Metabolic Syndrome and Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction — with Michelle Coleman, DVM, PhD, DACVIM This session will provide updates in the diagnosis, treatment, and management of Equine Metabolic Syndrome, including case-based discussions of the many of the challenges faced in managing these cases and provide updates in the diagnosis, treatment, and management of PPID in horses, including case-based discussions of the many of the challenges faced in managing these cases. Michelle Coleman, DVM, PhD, DACVIM Michelle Coleman is a 2007 graduate of the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine. She completed an internship at Hagyard Equine Medical Institute in Lexington, KY, prior to starting a residency at the Large Animal Internal Medicine at Texas A&M University. Upon completion of her residency, she completed a PhD in Clinical Epidemiology with a focus on the epidemiology of equine infectious and endocrinologic disease. Dr. Coleman is currently an Assistant Professor in Large Animal Internal Medicine and Associate Department Head for Academic Programs at Texas A&M University. Her current research focus involves the role of the gastrointestinal tract in both asthma and obesity in horses. FRIDAY, AUGUST 5 Equine Asthma & Equine Metabolic Syndrome Total CEU for this Program: 3 Credits

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