Rood & Riddle To Host Client Education Seminar

Edited Press Release

Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital will conduct its upcoming annual Client Education Seminar, catering to professionals and enthusiasts in the equine industry, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024, at the Fasig Tipton Sales Pavilion in Lexington, KY. Registration is free and open to the public.

Now in its 37th year, the Rood & Riddle Client Education Seminar remains committed to delivering comprehensive, evidence-based medical insights tailored to the equine community.

The seminar lineup features a range of speakers and topics covering key areas of equine healthcare. Dr. Katie Garrett will discuss Diagnostic Imaging Options, while Dr. Daniel Devis will shed light on Laser Therapy and What to Expect. Dr. Charlie Scoggin provides an exclusive look inside the Rood & Riddle In Vitro Fertilization Lab, and Krista Lea, UK Forage Extension Program, shares expertise on Mitigation Strategies for Tall Fescue in the Broodmare.

Additionally, Dr. Liz Elzer will provide guidance on Rib Fractures in Neonatal Foals, Dr. Hannah Chenail will discuss Geriatric Colic versus Mature Colic, Dr. Colton Thacker will cover An Update on Sesamoiditis, and Dr. Craig Lesser will provide valuable insights into Chronic Abscesses.

Dr. Woodrow Friend, Director of Marketing of Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital, stated, “Rood & Riddle takes pride in sponsoring this ongoing educational forum, offering our valued clients and friends a platform for continuous learning and development.”

Refreshments will be served from 5-6 p.m., followed by presentations from 6-8 p.m. RSVPs to the event (not required, but helpful) by Monday, Jan. 15. For more information and to register, go to the Rood & Riddle Website, www.roodandriddle.com/ce/.

The post Rood & Riddle To Host Client Education Seminar appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.

Source of original post

Ask Your Veterinarian Presented By Kentucky Performance Products: Seeing The Light With LASER Therapy

Veterinarians at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital answer your questions about sales and healthcare of Thoroughbred auction yearlings, weanlings, 2-year-olds and breeding stock.

Question: What is LASER therapy?

Dr. Daniel Devis, Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital: The word LASER is actually an acronym of the expression “light amplification by stimulated emissions of radiation.” In other words, a LASER is a machine capable of producing a high and focused energy beam from a light or energy source. When talking about LASER therapy, we talk about the use of light energy that will focus in a specific area of the body to promote healing, repairs soft tissue injuries, and can even have some level of analgesia and anti-inflammatory response.

You should know that laser therapy is controversial and its results can be inconsistent, and of course it does not work instantly. On the contrary, the results from LASER therapy can take time to be noticed. You should always consult your veterinarian before deciding to use this type of treatment in your horse.

Dr. Daniel Devis

There are four different types of LASER levels, also known as “classes.” Each class represents a different amount of energy strength, and each class will tell you how harmful they can be to the naked eye.

LASER Class I can be found within your typical household and office equipment, such as laser printers, CD players, DVD players, etc. They produce a low level of energy that can cause very little damage to the eye.

LASER Class II are also widely used in daily life, and you can find them inside the bar code scanners at the grocery store and are commonly used during presentations as “laser pointers.” This type of laser represents a low risk of damage but it can be harmful if pointed to the eye for prolonged periods of time.

LASER Class III and IV are the ones used within human medicine and veterinary medicine, and the only difference between the two is the amount of power they produce. While Class III will go up to 500 milliwatts, Class IV lasers will go from 500 to thousands of milliwatts. Direct exposure to the eye with one of these lasers can be very dangerous and cause severe damage to the retina.

In veterinary medicine we encourage our clients to use regenerative laser therapies, like a Class IV type LASER, to help with non-healing or chronic wounds, as well as soft tissue injuries like ruptured tendons and ligament tears. LASER therapy can also be used post-surgery to speed up the healing process from the incision. It can also be used to repair fiber pattern and break scar tissue from old chronic injuries. LASER therapy can even be used in horses with joint damage (arthritis) by stimulating collagen regeneration.

What does LASER therapy do?

LASER therapy helps three important mechanisms that aid with tissue healing:

  1. Increases blood circulation by interacting with water within the body, creating pressure gradients that will stimulate the capillary blood flow to increase and enhance the perfusion of red blood cells into the tissue treated.
  2. Promotes oxygenation by increasing the blood circulation. It also increases the amount of red blood cells within the area, which will then interact directly with the hemoglobin to increase the amount of localized oxygenation brought to the tissue.
  3. Produces metabolic stimulation by interacting with the cellular mitochondria to enhance and promote the efficiency at which cells create and utilize adenosine triphosphate ATP, also known as “chemical energy.”

If you remember your high school biology classes, you will notice that there is no difference between LASER therapy and the natural healing process of the cells — so why use it? The answer is time. Regenerative laser treatments will basically mimic the healing response of the body, but will accomplish it faster and more efficiently, thus reducing the amount and time of rehabilitation a horse will need to return to normal exercise.

Who can perform LASER therapy?

The LASER beam produced by the device is not only harmful to the eye, but because the main source is light and thus heat, it can also burn the skin of the animal. This is why it is important to be properly trained while doing therapy with a LASER machine. It is, after all, a source of radiation that can cause a lot of damage to the user as well as to the patient receiving it.

Regenerative LASER therapy can be performed by a veterinarian or by a trained veterinary technician. The LASER technology has advanced significantly, and now we have mobile LASER units. This means that your animal can be treated not only at the hospital, but also at your farm. Contact your personal veterinarian for more information.

Dr. Daniel Devis was born and raised in Bogota, Colombia. He acquired an interest in horses at a young age at his parents' farm, where his dad taught him everything about the traditional Colombian cowboy style riding, herding cattle and roping. He attended San Martin University in Bogotá, and received his veterinary medicine and animal husbandry degree in 2012. Daniel completed a year and a half rotating internship in surgery and anesthesia, followed by a two-year fellowship in equine lameness and diagnostic imaging, both at Lexington Equine Surgery & Sports Medicine. Devis obtained his American veterinary license in 2017. His areas of interest are show horses, pre-purchase exams, and basic ambulatory work.

The post Ask Your Veterinarian Presented By Kentucky Performance Products: Seeing The Light With LASER Therapy appeared first on Horse Racing News | Paulick Report.

Source of original post

PR Back Ring Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Sale: Life After Kentucky Derby Controversy For Dancer’s Image

CLICK HERE TO READ THIS EDITION OF THE PR BACK RING

The latest issue of the PR Back Ring is now online, ahead of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-Year-Olds In Training Sale.

The PR Back Ring is the Paulick Report's new bloodstock newsletter, released ahead of every major North American Thoroughbred auction. Seeking to expand beyond the usual pdf presentation, the Back Ring offers a dynamic experience for bloodstock content, heavy on visual elements and statistics to appeal to readers on all platforms, especially mobile devices.

Here is what's inside this issue…

CLICK HERE TO READ THIS EDITION OF THE PR BACK RING

  • Lead Feature Presented By Crane Thoroughbreds: As the world waits for the split sample results to come back on Medina Spirit's Betamethasone positive in the Kentucky Derby, bloodstock editor Joe Nevills looks back on the eclectic stud career of Dancer's Image, the first horse to be disqualified from first in the Derby for a failed drug test in 1968.
  • Stallion Spotlight: Glenn Brok of Diamond B Farm on first-year stallion Rowayton.
  • Lesson Horses Presented By John Deere Equine Incentive Program: Craig Bernick of Glen Hill Farm on the hard lessons about the Thoroughbred market taught to him by You Go West Girl.
  • Honor Roll Presented By Uptowncharlybrown Stud: Wait For It is a homegrown “miracle horse” for Bob Hutt.
  • Ask Your Veterinarian Presented By Kentucky Performance Products: Dr. Daniel Devis of Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital on LASER therapy.
  • Pennsylvania Leaderboard Presented By Pennsylvania Horse Breeders Association: Beren sets the pace among Pennsylvania program incentive earners through the first two months of 2021.
  • Ask Your Insurer Presented By Muirfield Insurance: Bryce Burton of Muirfield Insurance explains how breeders can add more of a guarantee to a “no guarantee” stallion season.
  • The Stat: Leading Maryland sires by increase in mares bred from 2019 to 2020.
  • First-Crop Sire Watch: Stallions whose first juveniles are cataloged in the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Sale

CLICK HERE TO READ THIS EDITION OF THE PR BACK RING

The post PR Back Ring Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Sale: Life After Kentucky Derby Controversy For Dancer’s Image appeared first on Horse Racing News | Paulick Report.

Source of original post

Verified by MonsterInsights