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Update on Liver Disease
Species

Equine

Contact Hours

3 Hours - RACE Approved

Language

English

Discipline

Diagnostic Imaging

Emergency & Critical Care

Internal Medicine – Endocrinology, Haematology, Infectious Diseases, Parasitology & Oncology

Nutrition

Pathology - Clinical & Gross

Veterinary Partner

Equine

Recorded on: 20th June 2023
                                                  

Panelists:

Tom Divers   DVM, DACVIM, DACVECC - Cornell University, USA
Andy Durham   BSc, BVSc, CertEP, DEIM, DECEIM, MRCVS - Liphook Equine Hospital, UK
Sandra Taylor   DVM, PhD, DACVIM-(LA) - Purdue University, USA

Moderator:

Simon Peek   BVSc, PhD, DACVIM-(LAIM), MRCVS – University of Wisconsin-Madison Central, USA

 

CONTENT DESCRIPTION

The identification of several hepatotropic viruses in equine blood and liver tissue in recent years has broadened our differential diagnosis for horses with abnormal liver function tests but also raises questions about how to interpret viral diagnostics, and how they might fit in to the evaluation of individuals with suspected liver disease. Many adults and the occasional foal with liver disease remain challenging to identify on initial presentation purely on the basis of history and physical examination and so blood work, ultrasound and biopsy are recommended for better characterization of disease severity and to guide treatment.

The panel of internationally renowned experts from Europe and the US will discuss their approach to liver disease in both individuals and groups of horses, with time given to the emerging relevance of viral etiologies as well as a discussion about the syndrome of seasonal hepatitis seen in the Northern and Mid-Western US over the last 2 winters. Time will be provided for questions from attendees that can be forwarded before, or during, the discussion.

Dr. Thomas J. Divers earned his DVM from the University of Georgia in 1975 and completed an internship in large animal medicine at the University of California at Davis. Dr. Divers returned to the University of Georgia for a residency in large animal internal medicine and ambulatory practice followed by 2 years as an assistant professor in the large animal medicine and ambulatory practice at the College. Dr. Divers then moved to the University of Pennsylvania for 10 years where he was an associate professor of large animal medicine and served as chief of the section of medicine at the New Bolton Center, University of Pennsylvania. In 1990 Dr. Divers  moved to Cornell University where he is the Rudolph J. and Katharine L. Steffen Professor of Medicine in the Section of Large Animal Medicine. He is a diplomat of both the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine and of the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care.  Dr. Divers retired recently but still consults on cases, conducts research projects and provides lectures to veterinarians and students. He has been the recipient of teaching awards at four universities and has received the Educator of the Year Award from both the AAEP and ACVECC. 

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Andy graduated from Bristol in 1988 and after two years in mixed practice started in ambulatory equine practice in the Midlands. He gained the RCVS CertEP in 1993 before moving to Liphook Equine Hospital in 1994, becoming a partner in 2001. This was followed by the RCVS diploma in equine internal medicine in 2003 and European diploma in equine internal medicine in 2004. Andy has continued to perform a little first opinion ambulatory work although he now mainly works in the new hospital at Liphook with medical in-patients and the diagnostic laboratory. He has recently been appointed as visiting professor at the University of Surrey, Guildford and is involved in the development of a new veterinary school there. Andy’s main professional interests are in endocrine disease, liver disease, dermatology, infectious diseases and most other aspects of internal medicine.

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Dr. Peek received his veterinary degree from the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom and completed residencies in large animal internal medicine and ambulatory medicine at Cornell University. He also holds a PhD in medicine from Cornell University.

Currently, Dr. Peek is the Department of Medical Science’s Section Head of Large Animal Internal Medicine at University of Wisconsin–Madison. In this role, he is actively involved in the didactic, laboratory and clinical instruction of senior students in large animal internal medicine, theriogenology and food animal production medicine.

Dr. Peek’s main research interests are centered around the Infectious Diseases of Large Animals. He has published in numerous areas of large animal internal medicine, especially in the fields of infectious disease pathogenesis and neonatology. Dr. Peek’s primary clinical interests are largely in the treatment of infectious diseases of all large animal species.

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Dr. Taylor received her DVM from Washington State University in 2001 and then completed an equine internship at San Luis Rey Equine Hospital in Bonsall, CA. She then worked for one year in private equine ambulatory practice in Tacoma, WA before completing a residency in Large Animal Internal Medicine at the University of California, Davis in 2006. Dr. Taylor then entered a graduate program at Washington State University and received a PhD in equine immunology in 2010. She began employment at Purdue University in December of 2010 and is currently an Associate Professor, dividing her her time between clinical work, teaching, and research in the field of equine sepsis.

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