The Bearnice Barbour Foundation and Budweiser Present "Meet the Veterinary Experts"

Wellington, FL - February 6, 2003 - For those of you who will be in the Wellington area on February 25th, this event is a must to attend! Budweiser and The Bearnice Barbour Foundation are bringing six of the brightest stars in veterinary research to the showgrounds. Keynote speakers and their topics are listed below. What a great opportunity to gain knowledge from some of the brightest doctors in the field of verterinary medicine-at no cost!

The event takes place in the Jockey Club tent and begins at 1:00 PM. "The Bernice Barbour Foundation funds research projects at many of the schools represented, but the speakers all donate their time to come," says Eve Lloyd Thompson, one of the Trustees of the Foundation. "We also invite the development directors from each vet school represented, and give them tiny exhibit space for display to encourage our audience to fund equine research. The "Bud Bash" after the talks is an opportunity for attendees to talk directly with the experts, while sipping Budweiser beverages."

The Bernice Barbour Foundation, a private tax exempt foundation, was established in 1986 by the late Bernice Wall Barbour,a lifelong resident of New Jersey. Through her entire life, she devoted much of her thought, energy and resources toward making the lives of animals happier and healthier. For more information on the foundation, we encourage you to visit their website at www.BerniceBarbour.org.

‘Meet The Veterinary Experts’
1:00 p.m. in the Jockey Club Tent
Tuesday, February 25th

Dr. Gregory L. Ferraro
Director - Center for Equine Health, Executive Administrator - Bernice Barbour Communicable Disease Laboratory, University of California-Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine

Topic – Present and Emerging Biological Threats to the Horse

Dr. Jill Beech
Chief of Large Animal Medicine & Reproduction, Professor of Medicine, New Bolton Center, University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine

Topic – Medical Problems of Performance Horses

Dr. James N. Moore
Distinguished Professor of Research, Department of Large Animal Medicine, University of Georgia, College of Veterinary Medicine

Topic – Colic and the Effect of Bacterial Endotoxins in Horses with GI Disease utilizing “The Glass Horse” an animated, digital, 3-D, electronic model of the gastrointestinal tract

Dr. Hilary M. Clayton
MaryAnne McPhail, Chair in Equine Sports Medicine, Michigan State University, College of Veterinary Medicine

Topic – Lameness in the Hock

Topic – Soft Palate Displacement & Other Impediments to Respiration in the Performance Horse

Budweiser is presenting ‘Meet the Veterinary Experts’ at no cost to the public. Budweiser beverages & hors d’oeuvres will be served following the last speaker.

For Additional Information Please Call Eve Thompson (561) 791-0861 or Elizabeth Burke (561) 790-0813.