2025 AVA Conference: A big week for equine veterinarians

28 Mar 2025
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The 2025 AVA Conference, happening from 12-15 May at the International Convention Centre (ICC) in Sydney, promises to be an unmissable event for equine veterinarians. With a user-friendly tracks filter system, delegates can easily navigate the program and pinpoint sessions that align with their interests. For equine veterinarians, this feature ensures you’ll have quick access to the most relevant and cutting-edge sessions in the field. 

AVA members enjoy huge savings on conference prices and can save a further 25% with early bird registration – but be quick! Early bird closes on Monday 31 March – register today. 

The conference program includes dedicated tracks such as ‘Equine’, ‘Excelling in Equine’, ‘Get a Handle on Horses’ and ‘Top Equine Research’. These sessions will address the latest clinical advancements, practical applications and research in equine veterinary medicine, including dentistry innovations and advanced surgery techniques.  

Selecting the two ‘Equine’ tracks, for example, offers the following sessions:

Tuesday 13 May

  • Handling and restraint of horses for veterinary exams: promoting positive outcomes, Hayley Randle
  • The work-up: Importance of physical exam and tips on nerve block, Christine Smith
  • Imagine for lameness, Christine Smith
  • Managing the acute non-weight bearing horse, Christine Smith
  • Advances in dental extraction techniques, Denis Verwighen
  • Approach to common wounds and how to apply a distal limb cast, Paul Robinson
  • Managing the acute diarrhoea, Gaby van Galen

Wednesday 14 May

  • Managing the neonate in the field: options for field treatment, Brianna Clark
  • Diagnosis and management and angular and flexural limb deformities in foals, Paul Robinson
  • How to approach sinusitis in the horse, Denis Verwighen
  • Diagnosis and management of septic synovial structures in horses, Paul Robinson
  • Hendra Virus: Recent findings, Alison Peel
  • FLASH ultrasound technique to evaluate colic in the field
  • Managing colic in the field: when referral isn’t an option, Brianna Clark

Thursday 15 May

  • Equine abortions, Vicki Brookes
  • Salmonella in equine populations and biosecurity approaches: What do we know and what can we do? Shaunna McTernan
  • Equine radiology, Brodie Argue
  • Diagnosis and treatment of equine fungal keratitis, Jessica Partlow
  • Best Practices in Antimicrobial and prescribing for equine patients: Current guidelines and considerations, Laura Hardefeldt
  • Equine upper airway endoscopy for practitioners, Chris O’Sullivan
  • Feral horse management, David Berman
  • Management of soft tissue injuries and rehabilitation strategies, Christine Smith
  • Treatment options of osteoarthritis and joint pathology, Christine Smith

EVA’s popular ‘Equine and Dine’ returns on Tuesday evening, with thanks to Randlab – catch up with new and old friends at Adria Bar Restaurant, Cockle Bay. 

With updated materials and expert insights, the one-day Pre-Purchase Examination Workshop, sponsored by Guild Insurance, is essential for equine vets and mixed practitioners. Gain experience in conducting thorough pre-purchase examinations for sport horses, racehorses, and juveniles in this comprehensive, fully guided, interactive workshop,  

Plan your schedule and don’t miss these top sessions! Visit the AVA Conference 2025 program page for more details.