UMECRA Convention 2009
UMECRA 2008 ANNUAL MEETING AND AWARDS BANQUET
Wisconsin Dells
January 23 and 24, 2009
Preliminary Program
Friday, January 23
Registration 3 to 6 pm
Vendors will be set up in hotel lobby
AHDRA is hosting the evening. There are hors de oeuvres and games.
AHDRA will meet and give out their awards.
Saturday, January 24
Registration table will be open.
7 am UMECRA Board Meeting
7am Vets Meeting hosted by Dr. Wes Elford
9 to 11 am Alice Stack, DVM Nationaliy: Irish
Graduated from University College Dublin with veterinary degree in 2006.
Spent one year working in the Dubai Equine Hospital, under the patronage of HH Sheikh Mohammed. Patient base comprising mainly of endurance racehorses, and flat-racing Thoroughbreds and Arabians.
Duties extended to providing veterinary care in the hospital tents at the Dubai and Abu Dhabi races throughout the endurance racing season; transportation and care of endurance horses at the main hospital in Dubai when necessary.
Currently completing a residency training program at Michigan State Univeristy. Specializing in Equine Internal Medicine with a special interest in Emergency and Critical Care of the Equine Patient. Research interests in the area of exercise and sports medicine, specifically determination of the pathogenesis of EIPH (Exercise Induced Pulmonary Hemorrhage) - a disease of racehorses.
Dr. Stack will talk on General Colic in the first hour and then Syndromes of the Exhausted Horse.
Noon: Break for lunch. Sandwich bar open in hotel
1 3pm General Meeting
5-6 pm Social Hour
6:30 pm Dinner
7:30 9 pm Awards
9-12 Music
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Chicken strips and french fries will be available for children for $12.50.
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If you do not want lunch on Saturday or plan to attend the banquet on Saturday night, the convention fee is $15. This fee covers the price of the convention room that we use for all our events.