Rood & Riddle equine hospital to host client education seminar Oct. 12

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) – Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital will host “Rood & Riddle Responds”, an educational seminar for people engaged in the equine industry, on Tuesday, October 12 at Embassy Suites in Lexington.

In its 36th year, organizers said the Rood & Riddle Client Education Seminar will continue with the question-and-answer format.

Questions submitted by clients and veterinarians before the seminar are assigned to one of the experts at Rood & Riddle to answer. This year’s panel will include:

• A surgeon.
• An internal medicine expert.
• A reproduction specialist.
• A breeding farm practitioner.

“Rood & Riddle is pleased to sponsor once again a continuing education program for our many interested clients and friends,” said Dr. Tom Riddle of Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital. “The question-and-answer format has been extremely successful, so we are excited to continue with that this year.”

Organizers said Dr. Lutz Goehring, who is the Warren Wright, Sr. – Lucille Wright Markey Endowed Chair in Equine Infectious Diseases at the University of Kentucky’s Gluck Equine Research Center, will also join. Goehring’s background is in research, scholarly journals, refereed book chapters, advising, mentoring, and service. His research expertise has been on equine herpesvirus type 1 (EHV1). He is a specialist in equine internal medicine and a member of the European College of Equine Internal medicine, according to Rood & Riddle.

In addition to Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital and Rood & Riddle Veterinary Pharmacy, this year’s sponsors will include Boehringer Ingelheim, Hallway Feeds, Neogen, Platinum Performance, and Zoetis. There will also be tables for questions for the University of Kentucky Pasture Management program, the Kentucky Horse Council, and Blue Grass Farms Charities.

According to Rood & Riddle, this is the first year the seminar has been held in the fall due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The seminar will be livestreamed on Rood and Riddle’s Facebook page and YouTube Channel. Attendees are enocuraged to wear a mask, although there are no requirements.

Refreshments will be served from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. in the lower atrium, followed by the question-and-answer session running from 6:00 p.m. to 8 p.m.

An RSVP is not required but encouraged, by Monday, October 11 at 3 p.m. You can reserve a spot by emailing: wfields@roodandriddle.com or calling 859-280-3316. For more information, click HERE.