The second International Veterinary Endurance Conference (IVEC) will take place this Sunday, September 9th, three days before the endurance race of the World Equestrian Games in Tryon, USA. Around 100 veterinarians and other endurance professionals will get together for a full day of presentations. Topics include myopathies, pre-purchase exams, assessing conditioning, statistically based race strategies and will end with a round table on the difference between traditional and modern endurance.
IVEC is organised before every biannual world championship, providing the international endurance community with the latest research in the sport. Speakers from all FEI groups are represented in the programme.
Organiser and initiator of IVEC Monica Mira “I am very excited about our the second IVEC conference this Sunday. We have registrations from people from all over the world, of course from the US and Europe but also from China, Costa Rica, Uruguay, South Africa to name just a few. An incredible number of sponsors are supporting us including Merck, Haras Albar and Ameira Endurance. Our programme for Sunday really is world class with top scientists from the endurance veterinary world. One of the speakers this year will be Stephanie Valberg from the USA, the most renowned veterinarian in the field of muscle pathology.”