Four U of G speakers at Canada’s Outdoor Equine Expo

The second annual Equine Expo promises to be even bigger and better than the first! In addition to a top-notch tradeshow, this multi-discipline event has top clinicians from around the world giving live demonstrations and presentations at Iron Horse Equestrian Complex in Burlington, Ontario.

University of Guelph professors will be there delivering seminar presentations full of valuable information regarding equine health:
• Dr. Mike Lindinger, “Identifying, Preventing and Managing Heat Stress in Horses”
• Dr. Peter Physick-Sheard, “Why Horses Don’t Have Heart Attacks”
• Dr. Wendy Pearson, “Clinical Nutrition of the Arthritic Older Horse”

In addition, Equine Guelph’s director, Gayle Ecker, will speak about the importance of education in an ever-changing and growing equine industry in her seminar, “Developing a Career Pathway in the Horse Industry”. 

For a full listing of all the speakers and presentations from June 10th – 12, 2011 visit: http://www.equineexpo.ca/schedule-full.html

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