Sherrie Parker
Congress Hotel Booking
Don’t forget to book your hotel room for Congress. Deadline to book is Tuesday, August 1, 2023. To book your hotel reservations click here.
Congress is now RACE approved!
We have exciting news that the 2023 IVAS/AAVA Joint Congress been approved for all 32 hours of Congress by RACE with a max for any one veterinarian of 22 hours. More details and how to register for the 2023 IVAS/AAVA Joint Congress online here: www.ivas.org/congress/2023-congress/ More details and how to register online […]
Post Congress Fun!
Join us for a fun filled 2 days of Post Congress Fun! The Post Congress Tour will take place on Monday, August 28th and Tuesday, August 29th. We will be heading to Washington DC to spend Monday at the National Mall (Smithsonian Museums) and Tuesday at the National Zoo. We’d love for you to join us! […]
Answer to 2023 1st Quarter “What Herb am I”
What Herb am I? – Katja Görts, DVM, CVA, CVC, CVCH I am a root. Besides my root my essential oil is used in TCM, Ayurvedic, Unani, Siddha, and Tibetan medicines. I am warm, pungent and bitter. I smell like goat faeces and my English name is ‘fragrant wood’. I enter the Stomach, Spleen, Large […]
Answer to 2023 1st Quarter “Name That Point”
Name that Point! – Katja Görts, DVM, CVA, CVC, CVCH The point we are looking for is a transpositional point. In horses it is located in the center of the muscle belly of the masseter muscle 2 cun caudal to Stomach 5, in a depression when the jaw is open. In the dog it […]
Congress Registration is OPEN!
Join us in Alexandria, VA on August 25-27, 2023. Here’s all the information on how to register for congress as well as other details like how book your hotel room here!
IVAS Benefit Webinar
Physical Therapy for Functional Improvements of Equine Performance Saturday, June 3, 2023 Starting at 12:00 pm (Central Daylight Time) Find Your Time Presented by Quinley Koch, MAg, DVM, IVCA, CVA Members Only Free Webinar This 2-hour webinar is designed to help you integrate physical therapy exercises to complement your acupuncture and chiropractic treatments. It will […]
Answer to 2022 4th Quarter “Name That Point”
NAME THAT POINT! Katja Görts, DVM, CVA, CVC, CVCH The point we are looking for is a transpositional point. In horses it is located in the depression on the dorsal midline of the front foot, just proximal to the coronary band. In small animals it is located on the lateral aspect of the nail bed […]
Answer to 2022 4th Quarter “Name That Herb”
NAME THAT HERB – Katja Görts, DVM, CVA, CVC, CVCH I am a perennial herb that is native to Europe but found throughout temperate regions of the northern hemisphere. My leaves, flowers, and root have been traditionally used in Mexican and other North American medicine for viral and bacterial infections, liver and biliary disorders, and […]
Answer to 2022 3rd Quarter “Name That Point!”
NAME THAT POINT! Katja Görts, DVM, CVA, CVC, CVCH The point we are looking for is a transpositional point. Its location is comparable in both canine and equine patients. It is in the depression in the transverse cubital crease, just cranial to the lateral epicondyle of the humerus, between the extensor carpi radialis and common […]