Horse Management Seminar

Cook Campus Center, New Brunswick, NJ

Jan. 26^th, 2008

8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

 

“So you want to own a horse? And if you already do…What next?”

 

8:00-8:45        Registration

 

8:45-9:00        Welcome – Jane Gilbert, President, NJ Horse Council

                                        Dr. Karyn Malinowski, Director of the Equine Science Center,

Dean of Outreach and Extension Programs                   

Moderator – Dr. Carey Williams, Equine Extension Specialist

 

9:00-10:00      Economics of Owning a Horse – There is no such thing as a ‘free horse’!  Diana Orban Brown, Director of Communications, Equine Science Center and Glenn Michalak, Delaware Valley College, PA

 

10:00-11:00    Horse Trailering 101 – What and how to safely trailer your horse.  Darryl Breniser, MH Eby, Inc. and Kevin Hennessy, commercial horse hauler

 

11:00-11:15    Break

 

11:15-12:15    Horse Nutrition 101 – Why we feed horses the way we do?  Dr. Amy Burk, University of Maryland

 

12:15-1:15      Lunch

 

1:15-2:15        Equine Veterinary Care 101 – What routine veterinary care does my horse need? Dr. David Marshall, University of Delaware

 

2:15-2:30        Break

 

2:30-3:30        Horse Hoof Care 101 – To shoe or not to shoe?  Routine trimming and other concerns.  Laura Florence, Holistic Hoof Care

 

3:30-4:30        Equine Emergency Issues and First Aid – What do I do in an emergency?  Dr. Michael Fugaro, Centenary College