Annual Conference & J.T. Vaughan Equine Conference

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CE credit (Continuing Education)

Hours of approved professional study that licensed veterinarians and veterinary technicians log to renew their state licences. At a regional meeting such as the Auburn Veterinary Conference, attendees count selected lectures and labs toward those hours and should verify acceptance with their own state board before travelling.

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RACE approval

RACE is the Registry of Approved Continuing Education run by the AAVSB, which reviews CE providers and programmes. If your licence renewal requires RACE-approved hours rather than general CE, confirm the approval status of the Auburn sessions you plan to attend with the organiser before you register.

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DVM

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, the professional degree held by practising veterinarians in the United States. The Auburn audience is largely DVMs in small animal, equine and food animal practice plus final-year veterinary students.

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Veterinary technician (RVT / LVT / CVT)

A credentialled veterinary nurse or technician; the protected title differs by state (Registered, Licensed or Certified Veterinary Technician). Technicians often attend regional conferences for their own CE, so check whether the Auburn programme includes a technician stream in the year you attend.

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Track

A parallel stream of lectures grouped by species or discipline. At Auburn the practical split is small animal, equine (the J.T. Vaughan Equine Conference track) and food animal, and your registration lets you move between tracks rather than being locked into one.

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J.T. Vaughan Equine Conference

The equine-medicine track run within the Auburn conference programme. Equine practitioners register through the main conference and then select equine sessions instead of small animal or food animal content, so build your schedule from the equine listings if horses are your caseload.

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Food animal / production medicine

Practice focused on cattle, small ruminants, swine and poultry at herd level rather than individual pet patients, covering herd health plans, reproduction, nutrition and regulatory medicine. It is one of the species tracks regional veterinary conferences schedule alongside small animal and equine.

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Small animal practice

Companion animal medicine and surgery - dogs, cats and increasingly exotic pets - delivered through general practice or referral hospitals. Small animal sessions typically dominate the lecture grid at mixed regional conferences.

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Lameness examination

The structured clinical work-up used in equine practice to localise the source of a gait abnormality: history, static and dynamic observation, flexion tests, diagnostic analgesia and imaging. It is core content for equine-track attendees choosing hands-on or case-based sessions.

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Wet lab / hands-on lab

A practical session where attendees practise a technique on models, cadavers or equipment rather than watching a lecture. Seats in these sessions are usually capped and sometimes ticketed separately, so confirm whether a lab is included in your pass or must be booked on top of it.

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Proceedings

The collected lecture notes and reference material issued to registrants for the sessions in the programme. Distribution format - printed binder, download link or conference app - is set by the organiser, so check which one applies before you rely on paper notes in the lecture room.

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Diplomate / board-certified specialist

A veterinarian who has completed an approved residency and passed a specialty college examination (for example ACVIM in internal medicine or ACVS in surgery). Specialists appear on conference faculty and their sessions are usually the most clinically advanced in the grid.

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Referral practice

A hospital that receives cases from primary-care veterinarians for advanced diagnostics, surgery or 24-hour care. Referral clinicians use conferences both for CE and to meet the general practitioners who send them cases.

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Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine

Auburn University's veterinary school, located in the host city. The conference venue, The Hotel at Auburn University & Dixon Conference Center, sits on the campus edge, which is why most attendees stay and meet within a short radius of the university district.