March 2023 Issue

EAST COAST EQUESTRIAN March 2023 Page 55 Tell our advertisers you found them in East Coast Equestrian! Groffdale Barns specializes in quality, custom horse barns and portable sheds built to your specifications. Each of our barns are manufactured at our location. No middle man! Buy directly from the manufacturer! Groffdale Barns has been building quality barns since 1984. Located in Amish Lancaster County, we deliver barns throughout PA, MD, NJ, DE, VA and WVA. 745 Strasburg Pike • Strasburg, PA 17579 Specializing in Quality, Custom Barns Since 1984 Modular Horse Barns  Post & Beam Bank Barns Barn Restorations  Run-ins  Shed Rows  Stall Work Contact us today at (717) 687-8350 See our designs at www.groffdalebarns.com sales@groffdalebarns.com Before After The Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center’s popular "Tuesday Talks" lecture series for horse owners and profession- als will be presented hybrid in 2023. Each presentation will start promptly at 7 p.m. on the second Tuesday of the month through May. Guests are welcome to attend in person or via a webinar link. Your registration will pro- vide a link to attend the entire series of presentations. To regis- ter go to: https://aimsbbis.vt.edu/ tuesday-talks-2023 TUESDAY, MARCH 14 : Elizabeth MacDonald, Clinical Instructor of Equine Medicine "The Scoop on Loose Poop: Equine Diarrhea" Diarrhea in the horse can range from mild chronic diarrhea to acute severe diarrhea. The common causes of diarrhea in the horse will be reviewed, along with ways to diagnose the under- lying cause, and when to become concerned as an owner. TUESDAY, APRIL 11 : Megan Marchitello, Clinical Instructor of Equine Medicine “Equine Respiratory Disease: It’s a lung story” An overview of the equine respiratory tract and common pathology. TUESDAY, MAY 9 : Teresa Hopfgartner, Resi- dent, Equine Surgery “Lumps and Bumps - Com- mon Equine Skin Tumors” While cancer is not as prev- alent in horses as it is in humans, cancers of the skin are fairly common in horses and most of them are easy to spot. We will be discussing the most common skin tumors in horses - sarcoids, squa- mous cell carcinomas, and mel- anomas - in horses and discuss how the (surgical) treatment is applied and what you can expect following treatment. At the end of each presenta- tion, there will be a Q&A session. There is no charge to attend these webinars. Attendees are asked to consider supporting the center’s Good Samaritan Fund, which provides financial assistance to equine owners who are unable to financially support the treatment of serious and/or life-threatening conditions when a successful outcome and good quality of life are likely. The Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center is a premier equine hospital located at Morven Park in Leesburg, Virgin- ia, in the heart of the mid-Atlantic region’s horse country and is one of three animal health care fa- cilities of the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine. For more information on continu- ing education (703) 771-6842 or email speart@vt.edu . Continuing Education Lectures Offered Remember...tell our advertisers you found them in East Coast Equestrian!