Tentative Schedule

Saturday March 8, 2008

12-5:00pm- attendees arrive to Gainesville                    (shuttles : hotels to ANS 1-6pm)
                    Registration at Animal Science Building

12:30-6:00pm- UF CVM Tours
                                                                        (shuttles: hotels to HTU starting at 5pm)
6:00-7:30pm- “Dinner in the Dirt”
                        Location: Horse Teaching Unit
Key Note Speaker: Dr. Jack Gaskin
                        Guest Speaker:  St. George’s University

8:00pm-12:00am- Group Activities
                        *shuttles: HTU to the hotels starting at 9:30pm*

Sunday March 9, 2008
~All attendees are expected to attend his/her scheduled class/lab~

6:45-7:30am- National Officer meeting
(Communicore C1-11)
*Potential national officers, symposium bids, and constitution resvisement

7:00-8:00am- Breakfast
                        (Communicore)

7:45-8:00am- UFCVM’s Dean Hoffsis welcome
(Auditorium 2-200- across from the Communicore)

8:00-11:45am- Lectures 1-4, Labs 1 & 2
                        Location: varies

11:45am-12:45pm- Lunch
Location: Communicore Sun Terrace

1-4:45pm- Lectures 5-8, Labs 3 & 4
Location: Varies

5:30-6:30pm- Officer Round Table
                        Location: UVCVM Equine Auditorium
                        *2 representatives from each school

7:00-9:00pm- Supper at the SWAMP!
                        Location: Horse Teaching Unit
                        Guest Speaker: Ross University

9:00pm-1:00am- Stompin’ in the Swamp
                        Location: Hilton Hotel Century Ballroom A

Monday March 10, 2008    
~transportation to MCO according to your flight time (at least 4 hours in advance)~

7:30-9:00am- Breakfast
Announcement of new APVMA officers and 2009 Symposium location
                        Location: Hilton Century Ballroom B/C

Tour Day:
            *Please note that all departure times are from the Hilton. If you’re staying at the Paramount please plan to leave 30 min. prior to the departure time.
** You’ll eat breakfast on the bus**

Jacksonville- depart Gainesville 7:30am
            White Oak Conservation Center provides conservation options for the future by maintaining genetically diverse populations of threatened species in spacious, natural facilities. With a complex of research, husbandry, education and conference facilities, the Center leads professional efforts to improve veterinary care, develop holistic animal management techniques, and better understand the biology of critically endangered species.

Tampa- depart Gainesville 8:00am
     10:00am- Florida Veterinary Specialists
            FVS is the largest private veterinary practice in the southeastern United States, with a staff of more than 120 people serving about 24,000 patients each year. We are the primary emergency and referral center for the Tampa Bay area, as well as the primary veterinary care center for the state of Florida.

     12:30pm- Big Cat Rescue
BCR is a non profit educational sanctuary devoted to rescuing and providing a permanent home for discarded or abused exotic cats and educating the public about these animals and the issues facing them in captivity and in the wild. The sanctuary houses the most diverse population of exotic cats in the world, with 14 of the 35 species of wild cats represented among the more than 100 residents, some of which are now extinct in the wild.

Ocala- depart Gainesville 9:15am
     9:30am- Peterson & Smith Equine Hospital
            Peterson & Smith Equine Hospital is a state-of-the-art, full service, 24/7 equine practice located in the heart of Ocala, Florida’s horse country. Established in 1981, it has grown to one of the most highly recognized equine practices in the U.S. Services provided range from single patient management to large farm consultations, offering continuing education opportunities for both veterinarians and horse owners.
 
     12:00pm- Equitransfer, LLC
EquiTransfer, LLC has grown to be the largest equine reproductive facility in the Southeastern United States. With our huge, 900+ recipient mare herd, we have been able to complete over 1,000 successful embryo transfers in just the last 24 months! Our greatest testimony is our spectacular 85% success rate. They handle everything from breeding to birth.
Orlando-depart Gainesvile 9:30am
            The goal of the veterinary staff at Disney’s Animal Kingdom® Theme Park at Walt Disney World® Resort is to provide an inclusive environment for third and fourth year students of veterinary medicine across the country to supplement their classroom studies with a wide variety of practical learning experiences.

Vet students train with personnel at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park, Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge and The Living Seas at EPCOT in all areas of veterinary care of domestic and non-domestic mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, and marine mammals. Emphasis is placed on the study of pathology of zoo and wildlife species by one-on-one instruction with the pathologist and auto-tutorial lectures.