Summary of Logistics for 2nd Annual Equitarian Workshop

1. 2nd Equitarian Workshop
Centro de Enseñanza, Investigación y Extensión en Ganadería Tropical
Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
October 10th - 14th, 2011
Tlapacoyan, Veracruz, Mexico

2. Thanks to:
AMMVEE
For sponsoring

3. Background
The “Equitarian Initiative”, proposed by The American Association of
Equine Practitioners and The AAEP Foundation, is aimed to encourage the
actions of people interested in helping equines in need.
It has been an effective way to establish a network to facilitate the interplay
of professionals, technicians, students, education workers, donors and
owners in the world of working equines, to develop programs of service to
communities.

5. The 1st Equitarian Workshop was organized by AAEP, AAEP Foundation
and the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the National Autonomous
University of Mexico, in partnership with The Donkey Sanctuary, The World
Horse Welfare and The Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association,
with the support of The Mexican Association of Equine Practitioners and
The Mexican Association of Equine Veterinary Dentists.
It was successfully held in October 2010, offering space in which ideas,
knowledge and experiences were shared among individuals and
institutions interested in both improving equine welfare and developing
strategies for future work.

6. 1st Equitarian Workshop
October 17th – 21st, 2010
CEIEGT – FMVZ – UNAM
Veracruz, Mexico

7. 2nd Equitarian Workshop
October 10th - 14th, 2011
CEIEGT – FMVZ – UNAM
Veracruz, Mexico

8. Description
In 2011, CEIEGT-FMVZ-UNAM will host the 2nd Equitarian Workshop.
Professionals, technicians and students interested in helping equines will
participate to gain experience to either start new programs or reinforce
those already established.
The meeting will offer the participants the opportunity of widening their
knowledge in social, cultural and economic aspects, as well as means of
programs delivery in the field, necessary to help communities depending
on working equines.

9. This year, a new station for hands-on education and building community
partnerships will be included to reinforce and advance the knowledge of
participants in these areas. Essential to achieve long-lasting advances.

10. Communities in tropical, sub-tropical, humid temperate and semi-arid
environments will be visited, allowing the participants to face an
interesting variety of conditions affecting the welfare of equines.

11. October 10th - 14th, 2011
CEIEGT – FMVZ – UNAM
Veracruz, Mexico
2nd Equitarian Workshop

12. Objective
Bring together people interested in
assisting working equines and the
small farmers relying on them, to
develop strategies to balance the
need of the communities to receive
help and their own capacity to
solve the problems affecting the
welfare of their equines.

13. Areas of knowledge to address
 Local equine genetic resources to upgrade quality of WE
 Appropriate extension methods for equine owners
 Sustainability and use of local resources
 Saddlery and harnessing
 Community partnership
 Forages and nutrition
 Equine welfare
 Podiatry

14. Areas of knowledge to address
 Parasite control and anthelmintic resistance
 Drug use in the field and ethnobotany
 Field anesthesia
 Field surgery
 Internal medicine
 Lameness
 Dermatology
 Dentistry

15. 2nd Equitarian Workshop
October 10th - 14th, 2011
CEIEGT – FMVZ – UNAM
Veracruz, Mexico

16. Centre for Teaching, Research and Extension
in Tropical Animal Production (CEIEGT)
FMVZ – UNAM
Veracruz, Mexico

17. CEIEGT – FMVZ – UNAM
DS – WHW – UNAM Project
Martinez de la Torre, Veracruz, Mexico
Here we are
N
GULF OF
MEXICO
Veracruz Port &
Airport
Mexico City

18. Accommodation facilities

19. Labs and classrooms

20. Donkey Sanctuary – World Horse Welfare –
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Joint Program’s Facilities

21. Logistics for field work

22. Logistics for field work
• There will be:
– Eight stations (A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H)
– Eight teams (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8)
– Eight periods (Each of 3 h in 4 days of work)
• Stations will be set up in a wide space in the visited community, with
easy access to the vehicles and animals.
• Each team will spend a period in each station.
• Every animal will be first presented to the intake station (Station A)
and then assigned to the next according to the diagnosis or need.
• One animal may be presented to more than one station.
• In the H station (Community Partnership), work with owners and
children will be carried out, on issues related to the conditions
compromising the welfare of equines.

23. C D E F
B G
A H

24. Station A
Welfare, handling and recording
Trainers:
– Omar Prado Ortiz (Mex)
– Luis A. Huerta Lopez (Mex)
– Mariano Hernandez Gil (Mex)
– Jose A. Fernando Martinez (Mex)

25. Station A
Welfare, handling and
recording
Needs:
– Recording formats
• Age
• Body Condition
– Welfare assessment
– Stethoscopes
– Thermometers (°C & °F)
– Gloves

26. Station A
Welfare, handling and recording
Activities:
– Recording BCS, age, gender, owner, etc.
– Every presented equine will be checked for:
• Skin
• Hooves
• Teeth
• General condition

27. Station A
Welfare, handling and recording
– Welfare assessment
– Behaviour assessment
– Handling and restraining techniques
– Handling difficult equines
– First diagnosis to assign the
equines to other stations

28. Station A
Welfare, handling and recording
Knowledge and skills:
– Physical examination
– Welfare assessment
– Record management
– Restraining methods

29. Station B
Dentistry
Trainers:
- Larry Kelly (USA)
- David Turoff (USA)
- José Luis Velázquez (Mex)
- Víctor Delgado (Mex)
- João Rodrigues (Portugal)

30. Station B
Dentistry
Needs:
– Dentistry equipment
– Sedatives
– Syringes (10, 5, 3 ml)
– Needles (25, 22, 20, 18)
– Gloves (S, M & L)
– Water and buckets
– Inverter & generator
– Tables and chairs
– Dental charts
– Face masks
– Clipboards

31. Station B
Dentistry
Activities:
• Identifying signs of oral discomfort
• Dental and maloclussion problems
• Sedation of patients
• Mouth balance assessment
• Examination of oral cavity
• Identifying dental abnormalities and disease
• Balancing mouth and restoring mastication

32. Station B
Dentistry
Knowledge and skills:
- Horse head & teeth structure and functioning
- Aging
- Dental disease and abnormalities
- Dentistry techniques
- Rabies transmission awareness and human
health risks.

33. Station C
Wounds and harnessing
Trainers: - Des Bridges (UK) - Sandra (Mex)
- Kate (UK) - Godofredo (Mex)
- Pablo (Mex)

34. Station C
Wounds and harnessing
Needs:
– Materials for harnesses
– Tables and chairs
– Tools for saddlery
– Materials to treat wounds
– Gloves
– Gauzes, bandages, etc.

35. Station C
Wounds and harnessing
Activities:
- Treatment of wounds
- Checking and repairing of harnesses
- Checking and repairing of bits, nose bands,
halters, girths, etc.

36. Station C
Wounds and harnesses
Knowledge and skills:
- Harness fitting
- Bits, bitting and other horse-driving items
- Wound management
- Body areas in contact with harnesses

37. Station D
Musculoskeletal and hoof
Trainers:
- Alejandro Rodríguez Monterde (Mex)
- Tracy Turner (USA)
- Marco Torres Sevilla (Mex)
- Edmundo Trejo Cerón (Mex)

38. Station D
Musculoskeletal and hoof
Needs:
– Trimming and farriery tools
– Hoof testers
– Lidocaine
– Sedatives
– Syringes and needles

39. Station D
Musculoskeletal and hoof
Activities:
- Conformation assessment
- Hoof balance and shoeing
assessment
- Locomotion assesment
- Hoof trimming and balance
- Lameness diagnosis
- Hoof disease
- Lameness treatment

40. Station D
Musculoskeletal and hoof
Knowledge and skills:
- Conformation assessment
- Gait assessment
- Foot balance
- Hoof disease
- Lameness
- Diagnosis and management of
musculoskeletal problems

41. Station E
Medicine and Reproduction
Trainers:
- Dr. Julie Wilson (USA)
- Dr. María Masri D. (Mex)
- Dr. Héctor Basurto C. (Mex)
- Dr. Antonio Esquivel M. (Mex)

42. Station E
Medicine and Reproduction
Needs:
- Gloves - Ophthalmoscope
- Stethoscope - Ultrasound
- Thermometer (°C & °F) - Catheters
- Light - Sterile fluid
- Syringes and needles - Blood tubes
- Rebreathing bags - Glass slides
A A

43. Station E
Medicine and Reproduction
Activities:
- Physical examination
- Diagnostic techinques
- Prognosis
- Treatment

44. Station E
Medicine and Reproduction
Knowledge and skills:
- Dermatology
- Digestive
- Respiratory
- Metabolic
- Neurologic
- Urinary and reproductive

45. Station F
Anesthesia and surgery
Trainers:
- Alma A. García (Mex)
- Enrique Núñez (Mex)
- Cindy McClinn (USA)
- Jay Merriam (USA)
- Eric Davis (USA)
- Ramiro Calderón (Mex)

46. Station F
Anesthesia and surgery
Needs:
- Syringes, needles - Stethoscope
- Gloves - CatheterA
- Sedatives - Antiseptics
- Anesthetics - Surgery materials
- Guafenesin and - Gloves
diazepam - Sutures

47. Station F
Anesthesia and Surgery
Needs:
- Emasculators
- Towels
- Bandage materials
- Sterile fluids
- Ropes
- Hobbles

48. Station F
Anesthesia and surgery
Activities:
- Field anesthesia
- Field surgery
- Castration
- Hernias
- Sarcoid and tumor removal
- Others

49. Station F
Anesthesia and surgery
Knowledge and skills:
- Management of:
- Xylazine y detomidine
- Butorphanol
- Ketamine
- Guafenesin and diazepam
- Lidocaine
- Technique for:
- Castration
- Hernias
- Skin
- Bursitis

50. Station G
Nutrition and Parasites
Instructores:
- Miguel A. Alonso Díaz (Mex)
- Jorge Becerra (Mex)
- Epigmenio Castillo Gallegos (Mex)

51. Station G
Nutrition and Parasites
Needs:
– Tables and chairs
– Microscopes
– Materials for diagnosis
– McMaster
– Electricity
– Gloves
– Water
– Buckets
– Records

52. Station G
Nutrition and Parasites
Activities:
- Sampling
- Parasite diagnosis
- Identifying internal and external
parasites
- Parasite burden estimation
- Treatments
- Nutritional state assessment
- Equine feeding and nutrition

53. Station G
Nutrition and Parasites
Knowledge and skills:
- Internal parasites
- External parasites
- Nutritional state assessment
- Nutritional requirements
- Feedsuffs for equines

54. Station H
Community partnership
Trainers:
- Stephen Blakeway (UK)
- Kim Beddel (Costa Rica)
- Leticia Galindo R. (Mex)
- Manuel D. Corro M. (Mex)
- Avril Rivero M. (Mex)
- Valeria Reyes C. (Mex)

55. Station H
Community partnership
Needs:
- Chairs, tables
- Training and educational materials
and equipment

56. Station H
Community partnership
Activities:
- Participatory exercises
- Children activities
- Interplay between participants and
community dwellers and equine owners

57. Station H
Community partnership
Knowledge and skills:
- Communication
- Participatory techniques
- Extension methods
- Needs assessment techniques

58. STATIONS AND TEAMS
(Summary)
Stations Teams
A Welfare, handling and recording 1
B Dentistry 2
C Wounds and harnesses 3
D Musculoskeletal and hoof 4
E Medicine and reproduction 5
F Anesthesia and surgery 6
G Nutrition and parasites 7
H Community partnership 8

59. Teams/stations rotation
Teams: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Station
Day A B C D E F G H
am pm am pm am pm am pm am pm am pm am pm am pm
Mon 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 1
Tue 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 1 1 2 2 3
Wed 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5
Thu 7 8 8 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7

60. Teams/stations rotation
Teams
Day Hour
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
am A B C D E F G H
Mon
pm B C D E F G H A
am C D E F G H A B
Tue
pm D E F G H A B C
am E F G H A B C D
Wed
pm F G H A B C D E
am G H A B C D E F
Thu
pm H A B C D E F G

62. Day 0
Sunday 09 – 10 – 11

63. Sunday October 9th, 2011
Hour Place Activity
Receiving and accommodating
From 13:00 CEIEGT
participants
CEIEGT Organizing work
18:00 – 19:30
meeting room and teams session
20:00 CEIEGT Welcome dinner

64. Day 1
Monday 10 – 10 – 11
Colorado, Tenochtitlan, Veracruz
2 h from CEIEGT

65. Monday October 10th, 2011
Hour Place Activity
Dining room
07:00 – 08:00 Breakfast
CEIEGT
Meeting room Opening ceremony
08:00 – 09:00
CEIEGT “2nd Equitarian Workshop”
Meeting point
09:00 Leaving for community
CEIEGT
09:00 – 11:00 Travelling
11:00 Arrival at Tenochtitlan

66. Colorado, Tenochtitlan, Ver.
Donkeys Horses Mules TOTAL
Expected animals 40 40 40 120

67. Monday October 10th, 2011
Hour Place Activity
11:00 – 17:00 Tenochtitlán, Ver Field work
17:00 Boarding vehicles
17:00 – 19:00 Travelling to CEIEGT
Rancho
19:30 Dinner
Maloapan

68. Day 2
Tuesday 11 – 10 – 11
San Juan Tepulco, Acajete, Puebla
3 h from CEIEGT

69. Tuesday October 11th, 2011
Hour Place Activity
Dining room
07:00 – 08:00 Breakfast
CEIEGT
Meeting point
08:00 Leaving for community
CEIEGT
08:00 – 11:00 Travelling
11:00 Arrival at San Juan Tepulco, Pue.

70. San Juan Tepulco, Acajete, Pue.
Donkeys Horses Mules TOTAL
Expected equines 300 30 20 350

71. Donkeys in high need

72. Tuesday October 11th, 2011
Hour Place Activity
San Juan
11:00 – 17:00 Field work
Tepulco, Pue.
17:00 Boarding vehicles
17:00 – 20:00 Travelling to CEIEGT
20:00 CEIEGT Dinner

73. Day 3 Wednesday 12 – 10 – 11
La Vaquería, Chiconquiaco, Veracruz
2.5 h from CEIEGT

74. Wednesday October 12th, 2011
Hour Place Activity
Dining room
07:00 – 08:00 Breakfast
CEIEGT
Meeting point
08:00 Leaving for community
CEIEGT
08:00 – 10:30 Travelling
10:30 Arrival at La Vaquería, Ver.

75. La Vaquería, Chiconquiaco, Ver.
Donkeys Horses Mules TOTAL
Expected equines 30 50 100 180

76. Wednesday October 12th, 2011
Hour Place Activity
La Vaquería,
10:30 – 16:30 Field work
Ver.
16:30 Boarding vehicles
17:00 Dinner at Acatlan
19:00 – 21:00 Travelling to CEIEGT
21:00 Arrival at CEIEGT

77. Ursulo Galvan/El Ciervo, V de A, Veracruz.
1.5 h from CEIEGT
Day 4
Thursday 13 – 10 – 11

78. Thursday October 13th, 2011
Hour Place Activity
Dining room
07:00 – 08:00 Breakfast
CEIEGT
Meeting point
08:00 Leaving for community
CEIEGT
08:00 – 10:00 Travelling to community
10:00 Arrival at Ursulo Galván

79. Ursulo Galvan, Vega de Alatorre, Ver.
Donkeys Horses Mules TOTAL
Expected equines 40 40 20 100

80. Thursday October 13th, 2011
Hour Place Activity
Ursulo Galvan/
10:00 – 16:00 Field work
El Ciervo, Ver.
16:00 Boarding Vehicles
16:00 – 17:00 Travelling to Nautla
17:00 – 20:00 Nautla Dinner at Nautla
20:00 Leaving for CEIEGT

81. Day 5
Friday 14 – 10 – 11

82. Friday October 14th, 2011
Hour Place Activity
Dining room
08:00 – 09:00 Breakfast
CEIEGT
Meeting room
09:00 – 09:30 Presentation
CEIEGT
09:30 – 11:30 Classrooms Working in teams
Meeting room
11:30 – 13:00 Plenary and closing
CEIEGT

83. EQUITARIANS
Give one week and make a world of difference

84. ¡Welcome!

85. Sponsors
www.fmvz.unam.mx
www.aaep.org
www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk
www.worldhorsewelfare.org
www.hsvma.org
www.ammvee.org.mx
www.ammvde.com.mx