In this issue of Horse International’s Legal and Veterinary Journal we would like to draw our readers attention to the lecture that was given by Schelstraete Equine Lawyers during the recent meeting of The International Society of Equine Locomotor Pathology (ISELP) in the Netherlands.
ISELP and SMDC
At the beginning of September the Sporthorse Medical Diagnostic Centre (SMDC) hosted veterinarians from all over the world who joined to partake in the European module of the International Society of Equine Locomotor Pathology. The event took place at SMDC´s brand new facility in Heesch, the Netherlands, and accommodated more than 135 Veterinarians for a three day long module.
SMDC´s newly established facility answers the need of the sport horse industry for a center of excellence where all orthopedic, diagnostic and treatment modalities can be utilized in combination with experience, specific knowledge and individual attention. It was therefore the ultimate location to hold such a prestigious module as the ISELP module. ISELP was formed in the United States under the direction of Dr. Jean-Marie Denoix and focuses on problems of lameness in the equine athlete with the goal to provide contemporary knowledge and techniques in the continually evolving field of equine locomotor analysis in order to better prepare the equine clinician to understand and manage lameness conditions in the equine athlete.
The organizers of the European ISELP Module invited Mr. Luc Schelstraete and Mr. Piotr Wawrzyniak of Schelstraete Equine Lawyers to speak to, and advice, their participants regarding legal complications in the veterinary field.