Instead of one man burning up a lot of jet fuel sharing his ideas with others, the Symposium brought everybody together at the Galt House in Louisville, Kentucky. To complete the analogy, the hotel became Command Central for the duration of the war. And like Burney's tireless approach, Redden considered every opinion priceless-scientific or layman's, or somewhere in between. This disease lives under a microscope, but it also roams the pastures and paddocks of the world, profiting from the same immunity once granted to polio, a disease that has virtually disappeared. One of the most potentially important lectures delivered at the Symposium was by Napa, California, farrier Matt Frederick.
Endocrinology is a tough science on a good day.
Cushing's Syndrome has been studied extensively in dogs, implicating pituitary tumors as one of the leading factors. Diabetes mellitus involves the pancreas, thyroid and pituitary glands. Somewhere in this large, complex organism, some molecular inconsistency sets the ball in motion. Most diseases, like cancer, are cellular in origin, too small to be seen until the host is already sick. Thanks to the efforts of Dr. Ric Redden, Burney Chapman and many others, this monster will someday be conquered.