
AAEP Virtual Wednesday Round Table: Xylazine Access Update and Vesicular Stomatitis Outbreak
Recorded On: 06/15/2023
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Two particularly timely topics will be in focus during a special Virtual THURSDAY Round Table session. AAEP board member Dr. Jim Zeliff will address state and federal legislative efforts to schedule xylazine and provide updates on what AAEP and stakeholders are doing to protect access to this important product.
In addition, infectious disease experts Drs. Katie Flynn and Angela Pelzel-McCluskey will discuss the incursion of vesicular stomatitis into California for the first time in over 50 years and provide insights into the virus, response protocols and prevention.
No RACE-accredited CE credit.

This session is sponsored by CareCredit.
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James Zeliff
Dr. Zeliff is founder and managing partner of Allegheny Equine in Murrysville, Penn., as well as a current AAEP board member. After receiving his veterinary degree from Purdue University in 1988, Dr. Zeliff completed an internship at the Elmont Equine Hospital at Belmont Park in New York, before relocating to western Pennsylvania in 1989. He opened his current practice in 1992. His primary interests are equine reproduction, sports medicine, lameness and practice management. Dr. Zeliff completed his MBA in 2019.

Katie Flynn
Dr. Flynn, Equine Health and Biosecurity Veterinarian for United States Equestrian Federation, earned her veterinary degree at the University of Glasgow, Scotland. Previous to this position Dr. Flynn was a state animal health official for over 23 years holding positions as the Kentucky State Veterinarian and the Equine Staff Veterinarian for the California Department of Food and Agriculture. She serves on the US Animal Health Association and the American Horse Council. She has extensive domestic and international experience in epidemiologic disease investigations, developing and implementing equine biosecurity plans, drafting and enforcement of regulations, and emergency disease response.

Angela Pelzel-McCluskey
Dr. Pelzel-McCluskey is the national equine epidemiologist for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Veterinary Services in Fort Collins, Colo., where she oversees the federal response to reportable equine disease outbreaks nationwide. Dr. Pelzel-McCluskey has been an epidemiologist with state and federal animal health agencies since 2004, after several years in private equine practice. She received a M.S. degree in Immunology and Infectious Disease from Washington State University in 2017.