ACSMA Symposium, 2007 American Veterinary Medical Association Convention, Washington D. C.    The ACSMA provides a program as part of the AVMA convention each year.  The canine sports medicine program consists of one day of speakers followed by wet labs on the next day.  This past year the topics and speakers were: Beating the Odds, Injuries to the Canine Athlete  (Jon Dee, DVM) ABC of the Canine Athlete: Ability, Body Condition, and Common Injuries to Specific Sports  (John Sherman, DVM) New Dimensions: 3-D Computerized Gait Analysis of the Canine Athlete (John Sherman, DVM) Impact of Physical Rehabiltiation in the Canine Sports World (John Sherman, DVM) Acquired Shoulder Joint Instability in the Dog (Gary Spodnick, DVM) To read about this year's convention:  www.avmaconvention.org                                     __________________________________________________________________________