VPN Plus+ ExclusiveEffective Topical Therapy for Your Atopic Dermatitis Patients: Why it MattersJune 10, 2025In this session: Valerie Fadok, DVM, PhD., DACVD (Dermatology), addresses the skin barrier and how its malfunction contributes to atopic dermatitis. Dr. Fadok also reviews how to choose effective shampoos, how to use mousses and sprays effectively, and how to select and use skin barrier repair spot-ons to improve outcomes.
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VPN Plus+ ExclusiveDermatophytosis: Wood You Be Able to Spot This Ringer?June 3, 2025In this session: Brittany Lancellotti, DVM, DACVD (Dermatology), presents images and case discussions to help audience members recognize common disease patterns, particularly in susceptible populations. She also addresses point of care diagnostics that can be easily performed in the clinic that can speed successful treatment. Additionally, a three-pronged approach to eliminating this frustrating fungi and the communication tools needed to empower clients to implement the plan are reviewed.
VPN Plus+ ExclusiveThe Anal Sac Dilemma: Diagnosing, Treating, and Managing Recurring Anal Sac Issues in DogsMay 28, 2025In this session: Meagan Painter, DVM, DACVD (Dermatology), teaches attendees how to effectively diagnose, treat, and manage anal sac disorders in patients. Dr. Painter covers key clinical signs, best-practice diagnostic techniques, and treatment strategies for both acute and chronic cases, including when to use medical management, dietary modifications, and surgical intervention. Special emphasis is placed on long-term care and prevention, including the role of allergy management, weight control, and client education in reducing recurrence. By the end of the session, participants will feel more confident in their approach to anal sac disease, ensuring improved patient outcomes and better owner compliance.
VPN Plus+ ExclusiveI keep deworming my dog patient, but I can't get rid of the hookworms. Are these hookworms resistant?May 23, 2025In this session: Resistance to dewormers has emerged as a serious concern in Ancylostoma caninum, one of the hookworms of dogs. Adriano F. Vatta, BVSc. MSc. PhD, DACVIM (Parasitology), discusses how anthelmintic resistance arises, what we know about the prevalence of resistance in hookworms in the United States, how to diagnose cases of resistance, and how to manage these cases.
VPN Plus+ ExclusiveBack to Stool: Things You May Have Forgotten About Clinical ParasitologyMay 9, 2025In this session: Caroline Sobotyk, DVM, MSc, PhD, covers the principles of most common routine diagnostic tests, identifies their applicability and limitations, breaks down common pitfalls, and explores emerging challenges and advancements in clinical parasitology. It also provides practical insights to enhance your diagnostic skills and help you make informed decisions that directly impact patient care.
VPN Plus+ ExclusiveCat in the coalmine? One Health: Dogs and Cats as Sentinels for Human RiskApril 28, 2025In this session: This case-based look summarizes key clinical aspects of common tick-borne infectious agents of veterinary and One Health concerns. It also sheds light on humans’ four-legged best friends (dogs and cats) ability to act as sentinels for human exposure risk to parasites. Recent peer-reviewed literature, and evidence- and expert-based guidelines, is also discussed.
VPN Plus+ ExclusiveThe Touch of Triage: Hypoxia and ShockApril 4, 2025In this session: Karen Roach, RVT, VTS (ECC), covers how to quickly and accurately assess emergency patients and treat for the things that will kill them the quickest – hypoxia and shock. She then addresses how triage doesn’t just end in the waiting room, or ER, but even after a patient is hospitalized, you are essentially triaging them again and again every time you enter their cage.
VPN Plus+ ExclusiveToxicology: RodenticidesMarch 21, 2025In this session: Jeffery Backus, RVT, CVT, VTS (ECC), explores rodenticide toxicity in small animal veterinary medicine. Rodenticide exposure is a Top-3 call annually for the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center, and a very common presentation to the veterinary hospital. He addresses the three major types that are available on the market, decontamination, toxic doses and LD50’s, treatment, and nursing care, and will also look at other “less toxic” rodenticides. He also discusses how to tell these rodenticides apart, as well as relay exposure—a pet eating a carcass that may have eaten rodenticide.
VPN Plus+ ExclusiveUpdates on Common Toxicology TopicsMarch 13, 2025In this session: Jennifer Hopkins, DVM, DABT, provides guidance on current topics in toxicology, including a focus on advances in understanding grape and raisin toxicosis in dogs, the emergency of different mushroom types in “magic mushroom” products, decontamination considerations with activated charcoal and chocolate, and considerations with fluid diuresis recommendations and intravenous lipid therapies. Up-to-date information about these topics is addressed, and applications for treating toxin ingestions is covered.
VPN Plus+ ExclusiveAngling for Great Intraoral Dental RadiographsMarch 6, 2025In this session: Stefanie Perry, CVT, VTS (Dentistry), presents a logical and step-by-step approach to intraoral dental radiographs. It takes the geometry out of choosing angles and identifies a few key components of how to take diagnostic images. With a few tips and tricks, it outlines the positioning for each view in dogs and cats.
