VPN Plus+ ExclusiveComplications of Dental Extractions: How to Avoid and Treat ThemAugust 24, 2023John Lewis, VMD, DAVCD (Dentistry) discusses the most common complications associated with dental extractions, including retrieving broken root tips, displaced roots into the nasal passage and mandibular canal, sialoceles, and iatrogenic mandibular fractures. This webinar also addresses how to avoid these complications and how to treat them when they do occur.
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VPN Plus+ ExclusiveAre Veterinary Diets Really Too Expensive? Effective Cost ConversationsAugust 10, 2023This session by Jackie Parr, BScH, DVM, MSc, DACVIM (Nutrition), includes how to customize the client conversations about veterinary diets to the individual pet, which is critical, by focusing on the value to the pet. Veterinary teams can be trained to utilize existing resources to ease those cost conversations and to apply these learnings to common scenarios in small animal veterinary practice, including elimination diet trials and effective weight loss plans.
VPN Plus+ ExclusiveFeline Nutrition: Special Features for Special CreaturesAugust 2, 2023This presentation by Margie Scherk, DVM, DABVP (Feline) includes how, by using a feline nutritional assessment in every consultation, assessing feeding practices and, if needed, a developing a tailored nutrition plan for a given individual.
VPN Plus+ ExclusiveBattling the Bulge: Strategies for Managing Obesity in Veterinary PatientsJuly 19, 2023 In this session, attendees will review current statistics of obesity in dogs and cats including prevalence, contributing factors, and comorbidities. Sarah Wooten, DVM, CVJ, will review the endocrine and inflammatory components of obesity, as well as how to use tools to diagnose obesity. Attendees will also learn how to estimate ideal body weight, calculate RER and amount to feed to achieve ideal weight. We will also cover, important factors in weight loss diets, how to choose the right food, and how to prevent obesity in the first place. Lastly, attendees will be given a 6-step process to easily guide your clients through a successful weight loss program.
VPN Plus+ ExclusiveManaging Canine Atopic Dermatitis With More Joy and Less FrustrationJuly 13, 2023Valerie Fadok, DVM, PhD, Dipl ACVD, focuses on the keys to success in managing atopic dermatitis. They are developing a proactive treatment plan and providing tools to empower clients. Atopic dermatitis is a forever disease; while we can’t cure it, we can manage it well. We need to set realistic expectations with our clients, and partner with them to improve quality of life for themselves and their pets.
VPN Plus+ ExclusiveManaging Dermatology Cases in a Shelter EnvironmentJune 29, 2023The lecture covers: Cover common dermatological conditions encountered in a shelter environment, their treatments, how to handle public perception, and how to properly house contagious and non-contagious conditions.
VPN Plus+ ExclusiveA Day in the Life of a DermatologistJune 22, 2023Participants can expect to increase their understanding and level of comfort in the diagnosis, treatment and education of clients on common and less common dermatology disorders of the dog and cat. The goal is to provide participants with a stronger base of knowledge and improve clinical outcomes for their patients.
VPN Plus+ ExclusiveChemotherapy Induced Sepsis May 31, 2023Danielle DeCormier, LVT, VTS (Oncology), CFE, goes into detail about sepsis brought on from chemotherapy. It delves into how chemotherapy works on the cells of the body, specifically the white blood cells. It details symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment, as well as how to prevent a second episode.
VPN Plus+ ExclusiveMast Cell Tumors: Options for the Primary VeterinarianMay 17, 2023This session: Rachel Venable, DVM, MS, DACVIM, discusses recent advances in testing and treating mast cell disease as well as a review. Mast cell tumors can be challenging to treat. There are many new options available, making it difficult to keep up with the current trends and to know what to do next. Pet owners have many questions and not all have the same goals for the treatment of their pet. This talk focuses on what the primary veterinarian can do from understanding pathology reports and testing to treatments with injectable drugs and surgery. It also reviews prognosis and survival time with the various types of mast cell tumors and treatment pursued.
VPN Plus+ ExclusiveIntroduction to Oncology: Easy Peasy BasicsMay 12, 2023This session: Lindsay Hallman, VTS, touches on the history of cancer, and chemotherapy, as well as the modern use of chemotherapy in veterinary medicine. The second half of the lecture focuses on common oncological emergencies, hemangiosarcoma, osteosarcoma, mast cell tumors, and lymphoma.
