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Brain Teaser: Can you solve this puzzle?

Test your veterinary knowledge with our monthly challenge, featuring a three-year-old male intact Beauceron presenting for six hours of lethargy, non-productive vomiting, and restlessness.

Continuing Education

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Managing the Red Eye: Conjunctival Disease or Something Else?

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In this session: Georgina Newbold, DVM, ACVO, reviews the most common causes of a “red eye” in dogs and cats, in addition to a brief treatment overview. Learn to recognize signs of conjunctival inflammation and how to sort through the many underlying causes. Understand how cats differ from dogs in causes of conjunctivitis. Learn how to use diagnostic tests to help focus your differentials.

Small Animal

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Putting the 'Fun' in Fundus: Examining the Posterior Segment of the Eye

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In this session: Anne Metzler, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVO,  describes techniques for examination of the retina and optic nerve with a goal of differentiating pathologic changes from normal variations. A brief overview of species-specific variation in retinal and optic nerve anatomy is also provided.

Practice Management

Hell hath no fury like a vet with 'senioritis'

"To some extent, this version of volunteerism, what I’m alternatively calling “veterinary senioritis,” is possibly why so many veterinarians have turned to relief medicine. The power to say “no” is a tremendous antidote to what ails many in our profession."