Table of Contents

Small Animal

Anesthesia

Lindsey Culp Snyder, DVM, MS, DACVA
Oh no!: Troubleshooting anesthetic complications and emergencies
Monitoring anesthesia: Making sense of the beeps
Inhalant anesthesia: From the machine to the brain
Local and regional anesthesia techniques: From teeth toes!
Distinguishing anesthetic fiction from fact: A discussion

Avian Medicine

Brian Speer, DVM, DABVP, DECAMS

The business of wellness management for birds
How to apply behavioral science to daily avian healthcare
Surgical procedures of the psittacine head and skull
Treating and managing chronic egg laying in companion birds
Applying critical thinking to daily clinical decisions in avian practice
An introduction to principles of anesthesia and surgery of birds

Behavior

Ellen Lindell, VMD, DACVB

Senior moments: Behavioral management of aging patients
Fighting like dogs: Aggression between household dogs
Rover can’t play: Aggression toward non-household dogs
Alpha, beta, does it matta?
Live long and profit: Practical integration of behavior into general practice
Puppy predictions: Early recognition of future behavior problems
Speaking the language: Practical guide to canine and feline communication

Cardiology

Larry Tilley, DVM, DACVIM

Essential diagnostics in the exam room
Practical use of ECGs in practice
How to diagnose and treat hypertension in 2012
New standards in 2012 for diagnosing heart failure in the dog and cat
New standards in 2012 for treating heart failure in the dog and cat
A cardiopulmonary drug formulary for every practice in 2012

Clinical Pathology

Kendal Harr, DVM, DACVP

Clinical Pathology of Birds
Clinical Pathology of Reptiles
PCR diagnostics: The new millennia
New ASVCP quality control guidelines: How do they apply to your in-house laboratory?
How to design an in-house quality control plan for your laboratory
The cutting edge: New molecular and staining techniques for lymphoma and mast cell tumors

Clinical Pharmacology

Lauren Trepanier, DVM, DACVIM, PhD, DACVCP

Top ten potential drug interactions in dogs and cats
Drug use in neonates and geriatric patients
Rational use of presurgical antibiotics
Idiosyncratic drug toxicities
Nsaids: Comparative toxicity and drug interactions
Rational therapy for vomiting in dogs and cats
Rational treatment for inflammatory bowel disease

Critical Care

Bernie Hansen, DVM, DACVIM, DACVECC

Making sense of respiratory patterns
What’s that noise? Interpreting lung sounds
Assessing and monitoring critical illness
Using the strong ion gap to interpret acid-base status
Trashing a paper: Assessing published works with a critical eye
Cardiovascular system support: Protocols for shock
Respiratory system support

Steve Haskins, DVM, DACVECC

anaging hypoxemia
Anesthetic considerations for critically ill patients
How to manage hypotension
Managing hypertension
Monitoring and assessing cardiovascular function
Causes and treatment of cardiac arrest
How to monitor and assess pulmonary function
Fluid therapy considerations for blood volume restoration
Fluid therapy considerations for dehydration with electrolyte abnormalities

Rebecca Kirby, DVM, DACVIM, DACVECC

Back to the basics (Part 1 & 2)
First aid, transport, and triage
Head trauma
The rule of 20: How to keep them alive in icu (Part 1 & 2)

Dentistry

Christopher Snyder, DVM, DAVDC

Special considerations when dealing with juvenile jaw fractures
Improving client compliance with periodontal homecare
Making sense of intraoral radiographs
Oral emergencies: Deciding what can't wait
Regional anesthesia and pain management for the oral surgery patient
How to perform basic oral surgery: Keys to successful extractions
Advanced oral surgery topics

Kevin Stepanuik, DVM, FAVD, DAVDC

Recognizing and diagnosing periodontal disease
Plaque and pockets: Treating periodontal disease
Surgical extraction techniques
Intraoral radiographic interpretation (Part 1): Reading radiographs and radiographic pathology
Intraoral radiographic interpretation (Part 2): More radiographic pathology
How to assess pediatric dentition: A visual tour of normal and abnormal from birth to 9 months
Emergency veterinary dentistry and oral surgery
Tooth resorption: It is not just cats anymore
Oral masses and neoplasia for the general practitioner

Dermatology

Thomas Lewis, DVM, DACVD

Diseases of the nose
Diseases of the foot
Update on treating and preventing methicillin-resistant staphylococcus
Atopic dermatitis: Current therapy concepts
Allergen-specific immunotherapy: One size does not fit all
Food allergy tips and tidbits
Allergy mimickers

Wayne Rosenkrantz, DVM, DACVD

Managing pruritus in dogs
Managing pruritus in dogs with cyclosporine and glucocorticoids
Current therapy for demodicosis in dogs and cats
Current therapy for dermatophytosis in dogs and cats
Allergy testing: Which test and how to interpret them
Allergen-specific immunotherapy (ASIT): Getting the most out of allergy treatment

Ian Spiegel, VMD, DACVD

Diagnosing and treating canine exfoliative dermatitis
Paraneoplastic and immune: Mediated skin diseases in cats
Paraneoplastic and immune: Mediated skin diseases in dogs
Facial dermatitis in cats and dogs
Topical therapy: Overview and clinical correlations

Endocrinology

David Bruyette, DVM, DACVIM

Diagnosing hyperadrenocorticism in dogs
Treating hyperadrenocorticism in dogs
Hypoadrenocorticism in dogs
Hypothyroidism in dogs
Diabetes mellitus in dogs and cats
Insulin resistant diabetes in dogs and cats
What's new in treating hyperthyroidism in cats?

Exotic Animal Medicine

Peter Fisher, DVM

Exotic companion mammal dentistry
Perioperative care of exotic companion mammals
Common exotic companion mammal surgeries
Uncommon exotic companion mammal surgeries: Case studies
How to apply cytology as an aid in exotic companion mammal disease diagnoses
Standards of care: Rabbit medicine
Standards of care: Ferret medicine

Feline Medicine

Elizabeth Colleran, DVM, MS

The social cat
What is a cat friendly practice and why should i have one?
How to create a Cat Friendly Practice

Kerry Ketring, DVM, DACVO

Examining the feline fundus
Disease of the feline fundus
Every cat is a herpes candidate FHY-1: Can one virus cause all those diseases?
Is the eye blind, painful, and changing colors? Must be anterior uveitis!
Glaucoma in cats
Tenets of feine ophthamology

Margie Scherk, DVM, DABVP

Current recommendations for testing and vaccination in cats
Update in feline gastrointestinal syndromes
There's more to cats than thyroids and diabetes
Ins and outs for the cat (getting calories in and managing feline constipation)
Eliminating inappropriate elimination
Pancreatitis: Under-recognized or over-diagnosed?

Matthew Winter, DVM, DACVR

Radiographic evaluation of the feline thorax: Cats are unique!
Evaluating the feline urinary tract: Radiography, special procedures, and ultrasonography
The feline liver and pancreas: What can we learn from diagnostic imaging?
Radiography of the feline abdomen: A focus on the gastrointestinal tract
Ultrasonography of the feline abdomen: A focus on gastrointestinal diseases
Imaging the feline patient: A case review of common diagnostic imaging findings in the feline patientß

Gastrointestinal Medicine

Frederic Gaschen, DVM, DACVIM, DECVIM-CA

How to manage difficult cases of inflammatory bowel disease in dogs and cats
Protein-losing enteropathies in dogs: The beginning of the end?
Chronic enteropathies in cats
Diseases of the canine colon
The diagnostic and therapeutic challenge of pancreatitis in cats
Approaching and managing pancreatitis in dogs

Doug Palma, DVM, DACVIM

Basic endoscopy
Practical management of diarrhea
Gastroesophageal reflux and helicobacter-associated disease
Approach to gastrointestinal bleeding
Modifying motility
Practical management of acute hemorrhagic gastroenteritis
Managing diseases of the large intestines
Approach to vomiting and anti-emetics

Imaging

Robert O'Brien, DVM, MS, DACVR

Diagnostic ultrasound: New features, better images!
10 common ultrasound mistakes you can avoid!
Lung patterns: Simplified
Thoracic radiographs: Old techniques reinvented
CT: Understanding the basics
How to perform contrast radiography: Classic but still useful
When and how to image dyspneic cats
Indications for and basic principles of magnetic resonance imaging

Ajay Sharma, BVSc, MCSc, DVM, DACVR

Thoracic radiography: An alternative interpretive paradigm
Radiographic interpretation for aggressive bone lesions
Radiography of developmental orthopedic diseases
Abdominal ultrasound: The basics
Abdominal ultrasound: Small parts
Imaging for gastrointestinal emergencies

Practical Immunology

Ron Schultz, DVM, PhD

Everything you need to know about immunology in a clinical practice
Vaccines and effective vaccination programs for cats
Vaccines and effective vaccination programs for dogs
How to interpret test results for diagnosing infectious diseases and immunologic disorders
Immune-mediated diseases in dogs
Antibody titer testing: How and why you want to do it in your practice
Canine infectious respiratory disease and complex canine influenza virus

Internal Medicine

Anthony Carr, DVM, DACVIM

Managing constipation in cats
FIC, FLUTD, FUS: Pick your acronym
Leptospirosis update
How to use omega-3 fatty acids: Not just for dermatologists anymore
Bacterial zoonoses: What you don’t know can hurt you
The cutting edge of medicine: An update on what’s new in research
Obesity: What's the big fat deal?
A practical approach to polyarthropathies
Diagnosis by breed: A hodgepodge of breed-related internal medicine cases

Deirdre Chiaramonte, DVM, DACVIM, CCRT

Common geriatric conditions and preventive care
Hospice care
How to keep indoor cats happy and healthy
Overcoming obesity
What's new with canine hypothyroidism?
What's new with canine hypoadrenocorticism?

Linda Kidd, DVM, PhD, DACVIM

A clinical approach to disorders of primary hemostasis
What you need to know about the cell-based model of coagulation
Diagnostic testing for disorders of thrombosis and hemostasis
What's new in the pathophysiology of thrombosis in patients with predisposing underlying diseases?
Prevention of thrombosis: Does pathophysiology of thrombus formation matter?
Which underlying diseases should i screen for in dogs with immune-mediated hemolytic anemia?
How to use PCR and serology in vector-borne disease screening: Which test and when?

Neurology/Musculoskeletal

Richard LeCouteur, BVSc, PhD, DACVIM

How to use (and avoid misuse of) glucocorticoids in neurology and neurosurgery cases
Collecting and analyzing cerebrospinal fluid
Vestibular disorders of dogs and cats
Inflammatory CNS diseases
Neurology the fun way: Video case presentations (dogs)
Neurology the fun way: Video case presentations (cats)
Muscle and nerve biopsy

Nutrition

Rebecca Remillard, DVM, PhD, MS, DACVN

Probiotics: What to expect
Metabolic syndrome in fat pets
Feeding raw diets to pets: So where are we now?
What’s the appropriate diet for cats?
Common antigens in elimination diets
Deciphering the truth vs. hype behind pet food marketing

Oncology

Doug Thamm, VMD, DACVIM

Demystifying mast cell tumors in dogs
Receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors and animal cancer
Metronomic chemotherapy: The hype and the science
Lymphoma: Diagnostic and prognostic advances
Lymphoma: Advances in treatment
Update on canin osteosarcoma: The CSU experience
Canine hemangiosarcoma: What’s new?
Cancer cytology interactive case series

Ophthalmology

Sara Calvarese, DVM, DACVO

Handle with care: How to treat and triage ophthalmic ERs
Don’t turn a blind eye: A review of ocular anatomy and ophthalmic diagnostics

Doug Esson, DVM, DACVO

Glaucoma: An ophthalmic minefield
Cataracts: Giving the gift of sight

Nicole MacLaren, DVM, DACVO

Tear film diseases that might surprise you
Basic ocular pharmacology

Reuben Merideth, DVM, DACVO

Corneal diseases and treatments: Where we are and where we are going
Eyelids: A fresh approach
Posterior segment: Truth and consequences

Orthopedics

Elizabeth LaFond, DVM, DACVS, CCRP

How to choose a fracture repair method
Principles of postoperative rehabilitation for fractures
Managing open fractures
Rehabiliation of disc disease patients
Rehabilitation of soft tissue musculoskeletal injuries
Developmental orthopedic diseases
Orthotics and prostheses
Splinting and bandaging
Osteomyelitis

William Liska, DVM, DACVS

Everything you need to know about femoral head ostectomy…and more!
Iditarod sled dog race: Veterinary care for the ultimate endurance athlete
Indications for total joint replacement in dogs and cats
Decision-making for and risk of total joint replacement for dogs and cats
Surgical technique overview of total joint replacement for dogs and cats
Outcomes for total joint replacement in dogs and cats

Walter Renberg, DVM, MS, DACVS

When imaging really matters in orthopedics
How to manage orthopedic surgical complications
Hip luxations
Articular and periarticular fractures
Elbow dysplasia update
Juvenile hip dysplasia update
Cranial cruciate insufficiency update

Pain Management by IVAPM

Mike Petty, DVM, CVPP, CVMA, CAAPM, CCRT

Using alpha-2 drugs for pain in the perioperative setting
Managing visceral pain
How to manage pain in geriatric patients
Complementary medicine, do we have the evidence to support its use?
Myofascial pain
Lasers, acupuncture, led's and massage: Where is the evidence?
New and emerging pain treatments: Stem cells, PRP, and beyond

Parasitology

Karen Snowden, DVM, PhD

Update on heartworms: Is drug resistance possible?
How to use parasitology diagnostics: Quality control and best methods in the hospital setting
Parasitology diagnostics: What are the choices besides fecal flotation?
What am I missing? Update on hemoprotozoa in dogs and cats
What am I missing? Gastrointestinal protozoa in dogs and cats
What am I missing? Helminths in the tissues of dogs and cats
What am I missing? Systemic protozoa in dogs and cats
Common parasites of the dog and cat: Is the pattern changing?
How to discuss parasites of zoonotic importance: What do I tell the client?

Practice Management

Ross D. Clark, DVM

Motivating your team to maximum performance by keeping score
Step by step: How to conduct an open book meeting
Scorecards: The foundation of open book management
Efficiency: The metric nobody uses but everyone should
Live! See and participate in a video open book management meeting

Brian Conrad, CVPM

Delegation and empowerment: The nuts and bolts of the manager's job and the owner's role
Creating a cohesive team: How owner and manager work together for maximum staff effectiveness
"Profit" is not a dirty word: How the manager keeps cash flowing and value growing

Moving in the same direction: The importance of strategic planning

Robin Downing, DVM, CVA, DAAPM, CCRP

Hospice, palliative care, end of life care: What's the difference?
"What would you do, doc?" helping pet owners assess quality of life
Beyond euthanasia: Communicating with clients about palliative care options
Providing a compassionate euthanasia experience in your hospital
Are you at risk for compassion fatigue? Recognizing the warning signs
Self-care 101: Protecting yourself and your team from compassion fatigue

Dave Nicol, BVMS

The Yellow Pages are dead: What practice marketing looks like today
Content is king: Give pet owners what they want online
Get your practice found through social media
Put blogs, email, and Dr. Google to work for you
Convert clicks into clients
How to get a free website and manage your online reputation

Mike Paul, DVM & Ruth MacPete, DVM

Why don't clients do what we say to do? Eliminating the barriers to compliance
Walk the talk: If you don't do it, clients won't do it
Your 20 – minute chance to change a pet’s life

Mike Paul, DVM

How medical protocols improve quality of care
Implementing guidelines: Change is never easy
Communicating for better care: Improve your own compliance and your client's adherence

Andrew Roark, DVM, MS

You vs. clients: The battle for sanity
Survival guide to the most critical conversations
Career strategic planning: A workshop
Maximizing your exam room productivity
Loving you from 9 to 5: How to build a clientele and leave it at work
Poo on the red carpet: Common landmines in great practices

Denise Tumblin, CPA

Financial and accounting essentials for new owners and practice managers
Matching patient care with the client's pocketbook: Are wellness plans the solution?
Buying or selling a practice? The top three things you neeed to know
Three critical steps to position your practice for success

Fritz Wood, CPA, CFP

The clinic of the future
Product sales: Fight or flight?
Stop the leak: How to compete with online pharmacies and big box stores
Ideas for off-setting lost product sales
Lean and mean: Inventory management strategies that work

Respiratory Medicine

Leah Cohn, DVM, PhD, DACVIM

A pattern-based approach to respiratory distress
Tracheal collapse: A common cause of cough
Treating bacterial pneumonia
Respiratory case challenges: Cats
Respiratory case challenges: Dogs
How to treat asthma in cats

Shelter Medicine

Catherine Mullin, MS, VMD

Canine distemper virus
Outbreak! What's the cause and how an a pathologist help?
Happy cats: How to optimize feline housing
Ringworm: There's a fungus among us!
Parvo and panleukopenia: Prevention is the name of the game
Feline upper respiratory syndrome: The canary in the gold mine

Small Animal Reproduction

Bruce Christensen, DVM, MS, DACT

The art and science of ovulation timing
Care of the pregnant bitch
Managing dystocia and neonatal resuscitation
How to manage unusual estrus cycles
Important pathogens in reproduction in dogs
Uterine disease--pyometra and friends

Soft Tissue Surgery

Don Waldron, DVM, DACVS

Indications and techniques for thoracostomy tube, feeding tubes, and urinary diversion tubes in companion animals
Idiopathic megacolon and colectomy in cats
Surgical lower urinary tract disease in dogs
Laryngeal paralysis in dogs and cats
Exploratory celiotomy in dogs

Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation

Deirdre Chiaramonte, DVM, DACVIM, CCRT

Rehabilitation of neurologic patients
Rehabilitation of the shoulder and elbow
Rehabilitation of arthritic, obese, geriatric, and critical care patients

Technician Program

Anthony Carr, DVM, DACVIM

Zoonotic Diseases That Count

Christin Chapman, DVM, DACVO

The role of the technician in ophthalmology/exam techniques
Common ophthalmic diseases for technicians

Bruce Christensen, DVM, MS, DACT

Ovulation timing for the veterinary technician
Neonatal care for the veterinary technician

Lindsey Culp Snyder, DVM, MS, DACVA

Beep, beep, beep: Making sense of clinical anesthetic monitors

Peter Fisher, DVM

The Technician’s Role in Working with Exotic Companion Mammals

Frederic Gaschen, DVM, DACVIM, DECVIM-CA

Chronic intestinal diseases in dogs: A systematic approach always pays off

Kendal Harr, DVM, DACVP

Avian and reptile hematology and sample submission: What is the normal?

Steve Haskins, DVM, DACVECC

Monitoring and assessing cardiovascular function

Rebecca Kirby, DVM, DACVIM, DACVECC

Shock and resuscitation

Thomas Lewis, DVM, DACVD

How to perform and interpret dermatologic diagnostic tests

Ellen Lindell, VMD, DACVB

Enrichment: Improving the welfare of patients in all services

Jody Nugent-Deal, RVT, VTS (Anesthesia, CP Exotics)

Anesthetic drugs: A review for veterinary technicians
Advanced pain management techniques
Anesthesia of the neurologic patient
Abcs of dental disease in exotic small mammals: A technician's role
Restraint, physical exam, and venipuncture of exotic small mammals
Radiographic techniques and positioning of companion exotic animals

Jaclyn Polhamus, RVT, VTS (Dentistry)

To radiograph or not: That is the question
Tooth resorption in dogs and cats
Diagnosing and treating gingivostomatitis in cats
Tooth fractures: Types and treatments
Treating endodontic disease
Managing oronasal fistulas

Christopher Snyder, DVM, DAVDC

Common Oral pathology in the dog

Brian Speer, DVM, DABVP, DECAMS

Handling and restraint of avian patients

Larry Tilley, DVM, DACVIM

The ECG machine in practice: The technician doing ECGs and interperting an ECG

Steve Dale, CABC

Thinking outside the box: Helping cat owners deal with litter box issues
Brain-dead fat cats: Enriching the lives of clients' cats
Dogs shouldn't be couch potatoes: Enriching the lives of clients' dogs
Kitty kindergarten: A kitty's brain is a terrible thing to wste
Pet meets baby: Helping clients introduce their bundle of joy

David Liss, RVT, VTS (ECC, SAIM)

Antimicrobial resistance in the ICU
Drug interactions in the ICU
Sepsis and systemic inflammatory response syndrome
Advanced fluid therapy: From colloids to hypernatremia
Advanced respiratory physiology
Ventilator strategies and physiology

Toxicology

Tina Wismer, DVM, DABVT, DABT

Common hazards for cats
Common household hazards
Managing intoxication from human drugs of abuse

Treating tough toxins
Lipid therapy: Magic milk?
Toxins affecting the liver
Toxins affecting the kidneys

Urology

Stephen DiBartola, DVM, DACVIM

Renal diseases of cats
Conservative medical management of chronic renal failure in cats
Challenging feline renal cases
Disorders of sodium: Hyponatremia and hypernatremia
Disorders of potassium: Hypokalemia and hyperkalemia
Principles of acid-base chemistry

Principles and practice of fluid therapy
How to interpret acid-base test results
Glomerular disease in dogs and cats

USDA/NVAP

David Ewey, DVM, MPVM

Module 3: Foreign Animal Diseases, Program Diseases, and Reportable Diseases

Robert Bonifacio, DVM, MPVM
Module 4: Preventing Disease Introduction and Spread
Module 5: Vesicular Diseases

Fidelis N. Hegngi, DVM, MS.
Module 6: Exotic Avian Diseases

Raymond Loc, DVM
Module 7: Foreign Animal Disease Detection in Category I Animals and Module
Module 19: Animal Health Emergency Response