Table of Contents

Small Animal

Anesthesia

Bonnie Kraus, DVM, DACVS, DACVA
Anesthesia for patients with liver disease
Epidural anesthesia and analgesia
Wound infusion catheters
Feline anesthesia review and update
Getting friendly with dexmedetomidine
Capnography: The ins and outs of ventilation
Monitoring the anesthetized patient
Managing anesthetic complications

 

Behavior

Lisa Radosta, DVM, DACVB

Behavior modification techniques 101
Integrating veterinary behavior into primary care practice
What to do, when to treat, and when to refer: Triage of veterinary behavior cases in primary care practice
Simple techniques for treating separation anxiety in primary care practice
What’s new and great in behavior
Treating storm phobia in primary care practice
Behavior pearls

Sophia Yin, DVM, MS

A two-step process to fixing most nonmedical behavior problems
If punishment is so bad, then why does it work for the trainer on TV?
Teaching dogs to learn to earn: A fun, quick, and safe alternative to the alpha role
How to get a perfect puppy in a week
From perfect pup to devil dog and back in a month
Your mouth is saying one thing, but your body is saying another
Kitty kindergarten: How early socialization can create the new, improved cat

 

Canine Sports Medicine

Randall Fitch, DVM, MS, DACVS

Tips to improve diagnosis and treatment of stifle injuries in canine athletes
Improving outcomes in canine athletes with cranial cruciate disease
Common overlooked causes of hindlimb lameness in canine athletes
Diagnostic tips and rehabilitation for dogs with forelimb lameness
Diagnostic tips and treatment options for distal limb injuries in athletic dogs


Cardiology

Larry Tilley, DVM, DACVIM

Essential cardiology diagnostics in the exam room
Practical use of ECGs in practice
Hypertension in 2013: Diagnosis and treatment
New standards in 2013 for diagnosing hear failure in dogs and cats
New standards in 2013 for treating heart failure in dogs and cats
A cardiopulmonary drug formulary for every practice in 2013

 

Clinical Pathology

Elena Gorman DVM, MS, DACVP

Basic interpretation of cytologic samples
Bone marrow disorders: Making the most of your submissions and interpretations
Bad blood: Challenging cases in hematology
“Grand slam”: Challenging cases in endocrinology
All charged up: Challenging cases in acid/base and electrolyte physiology

The clot thickens: Challenging cases in hemostasis


Clinical Pharmacology

Sidonie Lavergne, DVM, PhD

Adverse drug reactions: A general introduction for clinicians
Dose-dependent adverse drug reactions: A clinically relevant approach
Drug interactions in the life of a clinician
Immune-mediated adverse drug reactions: The clinician’s great challenge
Pharmacogenomics: Its impact in private practice
Immunomodulatory therapy: Can clinicians play the immune system to their advantage?
Oxidative stress and antioxidant therapy: Beyond nutraceuticals
Antibiotics stewardship: Clinical principles

 

Critical Care

Tim Hackett, DVM, MS, DACVECC

Soft tissue crush injuries and compartment syndrome: Metabolic disturbances, treatments, and outcomes
Treating shock (Part 1)
Treating shock (Part 2)
Metabolic disasters
Feline Respiratory emergencies
Canine respiratory emergencies
Vascular access techniques

Monitoring the critical patient
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Andrea Oncken, DVM, DACVECC

Interesting toxicities - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
Coagulopathies and bleeding disorders - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
Initial assessment of the patient in respiratory distress
Transfusion medicine
Managing acute renal failure
Initial approach to the acute abdomen

Elke Rudloff, DVM, DACVECC

The diabetic ketotic disaster
Poisoning and overdoses
Advanced fluid therapy
Blood gas analysis: A critical part of the critical patient
SIRS and sepsis in the ICU
Treating traumatic brain injury: What is the evidence?

 

Dentistry

Kevin Stepanuik, BSC, DVM, FAVD, DAVDC

Feline stomatitis and periodontitis: How to recognize the difference
Differential diagnoses for pain upon opening and closing the mouth
Successful extractions of teeth in cats
The relationship between the tooth and nose: Odontogenic infections as a cause of rhinitis
Maxillofacial trauma: How to handle the teeth and the bone
Subtle hints of dental disease during the conscious and anesthetized oral examination
Regional analgesia for dentistry and oral surgery
Mandibulectomies for odontogenic tumors in practice
What is a root canal treatment and why should I know?

 

Dermatology

Cecilia Friberg, DVM, DACVD

Red, itchy, and uncomfortable: Ears - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
Red, itchy, and uncomfortable: Feet - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
Red, itchy, and uncomfortable: Skin- PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
How to talk to your clients about allergies - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
How to talk to your clients about atopy - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
What’s new in feline dermatology - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
Emergency dermatology- PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
Methicillin-resistant staphylococci - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED

Edmund Rosser Jr., DVM, DACVD

Update on diagnosing and treating food allergy in dogs
Update on diagnosing and treating food allergy in cats
Update on diagnosing and treating atopic dermatitis in dogs
Cutaneous drug reactions: I wouldn’t have seen it, if I hadn’t believed it
Alopecia X: We all know it when we see it, but what is it really?
Feline symmetric alopecia
Update on diagnosing and treating sebaceous adenitis and seasonal flank alopecia
Feline eosinophilic granuloma complex

Domenico Santoro, DVM, DrSc, MS, DACVD, DECVD

Therapeutic updates on canine atopic dermatitis
Feline pruritic dermatoses
Feline nonpruritic dermatoses
Topical therapy in allergic patients
Parasitic skin diseases in dogs and cats
Fungal infections: From yeast to dermatophytes

 

Endocrinology

Cynthia Ward, VMD, PhD, DACVIM

Malfunctioning adrenals: How to diagnose them
How to handle your problematic patient with Cushing’s syndrome
The clinical challenge of thyroid disease in dogs
Unusual manifestations of feline hyperthyroidism
Insulin choices for small animals
How to manage the difficult diabetic patient

 

Exotic Animal Medicine

Peter Fisher, DVM, DABVP

Exotic companion mammal dentistry
Common exotic companion mammal surgeries
Uncommon exotic companion mammal surgeries: Case studies - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
Gastrointestinal disease in ferrets and rabbits
Standard of care: Rabbit medicine
Using cytology as an aid in exotic companion mammal diagnoses
Standard of care: Ferret medicine (Part 1)

Stephen Divers, BVetMed, MRCVS, DACZM, DECZM

Avian endoscopy (Part 1): Equipment choices, endoscopy practice management, and fee structure
Avian endoscopy (Part 2): Gastrointestinal and upper respiratory tract
Avian endoscopy (Part 3): Coelioscopy
Small mammal anesthesia
What general practitioners need to know about turtles
Dos and don’ts of reptile anesthesia
An introduction to reptile surgery
Reptile radiology

 

Feline Medicine

Elizabeth Colleran, DVM, MS, DABVP

Solutions to increase cat appointments
The path to better feline care

Susan Little, DVM, DABVP

Understanding FIP: An update on diagnosis and new treatment options
Update on FIV: Prevalence, clinical disease, and diagnostic testing
How to manage cats with FeLV and FIV
Solving diarrhea in kittens
Feline pediatrics

Susan Little, DVM, DABVP & Margie Scherk, DVM, DABVP

Feline medicine procedures

Ilona Rodan, DVM, DABVP

Feline friendly handing: How to prevent harm, injury, pain, and stress
Recognizing pain in cats
Environmental enrichment for indoor cats

Margie Scherk, DVM, DABVP

Feeding cats with different needs
Updates to recommendations or testing and vaccinations in cats
In! Getting calories in: Feeding the inappetent or anorexic cat
Out! Managing feline constipation: Relieving a hard problem
Pancreatitis: Under-recognized or over-diagnosed?

 

Gastrointestinal Medicine

Nolie Parnell, DVM, DACVIM

Gastroesophageal reflux disease: Don’t let the silence hurt - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
Clinical approach to protein losing enteropathies - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
Nutritional management of gastrointestinal disease: A case-based approach - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
Managing difficult IBD cases - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency in dogs and cats - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
Clinical complexities of canine pancreatitis- PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
Chronic hepatopathies in dogs: Diagnostic and therapeutic challenges - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
Clinical approach to chronic vomiting - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED

Kenneth Simpson, BVM&S, PhD, DACVIM, DECVIM

Medical management of gastric disease
Managing chronic enteropathies in dogs
Feline pancreatitis
Chronic diarrhea in cats
Feline IBD and lymphoma

 

Human Animal Interaction

Rebecca Johnson, PhD, RN, FAAN

Developing healthy pet and people communities (Part 1): One Health in daily veterinary practice - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
Developing healthy pet and people communities (Part 2): The shared problems of people and animal - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
Developing healthy pet and people communities (Part 3): Promoting healthy interactions on both ends of the leash - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED

 

Imaging

William Tod Drost, DVM, DACVR

Transitioning to digital radiography
Doppler ultrasonography and its applications in abdominal ultrasonography
Ultrasound-guided aspirates and biopsies
Radiography of abdominal masses
What’s your diagnosis?
Thoracic CT

William Widmer, DVM, MS, DACVR

Rational use of radiography for joint disease
Avoiding the biggest mistakes in gastrointestinal radiography
Avoiding the biggest mistakes in thoracic radiography
Radiography of feline pulmonary disorders
Imaging canine and feline renal diseases: How to effectively use radiography and ultrasonography
Approach to abdominal radiographic interpretation

 

Infectious Diseases

Stephen Barr, BVSc, MVS, PhD, DACVIM

Kennel cough and canine influenza
Giardia: Easy to diagnose, difficult to treat
Feline infectious peritonitis: A clinical perspective
Canine leptospirosis: Emerging disease?
Treating feline cryptococcosis
Ehrlichia/Anaplasma-positive dogs
Update on Lyme disease
Update on canine parvovirus

 

Internal Medicine

Sharon Center, DVM, DACVIM

Canine copper storage hepatopathy: A curable form of chronic hepatitis -PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
Feline hepatic lipidosis: Best management strategiesPROCEEDINGS - NOT SUBMITTED
Suppurative feline liver disease: Syndromes and interventions - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
Nonsuppurative feline cholangiohepatitisPROCEEDINGS - NOT SUBMITTED
Canine portosystemic vascular anomalies and microvascular dysplasia: Diagnostic pearls and management strategies - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
Canine biliary mucoceles and underlying genetic or metabolic syndromes - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
Practical measures for controlling hepatic encephalopathy - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
Canine vacuolar hepatopathy and nodular “adenomatous” hyperplasia -PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
Feline biliary cystic syndromes - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED


Neurology

Michael Lorenz, DM, MS, DACVIM

Neurologic examination and lesion localization
Disease of the lower motor neuron unit
Cerebellar and vestibular disorders
Inflammatory disorders on the CNS
Diseases of the cervical spinal cord
Diseases of the thoracolumbar spinal cord
Seizures disorders

 

Nutrition

Tony Buffington, DVM, PhD, DACVN

Nutrition in practice: The AAHA Nutritional Assessment Guidelines for Dogs and Cats
Evaluating diets for healthy pets
My experience with the AAFP/AAHA Feline Life Stage Guidelines
What to do when a client wants to feed raw or other unconventional diet
Nutraceuticals: Joint supplements, fish oils, and others: What is the value?
Talking to clients about nutrition
Pandora syndrome: Introduction, pathophysiology, and diagnosis
Pandora syndrome: Treating the environment (including the owner)
Pandora syndrome: Treating the cat

 

Oncology

Michael Childress, DVM, MS, DACVIM

Managing oncologic emergencies
Common paraneoplastic syndromes
Complementary and alternative medicine for veterinary cancer patients: What you and your clients should know
Understanding histiocytic tumors in dogs and cats
Canine lymphomas: Rethinking a diverse family of neoplasms
When two is greater than three: An update grading system and other advances in canine mast cell tumors

 

One Health

Luisa Barton, NP-PHC, BScN, MN, DNP

Emerging zoonotic threats in your community
Pets in the family
Zooeyia: The health benefits of pets
Barriers to One Health in practice
Practice-based tools for One Health
One Health promotion programs


Ophthalmology

Heather Kaese, DVM, MS, DACVIM, DACVO

Adding to your bag of tricks: Ocular examination and diagnostics - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
The eyes – A window to the soul: Ocular ma nifestations of systemic disease - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
The pressure is high: Managing glaucoma - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED

Rustin Sturgeon, DVM, DACVO

Breed beware: Breed-related ocular disorders - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
The whole picture: Cataracts and common lens diseases in dogs - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
Believe it or not: Building confidence in performing retinal exams - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED

Lynsey Wagner, DVM, DACVO

Sink your claws in: Managing ocular disease in cats
Wrapping your paws around canine corneal disease
Eye care: A practical update on ocular pharmacology

 

Orthopedics

Mary Sarah Bergh, DVM, MS, DACVS

External skeletal fixation: Understanding the basics and clinical application
Managing traumatic hip luxations
Practical management of canine hip dysplasia
Arthroscopy versus arthrotomy: What’s the big deal?
Open fractures: The good, the bad, and the ugly!
Pins and wire for fracture repair: When is it okay?

Steven Martinez, DVM, MS, DACVS

How to get the most out of your lameness and musculoskeletal physical evaluations in dogs - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
Strains, sprains, and automobiles: Diagnosis and treatments - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
Managing osteoarthritis in small animals: What’s new in treatment options? - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
Appropriate external coaptation for treating musculoskeletal trauma - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
When fracture repairs go south: How to recognize, revise, and save the day - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
Nonosteotomy-based cranial cruciate ligament stabilization repairs: Are they still options for treatment? - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED

 

Pain Management

Michael Petty, DDVM, DAAPM

“101” ways to use local anesthesia in your practice
Assessment of acute and chronic pain: Understanding when they hurt
Understanding the physiology and pharmacology of common pain medications
Neuropathy and the pain patient
Controlled substances: The DEA and you
The business of pain management

 

Parasitology

Michael Dryden, DVM, PhD

Biology and ecology of ticks parasitizing dogs and cats
How to manage tick infestations of dogs and cats
Clinical diagnostic parasitology: Highlighting the inefficiency of commonly used techniques to recover and identify GI parasites of dogs and cats
Diagnosis and control of giardiasis in dogs and cats
Clinical flea biology: Understanding difficult flea cases
Flea control: A case-based approach
Mites: What’s burrowing under your dog’s and cat’s skin
Canine heartworm update: What we forgot, what we thought we knew, and what we need to know (Part 1) - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
Canine heartworm update: What we forgot, what we thought we knew, and what we need to know (Part 2) - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED

 

Practical Immunology

Melinda Wilkerson, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVP

A review of innate and adaptive immunity
Genetically engineered vaccines and immune responses
Testing for immune-mediated hematologic disease
Theory and application of flow cytometry in veterinary medicine
Immunophenotyping and determination of clonality in lymphoid tumors
Immune deficiencies in domestic animals

 

Shelter Medicine

Jyothi Robertson, DVM

Update from the trenches: Diarrhea in shelter cats - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
Update from the trenches: Diarrhea in shelter dogs - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
Shelter outbreaks: Key steps for resolving tricky situations - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
The tipping point: Animal hoarding recognition - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
Animal cruelty cases: Practical tips for responding - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
Population management: Simple shelter math to help increase lives saved - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED

 

Small Animal Reproduction

Tomas Baker, MS

OB emergencies (Part 1): Prenatal disorder, parturient problems, and medical management of dystocia - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
OB emergencies (Part 2): Postpartum disorders and surgical management of dystocia - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
Medical pregnanc termination - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
Reproductive disorders in neutered dogs and cats: Theriogenology for veterinarians who don’t want to do theriogenology - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
Ovulation timing: treat 80% of bitch “infertility” - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
Ultrasonography of reproductive disorders of the intact bitch and queen - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
Ultrasonography of reproductive disorders f the intact dog and tom - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED

Autumn Davidson, DVM, MS, DACVIM

OB emergencies (Part 1): Prenatal disorder, parturient problems, and medical management of dystocia
OB emergencies (Part 2): Postpartum disorders and surgical management of dystocia
Medical pregnanc termination
Reproductive disorders in neutered dogs and cats: Theriogenology for veterinarians who don’t want to do theriogenology
Ovulation timing: treat 80% of bitch “infertility”
Ultrasonography of reproductive disorders of the intact bitch and queen
Ultrasonography of reproductive disorders of the intact dog and tom
Tough questions, convincing answers: Dealing with the breeder client

 

Soft Tissue Surgery

Christopher Adin, DVM, DACVS

Cancer reconstructive surgery
Approach to abdominal cancer
Approach to thoracic cancer
Innovations in wound care: Vacuum-assisted closure
Surgery for incontinence: The canine artificial urethral sphincter

Ronald Bright, DVM, DACVS

GDV: Some new twists to a familiar problem
The spleen: How to prepare for the multiple case presentations that will require surgery
Managing urethral obstructions in cats, the “redo PU,” and other salvage procedures
The omentum: An able soldier of the surgeon
Important intestinal surgery tips
Clinical vignettes: Case studies of soft tissue surgery
Practical and simple skin reconstructive surgery techniques
Subtotal colectomy in cats
Urethral surgery in the dog, including some diversion techniques for obstruction - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED

 

Toxicology

Stephen Hooser, DVM, PhD, DABVT

Toxicology case studies - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
Human and veterinary drugs and drugs of abuse - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
Insecticides, molluscicides, herbicides, and fungicides - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
Household and environmental chemicals - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
Metals and brassieres - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
Poisonous plants and mycotoxins - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
Biotoxins and venomous animals - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
Forensic diagnostic toxicology: Collecting and submitting samples, interpreting and understanding results - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED

 

Urology

Linda Ross, DVM, MS, DACVIM

Disorders of urination: A case-based approach o diagnosis and management
Managing nephron-and ureterolithiasis in cats
Managing recurrent urinary tract infections
Evaluating renal function: more than BUN and creatinine
New technology for treating urinary tract disorders
Nephrology literature review: What’s new in the past year?


USDA-APHIS

Module 8: International movement of horses – Dr. R. Mueller
Module 13: Aquatic animal health regulations and health certificates – Dr. R. Wilson
Module 15: Preventing disease introduction and spread in aquaculture – Dr. R. Wilson
Module 20: Slaughter horse transport – Dr. D. Henry
Module 22: Animal welfare: An introduction – Dr. D. Henry
Module 5: Vesicular diseases – Hallie Hasel, DVM, KSVMO
Module 7: Foreign animal disease detection in Category 1 animals– Hallie Hasel, DVM, KSVMO
Module 19: Animal health emergency response – Hallie Hasel, DVM, KSVMO

 

Large Animal
Bovine Medicine

David Anderson, DVM, MS, DACVS

Safe and effective field anesthesia techniques - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
Umbilical disease of calves: Field management of challenging cases - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
Surgical management of bloat: More than rumenostomy - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
Surgical restoration of breeding cows - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
Surgical restoration of breeding culls: Warts and penile and preputial injuries - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
C-section - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
Fractures - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
Respiratory disease in claves: Surgical management and more - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED

Stan Casteel, DVM, PhD, DABVT

Bovine toxicoses: Some of the same and a few of the new
Feed-related intoxications
Plant poisoning and weather-related consumption
Chemical warfare and the food animal
Treatments and specific antidotes for poisoned food animals
Residue problems in cattle

Carla Huston, DVM, PhD, DACVPM

Manage what you measure: Understanding how to measure disease
Diagnostic testing: What do your results really mean?
Guide to clinical and field studies: Wishful thinking or good science
Outbreak investigations
Epidemiology for the practitioner: Spreadsheets simplified
Basic economic concepts every veterinarian should know
What exactly is a Risk Analysis, and how can I use it in my practice?
Knowing where to fit in: The food-animal veterinarian’s role in disaster readiness, response and recovery

Christine Navarre, DVM, MS, DACVIM

Is anthelmintic resistance a cow-calf issue?
Preparing cow-calf ranches for natural disasters
What is “herd health”?
Maximizing beef calf health
Current trends in pharmaceutical use, animal welfare, and rural practice (Part 1) - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
Current trends in pharmaceutical use, animal welfare, and rural practice (Part 2) - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED

 

Dairy Medicine

Pamela Ruegg, DVM, MPVM, DABVP

Improving treatments for clinical mastitis
Treatment of subclinical mastitis
Use of antimicrobials on large Midwestern diary farms: Issue and reality
Milk microbiology: Improving diagnostic services for dairy clients
Key performance indicators for monitoring milk quality and milking performance on dairy farms
Use of veterinarians by organic and small conventional dairy herds
Treatments used on organic dairy herds
Antimicrobial residues and resistance: Understanding and managing drug usage on dairy farms

 

Equine Medicine

Elizabeth Davis, DVM, PhD, DACVIM

Equine respiratory disease examination
Infectious respiratory disease
Inflammatory respiratory disease
Equine immunology
Vaccine strategies
Muscle diseases
Using NSAIDs in horses
Examination of the neurologic equine patient
Equine herpes myelitis (EHM)

Thomas Divers, DVM, DACVIM, DACVECC

Equine medicine news hour - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
Treating acute onset neurologic diseases in adult horses
Lyme disease in horses: What do we know?
Diagnosing and treating clostridial diseases
Inflammatory bowel disease
Diagnosing and treating acute inflammatory swelling: Purpura, lymphangitis, mastitis, and more
Diagnosing and treating diarrhea in weanlings
Diagnosing and treating selected acute toxicities in horses

Robert Linford, DVM, PhD, DACVS

Using gait abnormalities to diagnose lameness problems
Managing difficult foot problems (Part 1)
Managing difficult foot problems (Part 2)
Managing tendon disruptions and lacerations
Disorders of the bladder, urachus, and umbilicus in neonatal foals
How to recognize and correct common orthopedic problems in foals

 

Small Ruminants

Margaret Masterson, DVM, MS, DACVPM

Periparturient problems in goats
Field surgery in small ruminant: Tube cystotomy, fracture repair, vasectomy, castration, and dehorning
Abortion in sheep and goats
Disease problems of white-tailed deer
Prevention and control of mastitis in goats
Parasite management in small ruminants - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED

 

Practice Management

Brian Conrad, CVPM

Forget the wow – Make your practice easy for clients - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
How to put the pet owner in the driver’s seat - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
I’m more interested in next year – How to lock in a lifetime of compliance - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED

Amanda Donnelly, DVM, MBA

Tips to ditch the doldrums at work
Communicate to improve team performance
Achieving goals: Why we fail and how to succeede

Karen Felsted, CPA, MS, DVM, CVPM

Is your reputation with clients slipping? Data from 2012 DVM Newsmagazine State of the Profession Survey
The top 5 biggest struggles in veterinary practice and how to fix them:Data from the 2012 Veterinary Economics

Business Issues Survey - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
How your team can boost revenue and earn a raise: Data from the 2012 Firstline Veterinary Team Trends Study

Shelia Grosdidier, BS, RVT

What dogs teach us about practice management
Bad employees or bad managers? True stories and real solutions

Bash Halow, LVT, CVPM

The tracks we leave behind: The leader you were and the leader you will be
Practice 911! Real solutions for practices in calamity

Shawn McVey, MA, MSW

Rags to riches: Improve what’s in front of you - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
Take your practice from frumpy to fantastic
Developing your conflict competence: Why you fight − and how to stop it
Trigger happy: Understand what gets you riled up in practice
Strategies to overcome toxic conflict: Learn how to think vs. feel conflict

Mark Opperman, BS, CVPM

Achieve five-star customer service
Top 10 amazingly dumb things veterinarians do!
Control your inventory and support staff costs
Bad employees or bad managers? True stories and real solutions (Part 1) - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
Bad employees or bad managers? True stories and real solutions (Part 2) - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED

Mike Paul, DVM

Core values: What are the vital drivers in your practice?
Recapture your passion for practice
Making a difference in your clients’, colleagues’, and staffs’ lives
Take charge of your own happiness
Don’t run your practice like that! Are you a manager or a leader?
Finding professional and personal balance

Andrew Roark, DVM, MS

Bond with clients in person and online
How to make Facebook pay
Twitter basics: How to make it worth your time and energy

Denise Tumblin, CPA

What’s up with compensation and benefits, Doc?
Shake things up: Sustain and grow your practice
Team meeting in a box: The “how to” of crafting productive meetings
Fees: Raise, call, or fold?

Ernie Ward, DVM

Schedule tight, schedule right: Make time for work and life
6 surefire stress busters to deal with daily practice drama
Volunteer work: a prescription for a healthier business and life
10 steps to fabulous: Improve your client communication
Learn to surf, you can’t stop the waves: 7 steps to staying positive in a negative world - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED

Fritz Wood, CPA, CFP

“If you can’t afford it, don’t buy it” and other tenets of personal financial success
Retirement planning: Putting your puzzle together
Debt or alive: Climbing out from under student loans

 

Technician Program

Tomas Baker, MS

Performing the pregnancy evaluation scan: Technicians can do it! - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED

Michael Childress, DVM, MS, DACVIM

Principles of chemotherapy administration and safety

Brian Conrad, CVPM

Don’t pass the buck: Take ownership and serve clients - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
Answering the phone: Everyone’s job - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
How to revamp your reminder systems - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED

Stephen Divers, BVetMed, MRCVS, DACZM, DECZM

Avian anesthesia monitoring

Amanda Donnelly, DVM, MBA

Build client’s trust and boost referrals
7 steps to engage clients
Get to yes, so pets get the care they need

Michael Dryden, DVM, PhD

Flea control challenges: Client expectations and perceptions - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED

Peter Fisher, DVM, DABVP

The technician’s role in exotic companion mammals

Elena Gorman DVM, MS, DACVP

Preparation and evaluation of peripheral blood smears- helpful or painful - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED

Tim Hackett, DVM, MS, DACVECC

Postoperative critical care

 Bash Halow, LVT, CVPM

When I say team, I mean TEAM: Training that increases productivity and workplace harmony
(Just) one ringy dingy: Grab the opportunity every client call offers
When push comes to shove: Stop office bickerings

Amy Hunkeler, DVM, DACVO, MBA

Ophthalmology tidbits for technicians
What do we do with this eye? Ocular emergencies

David Liss, RVT, VTS (ECC, SAIM)

Pumps and tubes: Cardiovascular physiology
Interpreting adrenal tests
Transfusion medicine
“My tummy hurts!” Abdominal hypertension in the ICU
Managing the DKA patient
The pharmacology of bugs

Patricia March, CVT, VTS (Dentistry)

Palatal defects in dogs and cats
Intraoral radiography: Interpretation and discussion
Anesthesia monitoring for dental patients
Analgesia for dental and oral surgery patients
Root canal therapy for dogs and cats
Benign oral lesions in dogs and cats

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

Restraint, physical exam, and venipuncture techniques for exotic small animals
Advanced anesthetic techniques in exotic animals
ABCs of dental disease in exotic animals
Anesthetic drugs: A review for the veterinary technician
Advanced pain management techniques
Anesthesia for pediatric patients

Andrea Oncken, DVM, DACVECC

Tubes, tubes, tubes (vascular access and other tubes in ICU patients)

Nolie Parnell, DVM, DACVIM

A case-based approach to understanding gastrointestinal protectants - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED

Lisa Radosta, DVM, DACVB

Behavior modification techniques 101

Marcia Ritchie, LVT, CPDT, VTS (Behavior)

Creating a veterinary behavior team - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
Triaging pet behavior problems - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
Stranger danger! - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
Leash reactivity: Dog walks shouldn’t be difficult - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
Resource guarding in dogs - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED
Technician roles in treating separation anxiety - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED

Jyothi Robertson, DVM

Preventive medicine for shelter and rescue animals: Vaccines and deworming in a nutshell - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED

Andrew Roark, DVM, MS

The Jedi mind trick: How technicians can manage their doctors
How to do less and get what you want from your practice and coworkers
How veterinarians wreck teams − and hat to do about it

Edmund Rosser Jr., DVM, DACVD

Update on diagnosing and treating dermatophytosis in dogs and cats

Shirley Sandoval, BAS, LVT, VTS (LAIM)

Zoonotic abortion in small ruminants (Part 1)
Zoonotic abortion in small ruminants (Part 2)
What technicians need to know about equine viral arteritis
How do you do that? Medical procedures on New World camelids: The technician’s point of view
Failure of passive transfer in ruminants and camelids
Contagious equine metritis

Kenneth Simpson, BVM&S, PhD, DACVIM, DECVIM

Endoscopy and endoscopic biopsy - PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBMITTED

Kevin Stepanuik, BSC, DVM, FAVD, DAVDC

The periodical cleaning: Are you cleaning subgingivally?

Cynthia Ward, VMD, PhD, DACVIM

Endocrine testing in dogs and cats

William Widmer, DVM, MS, DACVR

Update on digital radiography: What technicians need to know