Preventing and treating acute pain in cats
Using NSAIDs in cats
How safe is anesthesia?
Recognizing acute pain in cats and dogs
Anesthesia for cats – Why are they different?
“The Big Chill” – Why hypothermia is bad and what to do about it
Anesthesia for the young and the old
Anesthesia and analgesia for the orthopedic patient
”Situation Normal” and the new monitoring guidelines
Postoperative blindness in cats
Anesthesia and respiratory complications
Anesthesia and patients with cardiac disease
Perioperative use of dexmedetomidine
Canine body language
Dermatology and behavior
Drug therapy in behavior (Case-based discussion)
Fear aggression in dogs
Resource guarding in dogs
Selected case studies in behavior
Compulsive disorders
Dominance hierarchy in dogs: An intrasspecific concept
But I thought your ankle was a mouse: Human-directed aggression in the cats
It was a dark and stinky litterbox: Elimination behavior problems in the cat
Zounds!!!: Treating storm phobia
Benzodiazepines to treat behavior problems: Pros and cons
Serotonin reuptake inhibitors to treat behavior problems: Pros and cons
Integrating Veterinary Behavior into primary care practice
Simple techniques for treating Separation Anxiety in primary care practice
What's new and great in behavior
Puppy and kitten preventative medicine
Behavior Pearls
Identifying and treating serious puppy behavior problems
When to treat and when to refer? Triage of veterinary behavior cases
Psychopharmacology
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
The cardiologist’s tool box
Under pressure: Feline systemic hypertension
New perspectives on diagnosing and treating canine congestive heart failure
Myth busters of feline heartworm disease: The truth revealed
Essentials of echocardiography
Get with the beat! Analyzing and treating cardiac arrhythmias
Evaluating bone marrow in dogs
A case-oriented approach to the CBC: White cell responses
A case-oriented approach to the CBC: Red cell responses
Introduction to clinical laboratory profiling: Chemistry confusion
Laboratory profiling the urinary system: A case-based approach
Laboratory profiling the liver: A case-based approach
Cytology for practitioners: An overview
Creating better dental images for client education
Surgical extraction tips and techniques
Analgesic and surgical management for feline stomatitis
Regional nerve blocks for oral surgery
Using an image library for client education and compliance
Simplifying veterinary dental radiographic technique
Treating stage III and IV periodontitis
Oral clinical exam: Recognizing oral disease
What’s new in treatment of periodontal disease?
Stomatitis and tooth resorption
Tooth troubles: Case studies where you do the diagnosis
Non-surgical and surgical extractions made easy
Basics of orthodontics
Don’t pull that fractured tooth: It can be saved by root canal therapy
Dental homecare: Products, client education, and techniques
Dental procedures in captive wildlife
Dental equipment and instruments
Fundamentals of oral oncology
Dental emergencies
Tooth resorption: To amputate or not?
Dental radiographs: Getting the perfect shot
Dental radiography interpretation
Maxillofacial trauma management
Oronasal communication
Help clients understand the need for dental care and increase revenues
Alopecia X
Canine demodicosis
Canine pyoderma
Otitis: Keys to success
Otitis: Developing a treatment plan
Cutaneous cytology: THE derm test!
Feline pyoderma: How common is it really?
Another itchy cat: Now what?
Adventures with immunosuppressive drugs
Working up chronic itchy dogs
Long-term management of atopic dermatitis
Diet trials: Fact and fiction
Allergy testing: What allergens, when and how?
Allergen-specific immunology: Dos, don’ts, and expectations
Searching for the ideal topical therapy?
Back to the basics: Recognizing and interpreting skin lesions
Diagnosing canine keratinization disorders
Managing keratinization disorders: Topical and systemic therapy
Feline crusts and scale
Mold allergies: Fact or fiction?
Why do I see sarcoptic mange and demodicosis in a referral practice?
Methicillin-resistant staphylococcal infections: Diagnosis and treatment options
Diagnosing and managing dermatophytosis
Viral dermatitis in cats
Probiotic use in dermatology
Autoimmune skin diseases in dogs
Congenital skin diseases in dogs
Mystery dermatology cases in dogs and cats
Canine hypoadrenocorticism
Treating canine and feline diabetes mellitus
Insulin-resistant diabetes in dogs and cats
Feline hyperthyroidism: New treatment options
Feline adrenal disease (Cushing’s, Addison’s and hyperaldosteronism)
Canine hypothyroidism: New treatment options
Atypical hyperadrenocorticism: Fact or fiction
Pheochromocytomas: The other adrenal tumor
Trilostane vs. Mitotane: A review of the literature
Diagnostic approach to hypercalcemia
All about glucose curves/home glucose monitoring
Managing diabetic ketoacidosis
Elective surgery of exotic small mammals
Wellness and common diseases of ferrets
Wellness and common diseases of guinea pigs
Dermatologic conditions of exotic small mammals
I just bought a _______. What do I feed it?
What's up, Doc? Rabbit wellness
Dos and don’ts of reptile anesthesia
Reptile radiography
Duck, duck, goose: Beginning waterfowl medicine
What general practitioners need to know about turtles
Stomachs wrapped in fur: Rabbit GI disease and management
Backyard poultry medicine 101
Hints for when atypical exotic mammals visit typical practices
Reproductive disease management in birds
Interpreting the reptile CBC: What is its true value?
The value of diagnostic imaging in rabbits and rodents
Infectious diseases of bearded dragons
What's your diagnosis?: Exotic small mammal cases
Diagnostic testing in exotic small mammals: What do the results mean?
Lighting considerations for exotic pets: Do rabbits and guinea pigs need UVB?
Managing ornamental fish patients: Exam to diagnosis
Anesthesia and analgesia for exotic pets: Taking the "ouch" out of medicine and surgery
Opening Pandora's shell: Common medical disorders
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
Feline herpesvirus infection: An update on diagnosis and new treatment options
Infectious causes of diarrhea in kittens
Feline pediatrics: How to treat the small and the sick
Become a Cat Friendly Practice
Feline-friendly handling: How to prevent harm, injury, pain, and stress
Recognizing pain in cats
Environmental enrichment for indoor cats
Solutions to increase cat appointments
Hairballs: Just a hairy nuisance or a sign of disease?
Updates to recommendations for testing and vaccinations in cats
In! Getting calories in: Feeding the inappetent or anorectic cat
OUT! Managing feline constipation: Relieving a hard problem
Analgesia for feline arthritis
Feline gastrointestinal syndromes
Pancreatitis: Under-recognized or over-diagnosed?
Feline inflammatory disease
Endoscopy for your practice: Upper GI procedures
Endoscopy for your practice: Lower GI procedures
Practical gastrointestinal function testing
Progress and pitfalls in diagnosing and treating IBD in dogs
Nutritional/nutraceutical therapy for chronic GI disease
Practical drug therapy for gastrointestinal disorders in dogs and cats
Antibiotic-responsive diarrheas
Laboratory evaluation of hepatic disease
Use and misuse of antiulcer drugs
Common errors in the diagnosis and management of gastrointestinal disorders
Rational drug selection for treating acute vomiting
Feline gastrointestinal lymphoma
Drug-induced liver disease
CT vs MRI: Everything a clinician should know
Ultrasonography of the canine abdomen
Pleura and mediastinum
Developmental bone disorders
Urogenital imaging
How to diagnose elbow disease
Hip dysplasia
Skeletal radiography: Lesion or normal variant?
Noncardiac thoracic ultrasonography
Imaging of thoracic trauma
Comparative imaging of the spine
Is it surgical?
Radiology fun facts
Using quick contrast radiographic techniques for the emergency patient
Ultrasonography for practitioners
Feline thoracic imaging
MRI and non-neurologic imaging
Insulin resistance in dogs and cats
Hyperaldosteronism: A feline disease you may have missed
Insulin and insulin analogs
Difficult feline medicine cases
Clinical approach to polyuria/polydipsia
The thyroid gland and the kidney
Video tour of the neurologic exam
Acute neuromuscular weakness in dogs
Vestibular system disorder in cats and dogs
Seizures: How to approach and start treatment
Common cranial nerve syndromes in dog
Inflammatory CNS disease in dogs and cats
Disc disease: Small vs. large dogs
Head trauma treatment: A logical emergency
Nonpainful spinal diseases in dogs
Evidence-based cancer nutrition
Feeding pets with renal disease: What to feed and when to start
Nutritional support of endocrine disease
Nutritional management of urolithiasis
Pet food – associated illness
Nutritional support in orthopedic disease
New diagnostics and current treatment options for canine lymphoma
A review and what’s new in hemangiosarcoma
Current controversies with canine mast cell tumors
The approach for cure of soft tissue sarcomas
Indications for radiation therapy
What’s new and on the horizon for canine osteosarcoma
How to approach the squinty cat: Feline herpesvirus and other diseases
Canine glaucoma
Acute blindness in canine and feline patients
Polypharmacy in veterinary ophthalmology
Update on corneal surgery techniques
Managing uveitis in dogs and cats
Hip luxation
Patellar luxation repair options
Choosing cruciate repair techniques
Conservative management for patella and cruciate injuries
Physical rehabilitation for pain relief
Nutraceuticals for chronic pain relief
Opioids: Current concepts and new developments
Adjunct pain modifying medications: What’s the evidence?
An evidence-based tour through veterinary pain management
Neuropathic pain: Are you seeing it more than you think? (Yes)
Stem cells, platelets, and other biologic modalities in the treatment of pain
A case-based approach to transoperative pain management
Introduction to dry needling for pain: An emerging analgesic tool
Locoregional anesthesia & analgesia for every practice
Acupuncture: Fact, fiction and first steps
Prenatal care for bitches and queens
Birth and the first 24 hours
Normal growth in puppies and kittens
Neonatal mortality
Clinical pathology in pediatric patients
Emergency and critical care for puppies and kittens
Common infectious diseases of puppies and kittens
Radiographic considerations in young patients
Postmortem examination of puppies and kittens
Canine vaccines and effective vaccination programs for dogs
Feline vaccines and effective vaccination programs for cats
Everything you need to know about immunology in a clinical practice
How to interpret diagnostic tests for infectious diseases and immunologic disorders
Canine infectious respiratory disease complex, with canine influenza virus
Canine autoimmune disorders and more
Antibody titer testing: How and why you want to do it in your practice
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
Chronic nasal discharge in dogs
Pathogens of canine infectious respiratory disease complex: More than Bordetella
Efficient spay-neuter techniques
Pediatric spay-neuter
Preventing and managing spay-neuter complications
Spay-neuter in unusual cases (cryptorchid, mammary hyperplasia, etc,)
Case studies on improving standards of care in animal shelters
Infectious disease control in shelter environments
Laryngeal paralysis
Pericardial surgery
Basic minimally invasive surgery
Lower urinary tract (PU, urethrostomy/cystotomy)
Head and neck (VBO cats, salivary mucoceoles dogs)
Basic skin reconstruction
Diaphragmatic hernia
Surgery of the biliary tract
Soft tissue sarcoma
Perineal hernia
Perianal neoplasm
Lung lobectomy
How to perform a safe gastrointestinal surgery
Can we use minimally invasive surgery in private practice?
Chylothorax: Any hope?
Tummy trouble: Acute abdomen treatment
Brachycephalic airway syndrome
Gastric dilatation volvulus
Wound management
How to manage a case of urolithiasis
Laryngeal paralysis: What to expect
Common hazards for cats
Managing intoxication from human drugs of abuse
Treating tough toxins
Lipid therapy: Magic milk?
Toxins affecting the liver
Toxins affecting the kidneys
Urine leakage and urine retention disorders
The nuts and bolts of azotemia
The nuts and bolts of proteinuria
Staging and management of chronic kidney disease
The importance of proteinuria and hypertension in CKD
UTI – Top ten questions addressed
Update on canine prostatic disease
Medical management of canine incontinence
Managing refractory incontinence
Sorting out the cause of acute azotemia
Managing refractory feline cystitis
Referral is not an option: Now what?
Colic in foals: What’s different from colic in adults?
Colic case discussions
How to deal with a rectal tear
Managing endotoxemia: Have we improved our treatment?
Musculoskeletal emergencies
Fluid therapy and blood transfusion in the field
Coordinated management of dystocia and foal resuscitation
Antibiotics in horses: Beyond penicillin and TMS
Antifungal drugs in horses
Corticosteroids: Uses and adverse effects
NSAIDs: Uses and adverse effects
Alternative anti-inflammatory and analgesic medications
Drug therapy in neonates: Differences in foals vs adults
Drug therapy for endocrine disease
Drug therapy for cardiovascular disease
Drug therapy for ocular disease
Tips to ditch the doldrums at work
Communicate to improve team performance
Don’t worry, be happy: Learn how to achieve your goals and overcome obstacles to success
I'm patient with patients, but clients drive me crazy! How to work with high-maintenance owners
What do you want to do? Helping clients make decisions
The good, the bad, and the ugly in breaking bad news to clients
What dogs teach us about practice Management
The tracks we leave behind: The leader you were and the leader you will be
Practice 911! Real solutions for practices in calamity
5 steps to significantly increase new clients without increasing marketing
7 marketing musts to boost your bottom line and draw in clients
People Part 1: Finding and managing good people
People Part 2: The recovering veterinary jerk
The goldmine in your office: Database marketing how-tos and whys
Rich vet, poor vet: How one practice grew 50% in under a year
Fight or flight club: Save your practice from drug Armageddon
Bootstrapped marketing: How to market like a pro on a shoestring
Achieve five-star customer service
Top 10 amazingly dumb things veterinarians do!
Control your inventory and support staff costs
Bad employees or bad managers? Real stories and solutions
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
Dispensing and prescribing: Slip slidin' away
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
Bond clients in person and online
How to make Facebook pay
Twitter basics: How to make it worth your time and energy
Difficult clients and you: What makes them tick — and get ticked off?
Difficult clients: A toolbox of options when clients are upset
Excellent client service: What clients want from your hospital
Excellent client service: A team approach
Excellent client service: Serve the clients, serve the pet, survive and thrive in the recession
Team meeting in a box: The “how to” of crafting productive meetings
Must know finances for new owners and practice managers
Matching patient care with the client’s pocketbook: Are wellness plans the solution?
Buying or selling a practice? Top three things to know
Four critical steps to position your practice for success
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
Infectious disease control in shelter environments
Handling in the veterinary clinic
Recognizing respiratory patterns
Emergency care of exotic small mammals
Topical therapy for skin problems
Build clients' trust and boost referrals
7 steps to engage clients
Get to yes — So pets get the care they need
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 bickering
Ophthalmology A-Z: What all that weird terminology means
Urinary catheters and the blocked cat: Challenges and tips
Sepsis and systemic inflammatory response syndrome
Understanding endocrine testing
Advanced ICU lab testing
The pharmacology of bugs and drugs: Antibiotics
Managing DKA patients
Pumps and tubes: Cardiac physiology
Anesthesia for critical patients
Monitoring blood pressure and troubleshooting
Considerations for anesthesia in ophthalmology patients
Pain assessment and monitoring
Perianesthetic pain management strategies
Using capnography in anesthetized patients
Dental terms and trivia
Promoting dentistry in your clinic
Antibiotic use in veterinary dentistry
Complementary therapy options for dental patients
Oral mass identification
Palatal defects in dogs and cats
Fluid therapy for gastrointestinal disorders
Technicians’ role in managing pets on allergen-specific immunotherapy and their owners
The Jedi mind trick: How technicians can manage their doctors
How to do less and get what you want from your practice and co-workers
How veterinarians wreck teams — and what to do about it