Current fluid therapy topics and recommendations during anesthetic procedures
Post-anesthesia complications with the small animal patient
Neonatal, pediatric and geriatric anesthesia
Anesthesia ventilators and ventilation techniques
Complications and troubleshooting during anesthesia and your best anesthetic monitoring options
Analgesic considerations in cats
Acute pain management: Local and regional anesthesia
Acute pain management: Pharmaceutical options
Learn then Earn Pain medication: A win, win situation for you, your patients, and your clients
Avian respiratory medicine
Avian ophthalmology
Antimicrobial therapy for birds
The silent killer: Atherosclerosis in pet birds
Updates on avian analgesia
Avian reproductive tract disorders
Introduction to backyard poultry
Diseases of backyard poultry
Medical problem? Behavior problem? How about both!
Myth busters: Common misconceptions in behavior
Danger! Danger! Human-directed aggression in dogs
I love you too much: Helping dogs with separation anxiety
Behavior triage: How to handle the behavior ‘emergency’
Behaviorally preparing your patients for medical procedures
Overview of the behavior of backyard livestock
Learn then Earn “I’m bored”: Everyday things to enrich our pets’ environment
Equine self-mutilation syndrome: Behavior or medical?
Mind games for competitive horses
Unspoiling spoiled horses
BYO behavior cases – No proceedings required
Asking the right questions: Taking a behavior history
How I treat about anything: Behavior treatment plan
Rambunctious, jumpy, mouthy dogs: The quick fix for RJM dogs
Feline dictionary: Understanding feline body language
Dealing with the shelter CAT-astrophy: Behavior problems of the shelter cat
What to do about shelter cats with inappropriate urination
Diagnosing forelimb lameness in dogs
Treating forelimb disorders in dogs
Diagnosing rear limb disorders in dogs
Treatment of rear limb disorders in dogs
Rehabilitation of the small dog following surgery
Managing osteoarthritis in dogs
Wrapping your head around the pericardium: A review of pericardial disease
Radiographic review of cardiovascular disease
Comprehending common congenital cardiac disorders: Examination findings, diagnostics, and treatment
The latest on managing mitral valve disease
Dilated cardiomyopathy: Boxers and Dobies, oh my!
A unified perspective on managing congestive heart disease
Reacquainting yourself with the ECG and treatment of arrhythmias
Getting the MOST out of your serum chemistry panel and urinalysis
Getting the MOST out of your serum hematology data
Why you should ALWAYS look at a blood smear
Diagnostic cytology of cutaneous and subcutaneous lesions
Cytopathology and related diagnostic tests: Pitfalls, myths, and tips
Serum chemistry panel discussions
Evidence-based therapy: Truth or consequences?
Principles of antimicrobial usage in small animal practice
The best use of NSAIDs
Glucocorticoid therapy in small animal practice: What do we really know?
Glucocorticoids +/- NSAIDs: Why, Why not, and washout
Future shock of antimicrobial resistance: Is antibiotic use in small-animal practice at risk?
Infectious disease: An interactive clinical pharmacology case discussion
Endocrine disease: An interactive clinical pharmacology case discussion
Immune-mediated disease: An interactive clinical pharmacology case discussion
CPR: Why it’s worth it
Stabilizing the shocky patient
Blood gases: The anion gap is actually USEFUL
Panting, wheezing, and crackles: How to quickly get to the bottom of respiratory distress, and fix it
Fibrinolysis: Why clot breakdown may be just as important as making the clot
Essential steps for patients with traumatic brain injury
Never let a patient die without the benefit of steroids: What’s the evidence?
Veterinary ER team training: How it can transform your practice culture
Shake, rattle, and roll: How to manage patients with acute seizures
Derailing the pain train: Analgesia in the ER
Respiratory complications of trauma
Emergency management of cardiac disease
Emergency approach to the hemoabdomen
Practical fluid therapy: It’s more than just water and salt
ER life-saving procedures
An update on CPR and the RECOVER initiative
ER tools: Techy and non-techy ways to assess your patient
Pediatric dentistry in dogs and cats
Oral surgery in general practice
Advanced periodontal disease: Surgical treatment
Dental case presentations: Assessment, treatment planning, and therapeutics ATE Luncheon
Tooth resorption in cats AND dogs
Occlusal issues: Identification, advice, and therapy
Dental homecare: Products, client education, and techniques
Periodontal basics: What not to forget
Advanced periodontal management for every clinic
Dental emergencies: A misnomer?
Oral tumors – the hidden challenge
Is seven the new senior? Realities of senior care
Senior dental care: Never too old for good dental health
Interactive oral radiology reading sessions
Extractions: Headache or triumph?
Learn then Earn Intraoral radiography – Not just a fancy coat rack
How taking a great history can make you a great dermatologist
Cutaneous manifestations of internal diseases
Demodicosis: A dermatologist’s approach for greater success
What to do with those challenging dermatology cases
Malassezia dermatitis
Dermatophytosis: Dealing with Typhoid Mary
Toes and nose: Approach to diseases of the footpads and nasal planum
Food allergy tips and tidbits
Allergy mimickers
Dermatology emergencies: Yes, they do exist
What triggers an itch in Trigger: How to work up and treat a pruritic horse
Allergen-specific immunotherapy: One size does not fit all
Folliculitis: The big 3 and how I treat
Alopecia: What to do when the thyroid is normal
Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of superficial bacterial folliculitis
Atopic dermatitis: Treatment recommendations of the International Task Force on Atopic Dermatitis
A new way to look at team pay
The evidence-based power of mindfulness in veterinary practice
Vaccines for happiness: 10 tips to take home today for practice positivity
Low-stress handling
Dentistry
The angry client experience: When and where to say it
The angry client experience: How to make it right
The angry client experience: What to say and how to say it
The sometimes tricky art of diagnosing hyperadrenocorticism in dogs
Treating hyperadrenocorticism in dogs: Exploring the options
How I treat diabetes in cats
What to do when your insulin therapy stops working: Insulin-resistant diabetes
A fool-proof method for managing hypothyroidism in dogs
Feline hyperthyroidism: Management and options for treatment
Getting to the bottom of polyuria and polydipsia
Learn then Earn Diabetes in dogs – acute care and long-term management
Epidemiology for the practicing veterinarian
Infection control 101
Protecting the patients of tomorrow: Hospital-based infection control
Environmental contamination of Salmonella enterica: Where should we focus our efforts?
Rapid diagnostic testing for Salmonella in clinical practice
Diagnostic testing: What do those results really mean?
The dos and don’ts of outbreak management
Creating an infection control culture in veterinary practice
The most sensitive method of detecting and evaluating forelimb lameness in horses
The most sensitive method of detecting and evaluating hind limb lameness in horses
How to use longeing and flexion tests to assist, but not detract from, your lameness evaluation
How to effectively and profitably utilize your ultrasound machine in lame horses
Evaluation of lameness under saddle: Effect of the rider
Axial skeletal “lameness” in horses
Drink up! Fluid therapy considerations for exotic pets
Anesthetic considerations for exotic pets: It’s about more than just passing gas
Ring the bell, dinner’s served: Nutritional considerations for captive reptiles
What’s your diagnosis? Interactive reptile and exotic small mammal cases
Diagnostic imaging in reptiles: Am I supposed to see what’s in that image?
Infectious and parasitic diseases of captive reptiles: What is lurking under those scales?
Burned! Ultraviolet B radiation for exotic pets: The good, the bad, and the photokeratitis
Ornamental fish 101: Managing pet fish without getting all wet
Opening up Pandora’s shell: Medical and surgical considerations for chelonians
Understanding the bowel wrapped in fur: Gastrointestinal diseases of rabbits and rodents
The simple tooth: A review of feline skull and tooth anatomy
My cat can’t close its mouth! How to close the case
Shades of gray: Interpretation of feline dental radiographs
Oral surgery to extract teeth in cats: Tips and techniques to avoid complications
Feline gingivostomatitis: What we know and how we treat it
Feline oral tumors: Diagnosis and treatment
Diagnosing and treating urinary tract infection in cats
Managing cats with idiopathic/interstitial cystitis (Parts 1 & 2)
Special aspects of diagnosing and managing chronic kidney disease in cats
Feline acute kidney disease: Diagnosis, management, and prevention
Navigate bumps in the road: Steps to create a thriving Cat Friendly practice
Communications boot camp: See more cats!
Old thin cats: Is it really just old age?
Complicated senior cats: Managing multiple conditions in one patient
Death and dying: The blessing and curse of euthanasia
Fat cats: New therapy and dietary management
Pandora syndrome: Not just the bladder any more
The kidney and the parathyroid: A tale of substance and longevity
Acute and chronic pancreatitis: What to do?
Therapy of GI diseases: What’s new with antiemetics, antacids, and probiotics?
GI endoscopy in cats: What can we learn?
Acute pancreatitis in dogs: An update
Chronic vomiting in dogs and cats: The roles of ultrasonography in diagnosis and Helicobacter in treatment (Parts 1 & 2)
Icterus in dogs and cats: A practical diagnostic approach
Dietary management of diarrhea
Giardia and Tritrichomonas foetus: An update
GI grab bag: Cool stuff not covered elsewhere
Gastrointestinal laboratory testing: What does it mean?
Increased liver enzyme activities in dogs: When do you biopsy?
Feline chronic diarrhea: Strategies for success
Diagnostic evaluation of the liver
Gastrointestinal motility disorder: It’s not moving
Essential strategies for treating hepatic disease in dogs and cats
Lung patterns made easy
Reading the entire thoracic radiograph
Portosystemic shunts: Ultrasonography vs CT
Gastrointestinal ultrasonography: What’s new?
Coughing dog with a murmur: Now what?
Advanced respiratory tract imaging: Ride the wave
Contrast studies that are still being used today
Getting a diagnostic image in dyspneic cats ATE Luncheon
Learn then Earn Ultrasound-guided biopsy: Why it is a must have skill
Real discussions, real results – Identifying and managing atypical hyperadrenocorticism
Endocrine emergencies: When not to sugarcoat it
Stump the toxicologists: Bring your craziest toxicology cases
Current and emerging therapies for IMHA and IMTP
Diagnostic approach to the febrile patient
Management strategies for constipated dogs and cats
The coughing cat: Managing asthma
The sneezing cat: Managing upper respiratory infections
A bloody mess: Working up epistaxis in dogs
Risk factors and treatment of feline hyperthyroidism: What is the evidence? ATE Luncheon
“I’m bored”: Everyday things to enrich our pets’ environment
Diabetes in dogs – acute care and long-term management
Pain medication: A win, win situation for you, your patients, and your clients
Intraoral radiography – Not just a fancy coat rack
Ultrasound-guided biopsy: Why it is a must have skill
Nonconvulsive seizure: Clandestine, Common and Important
Idiopathic vs sympotomatic epilepsy: Clinical guidelines for making this vital distinction
Managing acute and chronic seizures: When and how to treat while optimizing new generation antiepileptic drugs
Upper vs lower motor neuron: Never miss again after this video presentation
Central vs peripheral vestibular disease: A matter of life or death
Common and deadly: Recognizing and treating inflammatory disease of the brain, spinal cord, and meninges
Ouch! Recognizing and treating neck or back pain
Why dog is man’s best friend: Exciting results of canine neurology clinical trials
Diagnosing and treating the five disk diseases: Why is MRI so important?
How to handle alternative diet requests
Pick your diet and nutrition battles carefully
Choosing the right elimination diet for food allergic cases
Can diet help in managing pancreatic diseases?
Probiotics: What to expect (or not)
Deciphering pet food ingredients
Palliative care and the cancer patient
Complementary and alternative medicine in oncology
Treatment of mammary gland tumors in cats and dogs
Metronomic chemotherapy explained
Managing feline and canine lymphoma: Updates on treatment and diagnosis
Canine osteosarcoma: From diagnosis to treatment
Glaucoma: Initial diagnosis and medical management (note: one paper for both Glaucoma lectures)
Glaucoma: Surgeries of comfort and vision preservation
How to approach the squinty cat
Ocular emergencies
Funduscopic examination
Anterior uveitis
Corneal disease (Parts 1 & 2)
Ophthalmic exam
Evidence-based approach to cranial cruciate repair surgery
Surgical options for repairing luxating patellas
Cats get arthritis too
Managing hip dysplasia in young dogs
Managing hip dysplasia in old dogs
How to lower infection rates in orthopedic surgeries
Bad hips and bad knees, now what?
Nutraceuticals: Evidence-based approach
Controlled substances: The DERA and you
Long term use of NSAIDs in cats
Myofacial pain syndrome: The next big thing
Emerging pain medicine: Evidence for new modalities and what is on the horizon ATE Luncheon
Epidurals made easy
Hospice care in the veterinary practice
Complementary medicine: What is the evidence?
Ticks and tick-borne diseases
Toxoplasma update
Parasites of birds
All about coccidian
Meningeal worm update
Zoonotic diseases
Climbing and surviving Mt. Student Debt
Everything you ever wanted to know about being or employing a veterinarian with student debt, but were afraid to ask
Veterinarian supply: Where we are and why we should be optimistic
Veterinarian supply panel discussion: How do we go forward?
Veterinarian oversupply: How we got here and why we should be concerned
Every veterinarian-young and old-needs to understand student debt
Canine parvovirus and feline panluekopenia: New ideas for prevention, risk assessment, and treatment (Parts 1 & 2)
Sanitation: What’s really important and has the biggest impact
Managed intake and capacity for care: The tools for remarkable population management (Parts 1 & 2)
Paradigm shift in cat management in the shelter and for the community
Calcium oxalate ureteroliths in cats: Big kidney-little kidney syndrome
Practice pearls for performing perineal urethrostomies
To pee or not to pee: Artificial urethreal sphincters in dogs
Rears of joy: Anorectal surgery made easy
Cancer reconstructive surgeries
Oncologic surgery interactive cases: Know when to walk away and know when to run
A clinical approach to the acute abdomen
Laryngeal paralysis: Look beyond what you hear
Tracheal collapse: Updates on diagnostics, medical management, and intraluminal stenting
Brachycephalic airway syndrome: Tips for successful diagnosis and surgery
Lower urinary tract surgery: Tips and tricks for a successful outcome
Principles of gastrointestinal surgery
Making your abdominal exploratory count!
Wound assessment and management
Keeping the bugs out: Prevention and management of surgical site infections
Is there an antidote in the house? An overview of commonly used antidotes to treat intoxications
Fat can be good: A review of the use of intravenous lipid emulsions to treat intoxications
Algal toxins: An emerging global threat to people and pets
Zootoxins (venoms): The good, the bad, and the ugly
Chemical environmental threats to mammalian wildlife
Expert2: The Power of Interaction
Bromethalin and beyond: Interesting current events
Small animal cases from the toxicology vault 1
Small animal cases from the toxicology vault 2
Acute kidney injury – An update
Now how do we turn off this spigot? Diagnosing and treating incontinence in dogs
Canine geology: Uroliths
Protein-losing nephropathy: Latest treatment recommendations
Introduction to dialysis medicine: How does it work and when to refer
Help! Help! I can’t pee! Feline lower urinary tract disease
Measure twice, cut once: Calculate marketing ROI
No SEO, no clients: Your disappearing website
Stop hiding your good deeds from the Internet
Forget profit – here’s what really adds value to a practice
Smart ways to help clients pay
Financial horror stories and how to avoid them
The best advice I ever got: What your team members need to know
Work shark: How to handle the bully at work
Employee rights: Can my boss do that?
Build a new business model for the 21st century
Case study: Veterinary phone call disasters
Shopaholic pharmacy: Make yours irresistible
Practice Management challenges ATE Luncheon
Stop the day-to-day time suckers and start managing for the future
5 sure-fire ways to improve your bottom line
Conquering the cold shoulder: Fixing team communication
“Right up”: Employee discipline that shows results
Stop receptionists from turning clients away
Small things technicians do to congest clinics
How DVMs drive clients crazy – and how to avoid it
Say this, not that: The art of a great recommendation
5 secrets to lifelong clients
How to deal with Dr. Google
How to build a great clinic team
What to do with a bad online review
The case for emotional intelligence in practice
Commando conversations: Becoming conflict-competent
How to build a conflict-competent team
Leaders or managers: What’s the difference?
How to rally your associates to be practice leaders
Marketing ninja: Build business in 2 hours a week
Top 20 exam room mistakes – and how to avoid them
What you can learn from The Lord of the Rings
Digital marketing immersion: A sales funnel that brings clients
Feedback: Putting client and team member feedback to work
Dr. Who: Be a time (management) lord
Happy Hour: Hiring, firing, and thriving in between
Elevating your customer service
Income harvest: Picking your low-hanging fruit
More new clients, loyal clients, transactions: Here’s how
Inspiring, motivating, and delegating to team members
Stop the price war and show value to clients (Parts 1 & 2)
Setting fees you’re comfortable with
Catch more problems, more clients with health risk assessments
Workshop: Set these practice priorities for a better 2015
David and Goliath: Are smaller practices better?
Associate skills: Why leadership and personality matters
How to be the leader your team needs
It could be you: Protect yourself from embezzlement
Find practice health – Get LEAN!
Practice medicine with few interruptions
Shake things up to grow your practice
What newbies need to know – and veterans need to remember – about finance
It’s time to get serious about the budget
What Well-Managed Practices pay – Are you in the ballpark?
Diagnosing and treating hypertension
Puppy 101: Incorporating puppy classes into practice
Adrenal disease in dogs and cats
Managing expectations and maximizing patient outcome with cardiovascular disease
Neurolocalization – Why does that dog walk so funny?
I’m concerned! How to communicate with your colleagues better
Top 10 dermatology questions technicians get asked
Video lessons: Be an exam room hero
Video lessons: Technician tools that really work
Video lessons: Making the first 90 days count
Nursing care in the ICU
Triage: More than just a history
RECOVER initiative
Transfusion medicine
Placing and managing central lines
Blood banking
To Glasgow and beyond: Appreciating, adapting, and applying pain scoring systems
CRI use for anesthesia and analgesia
Epidural analgesia and drug choices
Ragdolls, Rottweilers, and rats: Perioperative analgesic techniques for every species
Small mammal anesthesia and critical care: Tips and tricks of the trade
Case by case: Creating the right drug protocols for your canine and feline patients
Care of dogs with protein-losing enteropathy
Common behavior modifications and their applications
The dental chart: The oral roadmap
Periodontal disease: Therapies and home care strategies
What lies beneath: Dental radiography
Anesthesia and the dental patient
Pain management start to finish
Regional nerve blocks
Bone and joints: More views are better
Pediatric and reproductive emergency room pearls
Performing toxicant exposure assessments: A clinical step in effective case management
Preparing the small animal hospital for the avian patient
Feeding raw diets to pets: Where are we now?
Drains: Proper use and management
Tips and tricks for feeding tube use and management
Clinical pearls for managing anticoagulant rodenticide intoxication