Managing difficult airway
Managing hypotension
A practical approach to interpreting
The many benefits using capnography
What to do with the crashing patient
A practical approach to the coagulopathic patient
War and peace: Intercat aggression
How to treat storm phobia in dogs
Ethical and legal issues in treating behavior problems
Psychopharmacology: Benzodiazepines
Psychopharmacology: Serotonin reuptake inhibitors
Taking the behavioral history: What do you need to know and how do you learn about it?
Our aging pet population: Cognitive dysfunction and other issues of geriatric pets
How animals learn what they learn: Operant conditioning
Puppy Socialization classes in your clinic
Puppy and adolescent problems
Kitten and adolescent problems
Fears, phobias and anxiety disorders
Fear-related aggression in dogs
Home alone: Separation anxiety in dogs
Aggression between family dogs
How dangerous is he? Assessing the risk of injury by aggressive dogs
Beyond housetraining: Solving canine housesoiling problems
Basic echocardiography: Tips and techniques
How to interpret ECGs: Common arrhythmias and imposters
Pulmonary hypertension and the heart
Managing tacharrhythmias
Challenges in managing chronic heart failure
Cardiopulmonary mystery case presentations
Cytology of lumps and bumps
Interpreting CBCs
How to interpret serum biochemistry panels
When urine is like gold
Sampling and evaluating bone marrow
Cytologic case examples
Interpreting the results of susceptibility tests
Update on treating epilepsy
Antibiotic therapy for urinary tract infections in dogs
A clinical review of fluoroquinolones in small animals
Therapeutic considerations in young patients
Therapeutic considerations in geriatric patients
Understanding drug interactions
Immunosuppressive therapy in small animals
Medical therapy of feline asthma
Osteoarthritis: Do nutraceuticals work?
Osteoarthritis: Update on NSAID therapy in dogs
Choices and controversies of using NSAIDs in cats
Managing pain: NSAIDs to opioids and beyond…
Going viral: Treating viral disease
Compounding: The good, the bad, and the ugly
Insulins, hypoglycemics, and glucagon-like peptides, oh, my!
Old drugs, new tricks in treating congestive heart failure
How to treat an Addisonian crisis
Cardiopulmonary cerebral resuscitation: Current guidelines and applications
Practical blood transfusion
Emergency management of seizures
Managing difficult urethral obstructions
Common household toxins
Pericardial effusion
How to maximize survival in patients with gastric dilatation-volvulus
Shock and resuscitation (Part 1)
Shock and resuscitation (Part 2)
Back to the basics
Critical electrolyte disorders
Cases, protocols, and procedures
The rule of 20 — How to keep them alive in ICU (Part 1)
The rule of 20 — How to keep them alive in ICU (Part 2)
First aid, transport and triage
Head trauma
ABCs of HBCs
How to "sherlock" the acute abdomen
Septic abdomen
Atypical Addison's: How will I know?
Sodium disorders
How to succeed with ER surgical procedures
Dental and periodontal cleaning
Simple and advanced periodontal surgery
Closed and open tooth extraction
Diagnosing and treating endodontic disease
Noninvasive and invasive jaw fracture repair
Surgery of lingual trauma and cancer
Simple and advanced palate surgery
Facial reconstruction
Oral examination and charting
Otitis: Keys to success
How to develop a treatment plan for otitis
Cutaneous cytology: The derm test!
Pyoderma in cats: How common is it really?
Another itchy cat — now what?
How to work up the chronically itchy dog
Diet trials: Fact and fiction
Chronic otitis: Pearls and treatment tips
How to improve dermatology diagnostic tests
Allergy mimickers
Food allergy tips and tidbits
Diseases of the nose
Diseases of the foot
How I treat the big three causes of follicle infection
Update on controlling and treating methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus
Atopic dermatitis: Current therapy concepts
Allergen Specific Immunotherapy: One size does not fit all
Southern-style itch: The 5-step manual on diagnosis and management (Part 1)
Southern-style itch: The 5-step manual on diagnosis and management (Part 2)
There’s a fungus among us! Mycotic-induced skin disease and its treatment
Why didn’t that antibiotic treatment work? Diagnostics and plans A, B and C for treating bacterial skin diseases
Derm jeopardy: “I’ll take annoying parasites for $400.”
Derm jeopardy daily double: “How to make fleas flee” — Practical flea control and how to make it work
How to diagnose hyperadrenocorticism in dogs
Treating hyperadrenocorticism in dogs
New treatment options for hyperthyroidism in cats
Feline adrenal disease: Cushing’s, Addison’s, and hyperaldosteronism
Managing diabetes mellitus in dogs and cats
Managing insulin-resistant diabetes mellitus in dogs and cats
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
Radiographic evaluation of exotic pets
Managing respiratory diseases in exotic mammals
How to manage gastrointestinal diseases and motility disorders in exotic herbivores
Principles and techniques of exotic mammal surgery
Reptile nutrition and management of nutritional disorders
Critical care of birds
Exotic pet medicine: A case-based review
Urinary diseases of exotic pets
Staging and managing chronic kidney disease: A tale of two cats (Part 1)
Staging and managing chronic kidney disease: A tale of two cats (Part 2)
Hypertension and proteinuria in CKD: ACE inhibitors, calcium channel antagonists, and beyond (Part 1)
Hypertension and proteinuria in CKD: ACE inhibitors, calcium channel antagonists, and beyond (Part 2)
Hyperthyroidism: A view from the urinary tract
Cats, calcium, and kidneys
Measuring and interpreting proteinuria in cats
The acute-on-chronic renal disease cat: A case-based presentation
Kitten development and prevention of behavior problems
Twitching, itching, and licking: Behavioral dermatology in cats
A case-based approach to housesoiling in cats
Marking in cats: Unwanted communication in the household
Feline aggression directed toward people
Communication, social behavior, and enrichment: How can they help household cats?
Updates in diagnosing feline asthma
Updates in treating feline asthma
Managing respiratory distress in cats
Subclinical airway inflammation in cats
How to deliver inhalant drugs to cats
Coughing up results: Cytology of the respiratory tract
Challenging respiratory cases in cats
Dysbiosis and the emerging role of intestinal microflora in chronic enteropathies
Guidelines for diagnosing inflammatory bowel disease
Treatment strategies for inflammatory bowel disease
Managing protein-losing enteropathy
Emerging breed-associated enteropathies in dogs
Dysphagia, regurgitation, and esophageal dysmotility
How to use endoscopy to diagnose esophageal disease
Managing esophagitis and esophageal stricture
Treating liver disease
Acute pancreatitis in dogs
Update on chronic hepatitis in dogs
Common GI diseases frequently misdiagnosed (Part 1)
Common GI diseases frequently misdiagnosed (Part 2)
Common GI diseases frequently misdiagnosed (Part 3)
Introduction to laparoscopy
Abnormal liver enzymes- A clinical approach
The chronic vomiting cat
Diagnosing and treating immune-mediated thrombocytopenia
Immune-mediated neutropenia
Immune-mediated polyarthritis
Challenging cases of immune-mediated disease
Modulating immune responses to treat cancer
Immunosuppressive therapy
Complications of immunosuppressive therapy
Immunosuppressive therapy: Bad for immune responses and infectious disease
Thoracic radiographs: Understanding the normal to appreciate the abnormal (Part 1)
Thoracic radiographs: Understanding the normal to appreciate the abnormal (Part 2)
Panicking about pulmonary patterns
Revisiting old radiographic techniques
Understanding contrast studies
Clinical utility of the right intercostal ultrasound scan plane
Abdominal imaging for the acute canine abdomen
Am I ready? The digital age of imaging
It is not black and white: Aggressive vs. nonaggressive lesions
Abdominal ultrasonography: Seeing through the static
Ultrasonography case examples and applications: What am I looking at?
Diagnostic approach to vomiting
Diagnostic approach to diarrhea
Preventing pain
Common geriatric conditions and preventive care
Hospice care
How to keep indoor cats happy and healthy
Overcoming obesity
K9 Hypothyroidism, anything new?
K9 Hypoadrenocorticism, anything new?
Leptospirosis
Empiric antibiotic therapy
Ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis in dogs
Immunocompromised people and pets
Fever of unknown origin
Urinary tract infection in dogs
Diagnosing and treating pancreatitis in cats
Regenerative anemias in cats.
Nonregenerative anemia in dogs and cats
The bleeding dog
Accessing the bone marrow
Immune-mediated hemolytic anemia and immune-mediated thrombocytopenia in dogs
Metronomic chemotherapy: when less may be more
Emerging infectious diseases
Neurology the fun way: Canine video case presentations
Neurology the fun way: Feline video case presentations
Cervical spondylomyelopathy: Where are we now?
Cats are not small dogs: A neurologist's perspective
Involuntary muscle movements: Tetanus, tetany, myoclonus, tremors, and spasms
Collecting and analyzing cerebrospinal fluid
Vascular disorders affecting the brain
Brain tumors: Diagnosis & therapy
Approach to the diagnosis of spinal cord diseases
Feline hyperthyroidism: Can it be managed with diet alone?
Parenteral and enteral nutrition (Part 1)
Parenteral and enteral nutrition (Part 2)
Address nutritional management of liver disease
Raw, grain-free, holistic, organic, and homemade diets: Guiding clients to choose a good diet
Carbohydrates in cat food: Arguments for and against them?
Regulation of satiety and endocrine functions of adipose tissue
Obesity in dogs and cats and how to make it work
Chronic kidney disease in cats and dogs
Tyrosine kinase inhibitors: The new chemotherapy alternative
Metronomic therapy: The chemotherapy option to give at home
Managing lymphoma in dogs and cats
How to manage mammary tumors in dogs and cats
Mast cell tumors: Recent changes in grading system, prognostic factors, and treatment choices
Treating osteosarcoma
Cornea: Causes of and treatments for ulcerative corneal diseases
Diabetes of the eye: It's more than just cataracts
Cataracts: The whole picture
Dry eye: Not Necessarily a dry topic
Ocular emergencies: How to manage and when to send
The 5 O'Clock emergency: Reviewing glaucoma and previewing advances in its treatment
Pediatric ophthalmology: Practical points on neonatal and genetic diseases
Geriatric ophthalmology: Advances in managing geriatric patients and ocular disease
Retinal exam: How, when, and why
Cornea: Causes of and treatments for ulcerative corneal diseases
Diabetes of the eye: It's more than just cataracts
Cataracts: The whole picture
Arthroscopic surgery in dogs: Equipment and principles
Arthroscopic surgery in dogs: Diseases of the elbow, shoulder, and stifle
How to make decisions in fracture repair
Medical management of canine osteoarthritis: Magic, black magic, and how to tell the difference
Managing patellar luxations: What’s new and what works
Managing joint luxations in dogs
What have I forgotten about juvenile bone disease?
Lateral imbrications for cranial cruciate disease
Orthopedic options in general practice: What should I concentrate on?
Bandaging, splinting, and casting dogs and cats
New concepts in orthopedics: What’s really significant?
A practical review of external skeletal fixation
Parasitic zoonoses
Familiar and unfamiliar nematode parasites of dogs and cats
Diagnostic dilemmas in parasitology
Parasitology update: New parasites, new problems
Answering questions about parasitic zoonoses
Practical parasitology: Pitfalls and best practice
Parasitology diagnostics in your practice
Tricks on the move
Heartworm update
Emergent delirium or pain?
Benefits of a multi-modal analgesic plan
Regional and local anesthetic techniques in small animals
Birth and the first 24 hours
Neonatal mortality
History and physical examination of pediatric patients
Normal growth in puppies and kittens
Emergency and critical care for puppies and kittens
Common infectious diseases of puppies and kittens
Postmortem examination of puppies and kittens
Radiographic considerations in the young patient
How to care for the orphaned puppy and kitten
Thoracic radiographs: Understanding the normal to appreciate the abnormal (Part 1)
Thoracic radiographs: Understanding the normal to appreciate the abnormal (Part 2)
Panicking about pulmonary patterns
Revisiting old radiographic techniques
Understanding contrast studies
Clinical utility of the right intercostal ultrasound scan plane
Abdominal imaging for the acute canine abdomen
Am I ready? The digital age of imaging
It is not black and white: Aggressive vs. nonaggressive lesions
Abdominal ultrasonography: Seeing through the static
Ultrasonography case examples and applications: What am I looking at?
Ovulation timing: The art and science
Care of the pregnant bitch
Canine semen evaluation for general practitioners
How to manage dystocia and perform neonatal resuscitation
Save the babies: Neonatal critical care
Managing unusual estrus cycles
Important pathogens in canine reproduction
Uterine disease — Pyometra and friends
Managing infectious respiratory disease in dogs (Part 1)
Managing infectious respiratory disease in dogs (Part 2)
Implementing the Association of Shelter Veterinarians' Guidelines for Standards of Care in Animal Shelters
What's new in treating and preventing infectious respiratory disease in cats (Part 1)
What's new in treating and preventing infectious respiratory disease in cats (Part 2)
New approaches to community cat management
Introduction to rehabilitation: Is it right for your practice?
Modalities and therapeutic exercise
Rehabilitation of the stifle
Rehabilitation of neurologic patients
Rehabilitation of the shoulder and elbow
Rehabilitation of arthritic, obese, geriatric, and critical care patients
How to perform a safe gastrointestinal surgery
Managing portosystemic shunts
Surgical management of lower urinary tract obstruction
Brachycephalic airway syndrome
Wound management
Simple skin flaps
Chylothorax: What can we do?
Laparoscopy in small animal practice
Gastric dilatation volvulus
Veterinary CSI: Veterinary forensics
Hot topics in clinical toxicology: Case studies
Newer antidotal therapies
Toxicology of pain medications
Toxicology of rodenticides
Toxicology of psychotropic drugs
Common hazards for cats
How to manage animals seized from methamphetamine laboratory busts
Internet rumors: Sorting fact from fiction
Acute kidney injury
Renal replacement therapies
Protein-losing nephropathy
Feline lower urinary tract disease
Chronic kidney disease
Incontinence
Managing uroliths in dogs
Hypertension: silent killer
Chronic kidney disease: Strategies for maximizing quality of life
Module 1: Introduction to the New National Veterinary Accreditation Program
Module 2: Role of agencies (state, federal, international) and health certificates
Module 3: Foreign animal diseases, program diseases, and reportable diseases
Module 4: Preventing disease introduction and spread
Module 5: Vesicular diseases
Module 1: Introduction to the new national veterinary accreditation program
Module 2: Role of agencies (state, federal, international) and health certificates
Module 3: Foreign animal diseases, program diseases, and reportable diseases
Module 4: Preventing disease introduction and spread
Module 5: Vesicular diseases
Module 7: Foreign animal disease detection in category I animals
Module 9: Interstate and international health certificates for category I animals
Module 21: Animals’ fitness to travel
Abdominal surgery in cattle (Part 1)
Abdominal surgery in cattle (Part 2)
Updates on C-section techniques in cattle
Surgical management of joint disorders in cattle
Surgical restoration of milk flow in dairy cows
Managing fractures in cattle
Chemical restraint of cattle
Surgery of the bovine small and large intestine
Tips and tricks in bovine obstetrics
What’s new in bovine trichomoniasis?
A practitioner’s approach to bovine abortion
Cystic ovarian disease in cattle
Breeding soundness examination of bulls
Managing bovine ketosis
Lameness in dairy cattle: Effects on performance, profit, and welfare
Toe lesions in cattle: Causes and cures
Functional and corrective trimming of claw lesions
Lameness disorders in beef cattle
Practical considerations for euthanasia of cattle
Welfare issues in dairy cattle
Welfare issues in beef cattle
Welfare programs, assessments, and audits
Vaccination programs for beef and dairy calves
Troubleshooting calf diarrhea
Colostrum management
Respiratory disease in dairy calves
Treating the toxic cow
Pharmacology of mastitis treatment
Septicemia and meningitis of calves
The effects of mycotoxins in cattle
The use of mycotoxin binders in cattle
Colic case discussion
Colic in foals-what's different to adults
What went wrong with the case I referred?
Referral is not an option- now what?
How to deal with a rectal tear
Fluid therapy and blood transfusion in the field
Coordinated management of dystocia and foal CPR
Managing endotoxemia- Have we improved our treatment?
Antibiotics in horses
Antifungal drugs in horses
Corticosteroids: Uses and adverse effects
NSAIDs: Uses and adverse effects
Alternative anti-inflammatory and analgesic medications
Treating neonates: Difference in foals and adults
Treating endocrine disease
Treating cardiovascular disease
Diagnosing and treating nasal discharge
Cancer: Common problems and management options
Managing geriatric lamenesses
Emergency fracture management at the farm
Large degloving Injuries
Angular limb deformities
Penetrating wounds
Wounds of the head
Foal surgical emergencies:What and when to refer?
Good, bad, and the ugly: Infectious causes of abortion in small ruminants
What do I do next? Anesthesia and surgery in small ruminants
Boy, that drug dose seems too high!! AMDUCA, pharmacology, and small ruminant practice
Clinical pathology: Diagnostic toys, tools, and tips
I thought this would be easy! Sustainable small ruminant neonatal management
As easy as watching the 6 o’clock news: Ultrasound diagnostics for small ruminants
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
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
Resolving conflicts in the workplace
Create a team of problem-solvers
How to deal with problem employees
5 ways to create lasting memories for clients
Have them at ‘hello’: Phone skills that work
Stop selling and start educating clients
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
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
How medical protocols improve quality of care (session includes a 30-min workshop)
Implementing guidelines: Change is never easy
Why don't clients do what we say to do? Eliminating the barriers to compliance (session includes a 30-min workshop)
Walk the talk: If you don't do it, clients won't do it
Communicating for better care: Improve your own compliance and your client's adherence (session includes a 30-min workshop)
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
The clinic of the future
Product sales: Fight or flight?
Stop the leak: How to compete with online pharmacies and big box stores, Part 1
Stop the leak: How to compete with online pharmacies and big box stores, Part 2
Ideas for off-setting lost product sales
Lean and mean: Inventory management strategies that work
Laboratory samples... Collection, submission, What can go wrong?
The latest on common canine infectious diseases
Understanding IMHA and IMTP
Managing diabetes mellitus in dogs and cats
Endocrine function testing
Interpreting and troubleshooting the capnograph
Anesthesia for thoracotomy patients
Anesthesia for dystocia patients
Ventilation: It's more than breathing in and out
Managing anesthetic-related hypotension
Monitoring cardiac function
Dental anatomy and charting
Regional nerve blocks
Anesthesia and the dentistry patient
Advanced dental skills
Dental radiology
Developing a thriving dentistry department
Neonatal care for the veterinary technician
Emergency care of exotic small mammals
Kitty cat, kitty cat… Where have you been?
Thinking outside the box: Helping cat owners deal with litter box issues (Part 1)
Thinking outside the box: Helping cat owners deal with litter box issues (Part 2)
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 waste
Pet meets baby: Helping clients introduce their bundle of joy
Understanding respiratory sounds
Compassion fatigue – Letting the cat out of the bag
Compassion fatigue – A look under the microscope
Compassion fatigue – A look in the mirror
Compassion fatigue – Improving our workplace
Developing your portfolio: Making the most of your current position
Plan your career for greater job satisfaction
A trip through the eye
Canine housetraining and housesoiling issues
Litterbox problems
CPCR: Current guidelines and their application
Advanced respiratory physiology
Ventilator Strategies and physiology
Advanced ECG and arrhythmia analysis: Mean electrical axis and conduction blocks
Drug interactions in the ICU
Advanced fluid therapy: From colloids to hypernatremia
Sepsis and systemic inflammatory response syndrome
Managing pain in cancer patients
ABCs of gastrointestinal disease
Pediatrics
Continuous rate infusions and other medical algebra
Managing chronic heart failure patients
ECG Interpretations
Diagnostic testing of exotic pets
Calculating caloric intake and assessing whether patients are getting appropriate nutrition
Blood donation and blood transfusions in dogs and cats
*Proceedings were Not Provided for sessions listed in black.