IVS Presents (fee applies): A series of cases featuring specific clinical problems will be presented by Dr’s Fenimore and Lappin. They will each offer their thoughts on the management of these patients along with a discussion of topics associated with the clinical problem.
Community Cats Podcast Presents: Drawing from almost 20 years of experience working with feral cats, the folks at Neighborhood Cats have gathered together their favorite ways of catching the wiliest of felines. Whether it’s putting in a clear rear door, using Spam as bait, wrapping your trap with green garden netting or training a cat to enter a trap, you’re bound to learn something new that will improve your trapping success.
WSAVA and FECAVA Present (fee applies): A joint congress of the World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) and the Federation of European Companion Animal Veterinary Associations (FECAVA), hosted by the Polish Small Animal Veterinary Association will take place as a virtual event. The preliminary program includes topics such as market transformation, standards in general practice, educational considerations such as current tendencies & needs, and proposals for specialization and CPD in the region.
VETGirl Presents: In this complimentary VETgirl–MiraVista webinar, Dr. Andrew Hanzlicek, DVM, MS, DACVIM will provide a clinical review of anti-fungal treatment recommendations for common invasive fungal infections (e.g., blastomycosis, histoplasmosis, coccidioidomycosis, cryptococcosis, opportunistic molds) in dogs and cats. This lecture will also include a brief historical review and a look at what the future holds for antifungal therapies in veterinary medicine.
IVS Presents (fee applies): This seminar has been designed to present the most current information on the diagnosis and treatment of many cardiovascular and respiratory diseases that you are commonly asked to manage in your patients. The main emphasis of the seminars will be to give you practical information that you can readily utilize in your practice- along with providing information on the current treatments being offered at the referral centers. Drs. Johnson & Oswald are known to be very personable speakers who approach clinical problems very practically.
Maddie’s Fund Presents: Maddie’s Fund, in concert with American Pets Alive!, hosts a weekly hour-long Zoom call for animal welfare workers and volunteers. While these calls started out as a response to COVID-19, it’s grown into so much more. These calls are a safe place to discuss uncomfortable topics, all while sharing a common goal of preserving the human-animal bond.
Maddie’s Fund Presents: Join us for an open, informal 30-minute conversation with Ed Jamison, Director of Dallas Animal Services, hosted by Maddie’s Fund’s own Mary Ippoliti-Smith on Wednesday, March 23rd at 12pm (PT). Learn and be inspired by Ed’s journey promoting diversity, equity and inclusion in his daily work. Come away with ideas to keep more people and pets together through respect and appreciation as valuable members of your community.
UW and ASV Present: UW & ASV will be holding a series of shelter medicine national rounds sessions for veterinarians to learn and hear from our colleagues about the challenges you face practicing shelter medicine and the implications of these challenges on animal sheltering and community wellbeing. This first session will focus on the relationship of HQHVSN to access to care.
ASPCAPro Presents: With community need for services on the rise and budgets already stretched thin, making smart, strategic decisions based on data and trends is more important than ever. Join colleagues from the seven Northern Tier states, plus a data expert from Pethealth, Inc., as we explore exclusive data and share ways to use these insights when making tough program choices. During this interactive session, presenters will answer your questions as you engage with colleagues, industry experts, and the Northern Tier Shelter Initiative team.
AmPa! Presents: The AmPA! weekly Maddie’s Instructor Summit offers shelters and rescues a chance to talk through the most current animal sheltering challenges! Topics will change each week. You’ll join AmPA! and HASS Staff and industry leaders, but, more importantly, you’ll be able to engage face to face (digitally!) with people like you. Because not feeling alone makes this work a lot easier.
ACVB Presents (fee applies): We all look forward to puppy and kitten appointments, but when the patient shows signs of an emotional disorder, things get muddy. Join us for this video and picture filled webinar where you will learn which treatments have been proven to work for fear, aggression, and anxiety in puppies and kittens (and which ones do not), how to recognize abnormal behavior patterns and the early interventions which can help to slow the progression of emotional disorders.
VIN/VSPN Presents (fee applies): This course will cover the key concepts regarding point of care ultrasound (POCUS). POCUS techniques are rapid, easy-to-learn and practical ultrasound skills that ANY practitioner can apply in everyday practice. This co-lecture series by a criticalist and an internist will cover the core principles to understand and interpret sonographic findings of abdominal POCUS including the identification of free fluid, urine production, GI motility, free abdominal air and the gall bladder halo sign.
BSAVA Presents (fee applies): Join us and veterinary professionals from across the globe for an immersive, interactive event. We are bringing all the elements you know and enjoy from a physical event into the platform – there will be lectures complete with live Q&As, keynotes and panel discussions, networking, and the virtual exhibition filled with the latest news, products & services from leading industry suppliers.
Vet Show Presents: You heard it right! In light of the great success of our Vet Show @ Home (and since we’re STILL at home) we’re once again taking the magic of our live shows and re-sizing it to fit your screen—to be enjoyed anywhere with internet access. The second edition of Vet Show @ Home will feature 90+ hours of CE, the very best education from world-renowned speakers, AI-powered matchmaking with our top suppliers, thought-leading roundtable discussions, and many hours of networking opportunities. You can earn 20 CE credits while coming together with your community.
VETGirl Presents: Join us for a complimentary, 30-minute VETgirl–Merck Animal Health YouTube LIVE event, where Dr. Natalie Marks reviews all you need to know about canine leptospirosis in general practice. Find out what breeds not to forget, what lab abnormalities not to miss and keys to early diagnosis and successful therapy. Learn all things lepto over lunch!
This 4 session VIRTUAL workshop designed for all levels of shelter staff will cover advice to resolve common dog and cat behavior problems to prevent surrender, a behavior perspective on […]
Suzanne Clothier Presents (fee applies): This webinar focuses on the poorly understood behaviors that we label as “resource guarding.” This topic deserves a clear eyed look at these behaviors, what may be motivating them, how these fit within the context of natural dog behavior, and how to approach working with these behaviors with a more nuanced understanding. I see important differences between resource guarding and rule setting, an important distinction.
The Bridge Club Presents: Every single veterinary nurse and technicians deserves a true break, especially after the past year. So we are going to give it to you! Join us for a fun filled night to rest and restore your soul. This event is being brought to you by The Bridge Club, WellHaven Pet Health and Hills Pet Nutrition.
Bat World MidCities Presents (fee applies): This program introduces animal care and animal services professionals to the most unique and misunderstood animals on the planet – bats. As humans expand their footprint on the landscape, bats come into contact with the public with increasing frequency. Animal Services agencies, shelters, veterinary clinics, and nuisance wildlife control operators need to be properly educated and equipped to handle these animals safely, and to provide accurate information to the public about them.
CalAnimals Presents: Interested in learning about the legalities of intake in California animal shelters? Then join us as lead attorneys from the San Francisco SPCA’s Shelter PALS program, Brandy Kuentzel and Bruce Wagman, discuss California’s legal framework and a shelter’s legal requirements for dog and cat intake in the state. This 1-hour webinar will help shelter leaders more confidently communicate to diverse constituents about their shelter operations and explore creative ways to optimize welfare and lifesaving in their own communities.
