This calendar is a listing of webinars, other learning opportunities, online meetings and other upcoming national events related to animal sheltering and related areas of interest.

Only some of these events are produced by the UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program. Most are being created and sponsored by other groups and agencies.  Being listed here does not mean that we have reviewed the material contained.  We are trying to provide a variety of resources to hopefully help make your life a little easier.  For additional information on any of these items before or after the event please contact the organizer directly (listed in the item description).

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Online Course – 3/18/21 to 3/21/21 – Managing common medical problems in practice today – IVS (fee applies)

Virtual

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.

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Online Course – 3/18/21 to 3/21/21 – Managing common medical problems in practice today – IVS (fee applies)

Virtual

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.

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Webinar – 3/20/21 – Trapper Tips & Tricks – Community Cats Podcast

Virtual

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.

Free

Online Conference – 3/21/21 to 3/24/21 – WSAVA/FECAVA 2021: The Global Meeting for Veterinarians – WSAVA and FECAVA (fee applies)

Virtual

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.

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Online Course – 3/18/21 to 3/21/21 – Managing common medical problems in practice today – IVS (fee applies)

Virtual

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.

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Webinar – 3/21/21 – Antifungal Therapy – Past, Present & Future – VETGirl

Virtual

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.

Free

Online Conference – 3/21/21 to 3/24/21 – WSAVA/FECAVA 2021: The Global Meeting for Veterinarians – WSAVA and FECAVA (fee applies)

Virtual

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.

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Online Course – 3/22/21 to 3/24/21 – Is it cardiac or respiratory? – IVS (fee applies)

Virtual

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.

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Online Meeting – Mondays – Shelter and Rescue Support Call – Hosted by Maddie’s Fund

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.

Free

Online Conference – 3/21/21 to 3/24/21 – WSAVA/FECAVA 2021: The Global Meeting for Veterinarians – WSAVA and FECAVA (fee applies)

Virtual

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.

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Online Course – 3/22/21 to 3/24/21 – Is it cardiac or respiratory? – IVS (fee applies)

Virtual

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.

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Online Event – 3/23/21 – Maddie’s® Candid Conversations Series – Ed Jamison, Director of Dallas Animal Services – Maddie’s Fund

Virtual

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.

Free

National Shelter Medicine Rounds – 3/23/21 – HQHVSN and Access to Care – UW Shelter Medicine Program and ASV

Virtual

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. 

Free

Online Conference – 3/21/21 to 3/24/21 – WSAVA/FECAVA 2021: The Global Meeting for Veterinarians – WSAVA and FECAVA (fee applies)

Virtual

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.

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Online Course – 3/22/21 to 3/24/21 – Is it cardiac or respiratory? – IVS (fee applies)

Virtual

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.

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Webinar – 3/24/21 – Northern Tier Shelter Initiative Presents: Using Your Data to Develop Impactful Programming – ASPCAPro

Virtual

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.

Free

Online Event – Wednesdays – The Wednesday Summit #ThankstoMaddie – AmPa!

Virtual

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.

Free

Webinar – 3/24/21 – Puppy and Kitten Behavioral Toolbox: Aggression, Anxiety, Medications and Treatment – ACVB (fee applies)

Virtual

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.

$40

Online Course – Registration open until 4/1/21 or until full – 3/25/21 to 4/30/21 – Point of Care Ultrasound Techniques for the General Practitioner – VIN/VSPN (fee applies)

Virtual

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.

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Online Conference – 3/25/21 to 3/27/21 – BSAVA Congress 2021 – BSAVA (fee applies)

Virtual

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.

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