Shelter Learniverse and Industry-Wide Calendar

VETGirl Presents: In this complimentary VETgirl–Zoetis webinar, Dr. Stephan Carey, DVM, PhD, DACVIM will review the complex relationship between primary respiratory pathogens and the respiratory immune system, highlight tools to effectively treat and prevent CIRD, and discuss immunologic and non-immunologic management strategies for active CIRD outbreaks.

ASPCAPro Presents: Proactive planning for long-stay animals who need medical or behavioral treatment, are a part of pending court cases, or have special adoption needs, can prevent behavioral and mental deterioration. Gain new ideas and get answers to your questions about behavioral and mental support for long-stay animals from experts across medical, operations, and behavior disciplines.

The AAWA Presents: This webinar will give you specific end-of-year fundraising ideas. Implementing even a couple of the ideas will help you raise more money this year. We will also give you the tools you need to feel confident about your fundraising going into this holiday season.

HASS Presents: The laws surrounding community cats are ending their lives. Legal language and obstacles around community cats creates barriers to keep kitties alive and thriving. In this interactive webinar, Monica Frenden-Tarant, Maddie’s® Director of Feline Lifesaving at American Pets Alive! and Richard Angelo, Jr., Esq., Legislative Attorney for Best Friends Animal Society, will work through the legal barriers to community cat programming.

FDSA Presents (fee applies): Let’s talk about the care and feeding of behavior chains, how to maintain them reliably and how to repair them efficiently when something goes wrong. We’ll even discuss when we might want to break them, and of course how to build strong chains when we want to keep them.

Community Cats Podcast Presents (small fee applies): Are you ready to be part of the solution for feral and stray cats in your neighborhood? Our expert instructors will teach you best practices for Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) and colony management. Learn what TNR is and why it works.

VETGirl Presents: In this complimentary VETgirl–Merck Animal Health webinar, Ellen Carozza, LVT, Guidelines Task Force Member, reviews the 2020 AAHA/AAFP Feline Vaccination Guidelines. Tune in to learn what the changes to the Guidelines are, the latest recommendations on core/non-core vaccines in cats, lifestyle vaccines based on the patient population, and the tools offered to help practices implement the Guidelines and make them stick.

PPG Presents (fee applies): Through a case series, this session will explore how the partnership between veterinary behaviorist, dog training professional and pet parent improves the lives of the dogs they collectively treat.

VDOS Presents (fee applies): Feeling uncomfortable about sticking a needle through oral mucosa near a neurovascular bundle? Don’t worry, here you learn everything you need to know about nerve blocks for your dental and oral surgical patients! This VDOS webinar will review local and regional anesthesia/analgesia for dental and oral surgical procedures in dogs and cats.

VETGirl Presents: In this complimentary VETgirl–Zomedica YouTube LIVE broadcast, Dr. Stefanie M. DeMonaco, MS, DACVIM will explain how the use of serum TSH aids in the diagnosis of feline hyper-and hypothyroidism. Best practices for using currently available TSH assays will be discussed.