Age is not a disease!

In this complimentary, 1-hour VETgirl–Zoetis webinar, Dr. Rebecca Salazar, DVM, DACVAA reviews anesthesia of the senior pet. Tune in to learn what physiologic changes occur in the geriatric patient, the overall morbidity and mortality of anesthesia, and how to develop your anesthetic plan in the geriatric patient!

Thanks to sponsorship from Zoetis, this webinar is FREE to all!

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WEBSITE LINK:  https://vetgirlontherun.com/webinars/november-8-2022-anesthesia-and-the-senior-pet/

Access to veterinary support is harder than ever. Whether you’re on the sheltering side of animal care, or the veterinary side, working together can be complicated and demanding.

If you’re a shelter or rescue struggling to find or cultivate effective working relationships with veterinarians, this listening session is designed to hear your challenges and offer guidance with obtaining a veterinarian of record and maintaining an effective relationship.

If you’re a veterinary professional interested in expanding your practice to include shelters and rescues, this info session will provide a foundation of their pain points and offer ways you can assist them in saving more lives. Join our panel of veterinarians, animal welfare professionals, and Shelters United leadership as we discuss how to obtain and maintain healthy working relationships with veterinarians of record, plus action steps on getting involved in a new initiative and academic study focused on solving this crucial roadblock.

What You’ll Learn:

• Want to work with a veterinarian of record? Hear the challenges and benefits.
• Get involved in an academic study from the University of Florida Shelter Medicine Distance Education to help animal welfare and veterinary leaders understand these challenges in order to effectively create future solutions.
• Insights from our panel on methods to effectively communicate, build trust, and create policy foundations for successful veterinary partnerships.

We Want to Hear from You:

Our panel is passionate about helping our community. We want to hear about your needs. Are you a rescue or shelter that has trouble obtaining or maintaining a relationship with a veterinarian? Are you a vet who has questions about working with rescues and shelters? Submit your question to our panelists below for our Q&A. We will be following up with webinar attendees with details about participating in an academic survey from the University of Florida.

WEBSITE LINK:  https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/788451418599643408

The presentation will explain the importance of preventative cancer recommendations for canine patients in the primary care setting. Several common canine cancers have been shown to be related to environmental chemical exposures. This presentation will identify specific environmental chemical exposures associated with specific cancers in dogs, or in people with analogous cancers.

Environmental prevention of bladder cancer and lymphoma in dogs
Bladder cancer and lymphoma have strong links to environmental chemical exposures in people, and we are finding that the same may be true for dogs. This session will present the evidence for specific chemical exposures and these cancers in dogs and provide practical recommendations to make to owners of high-risk breeds.

What skills will an attendee attain from this presentation?

After attending this presentation, attendees will be able to:

• Explain the importance of preventative cancer recommendations for canine patients in the primary care setting
• Name several common canine cancers that are related to environmental chemical exposures
• Identify specific environmental chemical exposures associated with specific cancers in dogs, or in people with analogous cancers
• Prepare a list of environmental questions to ask dog owners when specific cancers are diagnosed.
• Prepare a list of environmental recommendations for puppy visits with owners of dog breeds at high risk for specific cancers.

This webinar is FREE for all attendees.
1.5 hours of RACE CE credits (medical) will be available for HSVMA members only (pending RACE approval).
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About the Presenter – Lauren Trepanier, DVM, PhD, DACVIM, DACVCP

Dr. Trepanier has 23 years of experience at UW-Madison managing internal medicine cases, training residents, interns, and students and conducting research on individual risk for adverse drug reactions and environmental cancers. She earned her DVM with distinction from Cornell University, completed residency training at the Animal Medical Center in New York, and obtained a PhD in Pharmacology, also at Cornell. Dr. Trepanier is board certified in both Internal Medicine and Veterinary Clinical Pharmacology and is currently a Professor of Internal Medicine at UW-Madison SVM. More recently, Dr. Trepanier has also devoted time to initiatives that engage veterinarians in research as Assistant Dean for Clinical and Translational Research at the UW-Madison SVM.

WEBSITE LINK:  https://hsvma.memberclicks.net/webinar-cancer-risks-in-dogs

Have you tried everything you can think of to connect with your community? Have you reduced barriers to fostering and adoption and still animals are sitting? In this 60-minute webinar, we’ll explore what might be keeping people who want to foster or adopt from coming to your shelter, and we’ll share three of the most impactful and untapped practices you can use to encourage engagement across your community. (Pssst… If you’re already doing these three things, we’ll send baskets of cookies to your staff!)

Thursday, November 10, 2022 at 12noon Pacific / 3pm Eastern (60 minutes)

REGISTER HERE

After the webcast, join us on Maddie’s Pet Forum to continue the discussion and exchange ideas.

This webinar will be recorded and has been pre-approved for 1.0 Certified Animal Welfare Administrator continuing education credits by The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement and by the National Animal Care & Control Association.

About the Presenter

Allison Cardona, California for All Animals State Director, UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program

Before joining the Koret Shelter Medicine Program as California State Director, Allison worked as deputy director for the Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care & Control where she oversaw two full-service animal care centers, a communications center, public relations, adoption partners, behavior and enrichment, and volunteer programs. She also served as liaison to the County’s Homeless Initiative ensuring that people experiencing homelessness have options and resources for their pets. Before that, Allison spent 14 years as a senior program director at the ASPCA in a variety of departments. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Public Affairs from Empire State College and is a graduate of USC Price School of Public Policy Executive Leadership Development Program and Southern Utah University Certificate in Executive Animal Services. The proud daughter of Colombian immigrants, Allison is deeply committed to racial justice and equity work.

WEBSITE LINK:  https://maddies.fund/WebcastRegisterPowerofYes

Those of us who share our lives with cats are very aware that, behaviorally speaking, they have diverged very little from their wild ancestors. Although studies are clear that our feline companions live much safer and longer lives when kept indoors, these “house panthers” need an environment that provides them with the opportunity to express the unique, species specific behaviors they share with their larger counterparts. A home lacking these outlets results in a condition of chronic stress which can cause unwanted behaviors from, and impact the physical health of, your cat.

In this webinar, Dr. Jenny Biehunko will cover:

—How a cat’s environment affects behavioral issues such as house soiling, destructive behavior, and social conflict as well as medical problems such as skin, endocrine, and urinary disorders.
—Designing and optimizing an enriched environment for indoor cats and choosing a layout that works for each individual
—Implementing an enrichment plan and incorporating enrichment into treatment plans for both medical and behavioral issues.

And much more!

Dr. Jenny Beard Biehunko is a 1998 graduate of the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine. Soon after beginning small animal practice, Jenny developed a special interest in Behavioral Medicine, and she began seeing behavior cases in a private practice setting. In 2017, she began a Residency with the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists under the mentorship of Dr. Lynne Seibert. Jenny teaches courses in Ethology and Behavior at both the Auburn and Tuskegee Colleges of Veterinary Medicine. In addition to practicing small animal medicine, she owns a behavior exclusive practice in Birmingham, Alabama, where she focuses primarily on canine, feline, equine, and avian cases. She also has a passion for working with the local veterinary and shelter communities on integrating lower stress and humane handling methods into their practices.

WEBSITE LINK:  https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/1472665409779268109