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About the Course.......
For the past 19 years, the Feline Conference has been one of our most popular conferences. It is de-signed to provide the most up-to-date information on specific feline medical topics. This year’s conference will focus solely on the elderly feline patient. Participants should go home with practical tips on minimizing stress for their feline patients in the clinic setting; the latest information on managing renal failure, practical and effective protocols for anesthesia and analgesia in geriatric cats.
Handling the Feline Patient to Prevent Pain and Stress:
Dr. Ilona Rodan: Fear is the number one cause of aggression in cats at veterinary hospitals. Cat restraint often causes pain and distress, especially in senior patients. Aggressive and screaming cats lead to stress for all -- cats, clients, and you! This lecture teaches how to make each veterinary visit “feline-friendly”, as well as human-friendly.
Optimal Treatment of Hyperthyroidism:
Dr. Lauren Trepanier: This talk will present the latest information on the management of hyperthyroid cats, to include study results on the optimal dosing of methimazole, a comparison of transdermal vs. oral preparations, the best way to manage various side effects of methimazole, treatment options for the methimazole-intolerant cat, the best approach to the azotemic hyperthyroid cat, and criteria for determining whether a cat is a good candidate for radioiodine.
Age Related Dental Disease in the Cat:
Dr. Bill Gengler: There is often much confusion in the veterinary community regarding oral diseases in cats. This presentation will take you through cases of feline oral disease allowing you to become comfortable and confident to diagnose, chart, and treat common oral diseases occurring throughout the cat’s life. Imaging and other diagnostic modalities in conjunction with numerous photographs will be incorporated within the lecture.
Common Tumors in the Geriatric Cat: Just the Pertinent Facts:
Dr. Ruthanne Chun: This talk will familiarize the practitioner with the highlights of physical examination findings, diagnostic tests, and treatment options for some of the more common feline cancers.
Anesthetic Management of the Geriatric Feline and Pain Management in Feline Patients:
Dr. Lesley Smith: These 2 lectures are intended to be complementary. The first talk will focus on anesthetic concerns, risks, and approaches for geriatric cats. Specifically, Dr. Smith will cover “safe” classes of anesthetic drugs to use in older cats, the “best” monitoring equipment that will provide the most useful information in anesthetized cats, and finally she will cover basic anesthetic trouble-shooting for these patients. The second lecture will address acute pain management in cats, particularly focusing on the use of opioids, alpha-2 agonists, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, and “newer” analgesics such as ketamine and local anesthetics given systemically. If time permits, some of the other drugs currently being used for chronic pain in cats, particularly tramadol and gabapentin, will be discussed.
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Course Faculty......
Ruthanne Chun, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM (Oncology); Clinical Associate Professor, UW-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine.
Bill Gengler, DVM; DAVDC; Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs/Director of the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital/Director of the Dental Program in the Dept. of Surgical Sciences, UW-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine; Consultant to The VetCor Group, Pfizer, Iams and Merial.
Ilona Rodan, DVM; Dipl. ABVP; Specialty in Feline Practice; Co-Chair of the American Association of Feline Practioners (AAFP); Panel Report on Senior Care and AAFP Feline Behavior Guidelines; Recipient of the AVMA 2005 Animal Welfare Award.
Lesley J. Smith, DVM; DACVA; Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, UW-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine.
Lauren Trepanier, DVM; PhD; DACVIM; DACVCP; Associate Professor, UW-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine; Sees referral internal medicine cases and runs a research lab dealing with comparative drug metabolism.
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