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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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