Course Catalog

In this 90 minute course, Dr. Harmon Rogers presents an overview of veterinary medical records including regulatory codes and types of record keeping.

This course discusses how to fine tune a neurologic exam and how to use the examination findings to help neuro-localize with ease.  Common misinterpretations of various neurologic findings will be discussed so that these mistakes can be avoided.  There will also be some practice neurolocalization cases that will be discussed as a group.    Come join us in this session so that you can make the neurologic exam a simple and routine part of your day-to-day practice.

This is the Second Course in the Emergency and Critical Care Program!

 

This is the Fifth Course in the Emergency and Critical Care Program!

 

ECC-5: Thoracic point of care ultrasound it is used every day in the emergency setting. It is very helpful as part of the triage and also as a diagnostic tool. This webinar is intended to present the base of thoracic point of care ultrasound, normal and abnormal findings and most common differentials. We will also touch base on how to perform a pericardiocentesis. We hope that after this session you will feel ready and confident to use your thoracic point of care ultrasound on your daily emergencies and will help you with your patient stabilization, diagnosis and treatment.

A review of our current understanding of bovine pinkeye (infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis) including recent insight into etiologic agents, antimicrobial therapeutic options, and vaccine strategies.

 

Recorded June 10, 2020

Hyperadrenocorticism (Cushing’s disease) is seen commonly in our canine patients.  This 2 part presentation will guide general practitioners through the process of diagnosis and treating Cushing’s disease and includes answers to commonly asked questions, step by step guidance on interpreting diagnostics, as well as up to date information on treatment options. 

Hyperadrenocorticism (Cushing’s disease) is seen commonly in our canine patients.  This 2 part presentation will guide general practitioners through the process of diagnosis and treating Cushing’s disease and includes answers to commonly asked questions, step by step guidance on interpreting diagnostics, as well as up to date information on treatment options. 

This course provides an overview of preliminary results and methods from a project focused on improving classifications for neonatal dairy calf GI disease through enhanced diagnostics, including epigenetic and microbial community evaluations. Diarrhea-associated neonatal calf gastrointestinal (GI) disease remains one of the most important diseases in dairy calves. Severe diarrhea impacts animal welfare and results in significant economic losses due to high mortality rates, high medical costs, and low weight gain. However, our ability to distinguish between the different pathologies associated with GI disease, i.e. our analytic accuracy of identifying different GI disease phenotypes, is hindered by limited availability and use of on-farm diagnostics and particularly the limited implementation of postmortem evaluations. Given the high proportion of affected calves treated with antimicrobials, improving on-farm diagnostic skills and therapeutic options are key for improving agriculture’s stewardship of antimicrobial use.

SDMA is a widely available commercial test that has revolutionized how we detect kidney disease in small animal veterinary medicine.  Despite SDMA’s success in measuring/estimating a decreased GFR, we must remain diligent in our practices to appropriately use this biomarker in regards to our patients’ healthcare. During this course we will discuss the origin, science and literature available in regards to the veterinary use of SDMA, then we will discuss several clinical cases in which SDMA values may or may not have helped in achieving an accurate diagnosis.

This presentation is for owners and veterinarians to understand what West Nile Virus is, the history of the disease and its spread across the United States. Discussion of the clinical signs including videos. Treatment protocol will be reviewed and then the importance of prevention and how to prevent will be discussed.

Cats present some unique anesthetic & analgesic challenges and are at higher risk than dogs for anesthesia-related mortality. Small body size, fight/flight tendencies and species-specific responses to drugs can complicate feline anesthesia and analgesia. Addressing specific cat concerns can make anesthesia safer and analgesia more effective. Cat-specific anesthetic and pain management drugs and techniques, along with updates on feline-specific literature and new drugs are covered in this 95 minute On-Demand course.

The evaluation of bulls for their ability to perform as herd sires has unfortunately become commonly labeled as “semen testing” or “semen evaluation”. It is important to stress that semen evaluation is just a small part of the complete evaluation of bulls for breeding soundness.

Veterinarians are increasingly aware of infectious disease risks in their patients, and nosocomial infections are at the top of the list. This On-Demand lecture aims to provide the small animal clinician with some basics to develop your own infection control program. Topics to be covered include the most frequent nosocomial agents, transmission prevention, cleaning and disinfection, protocol development, surveillance, and communication approaches.

By the time a treatment decision is made for a young calf, the disease process likely affected its growth potential. This On-Demand program will highlight the tools and methods for evaluating the critical control points in calf rearing.  The research for this project was funded by the USDA NIFA Grant No. 2015-68003-22998.

Drs. Tamara Grubb and Stephen Greene present a series of courses to provide a complete exploration of pain management concepts and techniques.  This program is composed of the eight individual modules and awards 10 credits as participants progress through the modules.

In this first module of the Pain Management Certificate Program, Dr. Tamara Grubb presents an hour long discussion on multiple assessment scales and how to properly assess pain using those scales.

In this second module of the Pain Management Certificate Program, Dr. Stephen Greene presents a 50 minute discussion on the physiology of pain, the five sites of analgesic action and distinguishing pain types.

In this third module of the Pain Management Certificate Program, Dr. Tamara Grubb presents an hour long discussion on acute pain in addition to new and established drug therapy options.

In this fourth module of the Pain Management Certificate Program, Dr. Tamara Grubb presents a 90 minute discussion on chronic pain pathology and treatment.

In this fifth module of the Pain Management Certificate Program, Dr. Tamara Grubb presents a 75 minute overview of constant rate infusions and how you can utilize them in your practice.

In this sixth module of the Pain Management Certificate Program, Dr. Tamara Grubb presents a 90 minute overview of local and regional anesthesia and how you can utilize them in your practice.

In this seventh module of the Pain Management Certificate Program, Dr. Stephen Greene presents a 50 minute discussion on the effects of acupuncture on the tissues, immune system, and the nervous system.

In this eigth, and final, module of the Pain Management Certificate Program, Drs. Tamara Grubb and Stephen Greene present a 90 minute discussion of tools designed to help develop analgesic protocols for every patient through case examples.

Proper planning optimizes success in oncologic surgery, while inadequate planning can result in recurrence of a tumor more aggressive than the original. We will discuss selection and prioritization of steps involved in working up an oncology patient (including staging and grading), the decision process for when to take incisional vs. excisional biopsies, guidelines for achieving margins on common tumor types like mast cell tumors and soft tissue sarcomas, and steps to minimize tumor seeding.

In this 50 minute course, Dr. Margaret Davis reviews five zoonotic diseases of importance to a veterinary hospital.  The topics touched on are the signs and symptoms in animals and humans, mode of transmission and preventative measures.

Trichomoniasis is a venereal disease among cattle that can cause abortions, low pregnancy rates and delayed or prolonged calving seasons.  The disease is present in the U.S., and can have severe economic costs for Washington’s beef producers.  Tight economic conditions may allow the disease to spread undetected (e.g. less pregnancy checking, longer breeding seasons, purchase of bargain cows), but trichomoniasis can be prevented and controlled through management.

 

Tuberculosis (TB) is a re-emerging disease in the United States and is a threat to Washington cattle.