MULT309-0717: Topics in Feline Medicine
The lectures for this course will be presented in an audio format.
Enrollment is closed.
Presenters:
Miranda Spindel, DVM, MS
Rosie Henik, DVM, DACVIM (SAIM)
Leslie Lyons, MS, PhD
Tony Buffington, DVM, PhD
Lauren Eichstadt Forsythe, PharmD, FSVHP
Erica Reineke, VMD, DACVECC
Joe Camp, MS, PhD
Steve Bailey, VMD, DABVP (Feline)
Course Open: July 25-September 15, 2017
Real Time Sessions (RTS): Tuesdays, August 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, and September 5, 2017; 9:00-11:00 pm ET (USA)
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Practice Sessions: In order to prepare you for a successful experience
in your CE course, we request you attend a Practice Session prior to the first
Real Time Session. Please arrive promptly at the start time; each Practice Session
is up to 1 hour in length.
For more information, please visit the
CE Practice Area.
*The presenters for this course will be using audio which will require you to have a headset or speakers to listen.
If you have any concerns regarding your computer's audio capabilities, please be sure to attend
one of the Practice Sessions.
Level and Prerequisites:
This
intermediate course will be open to veterinarians
actively interested in extending their knowledge of feline medicine.
VIN CE Course: Open to veterinarians.
This course is approved by RACE for veterinarians. (RACE 22-29909)
Course Information:
This course focuses upon extending the participants' knowledge of feline medicine,
covering a variety of topics: upper respiratory/nasal diseases, feline idiopathic cystitis,
feline genetic counseling, drug compounding for cats, treating blocked cats, and toxoplasmosis.
Week 1 (Real Time Session August 1, 2017):
Respiratory Disease
Part 1: Nasal Diagnostics and Disease in the Individual Cat
Presenter: Rosie Henik, DVM, DACVIM (SAIM)
Format: Audio
Objectives: Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to
- discuss the most common diseases of the nasal cavity in cats.
- understand which diagnostic procedures will and will not result
in the correct diagnosis of nasal cavity disease.
- understand current treatments and their limitations in nasal cavity disease.
Part 2: Upper Respiratory Infections in Multi-Cat Environment
Presenter: Miranda Spindel, DVM, MS
Format: Audio
Objectives: Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to
- discuss the common agents of feline infectious upper respiratory disease in multi-cat environments
- understand and apply common diagnostic testing strategies for feline infectious upper respiratory disease
- understand and apply common management and treatment strategies for minimizing severity of illness and frequency of outbreaks in a population.
Week 2 (Real Time Session August 8, 2017):
Feline Idiopathic Cystitis (FIC)
Presenter: C. A. Buffington, DVM, PhD
Format: Audio
Objectives: Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to
- provide a current explanation for the etiopathogenesis of FIC
and it's relationship to Pandora Syndrome.
- describe the role of the environment in FIC.
- explain the differential diagnostic approach to cats with cLUTS.
- define and explain the MEMO (Multimodal Environmental Modification) process.
- develop a follow-up plan for clients who have cats with FIC.
Week 3 (Real Time Session August 15, 2017):
Feline Genetic Counseling
Presenter: Leslie Lyons, MS, PhD
Format: Audio
Objectives: Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to
- determine if a disease / trait / presentation has a high likely genetic component.
- determine the mode of inheritance of a genetic trait.
- recognize breed relationships and their risk for genetic diseases.
- recognize which genetic tests have high sensitivity and specificity
for cat genetic traits and diseases.
Week 4 (Real Time Session August 22, 2017):
Drug Compounding for Cats
Presenter: Lauren Eichstadt Forsythe, PharmD, FSVHP
Format: Audio
Objectives: Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to
- describe the pros and cons of various dosage forms used for treating cats.
- identify drugs that are not appropriate for transdermal administration.
- list 3 concerns associated with transdermal administration.
- explain the process for determining when it is appropriate to compound.
Week 5 (Real Time Session August 29, 2017):
Stabilization and Treatment of the "Blocked" Cat
Presenter: Erica Reineke, VMD, DACVECC
Format: Audio
Objectives: Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to
- recognize and stabilize the critically ill blocked cat with hyperkalemia.
- understand how to perform a sacral-coccygeal epidural.
- understand current recommendations for duration of urinary
catheterization and hospitalization.
- recognize and treat fluid balance concerns (post-obstructive diuresis
or fluid overload) that may develop during treatment of the blocked cat.
- understand when antibiotics are indicated and what evidence exists
for treatments that may prevent recurrence of urethral obstruction.
Week 6 (Real Time Session September 5, 2017):
Toxoplasmosis
Presenters: Joe Camp, MS, PhD
Steve Bailey, VMD, DABVP (Feline)
Format: Audio
Objectives: Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to
- describe the life cycle and epidemiology of Toxoplasma gondii as well as
the diagnostic methods used to identify T. gondii infections in hosts.
- recognize life cycle stages, microscopically, of T. gondii.
- identify the clinical problems and pathology caused by T. gondii in its hosts.
- list the anti-protozoal drugs used to treat T. gondii infections in definitive
and intermediate hosts and describe methods for control of the parasite's transmission.
NB - treatment is merely one aspect of control.
- understand the importance of T. gondii as a zoonotic pathogen.
Successful completion (scoring 80% or better) on the end-of-course test is required
to earn a certificate of completion for the course.
To learn more about the requirements for earning a CE certificate, please refer to
Receiving Your CE Credit and Course Completion Certificate.
Course Materials: Course materials will be available
in the course library prior to each Real Time Session.
Required Textbook(s): There is no required textbook for this course.
About the Presenters:
Miranda Spindel serves as the Veterinary Information Network's
Shelter Medicine Consultant and Student Advocate. Dr. Spindel initiated and
completed the first residency in shelter medicine with a Master of Clinical
Sciences offered though Colorado State University in 2007, and then worked as
the Senior Director of Shelter Medicine at the ASPCA for ten years. She is a
member of the Shelter Medicine Organizing Committee & Residency Committee for
American Board Veterinary Practitioners. Dr. Spindel lives on a small acreage
in Colorado with her daughter and dogs, cats, chickens, donkeys, and horses.
Rosie Henik received her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from
Ohio State University in 1983. She completed a residency and MS in Small Animal
Internal Medicine at Colorado State University in 1988. After retiring from the
University of Wisconsin Veterinary Teaching Hospital in 2009, she began a mobile
echocardiography service. Dr. Henik also sees clinical cases at Veterinary Emergency
Service & Veterinary Specialty Center in Madison, Wisconsin, and is a Consultant
on the Cardiopulmonary Message Board for VIN.
Tony Buffington is an emeritus professor of veterinary clinical
sciences at The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine, and currently
a clinical professor (volunteer) at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.
He received bachelors, masters and PhD degrees in nutrition and the Doctor of Veterinary
Medicine degree from UC Davis, and is board-certified in veterinary nutrition.
His clinical interests include developmental origins of health and disease,
stress effects on disease, obesity, evidence-based medicine, and effective medical
communications. His research has documented the effects of environmental stressors
on disease in cats, and the role of effective environmental enrichment in mitigating
them to promote recovery. Dr. Buffington has published more than 120 scientific papers,
30 book chapters, 3 books (one an iBook), an iTunes U course, and created the
Indoor Pet Initiative
https://indoorpet.osu.edu/website.
Leslie Lyons trained in human genetics, specifically disease
mapping of familial polyposis coli (Gardner's Syndrome) and aniridia.
Her postdoctoral fellowship focused on developing genetic resources for comparative
gene mapping across mammalian species with emphasis in the domestic cat.
Her long-standing research focuses on domestic cat genetics, in particular the
development of biomedical models. Her laboratory has identified over 30 mutations
over 25 genes including 21 diseases, cat AB / B blood type (2) and recently
2 diseases in wild felids.
Dr. Lyons launched the
99 Lives Cat Genome Sequencing Initiative
(
http://felinegenetics.missouri.edu/99lives)
- an effort to have deep coverage on cats with
inherited diseases and as a SNP resource for the community. She was the first to
publish cat biomedical models with the DNA variants identified by whole genome
sequencing, and she produced the first signature of selection cat study and the
first case-control genome-wide association studies for the domestic cat.
During her tenure at NCI, she worked closely with theriogenologists to produce a
feline interspecies backcross between domestic cats and Asian Leopard cats as a
gene mapping resource and she continues to support assisted reproduction studies in cats.
Dr. Lyon's laboratory works closely with veterinarians to define genetic diseases.
The veterinarians and clinicians then become partners with the laboratory in the genetic studies.
The laboratory typically collaborates with veterinarians and clinicians around the world
and they publish in veterinary and genetics journals, especially journals that focus
on organ systems. Specific diseases remain a high priority, including polycystic
kidney disease (PKD) and heritable blindness.
Lauren Eichstadt Forsythe graduated from the University of Findlay,
College of Pharmacy in May 2015. Following completion of her PharmD degree, Dr. Eichstadt
completed a one year veterinary pharmacy residency at Purdue University's Veterinary
Teaching Hospital (VTH). As part of this residency, Dr. Eichstadt taught pharmacy and
veterinary students, rounded with hospital services, performed research and compounded
a variety of medications for hospital patients. Upon completion of her residency, Dr.
Forsythe took a clinical pharmacist position at the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital.
Erica Reineke is an Associate Professor of Emergency and Critical
Care Medicine and Trauma Center Director at the University of Pennsylvania.
She is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and a Diplomate of the American
College of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine. The establishment of evidence
based guidelines for the treatment of feline urethral obstruction is a research
interest of hers and she is an invited speaker on this topic. She has completed
several studies including an evaluation of prazosin, sacral-coccygeal epidural,
a description of fluid overload, and an ongoing study on decompressive cystocentesis.
Joe Camp is a Professor of Veterinary Parasitology in the Purdue
University College of Veterinary Medicine. He also serves as the University
Secretary of Faculties in the Office of the Provost. He has been teaching veterinary
parasitology to second-year DVM students for 14 years. He was also the Director of
Parasitology Diagnostic Laboratory until its services were transferred to the
Indiana Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (ADDL) in November 2013. He now serves
as the consulting parasitologist for the ADDL parasitology section. Dr. Camp frequently
consults with practitioners outside the Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine
on difficult cases involving parasitic infections of small and large animals.
He is a member of the American Association of Veterinary Parasitologists and the
American Society of Parasitologists. He recently recorded a series of CE video
presentations on the parasites of small animals for Elanco. Dr. Camp lives on
small acreage in Indiana with five hay-burning pasture ornaments (former 4H horses).
Steve Bailey has been immersed in veterinary medicine since the
age of 16 when he started working at an emergency hospital. After practicing emergency
medicine for 8 years, he opened a feline practice. Since then he has obtained ABVP
certification, and is currently a VIN consultant on the Feline Internal Medicine boards,
NAVLE question writer, adjunct professor at Michigan State, student mentor,
and resident advisor. His obsession with details allows him to appreciate things,
which others do not, including feline knees and teeth syndrome, gastric diverticuli,
and many more feline idiosyncrasies. In his spare time, he enjoys long distance kayak racing.
Total CE Credit: 12
Tuition: Member $276 ($248 early bird special if enrolled by July 11, 2017)
Non-Member $413 ($372 early bird special if enrolled by July 11, 2017)
Prices are listed in US dollars.
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enrollment will close on August 1, 2017 at 5 pm ET (USA)
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"This program (22-29909) is approved by the AAVSB RACE to offer a
total of 12 CE Credits, with a maximum of 12 CE Credits being available to any individual
veterinarian.
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Scientific,
using the delivery method of Interactive-Distance: (Web-based, Teleconference or Audio-Conference).
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