Medical Oncology; Neurology & Neurosurgery; Surgery

Topics

Electrochemotherapy: Sparking New Possibilities in Pet Cancer Care

This live interactive medical program for veterinary professionals will review electrochemotherapy (ECT) and its application as a treatment modality in veterinary oncology. This course will include foundational concepts, current research studies, and clinical case examples from hospital practice.

Learning Objectives

1. Electrochemotherapy (ECT) is a treatment modality in pet cancer care.
2. Patient benefits from electrochemotherapy treatment.
3. Expected outcomes for electrochemotherapy treatment in cancer for pets.

Presenter: Jacqueline L. Bloch-Miles, DVM, Diplomate, ACVIM (Oncology)

Draining the Abdomen: A Deep Dive into Non-Traumatic Hemoabdomen

This live interactive medical program for veterinary professionals will provide a deep dive into hemoabdomen. This course will include relevant background, history, presentation, and common etiologies of the acute hemoabdomen. In addition, recent literature updates will be highlighted.

Learning Objectives

1. How to identify hemoabdomen using common signalment, history, and initial physical exam.
2. The difference in prognosis between hepatic and splenic masses.
3. How to guide clients by utilizing current survival data (surgery vs. palliative care.

Presenter: Tom Kozlovich, DVM, MS, Diplomate, ACVS (Small Animal)

Neurologic Diseases in Dogs and Cats

This live interactive medical program for veterinary professionals will review management strategies for neurologic diseases including feline infectious peritonitis (FIP), discospondylitis, and spinal meningioma. This course will include case presentations focusing on diagnostic approaches, treatment protocols, monitoring strategies, and medical management for each neurologic condition.

Learning Objectives

1. Neurologic FIP treatment with nucleoside analog antiviral (GS-441524).
2. Medical management plans for discospondylitis.
3. Treatment options for suspected spinal meningioma.

Presenter: Michele Provencher, DVM, MS, Diplomate, ACVIM (Neurology)