Registration closes 02/11/22

Participants in this special lunch-and-learn program will discuss controversial and uncomfortable situations in small animal end-of-life care. Participants will be encouraged to discuss their approach to provided case examples, which may include refusal of euthanasia, non-traditional routes of euthanasia, palliating natural death, behavioral euthanasia and moral distress placed upon the veterinary care team. Attendees will gain perspective and insight on serious illness conversations, planning for and delivering palliative end-of-life care, and alternative routes of euthanasia, as well as tools to manage personal stress.

Lab Details

• Date: Thursday 2/17
• Time: 11:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.
• Speaker: Page Yaxley, DVM, DACVECC
• Fee: $65
• Audience: V, T
• Level: 1, 2, 3
• CE: 1.5 hours
• Max Capacity: 48
• Prerequisites: None

This special program will include case-based discussions of technical tips for imaging, ultrasound appearance of certain disease processes, use of Doppler, and ultrasound guided sampling. Attendee interaction will be encouraged.

Lab Details

• Date: Friday 2/18
• Time: 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.
• Speaker: Amy Habing, DVM, DACVR
• Fee: $75
• Audience: V
• Level: 1, 2
• CE: 3 hours
• Max Capacity: 40
• Prerequisites: Basic ultrasound experience

In the first part of this lab, participants in this lab will gain an understanding of the physiology and olfactory pathway of essential oils. This will include a review of essential oils, as well as a fun, hands-on exercise in essential oil organoleptics. Attendees will actively engage in using their senses to evaluate several essential oil mystery samples, followed by a reveal. Part two (previously Special Program I) will review essential oil safe-use guidelines. Participants will learn how to blend essential oils and create a hydrosol blend to take home.

Details

• Date: Friday 2/18
• Time: 1:30 – 3 p.m.
• Speaker: Carol Falck, VMD
• Fee: $60
• Audience: V
• Level: 1, 2
• CE: 1.5 hours
• Max Capacity: 50
• Prerequisites: Sessions 224–226 and 421–423 recommended

This lab has been cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience.

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This interactive lab will address the types of releasing flaps; demonstrate how to properly remove buccal bone, section a tooth, and release the periosteum to ensure a tension-free closure; discuss elevation vs luxation; and demonstrate surgical extraction of the maxillary canine tooth, maxillary fourth premolar tooth, and others as time avails. Attention to detail will also be covered.

Details

• Date: Saturday 2/19
• Time: 8 – 11:30 a.m.
• Speaker: Barden Greenfield, DVM, DAVDC
• Fee: $495
• Audience: V
• Level: 1, 2
• CE: 3.5 hours
• Max Capacity: 20
• Prerequisites: None

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This interactive lab will address the types of releasing flaps; describe indications of crown amputation versus surgical extraction; demonstrate how to perform a crown amputation, section feline premolars, elevate and luxate; discuss proper removal of buccal bone; and explain tension-free closures. Participants will be able to perform multiple oral surgical extractions of a variety of teeth.

Details

• Date: Saturday 2/19
• Time: 1:30 – 5 p.m.
• Speaker: Barden Greenfield, DVM, DAVDC
• Fee: $495
• Audience: V
• Level: 1, 2
• CE: 3.5 hours
• Max Capacity: 20
• Prerequisites: None

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This dry lab will focus on ligation techniques to help make high-quality, high-volume spay/neuter procedures safe and efficient. Participants will practice techniques for feline castration, feline ovarian pedicle autoligation, and placement of the modified miller’s knot.

Details

• Date: Saturday 2/19
• Time: 9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
• Speaker: Sara White, DVM, M.Sc.
• Fee: $110
• Audience: V
• Level: 1, 2
• CE: 2 hours
• Max Capacity: 20
• Prerequisites: Session 274

This lab has been cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience.

This program has been combined with Lab C. Please see C. Essential Oil Organoleptics & Blending for program information. We apologize for any inconvenience.