Wednesday, October 18th, 2023


Small Animal Program
8:30am - 4:30pm
Featuring Small Animal Dentistry with Dr. Graham Thatcher
Generously Sponsored by: ProConcept Animal Health
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Large Animal Program - Bovine
8:30am - 4:30pm

Dr. Vincent Caldwell and Dr. Jodi Wallace 

8:30 am to 11:45 pm
Morning session generously sponsored by Preferred Speaker Sponsor Vetoquinol
Bovine Reproduction-Reproductive Management & Performance

1:15 pm to 4:30 pm
Afternoon session generously sponsored by Zoetis & CCVA
Selected topics in Dairy Production Medicine

11:45 am - 1:15pm 
CCVA Luncheon with invited speakers
4:45 pm to 5:30 pm
CCVA Business Meeting & AGM
6 pm - 11pm
Gourmet Autumn Dinner &Wine with Olive Oil & Balsamic Tasting and Silent Auction
 

Thursday, October 19th, 2023

Small Animal Program
8:30 am—5:00 pm
              Dr. Janet Beeler-Marfisi
        Small Animal Clinical Pathology
     Maximizing Your Return on Investment
                   –The Clin Path Edition !
      Generously Sponsored by: IDEXX

Large Animal Program
8:30 am—5:00 pm
Dr. Thomas J. Divers
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Equine Internal Medicine—Updates & Issues in Selected Diseases & Diagnosis
Generously Sponsored by: TRUTINA Pharmacy & CCVA

Dr. Divers is the Rudolph J. and Katharine L. Steffen Professor of Medicine in the section of Large Animal Medicine at Cornell University. Dr. Divers consults on cases, conducts research projects and lectures. He has been the recipient of teaching awards at four universities, has received the Educator of the Year Award
from both the AAEP and ACVECC and has received the Cornell University Hospital for Animals Distinguished Service Award for service to referring veterinarians.

Program Topics:
Equine Liver Disease: An update on Infectious Causes of Hepatitis in Horses 
including:
 Cholangiohepatitis; diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis
 Equine parvovirus hepatitis; the likely cause of "serum hepatitis"
 Equine hepacivirus hepatitis is it a cause of chronic-active hepatitis?
 Seasonal fever and hepatitis in adult horses
 Equine Tyzzer's disease
 Time permitting, toxic hepatopathy will be briefly discussed.
Equine Neurologic Diseases that are not EPM, EDM, or CCM- A review of
select neurologic diseases including:
 Temporohyoid osteoarthropathy
 Intestinal hyperammonemia
 Motor neuron disease versus vitamin E deficient myopathy
 Parelaphlostrongylus tenuis
 Botulism
 Viral encephalitis
 Lyme neurologic disease
A Cased-based Presentation on Some Medical Causes of Weight Loss in Horses
This is a case-based, interactive discussion on clinical investigation of a horse that is losing
weight. Individual cases with specific medical problems will be used in this presentation.
 Clinical examination findings and historical information that might direct additional
specific testing to help determine the cause of the weight loss.
 A review of ancillary testing used in the evaluation of the thin horse.
 Possible treatment for each condition.
Value of Serum Chemistry Measurements in Equine Practice
The most important part of making a diagnosis, treatment plan and prognosis is to gather a
complete history and complete a thorough clinical examination. In many cases measurement of
serum chemistries can provide important information regarding diagnosis, treatment plan and
prognosis. In this presentation the clinical value of serum analytes measurements will be
discussed using case examples.
Leptospirosis and Anaplasmosis – Two important Equine Infectious Diseases
This presentation will review clinical syndromes associated with Leptospira and Anaplasma
infections in horses. Learning objectives include:
• Three important clinical syndromes associated with Leptospira infections
• Typical and atypical clinical syndromes that can be caused by Anaplasma phagocytophila
infections
• Treatments for all syndromes associated with either Leptospira or Anaplasma infections
• As time permits an update on Lyme Disease in horses will be provided
Best Use of Corticosteroids in Equine Practice
This presentation will provide the following information on glucocorticoid use in equine
practice:
• Basic pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of the most commonly used glucocorticoids
• Diseases where glucocorticoid therapy has either apparent or documented efficacy
• When to use glucocorticoids in an infectious disease
• Selection of specific glucocorticoids, dose, and duration
• Adverse effects of glucocorticoids in horses
• Alternatives for immune suppression therapy