Wednesday October 18th & 19th, 2023
Wednesday October 18th 2023
Bovine Program
8:30 am—11:45 pm (Dr. Vincent Caldwell & Dr. Jodi Wallace)
1:15 pm –4:30 pm (Dr. Vincent Caldwell & Dr. Jodi Wallace)
Thursday October 19th, 2023
Equine Program
8:30 am—5:00 pm (Dr. Thomas J. Divers)
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:
select neurologic diseases including:
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.
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:
This presentation will provide the following information on glucocorticoid use in equine practice:
Wednesday October 18th 2023
Bovine Program
8:30 am—11:45 pm (Dr. Vincent Caldwell & Dr. Jodi Wallace)
- Bovine Reproduction
- Reproductive Management & Performance
- Optimal Management of reproduction in robotic milking herds
- Using genomics to improve reproductive performance.
- enerously Sponsored by Preferred Speaker Sponsor: Vetoquinol
1:15 pm –4:30 pm (Dr. Vincent Caldwell & Dr. Jodi Wallace)
- Selected Topics in Dairy Production Medicine
- Generously Sponsored by: Zoetis & CCVA
Thursday October 19th, 2023
Equine Program
8:30 am—5:00 pm (Dr. Thomas J. Divers)
- 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.
select neurologic diseases including:
- Temporohyoid osteoarthropathy
- Intestinal hyperammonemia
- Motor neuron disease versus vitamin E deficient myopathy
- Parelaphlostrongylus tenuis
- Botulism
- Viral encephalitis
- Lyme neurologic disease
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.
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
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
Wednesday April 5, 2023
Heritage Hall, 820 Heritage Dr Kemptville College
Keynote Speaker:
Jeromy Ten Hag , Lactanet
Topics:
Reproductive Analysis of dairy herds
New herd level data on associations between
Agenda for the Event:
Registration:
RSVP deadline is April 3 by 9:00 am Please contact Mike to RSVP@ [email protected] This event is sponsored by Boehringer-Ingelheim AH Merck AH
Heritage Hall, 820 Heritage Dr Kemptville College
Keynote Speaker:
Jeromy Ten Hag , Lactanet
Topics:
Reproductive Analysis of dairy herds
New herd level data on associations between
- Production and reproduction
- Production and longevity
Agenda for the Event:
- Doors open at 6:00pm
- Hot meal served at 6:30 pm
- Presentations 7:00 to 9:00 pm
Registration:
- This event is free to all CCVA members
- Non – CCVA members are welcome to attend after they register as members.
- Registration to become a CCVA member: individual $50.00 or clinic (one address) $200 Membership fees can be collected at the event.
RSVP deadline is April 3 by 9:00 am Please contact Mike to RSVP@ [email protected] This event is sponsored by Boehringer-Ingelheim AH Merck AH
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