Flex Forecast: March 2023

Continuing education (CE) opportunities can be found on our online dvm360 Flex™ platform.

On-demand webinars

FAST FLEX WEBINAR: 8 Fluid Therapy Questions to Consider

• Specialty: General Practitioner
• Speaker: Walter Brown, RVTg, VTS (ECC)
• Sponsor: Nutramax
• RACE-approved: 0.5 CE Credit Hour

This course will cover 8 questions to consider when formulating a fluid therapy plan. We will discuss the importance of assessing a patient’s hydration status before implementing fluid therapies.

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Pesky Pyoderma: Appropriate Diagnosis and Treatment Options

• Specialty: Dermatology
• Speakers: Julia Miller, DVM, DACVD; and Ashley Bourgeois, DVM, DACVD
• Sponsor: Vetoquinol
• RACE-approved: 1.0 CE Credit Hour

This webinar will provide an understanding of the clinical signs of pyoderma, how to perform cytology and appropriate treatment options.

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Cancer in Dogs: How and When Is It Detected and Is There Room for Improvement?

• Specialty: Oncology
• Speaker: Angela L. McCleary-Wheeler, DVM, PhD, DACVIM (Oncology)
• Sponsor: PetDx
• RACE-approved: 1.0 CE Credit Hour

Major veterinary medical organizations recognize the importance of early cancer detection in dogs; however, guideline driven screening protocols for early cancer detection are lacking, and cancer is often detected at advanced stages. Diagnosis of canine cancer at earlier stages, or at earlier substages has been proven to lead to better outcomes for many cancer types. This session will examine data from over 350 cancer-diagnosed dogs to establish how the presenting complaint came to attention and led to a definitive diagnosis of cancer in these patients.

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Probiotics and the Gut

• Specialty: Nutrition
• Speaker: Jacqueline C. Whittemore, DVM, PhD, DACVIM (SAIM)
• Sponsor: Nutramax
• RACE-approved: 1.0 CE Credit Hour

Probiotics are an increasingly valuable tool in management of some, but not all, gastrointestinal disorders due to negative effects of current therapies and failure of currently available treatments to yield optimal patient outcomes. This talk will present the evidence for and against probiotics for management of common gastrointestinal disorders.

To view this webinar, go here.

Live webinars

To Induce to Puke or Not to Induce… That Is the Question

• Date: Thursday, March 23, 2023, at 7 pm EDT
• Specialty: Emergency and Critical Care
• Speaker: Mariana Pardo BVSc, MV, DACVECC
• Sponsor: Vetoquinol RACE-approved: 1.0 CE Credit Hour

This course covers the most common principle of intoxication management, decontamination through emesis. We will discuss drugs used to induce vomiting, including an additional focus on the new FDA approved canine emetic ropinirole (Clevor). We will discuss the circumstances where emesis is recommended and where it is contraindicated.

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Understanding Client Motivations Behind Feeding a Raw or Fresh Food Diet

• Date: Thursday, March 30th, 2023 at 7 pm EDT
• Specialty: Nutrition
• Speakers: Lindsay Meyers, BS, CVT; and James Templeman, PhD
• Sponsor: Primal Pet Foods
• RACE-approved: 1.0 CE Credit Hour

This course reviews why clients are electing to feed more expensive, less convenient options for their pets – namely fresh food diets. We will discuss the available literature that may support the anecdotal results of raw or fresh food diets.

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Contact us

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