CAVMRC Online Disaster Response Training

In support of its mission to train and credential veterinary professionals to protect animal welfare and public health during disasters, the California Veterinary Medical Reserve Corps (CAVMRC) is offering a lowcost, one-day continuing education course to member veterinarians, RVTs, and veterinary assistants.

The Animals in Disasters – Common Medical Conditions course will be offered via Zoom on November 5, 2023. It will provide 7.5 continuing education units.

Grant Miller, DVM; Ashley Patterson, DVM; Jessica Robertson, DVM, DACZM; John Madigan, DVM, DACVIM, DACAW. Additional speaker TBA.

Speakers Topics

This course will cover crucial information on emergency and critical care that will benefit you in everyday practice as well as during a disaster response. Topics include:

• The Basics of Poultry Husbandry, Handling, and Veterinary Care

• Housing Considerations for Poultry in Emergency Shelters: Zoonotic Disease Considerations

• UC Davis CVET Team: Working with the CAVMRC to Help Animals in Disasters

• Deployment in the CAVMRC

• And more!

Registration

This course is only available to CAVMRC members. By registering for this course, you are automatically registering to become a volunteer member of the CAVMRC. CAVMRC membership is free and participation is entirely voluntary.

Registration opens mid-August. Please watch your email for updates or visit cavmrc.net and click on the Fall Training registration link when it becomes available.