Wet Lab Offerings

CANINE EXTRACTION TECHNIQUES

Thursday | 8 a.m. - 12 p.m. | Grand Lagoon AB

BARDEN GREENFIELD

DVM, DAVDC

Assisted by:

Denise S. Rollings, AAS, CVT, VTS (Dentistry) Angela Briggs, DVM

This session provides hands-on instruction for canine dental extractions of incisors and premolars, plus review of equipment, instruments, suture materials and local anesthesia blocks. A step-bystep text will be provided.

VETERINARY POINT-OFCARE ULTRASOUND FOR EVERYDAY PRACTICE

Thursday | 8 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. | Grand Lagoon E

SØREN BOYSEN

DVM, DACVECC

Assisted by:

Lenore Bacek, DVM, MS, DACVECC Kim Bissing, BS, CPDT-KA Kathy Gerken, DVM, MS, DACVECC Victoria Miller, DVM, DACVECC Kendon Kuo, DVM, MS, DACVECC

Do you ever struggle with the cause of dyspnea in a cat that is too unstable to take radiographs or draw blood for ProBNP levels (cardiac, respiratory, pleural effusion)? Do you ever debate if you can safely give a patient IV fluids or when you should stop giving IV fluid boluses? Have you ever felt frustrated not finding a cause for patients presenting for “ain’t doing right” with no specific clinical signs? Veterinary point-of-care ultrasound (VPOCUS) can help you manage these patients! VPOCUS techniques are rapid, easy-to-learn and practical ultrasound skills that ANY practitioner can apply in every day practice. VPOCUS is commonly used as a patientside diagnostic tool to rapidly identify underlying conditions and help direct further diagnostics and therapy. VPOCUS has a high sensitivity and specificity for the detection of abdominal effusions; other abdominal applications; and several thoracic, vascular and cardiac pathologies. Through four hours of comprehensive and interactive lectures with several case examples followed by a three-and-a-half hour, hands-on laboratory on live animals, participants will have the opportunity to learn and practice the skills of VPOCUS.

FELINE EXTRACTION TECHNIQUES

Thursday | 1:30 - 5:30 p.m. | Grand Lagoon AB

BARDEN GREENFIELD

DVM, DAVDC

Assisted by:

Denise S. Rollings, AAS, CVT, VTS (Dentistry) Angela Briggs, DVM

This session provides hands-on instruction for feline dental extractions of incisors and premolars plus review of equipment, instruments, suture materials and local anesthesia blocks. A step-by-step text will be provided.

OPHTHALMIC SURGERY

Thursday | 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. | Grand Lagoon FGH

ROBERT SWINGER

DVM, DACVO

Assisted by:

Andrew Lichtig, DVM

Improve your proficiency in performing practical eyelid and orbital surgeries while gaining an appreciation for the skill level required for most corneal and conjunctival procedures. Receive step-by-step, video-driven instructions on how to do temporary tarsorrhaphies, temporary eyelid tacking, entropion correction, eyelid reconstruction, prolapsed gland of the nictitans replacement, corneal debridement techniques, nasolacrimal flushing and enucleations. A brief review of conjunctival grafting and corneal laceration repair will occur.