CARDIOLOGY: Challenging cardiopulmonary diseases - Friday 9 April, 09:00 - 12:30
■ Lynelle Johnson DVM MS PhD DipACVIM (Small Animal Internal Medicine)
■ Virginia Luis Fuentes MA VetMB PhD CertVR DVC DipACVIM (Cardiology) DipECVIM-CA (Cardiology) MRCVS
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It is often difficult to distinguish animals with heart disease from those with respiratory disease because of the similarity in clinical signs and physical examination findings, and because of inconclusive radiographic changes. In addition, some animals suffer from cardiac and respiratory diseases concurrently, making it difficult to determine the most appropriate diagnostic or therapeutic intervention. This Masterclass is designed for practitioners, residents in training, and specialists seeking interactive participation in diagnostic decision making for animals presenting with cough, laboured breathing or tachypnoea. Key physical examination findings and diagnostic testing that can be used to differentiate respiratory from cardiac patients will be discussed in a case-based presentation, to improve the ability of the participant to pursue specific diagnostic testing with confidence. Classic cardiopulmonary cases will be presented, as well as challenging cases that represented diagnostic dilemmas for specialists in university practice.
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NUTRITION: Diagnostic challenges, clinical presentations, and long-term management of food allergy in dogs and cats - Friday 9 April, 09:00 - 12:30
■ Ed Rosser DVM DipACVD
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This Masterclass is aimed at individuals with a special interest in dealing with the more complex forms of food allergy in dogs and cats. It will feature a discussion of the need for diet trials of 90 days in dogs and cats in the diagnosis of food allergy, common and uncommon clinical features, and changes from 1989 to 2009. Also included will be: the use of “novel” home-cooked protein and carbohydrate sources in dietary trials; problems of using intradermal testing and in vitro serum testing; the “immunologic window” effect in food allergy in dogs over the initial 6–12 months of sensitization; “hydrolysed” diets in the diagnosis of food allergy; and the use of home-cooked diets in the management of food allergy in dogs. Associations will be considered between food allergy and various disorders, including lupoid onychodystrophy, paronychia, reactive cutaneous histiocytosis, sterile granuloma/pyogranuloma, footpad hyperkeratosis with eosinophilia, nasodigital hyperkeratosis, pinnal vasculitis, urticarial vasculitis, sebaceous adenitis, obsessive/compulsive disorders, lethargy, seizures, and aggressive behaviour.
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GASTROENTEROLOGY: Diagnosis and management of chronic intestinal disease - Friday 9 April, 14:15 - 17:45
■ Kenny Simpson BVM&S PhD DipACVIM DipECVIM-CA MRCVS
■ Ed Hall MA VetMB PhD DipECVIM-CA MRCVS
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This interactive session will focus on contemporary approaches to the diagnosis and management of chronic intestinal diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease, alimentary lymphoma and lymphangiectasia, illustrated by real case examples. It will explore the mythology of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth and lymphocytic plasmacytic enteritis, and discuss the evidence for both conventional and new approaches, and emerging concepts of the role of bacteria and the immune system in intestinal inflammation and tumorigenesis. This Masterclass is suitable for all with an interest in an evidence-based, in-depth approach to gastrointestinal disease, and especially those studying for a further qualification. Attendees will learn a more scientific approach to the diagnosis and management of intestinal diseases.
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OPHTHALMOLOGY: Corneal surgery - Friday 9 April, 14:15 - 17:45
■ Ingrid Allgoewer DVM DipECVO
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This Masterclass will cover the basic principles as well as details of techniques currently applied in small animal corneal surgery. Information on indications, surgical techniques and materials, adjunctive medical treatment, follow-up, prognosis and complications will be presented, and illustrated using clinical case reports. This presentation will be valuable for those who are already experienced in corneal surgery, giving an opportunity to compare techniques and approach. It will also provide broad information to those who have not yet performed all the techniques to be covered. Discussions between speaker and delegates are explicitly encouraged.
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