QUARTERLY BEAT / DECEMBER 2023 ///
/// QUARTERLY BEAT / DECEMBER 2023
As a VETgirl ELITE member, you can watch it on-demand whenever you want! Here are the top highlights you should have learned from some of the popular webinars this quarter! Massage Mind MISSED OUT ON OUR WEBINARS BECAUSE LIFE IS TOO BUSY?
Shelter Medicine Population Management in Animal Shelters: Intake, Wellness, Flow-Through, and Outcomes
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Grapes and Beyond: A Practical Guide to Managing Tartaric Acid Exposures in Dogs
• Meeting the welfare needs of animals in shelters/rescues requires resources, which are limited. • The shelter is a system with inputs, critical care points, and outputs, all of which can be leveraged to reduce the shelter populations and increase efficiency. • Good housing, preventive medicine, and understanding the constraints on capacity for care in animal shelters is necessary to provide good welfare for animals (and people) in shelters.
• Tartaric acid and its salts, such as potassium bitartrate (cream of tartar), are nephrotoxic to dogs. • Patients may encounter tartaric acid in products such as homemade play dough, grapes, tamarind, candy, and baked goods. • The risk depends on the concentration and amount ingested. • For many products (including candy and baked goods) the concentration is often low enough that dogs are unlikely to eat a sufficient volume to be a concern. • Check the label or recipe and consider the volume ingested when determining if decontamination and treatment are needed.
Shelter Medicine Webinar | Nov 14 Dr. Lena DeTar, DVM, DACVPM, DABVP-SMP
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Dr. Colette Wegenast, DABT Webinar | Nov 2
A Technician’s Guide to Rodent and Rabbit Care
Imaging the Blocked Cat: A Clinically Relevant Review
• Rodents and rabbits are prey species, making them very stoic and good at hiding signs of illness. When one starts to show signs of being sick, it is likely on its deathbed. • The two most important jobs technicians have when dealing with rodents and rabbits are: » Take a very detailed history when they come in sick. You must try to gather as much information on environment, husbandry, and medical history as you can. This history will aid in diagnosis, prevention, and treatment. » Client education. Most owners have no idea what they have gotten into with these species and need as much education as you can give them. They also need to be trained as keen observers that will notice very early signs of illness.
• One third of male cats have a mineralized os penis that is visible on radiographs and could be confused with a mineralized urethral plug or urethrolith. • Retrograde cystourethrography can be performed to diagnose urinary tract rupture following a difficult/unsuccessful unblocking procedure or worsening peritoneal effusion/azotemia despite medical management. • Lipiduria is common in normal cats without lower urinary tract disease and causes freely suspended hyperechoic debris in the bladder lumen on ultrasound. • Point-of-care ultrasound can be used to screen for cystoliths and neoplasia, diagnose urinary bladder rupture, confirm proper urinary catheter placement, and monitor response to therapy. • No imaging findings predict the likelihood of short-term recurrence.
Veterinary Technician Webinar | Nov 16 Amy Johnson, BS, LVT, RLATG, CVJ
Small Animal Webinar | Nov 8
• Pain needs to be treated in these species, just as we would dogs and cats. There are grimace scales developed for most species. Use the scale and treat the pain! • All of these species have continually growing teeth. This means hard pellets MUST be a part of their diet, and they need enrichment objects to chew on. Without the teeth being filed down by diet and enrichment, their teeth will overgrow, causing a malocclusion, which can be fatal if not treated promptly.
Dr. Marc Seitz, DACVR, DABVP (Canine and Feline)
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