VETgirl July 2025 BEAT e-Magazine

QUARTERLY BEAT / JULY 2025

MIND MASSAGE Missed out on our webinars because life is too busy? 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!

February 20, 2025

February 26, 2025

March 11, 2025

Dental Oral Pathology: Find It and Fix It by Stefanie Perry, CVT, VTS (Dentistry)

• Dental evaluations go beyond just the teeth and start with the conscious patient! Assess facial symmetry, soft tissues, and lymph nodes. During induction, examine the soft palate, arytenoids, tonsils, salivary ducts, glands, and incisive papilla. • If using abbreviations that aren’t widely recognized, be sure to define them somewhere in the medical record. • Consider performing your anesthetized dental procedures in dorsal recumbency to provide a 360-degree view of the teeth without the need for frequent repositioning, which can disrupt the patient’s heat support and possibly cause unintended movement of the endotracheal tube. • Perform systematic dental examinations—count the teeth, check for mobility, and assess from the crown to the gingival margin. Don’t forget to document key indices like the calculus index, furcation index, and mobility index. • Especially in small dogs and cats, always check for symphysis stability. • “Our eyes are not microscopes,” so if you find an oral mass, biopsy it!

February 6, 2025

Pathogenesis of Atopic Dermatitis by Dr. Sara Ramos, DACVD

• Atopic dermatitis is a complex, multifactorial inflammatory syndrome involving skin barrier dysfunction, immune dysregulation, and cutaneous dysbiosis, and is caused by a complex interaction of genetic and environmental factors. • Atopic dermatitis is a diagnosis of exclusion - a minimum dermatology database including skin scraps, dermatophyte testing, surface cytology and flea combing should be performed on all patients presenting for pruritus. Additionally, prior to diagnosing a patient with atopic dermatitis, an eight to twelve week diet trial is recommended to rule out any food allergy component. • Clinical signs of atopic dermatitis in cats are different than in dogs, often presenting as self-induced alopecia, miliary dermatitis, head/neck pruritus, and eosinophilic granuloma complex. • Effective client communication is key for managing atopic dermatitis. Set client expectations early for at-risk breeds, emphasizing the importance of compliance in identifying triggers and preventing flare-ups. Clients should be prepared that the disease may progress over time, with potential worsening of symptoms and poorer responses to treatment with age. • Immunotherapy is the gold standard treatment for atopic dermatitis and is the most effective long-term treatment option available at this time.

The Guard Dog’s Guide to Safeguarding Your Practice from Theft, Fraud, and Adulteration by Jessica Molina, ARM, PHR, CVPM • Awareness of the potential risk of theft, fraud, and adulteration that can occur in your practice is the first step to avoid being a victim. • A few of the most common examples of theft in veterinary practice include timecard fraud, rebate fraud, misuse of company credit cards, and theft of goods or services, although there are numerous other clever ways in which theft can occur in practice. • Strategies for preventing theft and fraud include regularly reviewing your audit trail reports, setting appropriate practice software security levels for each of staff role, limiting or restricting after hours practice access, paying close attention to receipts and invoices, implementing an anonymous reporting system, immediately revoking employee discounts and access codes upon separation, and offering competitive salaries and benefits to reduce financial temptation. • If you suspect theft or fraud, maintain confidentiality, conduct a thorough investigation, document evidence, seek legal counsel, consult law enforcement if necessary, and notify your business owner’s insurance carrier in case of financial loss.

Technician Webinar

March 12, 2025

Unleash the Power of Situational Leadership by Melissa Mauldin, CVPM, SHRM-SCP, ACC • Leaders that are able to adapt their leadership style to the specific needs of their team members develop more trust through intentional and productive conversations. This leads to more engaged teams, and better medical and financial outcomes for the practice. • SMART goals will help clarify what needs to be done and how it will be measured. • Partnering with your team member to diagnosis their developmental level on a specific goal or task will help you understand what type of support and leadership they need to be successful. • Don’t be afraid to provide direction to your team members. When used appropriately, this may be exactly what they need to be successful.

Combating Antiparasitic Resistance in Beef Cattle Populations: Challenges to Changing Control Programs by Dr. Christine Navarre, MS, DACVIM (LA) • Anthelmintic resistance in cattle parasites is a rapidly growing problem, and currently, there are no new products in the pipeline. • Not all treatment failures are due to resistance; underdosing and improper storage of products are other causes. • The magnitude of parasite impact on an individual ranch is based on pasture factors, cattle factors and level of dewormer resistance. • Diagnostics (quantitative fecal egg count trends, fecal egg count reduction tests) are critical for making informed decisions. • Concomitant use of dewormers from at least two classes of anthelmintic, with a refugia program (targeted selective treatment and/or selective non-treatment), can help slow down development of anthelmintic resistance.

Small Animal Webinar

Practice Management Webinar

Large Animal Webinar

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