An invitation to Veterinary Medical Practitioners, Veterinary Medical Technicians, and Veterinary Medical Students to attend the...
10th Annual Small Animal Medicine Lecture Series Gastrointestinal Disorders in Small Animals
Saturday, January 26, 2002
Date and Time
Saturday, January 26, 2002
8:00 am – 4:30 pm
Location
Frick Auditorium, Mosier Hall, College of Veterinary Medicine, 1800
Denison, Manhattan, KS
Frick Auditorium is located on the second floor of Mosier
Hall. Enter at the Small Animal Entrance. Signs will be posted to direct you
to registration.
Parking
Parking is available on the west side (off Denison Avenue) and
on the east side (off Jardine Drive) of the Veterinary Medical Complex. A parking
permit is not required for weekend parking. Do not park in the client parking or
reserved stalls as you may get ticketed.
Continuing Education Contact Hours for Veterinarians
6 Clock Hours
Objectives
To present a practical case-based approach to liver and gastrointestinal disorders.
Common, but often misdiagnosed, diseases will be the main theme of the presentations.
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Schedule |
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7:30 am |
Registration |
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8:00 am |
Welcome |
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8:15 am |
A Clinical Approach
to Liver Disease – how to deal with the dog that has
abnormal liver enzymes. |
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9:15 am |
Refreshment break |
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9:30 am |
The Most Common
Cause of Abnormal Liver Enzymes – the key to recognizing
reactive and vacuolar hepatopathies. |
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10:30 am |
Refreshment break |
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10:45 am |
Diagnosis and
Management of Chronic Hepatitis – chronic hepatitis is
common; diagnostic criteria and new thoughts on therapy |
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11:45 am |
Lunch on your own |
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1:00 pm |
The Vomiting Cat – new ideas for the diagnosis of vomiting and treatment considerations. |
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2:00 pm |
Refreshment break |
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2:15 pm |
Common
Gastrointestinal Cases Frequently Misdiagnosed, Part 1: a menagerie of cases I failed to
diagnose – the secrets of diagnosis and therapy |
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3:15 pm |
Refreshment break |
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3:30 pm |
Common
Gastrointestinal Cases Frequently Misdiagnosed, Part 2: a menagerie of cases I failed to
diagnose – the secrets of diagnosis and therapy. |
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4:30 pm |
Questions and Answers, Evaluation and
Adjourn |
Guest Speakers
David C. Twedt, DVM, Diplomate ACVIM
Dr. David C. Twedt graduated from Iowa State University and entered an internship and
medicine residency at The Animal Medical Center in New York City with an interest in
gastroenterology. Dr. Twedt then joined the staff of the Animal Medical Center and was
also a research associate at the Liver Research Center of Albert Einstein Medical School.
Dr. Twedt is currently a Diplomate of the ACVIM, Professor in the Department of Clinical
Sciences at Colorado State University and Director of the Veterinary Endoscopy Teaching
Center.
Dr. Twedt is past President of the ACVIM Internal Medicine Specialty, past President and Chairman of the Board of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine and Comparative Gastroenterology Society. Publication and research interests include liver and gastrointestinal disease. Dr. Twedt is gastroenterology section editor of Current Veterinary Therapy. He has published many articles in the area of gastroenterology, endoscopy and is active in research in liver and gastrointestinal disease and has lectured nationally and internationally in these areas. He has also been the recipient of several teaching awards.
Sponsor
Thank you to IAMS for their donation to this conference.
Manhattan area information
www.vet.k-state.edu/index/local.htm
Visit our conference web site at:
www.vet.k-state.edu/CE/index.htm