Continuing Education - College of Veterinary Medicine

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Small Animal

2025 Nutrition Symposium - Dermatology Diagnostics - $0
Instructor: Melissa Upchurch, DVM
CE Credits Earned: 1
This presentation focuses on dermatologic diagnostics in veterinary medicine, highlighting both common pitfalls and practical pearls for improving accuracy and efficiency. Attendees will learn best practices for performing essential tests such as skin scrapes, cytology, dermatophyte culture, diascopy, and biopsies, as well as when to use advanced diagnostics like diet trials and allergy testing. The goal is to help clinicians avoid missteps, interpret findings correctly and apply proven techniques to achieve better outcomes in everyday dermatology cases.
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2025 Small Animal Clinical Nutrition Symposium - When the Skin Speaks: Uncovering Disease through Dermatological Changes - $0
Instructor: Anri Celliers, BSc, BVSc (Hons), MMedVet (Med), Dipl. ECVIM-CA
CE Credits Earned: 1
The skin is the largest organ of the body and the first thing you see when your patient walks in the door. In some cases, it may serve as a sentinel for disease by being the first or only indicator of a systemic disorder. Because the skin functions as an external defense barrier, changes can reflect its inability to maintain this defense, either due to specific skin factors or disease in various organ systems. Broadly, cutaneous manifestations of systemic disease can be categorized into endocrine, immune-mediated, paraneoplastic, metabolic and nutritional causes. However, for ease of creating a more targeted list, differentials can be grouped by visual skin changes.
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2025 Small Animal Clinical Nutrition Symposium - Hill’s Clinical Nutrition: Beyond the Bowl: Unmasking Skin Disease Through A Nutritionist's Perspecti - $0
Instructor: Devon Ueda, BVetMed (Hons)
CE Credits Earned: 1
The skin is a mirror of internal health, and its foundation is built on diet. This talk explores the foundational role of key nutrients in maintaining the skin barrier and immune function, delivered from the perspective of a veterinarian residency-trained in small animal clinical nutrition. We will also provide a forward-looking view into how emerging technology is being utilized to quickly map an animal's prior exposure to dietary components, which can help improve diagnostic efficiency in food-responsive skin issues.
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Chronic Kidney Disease - $30
Instructor: Dr. Greg Grauer
CE Credits Earned: 0.75
In this presentation, Dr. Grauer discusses the staging and management of chronic kidney disease in cats.
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Update on Canine Cushing's Disease - $30
Instructor: Dr. Ken Harkin
CE Credits Earned: 0.75
Dr. Harkin describes several challenges with Cushing’s Disease, including atypical cases and expenses associated with different diagnostics and therapies. It also introduces several novel therapies including isotretinoin, cabergoline and trilostane.
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Management of Ocular Emergencies in Dogs, Part 1 - $20
Instructor: Dr. Jessica Meekins
CE Credits Earned: 0.5
In this first part of a two-part series, Dr. Meekins reviews the treatments and complications related to globe proptosis and glaucoma.
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Management of Ocular Emergencies in Dogs, Part 2 - $20
Instructor: Dr. Jessica Meekins
CE Credits Earned: 0.5
In this second part of a two-part series, Dr. Meekins reviews the treatments and complications related to corneal ulcers, hyphema and lens luxation.
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What’s New in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Lymphoma - $0
Instructor: Dr. Mary Lynn Higginbotham, MS, DACVIM (Oncology)
CE Credits Earned: 1

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Feline Oral Pathology - $40
Instructor: Dr. Douglas Winter
CE Credits Earned: 1
This presentation will cover basic feline oral pathology, including how to correctly identify, treat and manage issues that are commonly encountered; specifically, caudal mucositis (feline chronic gingivostomatitis), juvenile periodontitis/hyperplastic gingivitis, periodontal disease, common dentition and soft tissue problems like tooth resorption (Types 1 and 2) and neoplasia.
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Immunotherapy for Veterinary Cancer Patients - $40
Instructor: Dr. Raelene Wouda
CE Credits Earned: 1

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Utilization of Feeding Tubes in Small Animal Patients - $40
Instructor: Dr. Maria Jugan
CE Credits Earned: 1
A case-based approach to choosing types of feeding tubes, diet types, and disease-specific feeding complications in small animal patients.
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A ‘How-To’ Guide: A Case-Based Approach to Utilization of Feeding Tubes in Small Animal Patients - $40
Instructor: Dr. Maria Jugan
CE Credits Earned: 1
A case-based approach to choosing types of feeding tubes, diet types, and disease-specific feeding complications in small animal patients.
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Feline Uveitis: Ocular Manifestations of Systemic Disease in the Midwestern United States - $40
Instructor: Dr. Jessica Meekins
CE Credits Earned: 1
This presentation will review select infectious diseases, including disseminated histoplasmosis and feline infectious peritonitis (FIP), that result in ocular clinical signs in feline patients. After an overview of the clinically relevant anatomy and physiology of the uveal tract, we will focus on recognizing clinical signs of uveitis before discussing specific ocular lesions resulting from various infectious (fungal, viral) and other systemic causes of uveitis.
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The emergence of Atypical and Indolent Lymphomas in Dogs - $40
Instructor: Dr. Raelene Wouda
CE Credits Earned: 1
Whilst diffuse large B-cell lymphoma remains the most commonly diagnosed form of the disease in dogs, several less common forms of lymphoma are being recognized with increasing frequency, and account for up to 30% of canine lymphoma cases in some studies. These atypical subtypes of lymphoma warrant a unique diagnostic perspective and approach to case management, which will be discussed during this presentation.
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Pediatric Dentistry - $40
Instructor: Dr. Douglas Winter
CE Credits Earned: 1
This presentation will focus on the most common pediatric dental conditions encountered in the veterinary practice. Pediatric dentistry generally refers to issues encountered in the first 12 months of life. During the time of development of the dental structures, there are many problems that can occur which will lead to significant pain and disease. As with most other oral conditions, our patients rarely show outward signs of disease. It is the responsibility of the veterinarian and support staff to recognize normal versus abnormal development and be able to offer appropriate treatment to resolve these issues.
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A ‘How-To’ Guide: Placement and Management of Nasogastric and Esophageal Feeding Tubes in Small Animal Patients - $40
Instructor: Dr. Maria Jugan
CE Credits Earned: 1

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Canine Ophthalmology - $0
Instructor: Dr. Amy Rankin
CE Credits Earned: 1
Canine Ophthalmology
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Feline Ophthalmology - $0
Instructor: Dr. Jessica Meekins
CE Credits Earned: 1
Feline Ophthalmology
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