Bugs and drugs

Date: Thursday 19th July, 2012 - Friday 20th July, 2012
Start time: 9:00 AM
Duration: 12 hour(s)
Cost: £675

Provider: Royal Veterinary College

Course fee: 2 days: £675, 1 day: £350

This two day lecture and case-based course will provide practitioners with an update on the diagnosis and management of the most important of emerging small animal infectious diseases. Led by fabulous speakers Michael Lappin from Colorado State University and Danièlle Gunn-Moore from University of Edinburgh and ably supported by a team of speakers from the RVC, the lecturers will provide the most current information on the diagnosis and treatment of significant small animal infectious diseases. Newer diagnostic tests such as PCR and the value of diagnostic panels will be discussed as well as the optimal drugs for each bug.

Key areas:
• Bugs and the gut – what does a positive culture really mean?
• Management of Giardia and Cryptosporidium infections
• Diagnosis and management of feline stomatitis
• Diagnosis and management of mycobacterial diseases
• Cats and bugs – diagnosis and management of important and emerging infectious diseases
• Tritrichomonas – is it treatable?
• Helicobacter – of any significance?
• Hospital acquired infections – what are the big bad bugs?
• Risks and management of serious bacterial infections in hospitalised patients
• MRSA and MRSP – where are we now?
• Update on viral diseases in cats – what’s new?
• Bugs in the lungs and airways – what’s important and what’s not?
• Diagnosing and managing Haemoplasma infections in dog and cats

To book: Contact the CPD Unit on Tel: 01707 666865, or email cpd@rvc.ac.uk. Further details available at www.rvc.ac.uk/cpd

Who is it for?

Veterinary Surgeons

The Speakers

Dan Chan, DVM DipACVECC DipACVN FHEA MRCVS
Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care
The Royal Veterinary College

Danièlle Gunn-Moore, BSc BVM&S PhD FHEA MACVs MRCVS
RCVS Specialist in Feline Medicine, Professor of Feline Medicine, Head of Companion Sciences
University of Edinburgh

Michael Lappin, DVM PhD
Professor of Small Animal Medicine
Colorado State University

Anette Loeffler, DrMedVet, DVD, DipECVD, MRCVS
Lecturer in Veterinary Dermatology
The Royal Veterinary College

Number of CPD hours this event can be recorded as

12 hours

Registration and Booking

Click here to reserve your place