Diagnosis and management of hepatobiliary diseases

Date: Friday 23rd November, 2012 - Friday 23rd November, 2012
Start time: 9:00 AM
Duration: 6 hour(s)
Cost: £350

Provider: Royal Veterinary College

This one day course is designed for practitioners who want to revise and improve their diagnosis and management of the most common and challenging hepatobiliary diseases in dogs and cats. Experts in the field of internal medicine, diagnostic imaging and surgery will outline how to perform feeding tube placement, surgical biopsies and ultrasound guided biopsy including discussion of possible complications and pitfalls of these techniques. The course will end with a case-based discussion of diagnosis and management of a selection of diseases of the liver, pancreas and biliary system.

Key areas:
• Imaging of the pancreas, liver and gall bladder
• Medical diagnosis and management of pancreatitis
• Medical diagnosis and management of cholangiohepatitis
• Feeding tube placement
• Performing surgical biopsies
• Performing ultrasound guided biopsy and gall bladder aspirate

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

Karin Allenspach, DrMedVet PhD FVH DipECVIM-CA FHEA MRCVS
Senior Lecturer in Small Animal Internal Medicine
The Royal Veterinary College

Livia Benigni , DVM CertVDI DipECVDI FHEA MRCVS
Lecturer in Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging
The Royal Veterinary College

Karla Lee, MA VetMB PhD CertSAS DipECVS MRCVS
Lecturer in Small Animal Surgery
The Royal Veterinary College

Number of CPD hours this event can be recorded as

6 hours

Registration and Booking

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