BSAVA Renal Roadshow

Practical issues in diagnosis and treatment of canine and feline kidney diseases When and Where... 5 October 2011 – Warrington 7 October – Dunkfield 10 October – Southampton 12 October - Cardiff BSAVA is taking speakers Joe Bartges and Jonathan Elliott to go on the road this Autumn with a course that will bring the busy practitioner up-to-date on the issues in diagnosis and treatment of different forms of kidney disease, focussing on the main disease presentations in these species. We will start with an overview of the diagnosis of kidney dysfunction, differentiation of renal from non-renal causes of azotaemia, acute from decompensated chronic kidney disease and staging of chronic kidney disease.  This will be followed by an overview of acute kidney injury, the risk factors and common causes, generic management issues and prognostic indicators. The middle three sessions will deal with syndromes which accompany different types of kidney disease, namely secondary renal hyperparathyroidism, proteinuria and systemic hypertension.  Each session will provide an overview of the pathophysiology, diagnosis and management principles. The final session will deal with nephrolithiasis is an increasingly recognised problem leading to kidney dysfunction and damage in small animal practice.  The course will improve your understanding of kidney disease, assist you in making diagnoses, offering your clients accurate prognoses and in better tailoring your treatment plans to the needs of your patients. For more details visit www.bsasva.com, email [email protected] or call Jane Greenwood on 01452 726714. Joe Bartges, DVM, PhD, DiplACVIM (small animal), DiplACVN Joe graduated from the University of Georgia in 1987.  He completed an internship, residencies in small animal internal medicine and nutrition, a PhD, a post-doctoral position at the University of Minnesota, and was on faculty at the University of Georgia before joining the faculty at The University of Tennessee in 1997.  He is Professor of Medicine and Nutrition and holds the Acree Endowed Chair of Small Animal Research.  His research interests are in urinary tract diseases and nutrition and he is a co-editor of the recently released textbook, Nephrology and Urology of Small Animals, with David Polzin.  He is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine and a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Nutrition Jonathan Elliott MA VetMB PhD CertSAC DipECVPT FHEA MRCVS Jonathan graduated from Cambridge in 1985.  After a year as an Intern at the University of Pennsylvania, he undertook a Pharmacology PhD at Cambridge after which he joined the RVC. Here he developed research interests in feline CKD.  He is Professor of Veterinary Clinical Pharmacology, Vice Principal - Research at the RVC and a Diplomate of the European College of Pharmacology and Toxicology.

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