March 6 - 8, 2020 Oregon State University Corvallis Sharpen your medical skills. Improve patient care. Enhance client service. THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS Lanyards Pamela Stevenson Exhibitor Bingo Bret Canfield Dr. Karen Wernette Prize Dr. Chris Pachel Frank King Jan Woods March 6 - 8, 2020 Oregon State University, Corvallis The Oregon Veterinary Conference is a joint effort of the Oregon Veterinary Medical Association and the Oregon State University Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine, with the goal of providing meaningful continuing education to veterinarians and the healthcare team. This year’s conference offers a variety of topics for the medical and practice management aspects of the companion, exotics, mixed animal, equine or large animal practice. Veterinarians will have the opportunity to fulfill their NVAP renewal requirements and the OVMEB-required 1 CE hour each on the judicious use of antibiotics as well as analgesia and anesthetic methods. CONFERENCE APP Scan for the OVC app The OVC app will include the onsite schedule and room assignments, proceedings, and more. 1/ Get the Yapp app, available from the Apple App Store or Google Play and then 2/ Scan the code at right or go to my.yapp.us/OREGONVC to my.yapp.us/OREGONVC download the app. Dr. Leah Cohn Dr. Paul Gibbons Dr. Maura Gibson Food/MA Breakfast Dr. Lisa Harrenstien Dr. Gary Sides Dr. Josephine Rose available options for diagnostic evaluation, including point-of-care USDA APHIS ACCREDITATION tests like SNAP0, IFA, and PCR. Maura Gibson, DVM Sponsored by Emilio DeBess, DVM, MPVM USDA APHIS Public Health Veterinarian, Oregon Health Authority 909/253-8859 | [email protected] 971/673-1027 | [email protected] Dr. Gibson will present a combined six modules that will lead to Dr. DeBess received his veterinary and Master of Veterinary Preventive your USDA National Veterinary Accreditation Program certification Medicine degrees from UC Davis. His emphasis is in infectious and in order to write health certificates. Note: Modules 29 & 30 meet zoonotic diseases. He is a current board member of the Companion OVMEB’s requirements for 1 CE hour on judicious use of antibiotics. Animal Parasite Council (CAPC) and the Oregon Veterinary Medical Module 30 The Role of Veterinarians in Honeybee Health Module 9 Examining Board. Interstate & International: Health Certificates for Category 1 Animals Veterinary Infectious Disease: What’s Lurking in Oregon? Dr. DeBess Module 21 Animal Fitness to Travel Module 29 Veterinary Feed will present several topics related to Oregon veterinary surveillance Directive Module 12 Animal Disease Traceability Module 8 data and discuss what the numbers mean and what to watch for: International Movement of Horses Leptospirosis This talk will discuss tracking leptospirosis in the state and why vaccination is important. Interstate & International Movement of Animals into Oregon As more animals are being transported into the state by animal rescue groups, there is potential COMPANION ANIMAL for an increase in animal-related diseases. This segment will discuss tracking Heartworm Disease trends. Oregon Ticks Learn how to Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine identify the different species of ticks in the state, what to test for, and The faculty track features three short presentations and brief clinical the future role of Oregon State University. Feline Lung Worm This talk research abstracts. will address the emergence of the parasite in the state, how to test GI Biopsies for IBD Mark Ackermann, DVM, PhD, DACVP, will provide for it and what to watch for. tips and current concepts for helping to reach a definitive diagnosis. The Art of Regional Anesthesia in Veterinary Medicine Sandra Paul Gibbons, DVM, MS, DABVP Sponsored by Allweiler, DVM, DACVAA, will address techniques for providing Associate, Avian & Exotic Veterinary Care, Portland localized anesthesia in your patients, and define the indications and 971/361-2209 | [email protected] contraindications of each procedure. Surgeons & Criticalists Unite Dr. Gibbons earned his DVM at the University of Illinois, and Thandeka Ngwenyama DVM, DACVECC and Katy Townsend, MS, completed a clinical residency in avian, herpetological, and DACVS-SA look at how combining expertise can improve the best non-domestic mammal medicine at UC Davis. A current and outcome for patient care. The Latest with Clinical Research at OSU founding Diplomate of ABVP specialty in Reptile and Amphibian CCVM Faculty with the College will conclude the morning track with Practice, he has served in several professional organizations including presentations of four 15 minute abstracts. as President of the Association of Reptilian and Amphibian Veterinarians. Leah Cohn, DVM, PhD, DACVIM Sponsored by Reproductive Disease in Companion Birds Diseases of the Professor & Small Animal Internal Medicine Service reproductive tract in chickens and parrots are diagnosed and treated Chief, University of Missouri using the principles of problem-oriented, evidence-based veterinary 573/882-7821 | [email protected] medicine. Empirical supportive therapy is often appropriate for Dr. Cohn specializes in small animal internal medicine, with special extremely ill birds in the initial stages of disease, then once stabilized, interests in the treatment of infectious, immune-mediated, and the clinician may work through the diagnostic and therapeutic process respiratory diseases. She is a former president and chair of the Board in stages according to the patient’s clinical response. Reptile Physical of Regents of ACVIM. Dr. Cohn has authored scientific manuscripts Exam Tips & Tricks This presentation will use a problem-oriented, in peer-reviewed journals, and has written dozens of book chapters. evidence-based approach to focus on quickly gathering patient Cough: Cardiac or Not? This interactive session will examine a information to lay the groundwork for characterizing clinical problems number of clinical cases manifest with cough. Not only will we discuss of reptile patients, including collection of background and foreground ways to distinguish cardiac vs. non-cardiac, but we will also talk about knowledge, formulation of case-based questions, and diagnostic other relevant causes, diagnostic testing, and treatment options for evidence. This approach helps both to satisfy the concerns of clients the coughing patient. Respiratory Patterns Characteristic patterns and to facilitate the best quality of life for patients. associated with breathing can be extremely helpful in formulating differential diagnosis, and therefore a diagnostic plan, for pets with Lisa Harrenstien, DVM, DACZM Sponsored by respiratory distress. We will discuss a variety of these respiratory Owner, Avian & Exotic Veterinary Care, Portland patterns (e.g., paradoxic breathing, inspiratory vs. expiratory 971/361-2209 | [email protected] effort), and what they are likely to mean for diagnosis. Chronic Nasal A graduate of North Carolina State University’s veterinary program, Discharge in Dogs This is a relatively chronic clinical complaint. The Dr. Harrenstien completed a zoo and exotics residency at UC presentation will address the most common causes of discharge and Davis, prior to joining the faculty. In addition, she was a telemedicine propose logical diagnostic plans for investigation of causes in dogs. consultant for Antech Diagnostics for avian/exotics and an Treatment of Feline Asthma Lower airway disease, and especially associate veterinarian at the Oregon Zoo. She also has provided relief feline asthma, is a common cause of cough and respiratory effort veterinary services for many facilities across the country, including in cats. Therapeutic approach to asthma in cats will be presented. Smithsonian’s National Zoo. Thoracic Effusion in Cats: Chylothorax and Pyrothorax Diagnosis, Calcium Issues in Exotic Pets Reptiles, guinea pigs, rabbits, sugar and, more importantly, treatment options to address these two gliders and parrots often suffer from disease related to important causes of respiratory morbidity in cats will be presented. hypercalcemia or hypocalcemia. This lecture will describe Feline Infectious Peritonitis This dreaded infectious disease is both calcium physiology in these taxonomic groups, common disease hard to diagnose and hard to treat. In this talk, we will discuss options presentations related to abnormal calcium status, and ways to and limitations of testing, and also present hopeful no options for diagnose and treat these diseases, as well as current treatment of FIP. Diagnosis of FeLV There is more to the diagnosis recommendations for prevention of calcium related disease in these of this important retroviral infection in cats than just a SNAP. We patients. Analgesia Recommendations for Exotic Pets Prevention will discuss the outcomes of infection and how these relate to the and management of pain is of critical importance in birds, reptiles, Speakers amphibians, fish, and small mammals. Principles of analgesia are the specifically on two such potential problems, traumatic experiences and same in these taxonomic groups as in domestic animals, however conditioned arousal, and will outline how these complications may there are important physiologic differences. This lecture will describe occur and how to avoid them. Multi-Cat Households: Identifying & aspects of pain physiology and recommendations for analgesia Addressing Problems Before the Fur Starts Flying This presentation especially in non-mammalian patients,