In today's VETgirl online veterinary CE podcast, we’re going to talk about traumatic brain injury (aka head trauma) in small animals. We will discuss the clinical presentation of these patients, important monitoring tools, treatments, and prognostics.

In today's VETgirl online veterinary continuing education podcast, we interview Dr. Lindsay Starkey, DVM, PhD, DACVM - Parasitology on all things parasitology! Tune in to learn some communication tips when it comes educating your pet owners about year-round parasite protection. Find out why it's so important why you ask your pet owners about their pet's lifestyle, specifically where their pet lives, who they "socialize" with, and what day-to-day pet activities they encounter... so you can help them protect against vector-borne illnesses and parasitic diseases!

Sponsored By: Ceva Animal Health

In today's VETgirl online veterinary CE podcast, we talk to Dr. Ashley Bourgeois, DACVD on what's new in veterinary dermatology? Tune in to learn the biggest challenges veterinarians face when managing allergies in dogs, and when you should reach for Cytopoint, a JAK inhibitor, steroids, cyclosporine, or other prescription medications! Learn if you should be carrying more than one JAK inhibitor now that there is a second one available, and how to communicate with your pet owners about the use of JAK inhibitors!

Sponsored By: Elanco

In today's VETgirl online veterinary continuing education podcast, we interview Emily Riemer, a life coach, on simple stress management strategies that we can implement in veterinary medicine to reduce burnout. Tune in to learn the definition of burnout, how it's different from "stress" and "anxiety," how we can practice mindfulness, and how we can implement practical stress management strategies to fit the reality that you live and work in. Because you know what? You've got this.

In today's VETgirl online veterinary CE podcast, we discuss hypocoagulability in dogs with pulmonary hypertension. For quick review, pulmonary hypertension, which we will refer to as “PH”, is an abnormal increase in pulmonary pressure and can be caused from cardiac, respiratory, or systemic conditions. In human medicine, both hyper- and hypocoagulability have been associated with PH, but no veterinary studies have been performed on this topic... until now! So today we will be reviewing the AJVR retrospective study by Min et al entitled “Pulmonary Hypertension is Associated with Hypocoagulability in Dogs: A Retrospective Analysis of 66 Cases (2013-2021).”

In today's VETgirl online veterinary continuing education podcast, we interview Tabitha Kucera, CCBC, RVT, KPA-CTP, VTS (Behavior) and owner of Chirrups and Chatter Behavior Consulting about the key takeaways for the 2024 AAFP Intercat Tension Guidelines: Recognition, Prevention, and Management Guidelines.

In today's VETgirl online veterinary CE podcast, we’re going to talk about one of my favorite breeds, the super sweet Cavalier King Charles Spaniel (what we’ll Cavaliers from now on, since it’s a mouthful!). Unfortunately, we all know that this breed has horrible myxomatous mitral valve disease. So, if you see Cavaliers in your clinic, when should you decide to put these dogs on heart medications? After all, we know that the initiation of pimobendan can significantly delay the onset of congestive heart failure in dogs with stage B2 myxomatous mitral valve disease (or “mitral valve disease”), and that detection of the transition from stage B1 to B2 in this population of dogs is important so that therapy can be initiated expediently.

Sponsored By: Antech

In this VETgirl veterinary continuing education podcast, we interview Dr. Leah Cohn, DVM, PhD, DACVIM (Internal Medicine), a longtime dear friend and colleague of VETgirl! Join us as we talk about all the things that have changed in veterinary medicine - specifically in dogs and cats/small animal - over the past few years! In fact, there's SO much to hear, you'll have to tune back in for Part 2 releasing next month!

Sponsored By: Blue River PetCare

In today’s VETgirl online veterinary continuing education podcast, we interview Dr. Rebekah Mack-Gertig, DACVIM and Dr. Christine Kirnos on all you need to know about what’s new with veterinary diagnostic innovations! How does innovation help make our veterinary practices more efficient, and what do you need to know to implement it more seamlessly in your clinic? Tune in to learn about Cystatin B, the newest IDEXX diagnostic test, and how to use it when detecting and treating kidney issues with your small animal patients. Tune in to learn it all here!

Sponsored By: IDEXX

In today's VETgirl online veterinary CE podcast, we’re going to discuss subaortic stenosis and the effects of medical management with two different beta-blockers: sotalol versus atenolol. This is based off a study by Tjostheim et al out of University of Wisconsin-Madison entitled “Association of sotalol versus atenolol therapy with survival in dogs with severe subaortic stenosis.”

In this VETgirl veterinary continuing education podcast, we interview Dr. Natalie Marks, CVJ on what we can do to improve our efficiency in veterinary practice... and therefore improve our veterinary work-life balance! She'll discuss her life hacks and tips - which including working smarter, not harder - with tools like artificial intelligence to empowering your team to building your team culture. Tune in to learn how we can improve efficiency in veterinary medicine, from texting our clients to not talking to your client as much, to making sure you are utilizing your veterinary technicians while empowering them!

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