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Student Association of SHelter Veterinarians

Presents

SHELTER MEDICINE
SYMPOSIUM: Building
Community Health

April 25th, 2009

 

 

Contact E-MAIL: SASVsymposium09@gmail.com

8:30-9:00 Registration (SCRUBS cafeteria)

9:00-9:50
Canine Infectious Respiratory Disease Complex: Lessons from the Front Lines.
Kate Hurley, DVM, MPVM
Director, Koret Shelter Medicine Program
University of California, Davis
School of Veterinary Medicine

10:00-11:30
Assessing risk of abuse, neglect and hoarding--What every veterinarian should know.
Lynn Loar, PhD, LCSW
Social Worker and President, Pryor Foundation
San Francisco, Ca

11:45-12:45 Catered Lunch

1:00-1:50
The Microchip World – Recent Advances and Options for Shelters.
Linda Lord, DVM, PhD
Assistant Professor
The Ohio State University
School of Veterinary Medicine

2:00-3:30
“Preventing Cat-I-Tude, Preventing Relinquishment due to common behavior issues in felines”
Melissa Bain, DVM, DACVB
Professor, Clinical Behavior
University of California, Davis
School of Veterinary Medicine

3:40-5:00
“There is no money in the budget to see a veterinary dermatologist what can I do for the shelter animal with obvious skin disease... a diagnostic approach to dermatology in the shelter environment”
Catherine Outerbridge, DVM, MVSc, DACVIM, DACVD
Assistant Professor Clinical Dermatology
University of California, Davis
School of Veterinary Medicine