Understanding Pet Food – Basic & Clinical Nutrition

• This lecture provides information about nutrients and energy requirements, reading and interpreting pet food labels and nutritional profiles, and the nutritional management of healthy and sick pets with an emphasis on how it pertains to the formulation of OTC and therapeutic pet foods.

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Approved for one hour California Statutory CEU

Speaker – Dr. Amber Cohn

Bio:

Dr. Amber Cohn is a native of Southern California. She graduated from Cal Poly Pomona, and went on to receive her DVM degree from Cornell University. After graduation, she pursued a rotating small animal internship at VSH in San Diego, then worked for several years as an emergency veterinarian in Culver City, followed by various general practices in the Los Angeles area. She joined the team at Blue Buffalo in 2016, where she works directly with the R&D, marketing, and technical services veterinary teams to provide technical knowledge both internally and externally. Dr. Cohn’s professional interests include nutrition, emergency/critical care, internal medicine, and cardiology.  In her free time, she enjoys traveling, hiking, yoga, and loves trying new food/restaurants.

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Title: Understanding Pet Food – Basic & Clinical Nutrition

• Summary: This lecture provides information about nutrients and energy requirements, reading and interpreting pet food labels and nutritional profiles, and the nutritional management of healthy and sick pets with an emphasis on how it pertains to the formulation of OTC and therapeutic pet foods.

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Approved for 1 hour California Statutory Approved CEU

Speaker: Dr. Amber Cohn

• Bio: Dr. Amber Cohn is a native of Southern California. She graduated from Cal Poly Pomona, and went on to receive her DVM degree from Cornell University. After graduation, she pursued a rotating small animal internship at VSH in San Diego, then worked for several years as an emergency veterinarian in Culver City, followed by various general practices in the Los Angeles area. She joined the team at Blue Buffalo in 2016, where she works directly with the R&D, marketing, and technical services veterinary teams to provide technical knowledge both internally and externally. Dr. Cohn’s professional interests include nutrition, emergency/critical care, internal medicine, and cardiology.  In her free time, she enjoys traveling, hiking, yoga, and loves trying new food/restaurants.
  

What’s new in canine mitral valve disease

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This discussion summarizes the new 2019 ACVIM Consensus Guidelines for mitral valve disease in congestive heart failure dogs, and an overview of the new science, diagnoses, management and treatment

Approved for one hour California Statutory Approved CEU

Speaker: Dr. Nora Grant

Dr. Nora Grant bio:

Dr. Grant  graduated from Auburn University with a DVM, worked as an associate in mixed practices in Colorado and northeast Texas, in small animal general practice, and as both relief and emergency veterinarian in Alabama.  For the next 20 years she started, owned and managed a feline exclusive practice. Her next venture was as an industry veterinarian for 5 years with Bayer Animal Health and is currently employed with Ceva Animal Health as Veterinary Services Manager for last 7 years.

Dr. Grant is past president of the Emergency Animal Clinic of Birmingham, a member of AAFP serving on the Cat Friendly Task Force Advisory Council, American Heartworm Society, and AVMA. She had been a guest lecturer at many veterinary schools. Dr. Grant has presented talks at many VMA meetings, both state and local across the country, lectured at VMX and WVC, presented a webinar on Puppy Socialization in Time of COVID-19 for Veterinary Summit 2020, has served on the Fear Free Speakers Bureau  for 3 years and will present a Webinar on Feline Elimination Issues at the 2020 AAFP Virtual Conference. She received the Ceva President’s Award for Veterinary Service Manager of the Year in 2015.

Her areas of interest are communication, Fear Free, behavior and ecto-parasites of small animals especially current challenges with heartworm preventive strategies.

Sponsored by CEVA

Topic: Nutritional Management of Feline Endocrine Disease

When considering endocrine diseases in our feline patients, we are often focus only on hyperthyroidism. Although arguably the most commonly diagnosed endocrinopathy, other hormonal imbalances can occur with equal frequency and are often overlooked. I

Speakers:

Dr. Simona Bouncompagni, DVM, MS, DACVIM (IM)
After graduating from the University of Camerino, Italy Dr. Buoncompagni completed a Small Animal Internship at the University of Camerino. She completed her Master’s degree in Gastroenterology and Endoscopy at the University of Teramo. From there she began intensive training in abdominal ultrasound and echocardiogram in Sweden, Australia, and Germany. She began her Internal Medicine Residency at Oklahoma State University. She practiced internal medicine in many countries such as Italy, Australia, England, Germany, and the USA. Last year she moved to the University of California Veterinary Medical Center in San Diego to complete a two years Fellowship program in Renal Medicine/Hemodialysis.

Dr. Sheri Ross, BSc, DVM, PhD, DACVIM (IM)
After graduating from the Atlantic Veterinary College in Prince Edward Island, Canada, Dr. Ross completed a Small Animal Internship at the University of Minnesota. She remained at the University of Minnesota to complete an Internal Medicine Residency combined with a PhD in Nephrology/Urology. After serving as an Assistant Clinical Professor for 2-years she moved to the University of California Veterinary Medical Center in San Diego to complete a Fellowship in Renal Medicine/Hemodialysis. She remained with the University of California and has developed a comprehensive Nephrology/Urology and Extracorporeal therapy service in San Diego. Her specific research interests include; early diagnosis and management chronic kidney disease, non-surgical urolith management, and novel applications of apheresis and hemodialysis.

Approved for 1 hour California Statutory CEU

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