One Health Seminar

 

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** Approved for 6 hours California Statutory CEU**

Topics include:

LETHAL LEPTOSPIROSIS: A PREVENTABLE DISEASE

Leptospirosis can be a deadly systemic disease of dogs and humans. In recent years, new diagnostics have been developed, and the safety and efficacy of vaccines have been improved. Vaccination saves lives, as well as the need for costly dialysis treatments. It also reduces the risk of zoonotic transmission. An update on these tests and vaccines will be presented in this session, using contemporary case examples to illustrate.

Learning Objectives:

1. Understand our current knowledge of the epidemiology of leptospirosis as it relates to dog and human infections.
2. Examine the range of new diagnostics available and in development, as well as how to apply them in your practice.
3. Know the safety, efficacy, and indications for current vaccines against leptospirosis.
4. Understand the risk of zoonotic transmission in your practice and how to treat and handle leptospirosis suspects.

Influenza: Constant Changing Risks to Humans and Animals

Flea-Borne Typhus: On the Rise Once Again

VACCINES & VACCINATION: PROTOCOLS, PRODUCTS, AND CONTROVERSIES

This program will examine current recommendations for canine and feline vaccination, focusing on recent changes to the American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) guidelines. It will review intervals for the initial feline vaccination series and boosters in adults, the rationale behind updates to the initial canine vaccination series, and revised guidance on the administration of leptospirosis and Lyme disease vaccines. It will also explore the indications and interpretation of antibody testing, including patient management recommendations based on test results.

You’ll leave with a thorough understanding of current vaccine and vaccination recommendations.

Learning Objectives:

1. Review prominent issues, controversies, and challenges surrounding canine and feline vaccination.
2. Learn about changes in initial vaccination series recommendations, and explore core and non-core booster interval recommendations for adult animals.
3. Understand “must know” facts that bridge the gap between vaccination recommendations and practice, including indications for antibody testing and interpretation of results, determinations for when to treat non-core vaccines as core, and advice on avoiding vaccine adverse reactions.
4. Learn how to best implement a rational vaccination protocol that provides maximum levels of protection for your practice’s patients.

 

 

Jane Sykes, BVSc, PhD, DACVIM
Richard Ford, DVM, DACVIM, DACVPM (Hon)
Karen Ehnert, DVM, MPVM, MS, DACVPM

All Venue COVID Protocols will be followed.

Masks are required to be worn indoors

 

An all-day event featuring speakers from BI and LA County Veterinary Public Health.

Free for members who register before 2/19/2022.

$99.00 for non-members before 2/19/2022.

$99.00 for members and non-members 2/20/2022 and after.

There will be a $100.00 late cancellation/no show fee for those who cancel after 2/19/2022 or fail to attend the event.

Speakers:

Jane Sykes BVSc, PhD, DACVIM

Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology

University of California, Davis

 

Dr. Jane Sykes is a professor of small animal internal medicine and the chief veterinary medical officer of the William R. Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital at the University of California, Davis. She is board certified in small animal internal medicine and has clinical and research interests in infectious diseases, as well as veterinary hospital operations. Dr. Sykes has more than 100 publications in peer-reviewed scientific veterinary literature and is the primary editor of several textbooks on infectious diseases of the dog and cat.

Karen Ehnert, DVM, MPVM, MS, DACVPM

Director, Veterinary Public Health

Los Angeles County Department of Public Health

 

Dr. Ehnert has over 31 years of experience in the field of public health, and is passionate about her work to protect human health through monitoring and controlling animal diseases. After receiving a Master’s of Preventive Veterinary Medicine (epidemiology), she completed a residency with the California Department of Public Health. She then became the Monterey County public health epidemiologist and county communicable disease control officer. In 2000, Dr. Ehnert accepted a position as the senior veterinarian with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health’s Veterinary Public Health Program. She was the acting director for 3 ½ years, before becoming the director in February 2014. In addition to her work at the Veterinary Public Health Program, Dr. Ehnert serves as a clinical professor with the Western University College of Veterinary Medicine, and oversees four-week clinical practicums for senior veterinary students. Dr. Ehnert received her Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine, Master’s of Preventative Veterinary Medicine (epidemiology), and Master’s of Science (animal science) from the University of California at Davis. She is board certified in veterinary preventive medicine.

Richard Ford DVM, DACVIM, DACVPM (Hon)

Emeritus Professor of Medicine

North Carolina State University

 

Following graduation from The Ohio State University, Dr. Richard Ford practiced small animal and equine medicine for 3 years. Subsequently, he completed an internal medicine residency at Michigan State University, then joined the faculty at Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine before becoming a professor of medicine at NC State University College of Veterinary Medicine, where he is an emeritus professor. He also recently retired from the Air Force Reserve as a brigadier general, where he was assigned to the Office of the Surgeon General at the Pentagon.

 

Dr. Ford is a coauthor of both the American Animal Hospital Association Canine Vaccine Guidelines and the American Academy of Feline Practitioners Feline Vaccine Guidelines. For almost 15 years, he has provided continuing education seminars to veterinarians on infectious diseases and immunization. He has published more than 200 papers and textbook chapters pertaining to infectious disease in companion animals.

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