Small Animal Medicine

1. Describe how to identify and manage arrhythmias

2. Appraise the current literature on the management of canine cardiac diseases

3. Appraise the current literature on the management of feline cardiac diseases

4. Review the cardiac biomarkers and their clinical use in dogs and cats

5. Discuss the application of interventional cardiac procedures

6. Understand the basic principle of echocardiography and its role in the diagnosis of cardiac diseases

 Speaker: Luca Ferasin DVM PhD CertVC PGCert(HE) DipECVIM-CA (Cardiology) GPCert(B&PS) FRCVS EBVS and RCVS Recognised Specialist in Veterinary Cardiology

Luca Ferasin

DVM PhD CertVC PGCert(HE) DipECVIM-CA (Cardiology) GPCert(B&PS) FRCVS EBVS and RCVS Recognised Specialist in Veterinary Cardiology

Luca graduated with honours in 1992 from the University of Bologna and was awarded his PhD in 1996. Following 3 years as Assistant Professor at the University of Padova, he moved to the University of Bristol, where he taught cardio-respiratory medicine of the dog and cat for 7 years. In 2006 Luca was appointed Associate Professor in Veterinary Cardiology at the University of Minnesota where he practiced for 2 years, before moving back to the UK in 2008

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1. Understand the principles of functional neuroatatomy

2. Discuss advances in the aetiopathogenesis and management of seizures

3. Recognise how to diagnose and manage disorders of peripheral nerves

4. Discuss how to manage inflammatory disorders of the CNS

5. Describe the diagnosis and management of muscle disorders

 Speaker: Simon Platt BVM&S, Diplomate ACVIM (Neurology), Diplomate ECVN, FRCVS RCVS Recognized Specialist of Veterinary Neurology, Professor of Neurology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia

Simon Platt

BVM&S, Diplomate ACVIM (Neurology), Diplomate ECVN, FRCVS RCVS Recognized Specialist of Veterinary Neurology, Professor of Neurology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia ×

1. Evaluate the current literature on the aetiopathogenesis and management of chronic renal failure

2. Describe the therapeutic approach to the patient with acute renal failure

3. Recognise the pathophysiology of glomerular disease in dogs

4. Explain how to diagnose and manage a dog with glomerular disease

5. Evaluate and manage the patient with a non-responsive urinary tract infection

6. Describe the diagnosis and management of ureteric diseases

1. Discuss molecular testing for infectious diseases

2. Evaluate the current literature on the diagnosis and management of leptospirosis

3. Review advances in the diagnosis and management of feline infectious peritonitis

4. Appreciate the aetiology, epidemiology and management of polysystemic protozoal infections

5. Recognise how to diagnose and manage emerging conditions including mycobacterial diseases and cutaneous and renal glomerular vasculopathy

6. Describe the clinical signs, diagnosis and management of imported diseases including ehrlichiosis, leishmaniosis and babesiosis

 Speaker: Simon Tappin VetMB MA,CertSAM,DipECVIM-CA MRCVS

Simon Tappin

VetMB MA,CertSAM,DipECVIM-CA MRCVS

Simon trained at the University of Cambridge and, after qualifying, spent 2 years in small animal practice before taking up a Residency in Small Animal Medicine and Intensive Care at the University of Bristol.
Simon gained an ISVPS General Practitioners Certificate in Small Animal Practice himself in 2004. He joined DWR in 2007. He holds the Royal College Certificate in Small Animal Medicine and the European Diploma in Veterinary Internal Medicine. He is an active member of the British Small Animal Veterinary Association and editor of Companion Journal. Simon particularly enjoys critical care.

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 Speaker: Simon Tappin MA VetMB CertSAM DipECVIM-CA FRCVS

Simon Tappin

MA VetMB CertSAM DipECVIM-CA FRCVS

Simon graduated from the University of Cambridge and after two year in small animal practice under took a Residency at the University of Bristol in Small Animal Medicine and

Intensive Care. He gained the European Diploma in Small Animal Medicine and currently working at Dick White Referrals seeing medical and emergency cases. Simon gained an ESVPS General Practitioners Certificate in Small Animal Practice himself in 2004!

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1. Interpret the results of blood gas analysis

2. Describe the latest developments in blood transfusion medicine

3. Explain how to identify and manage shock and systemic inflammatory response syndrome

4. Explain how to sedate the critically ill patient

5. Appreciate the advances in analgesia for patients with medical disorders

6. Discuss the indications for continuous renal replacement therapies

 Speaker: Simon Tappin VetMB MA,CertSAM,DipECVIM-CA MRCVS

Simon Tappin

VetMB MA,CertSAM,DipECVIM-CA MRCVS

Simon trained at the University of Cambridge and, after qualifying, spent 2 years in small animal practice before taking up a Residency in Small Animal Medicine and Intensive Care at the University of Bristol.
Simon gained an ISVPS General Practitioners Certificate in Small Animal Practice himself in 2004. He joined DWR in 2007. He holds the Royal College Certificate in Small Animal Medicine and the European Diploma in Veterinary Internal Medicine. He is an active member of the British Small Animal Veterinary Association and editor of Companion Journal. Simon particularly enjoys critical care.

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 Speaker: Simon Tappin MA VetMB CertSAM DipECVIM-CA FRCVS

Simon Tappin

MA VetMB CertSAM DipECVIM-CA FRCVS

Simon graduated from the University of Cambridge and after two year in small animal practice under took a Residency at the University of Bristol in Small Animal Medicine and

Intensive Care. He gained the European Diploma in Small Animal Medicine and currently working at Dick White Referrals seeing medical and emergency cases. Simon gained an ESVPS General Practitioners Certificate in Small Animal Practice himself in 2004!

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1. Apply the underlying principles of endocrine anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology

2. Evaluate the current literature on the aetiology and management of canine and feline diabetes mellitus

3. Describe how to recognise and manage feline acromegaly

4. Discuss how to investigate and manage the patient with abnormalities of serum sodium and potassium

5. Recognise how to diagnose and manage the patient with atypical adrenal gland disorder

6. Explain how disorders of the parathyroid gland are diagnosed and managed

 Speaker: Lucy Davison VetMB MA,CertSAM,PhD,DipECVIM-CA,DSAM MRCVS

Lucy Davison

VetMB MA,CertSAM,PhD,DipECVIM-CA,DSAM MRCVS

Lucy graduated from Cambridge Vet School in 1997 and after gaining her CertSAM in practice, she joined the RVC, where she completed a PhD in canine diabetes in 2004.

Following a residency in Small Animal Medicine in Cambridge, where she continues to work, Lucy passed the RCVS and ECVIM-CA Diplomas in small animal medicine in 2006.

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1. Describe the laboratory evaluation of lipid disorders
2. Identify red and white blood cell disorders
3. Recognise the different cytological characteristics of effusions, CSF and joint fluid
4. Identify the cytological appearance of common cutaneous lesions
5. Recognise the cytological appearance of lymph node pathology

 Speaker: Kostas Papasouliotis DVM PhD DipRCPath (Vet.Clin.Path.) DipECVCP MRCVS

Kostas Papasouliotis

DVM PhD DipRCPath (Vet.Clin.Path.) DipECVCP MRCVS ×

1. Understand the basis of immune function and the immune response
2. Explain how to diagnose immune-mediated diseases
3. Discuss advances in immune-modulatory drug therapy
4. Appraise the evidence-base for the management of IMHA and ITP
5. Recognise how to diagnose the patient with an immunodeficiency

 Speaker: James Swann MA VetMB MVetMed DipACVIM DipECVIM MRCVS

James Swann

MA VetMB MVetMed DipACVIM DipECVIM MRCVS

James graduated from the University of Cambridge in 2010 with degrees in pathology and veterinary medicine. Over the last four years, completed advanced clinical training at the Royal Veterinary College (University of London), receiving the diplomas of the American and European Colleges of Veterinary Internal Medicine in 2016. During this time, Dr.Swann also investigated the autoimmune response of dogs with immune-mediated haemolytic anaemia (IMHA); He received an International Canine Health Award from the Kennel Club Charitable Trust for this work in 2015.

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1. Discuss the indications for CT and MRI
2. Interpret CT images of the thorax and nasal chambers
3. Describe the technique of ultrasound guided sample collection
4. Explain the indications and technique for fluoroscopy and contrast angiography

 Speaker: Luís Mesquita DVM, DipECVDI

Luís Mesquita

DVM, DipECVDI

Academic Qualifications:

• Veterinary Degree

Instituto de Ciencias Biomedicas Abel Salazar, University of Porto, Portugal

Date: 2008

• European Diploma in Veterinary Diagnostic imaging

European College of Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging

Date: 03/02/2018

Postgraduate Experience:

• February 2017- present

Willows Veterinary Centre & Referral Service, Solihull, UK

Diagnostic imaging clinician

• February 2015 – February 2017

Small Animal Teaching Hospital, University of Liverpool, Neston, UK Lecturer in Small Animal Diagnostic Imaging

• September 2011 – January 2015

Small Animal Teaching Hospital, University of Liverpool, Neston, UK

Resident in Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging

• September 2010 – April 2011

Small Animal Teaching Hospital, University of Liverpool, Neston, UK

Intern in Small Animal Diagnostic Imaging (Leonardo da Vinci Scholarship)

• 2009 – 2010

Vetlamaçães (Braga, Portugal)

Small animal first opinion practitioner

Research:

Presented Abstracts:

• 2013 Mesquita L, Lam R, Lamb C, McConnell

Computed tomography findings in 15 Dogs with eosinophilic bronchopneumopathy. ECVDI Congress, Cascais, Portugal

Publications:

• 2017 – Mesquita L, Mortier J, Ressel L, Finotello R, Silvestrini P, Piviani M.

Neoplastic pleural effusion and intrathoracic metastasis of a scapular osteosarcoma in a dog: a multidisciplinary integrated diagnostic approach. Veterinary Clinical Pathology.

• 2013 – Mesquita L, Lam R, Lamb C, McConnell

Computed tomography findings in 15 Dogs with eosinophilic bronchopneumopathy. Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound.

Seminars given:

• 2017 – Illuminating density and echogenicity, a practical guide to abdominal CT and US (Seminar for referring veterinarians, Willows Veterinary Hospital and Referral Centre, Solihull, UK)
• 2016 – Basic principles of CT, General applications of CT, The use of CT in oncological patients (OneVet Group Seminar, EUVG, Coimbra, Portugal).
• 2014 – What can CT contrast tell us? (SATH – University of Liverpool internal seminar for residents and lecturers).
• 2013 – Abdominal imaging: CT vs US (SATH – University of Liverpool internal seminar for residents and lecturers).
• 2012 – Incidental findings in diagnostic imaging (SATH – University of Liverpool internal seminar for residents and lecturers).

Meetingsseminars attended:

• 2015 EAVDI BSAVA Satellite meeting, Birmingham, UK
• 2014 EAVDI BSAVA Satellite meeting, Birmingham, UK
• 2013 EVDI Conference, Cascais, Portugal
• 2012 EAVDI BSAVA Satellite meeting, Birmingham, UK
• 2012 Radiation safety seminar, SATH – University of Liverpool, UK
• 2012 FRCR – Medical physics course. Salford Royal Hospital, Manchester, UK
• 2011 EAVDI BSAVA Satellite meeting, Birmingham, UK
• 2009 AE ICBAS Congress, Emergencies and Critical Care, Oporto, Portugal
• 2009 Hospital Veterinario Montenegro Congress, Gastroenterology in Small Animals, Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal

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1. Explain the principles of tumour biology and staging
2. Discuss molecular testing for lymphoproliferative diseases
3. Discuss how to manage tumours of the haemopoietic system
4. Recognise the indications for radiotherapy
5. Describe advances in management of common tumours

1. Describe how to diagnose and manage oesophageal disease

2. Evaluate the current literature on the aetiopathogenesis and management of inflammatory bowel disease and small cell lymphoma

3. Recognise the role of bacteria in canine and feline gastrointestinal disease

4. Explain the indications and technique for gastrointestinal tract endoscopy

5. Perform an upper and lower gastrointestinal tract endoscopy

 Speaker: Ed Hall VetMB MA,PhD,DipECVIM-CA MRCVS

Ed Hall

VetMB MA,PhD,DipECVIM-CA MRCVS

Ed Hall is Professor of Small Animal Internal Medicine at the University of Bristol’s School of Veterinary Sciences. He has clinical and research interests in small animal gastroenterology and regularly performs flexible gastrointestinal endoscopy. He wrote two chapters in their BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Endoscopy & Endosurgery.

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1. Discuss the latest developments in the diagnosis and management of canine chronic liver disease

2. Evaluate the current literature on the management of portosystemic shunts

3. Describe an approach to the cat with inflammatory liver disease

4. Review the diagnostic tests and management options for canine and feline acute pancreatitis

 Speaker: Ed Hall VetMB MA,PhD,DipECVIM-CA MRCVS

Ed Hall

VetMB MA,PhD,DipECVIM-CA MRCVS

Ed Hall is Professor of Small Animal Internal Medicine at the University of Bristol’s School of Veterinary Sciences. He has clinical and research interests in small animal gastroenterology and regularly performs flexible gastrointestinal endoscopy. He wrote two chapters in their BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Endoscopy & Endosurgery.

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1. Recognise the indications and contraindications for enteral nutrition

2. Practice how to place a nasooesophageal and oesophagostomy tube

3. Describe how to place and manage a central venous catheter

4. Recognise and practice the indications and technique for placement of a thoracic drain

5. Practice the techniques for bone marrow aspiration, arthrocentesis and CSF sampling

 Speaker: Nick Bexfield BVetMed PhD DSAM DipECVIM-CA PGDipMEdSci PGCHE FHEA MRCVS

Nick Bexfield

BVetMed PhD DSAM DipECVIM-CA PGDipMEdSci PGCHE FHEA MRCVS

Nick Bexfield BVetMed PhD DSAM DipECVIM-CA FSB MRCVS
European Specialist in Small Animal Internal Medicine Clinical Associate Professor in Small Animal Medicine and Oncology

After graduation, Nick Bexfield spent four years in practice before completing a residency in small animal medicine and oncology at the University of Cambridge. He gained both the RCVS and European Diplomas in Small Animal Medicine in 2006, and is a European Specialist. He remained at Cambridge as a medicine clinician for a further two years before undertaking a Wellcome Trust funded PhD. He was the Clinical Oncologist at Cambridge for a year, before moving to the University of Nottingham in December 2013 to become Clinical Associate Professor in Small Animal Medicine and Oncology. He is the BSAVA Congress Programme Committee vice-chair and also co-author of the BSAVA Guide to Procedures in Small Animal Practice. He lectures widely in the UK and abroad in all areas of small animal internal medicine.

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1. Practice abdominal ultrasonography and recognise how to identify the adrenal glands, pancreas and lymph nodes
2. Describe the techniques of ultrasound guided sampling and practice these techniques on models
3. Review the theory and practice of echocardiography and practice this on live animals
4. The standard echocardiographic views and how to optimise them
5. The useful ultrasonic measurements needed to make a diagnosis

 Speaker: Chris Linney BVSc GPCertSAP CertAVP(VC) DipECVIM-CA (Cardiology) MRCVS

Chris Linney

BVSc GPCertSAP CertAVP(VC) DipECVIM-CA (Cardiology) MRCVS

Chris graduated from the University of Liverpool in 2007. After 2 years in small animal practice, he started his postgraduate first as an intern and then a resident in Veterinary Cardiology at the University of Liverpool. Chris is a European Specialist in Small Animal Cardiology and has been an RCVS recognised specialist in Veterinary Cardiology since 2016. He is currently working at Willows Referral Service in the West Midlands, U.K. His research and clinical interests are around interventional procedures and congenital heart disease.

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 Speaker: Luís Mesquita DVM, DipECVDI

Luís Mesquita

DVM, DipECVDI

Academic Qualifications:

• Veterinary Degree

Instituto de Ciencias Biomedicas Abel Salazar, University of Porto, Portugal

Date: 2008

• European Diploma in Veterinary Diagnostic imaging

European College of Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging

Date: 03/02/2018

Postgraduate Experience:

• February 2017- present

Willows Veterinary Centre & Referral Service, Solihull, UK

Diagnostic imaging clinician

• February 2015 – February 2017

Small Animal Teaching Hospital, University of Liverpool, Neston, UK Lecturer in Small Animal Diagnostic Imaging

• September 2011 – January 2015

Small Animal Teaching Hospital, University of Liverpool, Neston, UK

Resident in Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging

• September 2010 – April 2011

Small Animal Teaching Hospital, University of Liverpool, Neston, UK

Intern in Small Animal Diagnostic Imaging (Leonardo da Vinci Scholarship)

• 2009 – 2010

Vetlamaçães (Braga, Portugal)

Small animal first opinion practitioner

Research:

Presented Abstracts:

• 2013 Mesquita L, Lam R, Lamb C, McConnell

Computed tomography findings in 15 Dogs with eosinophilic bronchopneumopathy. ECVDI Congress, Cascais, Portugal

Publications:

• 2017 – Mesquita L, Mortier J, Ressel L, Finotello R, Silvestrini P, Piviani M.

Neoplastic pleural effusion and intrathoracic metastasis of a scapular osteosarcoma in a dog: a multidisciplinary integrated diagnostic approach. Veterinary Clinical Pathology.

• 2013 – Mesquita L, Lam R, Lamb C, McConnell

Computed tomography findings in 15 Dogs with eosinophilic bronchopneumopathy. Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound.

Seminars given:

• 2017 – Illuminating density and echogenicity, a practical guide to abdominal CT and US (Seminar for referring veterinarians, Willows Veterinary Hospital and Referral Centre, Solihull, UK)
• 2016 – Basic principles of CT, General applications of CT, The use of CT in oncological patients (OneVet Group Seminar, EUVG, Coimbra, Portugal).
• 2014 – What can CT contrast tell us? (SATH – University of Liverpool internal seminar for residents and lecturers).
• 2013 – Abdominal imaging: CT vs US (SATH – University of Liverpool internal seminar for residents and lecturers).
• 2012 – Incidental findings in diagnostic imaging (SATH – University of Liverpool internal seminar for residents and lecturers).

Meetingsseminars attended:

• 2015 EAVDI BSAVA Satellite meeting, Birmingham, UK
• 2014 EAVDI BSAVA Satellite meeting, Birmingham, UK
• 2013 EVDI Conference, Cascais, Portugal
• 2012 EAVDI BSAVA Satellite meeting, Birmingham, UK
• 2012 Radiation safety seminar, SATH – University of Liverpool, UK
• 2012 FRCR – Medical physics course. Salford Royal Hospital, Manchester, UK
• 2011 EAVDI BSAVA Satellite meeting, Birmingham, UK
• 2009 AE ICBAS Congress, Emergencies and Critical Care, Oporto, Portugal
• 2009 Hospital Veterinario Montenegro Congress, Gastroenterology in Small Animals, Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal

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1. Review the optimal procedure for bronchoscopy and airway sampling
2. Explain the use of CT in the diagnosis of respiratory tract disease
3. Describe the management of bronchial diseases and selected disorders of the pleural space
4. Discuss the diagnosis and management of pulmonary hypertension
5. Interpret thoracic radiographs from real life clinical cases