AAFP Virtual eConference

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Initially Streamed April 6, 2020
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Agenda

Abstracts

Sheilah Robertson, BVMS (Hons), PhD, DACVAA, DECVAA, DACAW, DECAWBM (WSEL), CVA, MRCVS

Anesthesia for Senior and Super-Senior Cats
As cats age, significant changes in body composition and organ function occur that affect the distribution and elimination of anesthetic and analgesic drugs. If these are not accounted for, the risk of an overdose, adverse cardiorespiratory effects and delayed recovery is high. A large number of cats have osteoarthritis therefore careful patient positioning during procedures in important but often overlooked.

Anesthesia and Analgesia: Real World, Real Cases
Cats are well known for having more than one thing wrong with them and cats with co-morbidities often require anesthesia. The impact of disease(s) on major body systems and the effect of current treatments must be carefully scrutinized to develop an appropriate anesthetic plan. Cats with single and combined conditions including but not limited to hyperthyroidism, diabetes mellitus, obesity, chronic kidney disease and osteoarthritis that require anesthesia for important procedures such as dental care will be discussed.

Sarah Heath, BVSc, DECAWBM, CCAB, MRCVS

Inter-Cat Tension in Multi-Cat Households
As cats increase in popularity the number of multi-cat households is also on the increase. While many of these households are harmonious there are a significant number in which social tension between the cats is creating problems. When social tension is resulting in overt hostility, and physical confrontation occurs, it becomes obvious to caregivers that something needs to be done. However, social tension between cats does not always result in obvious physical fights and the chronic triggering of negative emotional responses has the potential to result in much more subtle behavioral change as well as compromised physical health. Increasing human understanding of feline social behavior and their environmental needs is the key to enabling caregivers to establish households that maximize positive emotional experiences for cats, remove unnecessary triggering of negative emotions and minimize the impact of justified negative emotions.

Behavioral Considerations in Feline Obesity and Weight Loss
There is increasing awareness that obesity is a complex disease in which many different factors play an important role. One of those factors is emotional health and the impact of the domestic environment on feline feeding behavior. Management and prevention of obesity relies on more than a simple balancing of food intake and energy output and involves improving owner understanding of natural feline behavior as well as improving the accuracy of communication between human caregivers and their cats. A similar understanding of the interplay between emotional and physical health is helpful when approaching cases of weight loss and dealing with the challenge of hypo and anorexic feline patients. The aim is to optimize both the home and the veterinary environment from a feline perspective in order to reduce physiological stress and its impact on patients with weight related concerns at either end of the spectrum.

RACE Credits

This program 249-39811 is approved by the AAVSB RACE to offer a total of 4.00 CE Credits (4.00 max) being available to any one veterinarian: and/or 4.00 Veterinary Technician CE Credits (4.00 max). This RACE approval is for the subject matter categorie(s) of: Category One: Medical, using the delivery method(s) of: Interactive-Distance. This approval is valid in jurisdictions which recognize AAVSB RACE; however, participants are responsible for ascertaining each board's CE requirements.

Please contact the AAVSB RACE program at race@aavsb.org should you have any comments/concerns regarding this program's validity or relevancy to the veterinary profession OR contact the AAFP Headquarters for further information at info@catvets.com.

*Note: Participants should be aware that some boards have limitations on the number of hours accepted in certain categories and/or restrictions on certain methods of delivery of continuing education. Contact the AAFP Headquarters for further information at info@catvets.com.

IAABC

IAABC Members who want to receive Continuing Education Units (CEU’s) for Dr. Heath’s two sessions need to email info@catvets.com to receive the IAABC Event Certificate with CEU code(s).

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