Sessions
8:00 AM
8:50 AM
Oxidative stress and antioxidant therapy in equine sepsis
Meeting Room 6-7
Dr. Serena Ceriotti DVM
Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim
9:00 AM
9:50 AM
Applied pulmonary pharmacology : how to choose antimicrobials for pneumonia treatment & what's new in nebulization therapy.
Meeting Room 6-7
Dr. Serena Ceriotti DVM
Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim
10:30 AM
11:20 AM
Equine asthma review and new diagnostics & treatment
Meeting Room 6-7
Dr. Serena Ceriotti DVM
Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim
11:30 AM
12:20 PM
Exploring the Metabolic Effects of Intra-Articular Corticosteroids in Horses
Meeting Room 6-7
Dr. Allen Page
Sponsored by Zoetis
2:00 PM
2:50 PM
Back Pain in the horse
Meeting Room 6-7
Dr. Lindsey Boone
Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim
2:50 PM
3:40 PM
Joint Juicing: An update on current intra-articular therapy
Meeting Room 6-7
Dr. Lindsey Boone
Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim
4:30 PM
5:20 PM
Pitfalls of the lameness exam
Meeting Room 6-7
Dr. Lindsey Boone
Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim
8:00 AM
8:50 AM
The Relief Triangle: Caregiver Burden & Quality of Life- How They Affect Patients, Pet Owners & You!
Dr. Jennifer Schissler
Meeting Room 1-2
Sponsored by Zoetis
9:00 AM
9:50 AM
Strategies for Management of Canine Allergic Dermatitis: 12 Keys to Treatment Success- Part 1
Dr. Jennifer Schissler
Meeting Room 1-2
Sponsored by Zoetis
10:30 AM
11:20 AM
Strategies for Management of Canine Allergic Dermatitis: 12 Keys to Treatment Success- Part 2
Dr. Jennifer Schissler
Meeting Room 1-2
Sponsored by Zoetis
11:30 AM
12:20 PM
Focus your Dermatology Diagnosis: the Value of Cytology
Dr. Jennifer Schissler
Meeting Room 1-2
Sponsored by Zoetis
2:00 PM
2:50 PM
Progression of Diagnostic Imaging in Veterinary Medicine
Dr. Forest Cummings
Meeting Room 1-2
Sponsored by PNR Pharmacal
2:50 PM
3:40 PM
Assessment and Diagnostic Approach of Liver Enzymes in Cats
Dr. Forest Cummings
Meeting Room 1-2
Sponsored by PNR Pharmacal
4:30 PM
5:20 PM
Assessment and Diagnostic Approach to Liver Enzymes in Dogs
Dr. Forest Cummings
Meeting Room 1-2
Sponsored by PNR Pharmacal
8:00 AM
8:50 AM
Angus' Angst: Nutritional Management of Canine Allergic Skin Disease”
Dr. Shalene Leddingham
Meeting Room 3-4
Sponsored by Hills
9:00 AM
9:50 AM
Nutritional Modulation of the GI Microbiome
Dr. Shalene Leddingham
Meeting Room 3-4
Sponsored by Hills
10:30 AM
11:20 AM
Tackling Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease
Dr. Shalene Leddingham
Meeting Room 3-4
Sponsored by Hills
11:30 AM
12:20 PM
Microscopy Tips and Tricks
Dr. Eric Fish
Meeting Room 3-4
Sponsored by Merck Animal Health
2:00 PM
2:50 PM
Tumor Cytology in Dogs and Cats
Dr. Eric Fish
Meeting Room 3-4
Sponsored by Merck Animal Health
2:50 PM
3:40 PM
Hematology in the ER
Dr. Eric Fish
Meeting Room 3-4
Sponsored by Merck Animal Health
4:30 PM
5:20 PM
Augmentation, not replacement: The use (and misuse) of AI in medical imaging
Dr. Eric Fish
Meeting Room 3-4
Sponsored by Merck Animal Health
9:00 AM
9:50 AM
New World Screwworm a Re-Emerging Disease Update
Dr. Beth Johnson
Meeting Room 5
Sponsored by KY Dept. of Agriculture
10:30 AM
11:20 AM
Equine Infectious Anemia- Is Your Practice At Risk?
Dr. Katie Flynn
Meeting Room 5
Sponsored by USEF
11:30 AM
12:20 PM
Human Rabies Case: KY & OH Response / Wildlife Updates
Drs. Kelly Giesbrecht and Christine Casey
Meeting Room 5
Sponsored by CFHS/KY Fish and Wildlife
2:00 PM
2:50 PM
A One Health Response to Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1): Updates on the Current Situation in Animals and Humans
Dr. Allison Liu
Meeting Room 5
Sponsored by CDC
2:50 PM
3:40 PM
Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Updates: What you need to know!
Rebecca Wilkes, DVM, PhD, DACVM; Rafaela De Negri, DVM, MS
Meeting Room 5
4:30 PM
5:20 PM
Facility Registrations, Regulatory Updates and More!
Michelle Shane
Meeting Room 5
Sponsored by KVBE
9:00 AM
9:50 AM
Practice Management 911 - Applying Medical Principles to Improve Veterinary Business Mgmt
Hannah Delk
Meeting Room 8
Sponsored by Wedgewood
10:30 AM
11:20 AM
Veterinary EQ: Harnessing Emotional Intelligence to Transform Team Dynamics and Improve the Health of Your Practice
Hannah Delk
Meeting Room 8
Sponsored by Wedgewood
11:30 AM
12:20 PM
Free To Be You And Me: Psychological Safety In The Veterinary Clinic
Dr. Carl Winch
Meeting Room 8
Sponsored by Banfield
2:00 PM
2:50 PM
It's Getting Hot In Here: Integrating Environmental Sustainability Into Your Practice
Dr. Carl Winch
Meeting Room 8
Sponsored by Banfield
2:50 PM
3:40 PM
Patient Safety and Hospital Team Impact
Dr. Kelsey Birchall
Meeting Room 8
Sponsored by Banfield
4:30 PM
5:20 PM
So Many Pets! Implementing a Team Based Care Approach to Maximize Care Delivery
Dr. Kelsey Birchall
Meeting Room 8
Sponsored by Banfield
Friday, Sept. 26
8:00 AM
8:50 AM
Declining Fertility in Aging Stallions: Scientific and Practical Perspectives
Dr. Regina Turner
Meeting Room 6-7
Sponsored by Zoetis
9:00 AM
9:50 AM
Tips and Techniques for Managing Subfertile Stallions
Dr. Regina Turner
Meeting Room 6-7
Sponsored by Zoetis
10:30 AM
11:20 AM
How to Estimate A Stallion's Book Size
Dr. Regina Turner
Meeting Room 6-7
Sponsored by Zoetis
11:30 AM
12:20 PM
Best Practices for Evaluation of a Stallion's Fertility
Dr. Regina Turner
Meeting Room 6-7
Sponsored by Zoetis
2:00 PM
2:50 PM
Breeding soundness evaluation of the mare
Dr. Tom Stout
Meeting Room 6-7
Sponsored by Merck Animal Health
3:30 PM
4:20 PM
Causes and management of early pregnancy loss in mares
Dr. Tom Stout
Meeting Room 6-7
Sponsored by Merck Animal Health
4:30 PM
5:20 PM
Post-fixation twin reduction
Dr. Tom Stout
Meeting Room 6-7
Sponsored by Merck Animal Health
8:00 AM
8:50 AM
Physical Examination Findings of Heart Disease in Dogs and Cats
Dr. Brian A. Scansen
Meeting Room 1-2
Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim
9:00 AM
9:50 AM
Radiographic Interpretation of Heart and Lung Disease in Dogs and Cats
Dr. Brian A. Scansen
Meeting Room 1-2
Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim
10:30 AM
11:20 AM
Updates on the Staging & Mgmt of Mitral Valve Disease in Dogs
Dr. Brian A. Scansen
Meeting Room 1-2
Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim
11:30 AM
12:20 PM
Euglycemic vs regular DKA
Dr. Katherine Gerken
Meeting Room 1-2
Sponsored by Covetrus
2:00 PM
2:50 PM
To Puke or Not: Emesis Induction Decision
Dr. Katherine Gerken
Meeting Room 1-2
Sponsored by Covetrus
3:30 PM
4:20 PM
Treating Common Toxicities
Dr. Katherine Gerken
Meeting Room 1-2
4:30 PM
5:20 PM
Point of Care Ultrasound Tips
Dr. Katherine Gerken
Meeting Room 1-2
8:00 AM
8:50 AM
Practical Corneal Ulcer Management for GPs
Dr. Alex Sigmund
Meeting Room 3-4
Sponsored by Epicur
9:00 AM
9:50 AM
Geriatric Ophthalmology: Old Dogs. New Tricks
Dr. Alex Sigmund
Meeting Room 3-4
Sponsored by Epicur
10:30 AM
11:20 AM
ER Ophthalmology 101
Dr. Alex Sigmund
Meeting Room 3-4
Sponsored by Epicur
11:30 AM
12:20 PM
Glaucoma: The Lows and Highs
Dr. Alex Sigmund
Meeting Room 3-4
Sponsored by Epicur
2:00 PM
2:50 PM
Why won’t they go away? Lingering parasitic infections (Yes… Giardia)
Dr. Brian Herrin
Meeting Room 3-4
Sponsored by Elanco
3:30 PM
4:20 PM
Set it and forget it? Routine control of GI parasites in small animals
Dr. Brian Herrin
Meeting Room 3-4
Sponsored by Elanco
4:30 PM
5:20 PM
Vector Vigilance: Emerging parasitic diseases in North America - Tick-borne diseases: The spot is blue, now what do I do? –
Dr. Brian Herrin
Meeting Room 3-4
Sponsored by Elanco
8:00 AM
8:50 AM
Methods and benefits to shortening the calving season
Meeting Room 5
Dr. Jacques Fuselier
Sponsored by Merck Animal Health
9:00 AM
9:50 AM
Interesting truths about flukes
Meeting Room 5
Dr. Jacques Fuselier
Sponsored by Merck Animal Health
10:30 AM
11:20 AM
Vaccine effects on bull performance and fertility
Meeting Room 5
Dr. Jacques Fuselier
Sponsored by Merck Animal Health
11:30 AM
12:20 PM
Utilizing Liver Biopsy to Assess Trace Mineral Status in Cattle; Diagnostics, Interpretation, Supplementation and Role in Reproduction & Immunity.
Meeting Room 5
Dr. Jerry Rusch
Sponsored by Axiota
2:00 PM
2:50 PM
Understanding a Bull Breeding Soundness Evaluation and the factors that affect fertility-
Meeting Room 5
Dr. Chance Armstrong
Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim
3:30 PM
4:20 PM
Bovine Anaplasmosis
Meeting Room 5
Dr. Chance Armstrong
Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim
4:30 PM
5:20 PM
Urolithiasis in ruminants
Meeting Room 5
Dr. Chance Armstrong
Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim
8:00 AM
8:50 AM
Phone Skills Mastery Part 1: Includes how to handle challenging callers
Wendy Myers
Meeting Room 8
Sponsored by CareCredit
9:00 AM
9:50 AM
Phone Skills Mastery -Part 2
Wendy Myers
Meeting Room 8
Sponsored by CareCredit
10:30 AM
11:20 AM
Scheduling Mastery - Part 1
Wendy Myers
Meeting Room 8
Sponsored by CareCredit
11:30 AM
12:20 PM
Scheduling Mastery - Part 2
Wendy Myers
Meeting Room 8
Sponsored by CareCredit
2:00 PM
2:50 PM
7 Strategies to Calm Angry Clients
Wendy Myers
Meeting Room 8
Sponsored by CareCredit
3:30 PM
4:20 PM
Technology Trends CSRs Need to Know
Wendy Myers
Meeting Room 8
Sponsored by CareCredit
4:30 PM
5:20 PM
10 Ways to Power Up Technicians
Wendy Myers
Meeting Room 8
Sponsored by CareCredit
8:00 AM
8:50 AM
Back to Basics: Reading a Blood Smear
Stephanie Fowler
Sponsored by Wedgewood
9:00 AM
9:50 AM
What's New With IMHA.
Stephanie Fowler
Sponsored by Wedgewood
10:30 AM
11:20 AM
Exotic Pet Husbandry
Stephanie Fowler
Sponsored by Wedgewood
11:30 AM
12:20 PM
Lions & CRI's & Math, Oh My! Vet Tech Math Everyday.
Becky Howell
Sponsored by Wedgewood
2:00 PM
2:50 PM
They ate WHAT?! Handling toxins in your practice.
Becky Howell
Sponsored by Wedgewood
3:30 PM
4:20 PM
Dental Home Care; Myths and Facts
Scott Steele
Sponsored by Wedgewood
Saturday, Sept. 27
8:00 AM
8:50 AM
Immunotherapy: The Next Frontier of Cancer Care for Dogs with Osteosarcoma
Dr. Amy Back
Meeting Room 1-2
Sponsored by MedVet
9:00 AM
9:50 AM
Surgical management of osteosarcoma in general practice and beyond
Dr. Karl Maritato
Meeting Room 1-2
Sponsored by MedVet
10:00 AM
10:50 AM
Cutting Edge Cancer Care: The Power of Electrochemotherapy
Dr. Amy Back
Meeting Room 1-2
Sponsored by MedVet
11:00 AM
12:00 PM
Feline injection site sarcoma
Dr. Karl Maritato
Meeting Room 1-2
Sponsored by MedVet
8:00 AM
8:50 AM
Point of Care Ultrasound AFAST/TFAST for Emergent Cases aimed at the GP. Abdomen and Thorax
Dr. Aimee Brooks
Meeting Room 3-4
Sponsored by Samsung/ Choice Medical
9:00 AM
9:50 AM
Ultrasound Focus Wet Lab
Dr. Aimee Brooks
Meeting Room 3-4
Sponsored by Samsung/ Choice Medical
10:00 AM
10:50 AM
Ultra Sound Wet Lab
Dr. Aimee Brooks
Meeting Room 3-4
Sponsored by Samsung/ Choice Medical
11:00 AM
12:00 PM
Ultra Sound Wet Lab
Dr. Aimee Brooks
Meeting Room 3-4
Sponsored by Samsung/ Choice Medical
8:00 AM
8:50 AM
Don’t Paws, Start CPR! Veterinary CPR in Action (4hr lecture and wetlab)
Dr, DeAnna Cotton and Dawn Dingman
Meeting Room 9AB
Sponsored by MedVet
9:00 AM
9:50 AM
Don’t Paws, Start CPR! Veterinary CPR in Action (4hr lecture and wetlab)
Dr, DeAnna Cotton and Dawn Dingman
Meeting Room 9AB
Sponsored by MedVet
10:00 AM
10:50 AM
Don’t Paws, Start CPR! Veterinary CPR in Action (4hr lecture and wetlab)
Dr, DeAnna Cotton and Dawn Dingman
Meeting Room 9AB
Sponsored by MedVet
11:00 AM
12:00 PM
Don’t Paws, Start CPR! Veterinary CPR in Action (4hr lecture and wetlab)
Dr, DeAnna Cotton and Dawn Dingman
Meeting Room 9AB
Sponsored by MedVet
8:00 AM
8:50 AM
A Practical Approach to Lameness Evaluation Technology
Dr. Scott Hancock
Hagyard Equine Medical Institute
Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim
9:00 AM
9:50 AM
Sleip Application in the Real World - Hands On
Dr. Scott Hancock
Hagyard Equine Medical Institute
Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim
10:00 AM
10:50 AM
Ultrasound Imaging
Ray Parham
Hagyard Equine Medical Institute
Sponsored by Esaote
11:00 AM
12:00 PM
Ultrasound Imaging
Ray Parham
Hagyard Equine Medical Institute
Sponsored by Esaote
8:00 AM
8:50 AM
Utilizing Liver Biopsy to Assess Trace Mineral Status in Cattle; Diagnostics, Interpretation, Supplementation and Role in Reproduction & Immunity.
Bluegrass Stockyards
Dr. Jerry Rusch
Sponsored by Axiota
9:00 AM
9:50 AM
Liver Biopsy Wet Lab
Bluegrass Stockyards
Dr. Jerry Rusch
Sponsored by Axiota
10:00 AM
10:50 AM
Liver Biopsy Wet Lab
Bluegrass Stockyards
Dr. Jerry Rusch
Sponsored by Axiota
11:00 AM
12:00 PM
Liver Biopsy Wet Lab
Bluegrass Stockyards
Dr. Jerry Rusch
Sponsored by Axiota