Conference Programme

Confirmed Titles and Speakers:

• Adverse drug reactions – Stephen Page, Advanced Veterinary Therapeutics

• Approach to haemoabdomen and surgical tips for performing a safe and efficient splenectomy – Vicky Lipscomb, Royal Veterinary College London

• Can I save that eye? Managing ocular emergencies in general practice – Gladys Boo, The Eye Specialist for Animals

• FAST track to diagnostic success - Point-of-care ultrasound in practice – Claire Sharp & Corrin Boyd, Murdoch University, Western Australia

• Interpreting the numbers: Why azotaemia and dilute urine does not always = renal failure – Jill Maddison, Royal Veterinary College London

• Leaking enterectomies – prevention is better than cure! – Vicky Lipscomb, Royal Veterinary College London

• Making the most of your exploratory laparotomy (avoiding the “peek and shriek”) – Vicky Lipscomb, Royal Veterinary College London

• Medical Mystery Tour – David Church, Royal Veterinary College London

• Parasiticide resistance – Stephen Page, Advanced Veterinary Therapeutics & Jill Maddison, Royal Veterinary College London

• Principles of traumatic and surgical wound management and reconstruction – Vicky Lipscomb, Royal Veterinary College London

• Problematic parasites – does geography (and climate change!) change our priorities? – Peter Irwin, Emeritus Professor, University of Murdoch

• Staying alive - Update on the 2024 RECOVER guidelines – Claire Sharp & Corrin Boyd, Murdoch University, Western Australia

• The kidneys are not tiny toilets you can flush – approach to nephrotoxin exposure – Claire Sharp & Corrin Boyd, Murdoch University, Western Australia

• The opaque eye 1: corneal causes, consequences and treatment options – Gladys Boo, The Eye Specialist for Animals

• The opaque eye 2: intraocular causes, consequences and treatment options – Gladys Boo, The Eye Specialist for Animals

• The other fluids on shelf – fluid therapy beyond lactated Ringer’s – Claire Sharp, Murdoch University, Western Australia

• They are how they live and eat: common husbandry and dietary mistakes in exotic animal husbandry and how they can be solved – Shangzhe Xie, Wildlife Reserves Singapore Department of Conservation & Rina Maguire, Research and Veterinary Services at Beecroft Animal Specialist Services

• What I have learned in the past 5 years - a report from the frontline – Hubert Hiemstra, VetVault

• What’s new in ECC – the year in review – Claire Sharp & Corrin Boyd, Murdoch University, Western Australia

• Where have all the red cells gone? Diagnostic approach to anaemia in the Australasian and Asian regions – Peter Irwin, Emeritus Professor, University of Murdoch