Our 5th visit to 

Mystic, Connecticut 

July 20 - 22, 2007

Historic. Charming. Eclectic. Unique. These are the words that begin to describe Downtown Mystic. First settled in the 17th century, this new world colony along the banks of the Mystic River has been a crossroads for the curious for nearly 350 years.

With age comes beauty. And tradition. And a can do attitude that has kept Mystic as the centerpiece of Southeastern Connecticut’s attractions.

Mystic today is known for it’s unique shops, restaurants, antiques centers and art galleries. It’s is minutes from world class gaming and entertainment, attractions for the whole family, museums that will transport you back to another era. And everywhere you turn you will see the kind of scenic beauty that takes your breath away.

Attractions:

Accommodations

• Cancellations:  One night penalty within 7 days of your scheduled arrival. Penalty for early departures

• Check-in:  4.00pm    Check-out:  12.00 noon         

Book early as this hotel always sells out over the summer!

The seminars

Managing common feline problems

Michael Lappin D.V.M., Ph.D. 

Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine 

Professor of Medicine

&

Howard Seim III D.V.M. 

Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Surgeons

Professor of Surgery

Colorado State University

 

Howie and Mike have been working together at Colorado State University for 17 years.  That has given them multiple opportunities to work together on the medical and surgical aspects of veterinary medicine.  Mike and Howie have developed a 4 part series to be presented at International Veterinary Seminars in the future.  Each of these courses is unique and so you will ultimately want to attend all four.  In this course, the boys will be presenting information concerning medical and surgical management of feline gastrointestinal, liver, and pancreatic diseases.  Dr. Seim will also show several cases that required extensive wound management.  Both of our speakers present practical information that can be immediately implemented in your practice on the completion of the course.  The majority of the lectures will be presented using the case-based format.  There is extensive use of video in the surgical presentations and so these IVS courses are like being in the operating room with Dr. Seim.  Dr. Lappin likes to show videos of practical internal medicine techniques and also emphasizes rational use of empirical therapy for those clients with small budgets.  Both of our speakers are actively involved in veterinary research of clinical diseases and so each year bring brand-new information to our courses.  Frequently, this material has been even been published yet, giving the attendees the most up to date continuing education possible.  Dr. Seim is a section editor for the Textbook of Small Animal Surgery and Dr. Lappin is a section editor for Textbook of Small Internal Medicine.  Dr. Lappin is also the editor of Feline Internal Medicine Secrets.  Thus, both have been actively involved in the advancement of new knowledge in small animal veterinary medicine. 

 

 

• Pancreatitis- more common than you thought! - what’s new in the diagnosis and management of this disease

• Chronic vomiting- determining the cause– it’s not always easy!

• Chronic Diarrhea– practical methods to determine the cause

• Chronic diarrhea- management of chronic enteropathies (Inflammatory bowel disease, lymphoma etc)

• Fecal flotation techniques

• Wet mount examinations

• How to diagnose Giardia

• What is the best Giardia drug?

• How to diagnose Cryptosporidium

• Treatment of constipation

• Enteric zoonotic agents

• Helicobacter gastritis- should I care?

• Elevated liver enzymes - what now?

• Yellow cats-where to start?

• What is the best strategic deworming protocol?

• How to manage feline panleukopenia

• How to manage feline coronaviruses & FIP

• FeLV & FIV associated GI diseases

• Principles of GI surgery– what is really important?

• Suture choices

• Enterotomies and gastrotomies

• Liver, intestinal, and pancreatic biopsies– practical tips

• Abdominal closure

• Subtotal colectomy

• Supplemental nutrition- the need to feed– what to use, how much & how often?

• Feeding tube placement– easy placement in general practice!

• When & how to put in a chest drain for the management of pyothorax

• String foreign bodies– how to manage the difficult ones!

• Bandaging the difficult wounds

• Tie over bandages

• Dog bite injuries

 

Case reports and videos will be included throughout the seminars to emphasize each topic

 

Seminar schedule:

Registration

Registration fee: (16 AAVSB RACE approved CE hours. Accepted in CT, MA, RI, NH, ME, VT and PA)

	Earlybird by by June 1          US$585.00
	Advanced by June 28            US$605.00
	Regular                                     US$625.00

CE credits

IVS is an AAVSB RACE approved provider of Continuing Education.

This program meets the requirements for 16 hours of continuing education credit in jurisdictions which recognize AAVSB's RACE approval: however 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. Call IVS at 800-487-5650 for further information.