Feline Medicine 6:
Respiratory Diseases and Cardiology
18 - 22 February 2023 | Phuket, Thailand
General Overview
General Overview
The aim of this course is to give veterinarians in private practice an update of basic current diagnostic and therapeutic possibilities of common feline respiratory and cardiac problems. Heart murmurs, coughing, dyspnea, ascites or arrhythmias – how should these problems be worked up and treated? The answers to these questions will be provided by presenting lectures about diagnostics such as radiography, ECG sessions, heart murmurs, bronchoscopy, biomarkers, BAL and much more as well as the latest updates about treatment options. All this mixed with interactive case presentations.
Language
All modules will be held in English.
Saturday, 18 February 2023
08:30 – 9:00 Welcome and Registration
09:00 – 10:30 The cat is not a small dog – differences between dogs and cats concerning heart murmurs, physical examination and heart failure (Wess)
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:00 Reading chest radiographs – cardiac diseases. Comparisons between dogs and cats (Wess)
12:00 – 13:00 Radiographic pattern recognition: vascular/interstitial/bronchial/alveolar patterns (Wess)
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:00 ECG Introduction- How to interpret an ECG: Feline ECG abnormalities I (Wess)
15:00 – 15:30 ECG Introduction- How to interpret an ECG: Feline ECG abnormalities II (Wess)
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:00 Feline ECG Session (practical session) (Wess)
Sunday, 19 February 2023
10:00 – 11:00 Feline ECHO: Tips and Tricks (Wess)
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:30 Echocardiographic assessment of diastolic function (Wess)
12:30 – 13:00 Feline ECG Session (practical session) (Wess)
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 14:45 Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy – inheritance, pathology and genetic tests, ECG, Radiographs and ECHO (Wess)
14:45 – 15:30 Restrictive cardiomyopathy, Dilated cardiomyopathy and arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) - diagnosis and treatment (Wess)
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:00 Feline ECG and Echo cases Session (practical session) (Wess)
Monday, 20 February 2023
9:00 – 10:00 Biomarker in feline cardiology (Wess)
10:00 – 11:00 Feline Aortic thromboembolism (Wess)
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 – 12:00 Feline Case examples (interactive session) (Wess)
12:00– 13:00 Congenital feline heart diseases causing volume overload (Wess)
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 – 14:45 Case examples: Barli and other cases (Wess)
14:45 – 15:30 Congenital feline heart diseases causing pressure overload (Wess)
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 - 17:00 Feline Case examples (interactive session)
Tuesday, 21 February 2023
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:15 Feline upper respiratory tract disease – do different agents cause different disease? (Schulz)
12:15 – 13:00 Nasal fungal infections – challenge in diagnosis and treatment (Schulz)
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 14:45 Nasal neoplasia (Schulz)
14:45 – 15:30 Respiratory case - Interactive (Schulz)
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:00 Lower respiratory infections (Schulz)
Wednesday, 22 February 2023
09:00 – 10:15 Respiratory endoscopy and sampling in feline patients (Schulz)
10:15 – 10:45 Small airway and interstitial lung disease (Schulz)
10:45 – 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 – 12:30 Feline bronchial disease – what`s new? (Schulz)
12:30 – 13:00 Respiratory case - Interactive (Schulz)
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 – 14:45 Pulmonary parasites (Schulz)
14:45 – 15:30 Pulmonary neoplasia in cats (Schulz)
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break (Schulz)
16:00 – 16:30 Pleural effusion (Schulz)
16:30 – 17:00 Respiratory Quiz :) (Schulz)
Course Masters
Prof. Dr. Gerhard Wess
DACVIM, DECVIM-CA (DE)
University of Munich, Germany
Dr. Bianka Schulz
Priv.-Doz., Dr. med. vet., Dr. habil., Dipl. ECVIM-CA (DE)
University of Munich, Germany
Course Location
Pamookkoo Resort, 70/1 Kata Rd, Karon, Mueang Phuket District, Phuket 83100, Thailand
Registration and Fees
Discount tuition fee for Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, India, Sri Lanka, China, Pakistan, Lebanon and Vietnam: EURO 1.080,–
Early registration: Euro 980,--
(Deadline for FULL early registration payment: 22 December 2022)
Discount tuition fee for Macao, South Korea and Taiwan: EURO 1.520,–
Early registration: Euro 1.420,-
(Deadline for FULL early registration payment: 22 December 2022)
Tuition fee for Europe, Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, United Arab Emirates, Canada, USA and Japan: EURO 2.210,–
Early registration: Euro 2.110,-
(Deadline for FULL early registration payment: 22 December 2022)
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