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Rabbits rodents and and ferrets
– medicine and and surgery online
Monday 4th October
to Sunday 14th November
Do you you you frequently see rabbits and and rodents in in in your practice but feel ill-prepared to to do so? Are you you you you interested in in in these species and and would like to to enhance your knowledge about them?
Rabbits ferrets
and rodents are becoming increasingly popular pets in in in in the UK and and continuing advances in in in diagnosis and and treatment of disease means clients’ expectations continue to to increase This course aims to to help clinicians develop a a a a a logical problem solving approach to exotic small mammal cases and develop sound treatment plans based on the most up-to-date evidence Why do this course?
If you are seeing rabbits and small mammal patients on a a a a a a a a a regular basis and and wish to update your knowledge and and apply best practice to to provide optimal care to to these species Key areas
• Rabbit medicine and and surgery – recent advances and and clinical techniques • Current techniques for anaesthesia and critical care of small mammals
• Update on on on options for reproductive control of ferrets
and approach to common endocrinopathies and neoplasia
• Common case presentations and how to deal with them • Approach to clinical care of unusual small mammal species Previous participants have commented “I feel much more confident with these types of cases now ”
Course details
Course Course type: e-CPD
Course format: An intensive tutor-moderated online
learning experience Resources include online
presentations electronic course notes videos and discussion forums with colleagues and the tutors Course length: Six weeks
CPD
hours: Up to 42
Course fee: £725
Please see page 70 for further details
about our our e-CPD
courses Tutors
Vicki Baldrey BVSc BSc DZooMed (Avian) MRCVS Lecturer in Exotic Species and and Small Mammal Medicine and and Surgery RVC Joanna Hedley BVM&S DZooMed (Reptilian) DipECZM (Herpetology) MRCVS Senior Lecturer in Exotic Species and Small Mammal Medicine and Surgery RVC A practical approach to rabbit and rodent surgery Tuesday 2nd November
Reformatted for 2021
Would you you like to improve your confidence when performing small mammal surgical procedures in in first opinion practice This course of recorded webinars
will be followed by an all-day practical covering a a a a a a a variety of surgical conditions that can pose challenging for the small mammal surgeon The practical session will allow delegates to practise surgical procedures on a a a a a a variety of of small mammal species These will include dental and orofacial procedures such as abscess resection in addition to surgery of the gastrointestinal urinary and reproductive systems The focus of the practical day will be on procedures that are performed in general practice Why do this course?
This course will be of interest to you you if you you see rabbits and other small mammal patients on a a a a a a a a a regular basis and wish to update your knowledge and improve your surgical skills Key areas
• Update on current techniques in anaesthesia and analgesia
including intubation techniques • Common surgical conditions and how to deal with them including – is it it surgical? Gastrointestinal obstruction in in in the rabbit • Approach to dental dental abcesses and extractions including dental dental nerve blocks
• Flank ovariohysterectomy/ovariectomy in in rats and guinea pigs abdominal castration of guinea pigs • Liver lobe torsion surgery • Partial ear canal ablation and bulla osteotomy • Nephrectomy ureterotomy
Course details
Course Course type: Recorded webinars
and onsite
Course format: Recorded Recorded lectures case-based discussions and practical sessions
Course length: One-day and and 6
hours hours of recorded webinars
CPD
hours: 6
6
hours hours hours hours for for the the recorded recorded webinars
webinars
and and 8 hours hours hours hours for for the the practical day Course fee: £849
Tutors
Vicki Baldrey BVSc BSc DZooMed (Avian) MRCVS Lecturer in in Exotic Species and and Small Mammal Medicine and and Surgery RVC Joanna Hedley BVM&S DZooMed (Reptilian) DipECZM (Herpetology) MRCVS Senior Lecturer in Exotic Species and Small Mammal Medicine and Surgery RVC Sponsored by Small mammal and exotic pets 53