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Large Animal Stream
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- Large Animal Stream
Hugh Owen: A14- Understand the importance of vector borne diseases as emerging global disease threats.
- Identify specific vector borne disease threats and how we determine the risk level.
- Identify ways of improving our detection and surveillance of Vector borne diseases.
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- Large Animal Stream
Hugh Owen: A14- Become familiar with how tick-borne disease burdens are changing in the UK - key drivers, risk factors and impacts.
- Understand the One Health approach and how ecology, social science, modelling and epidemiology are being combined to understand impacts of livestock tick-borne diseases and develop new solutions (within the OPTICK project).
- Understand the role of farmer, vet and land manager perceptions and priorities in tick-borne disease management, highlight opportunities to engage with the OPTICK and TICKSOLVE projects.
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- Large Animal Stream
Hugh Owen: A14- A review of the clinical signs of specific ND’s of greatest significance to UK livestock currently.
- The means by which suspected ND incidents should be reported.
- Highlight the key frontline role practitioners play in ND surveillance.
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- Large Animal Stream
Hugh Owen: A14- How the comparative lung anatomy affects the differing pathophysiology of pulmonary disease in horses and cattle.
- How the difference in pulmonary mechanics results in different susceptibility to clinical respiratory disease in horses and cattle.
- How differences in large animal husbandry impact the types of respiratory disease that predominate in horses and cattle.
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- Large Animal Stream
Hugh Owen: A14-
Host immune responses to respiratory infections from the neonate to adult animal.
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The impact of stress and environmental factors on immune responses.
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Assessing recent advances in immunology from novel diagnostics to infectious disease research.
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- Large Animal Stream
Hugh Owen: A14- The neonatal immune functions and post-natal development of immune competence in key livestock species, and their impact on the susceptibility to respiratory pathogens and ability to respond to vaccination.
- Ability to draft and apply a diagnostic investigation path in situations of respiratory diseases outbreak and monitoring aimed at actionable results and constructive engagement with animal owner.
- Ability to perform basic situation analysis and combine it with principles of respiratory diseases epidemiology to develop core vaccination programmes.
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- Large Animal Stream
Hugh Owen: A14- Feel more confident about seeing poultry as a first opinion.
- Common conditions presented by owners of back yard flock.
- Practical solutions and possible outcomes of backyard poultry conditions.
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- Large Animal Stream
- Small Animal Vet Stream
- Small Animal Nurse Stream
Exhibition Drinks ReceptionPenbryn: Medrus MawrJoin us in the exhibition hall after last lectures for complimentary drinks and nibbles.
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Small Animal Vet Stream
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- Small Animal Vet Stream
Hugh Owen: A12- New tips about how to choose anti-itch treatments for an itchy dog.
- New tips about how to work out why an itchy dog is itchy to enable long-term control.
- More confidence and knowledge about dogs with ear canal disease and helping them.
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- Small Animal Vet Stream
Hugh Owen: A12- How to evaluate on clinical examination a puppy with particular attention to the CV system with the correct auscultation technique.
- Different heart murmurs and their causes.
- The differential diagnosis for different heart murmurs, discussing those that need treatment and those that don't.
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- Small Animal Vet Stream
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Hugh Owen: A12- The most important step in managing a cancer case is educating and communicating with the owner!
- What benefit advanced imaging / referral-level staging will bring over staging tests in-house for common cancers.
- Factors of high and low prognostic significance in common small animal cancers.
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- Small Animal Vet Stream
Hugh Owen: A12- New tips about how to choose anti-itch treatments for an itchy cat.
- New tips about how to work out why an itchy cat is itchy to enable long-term control.
- Confidence and knowledge about feline dermatology.
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- Small Animal Vet Stream
Hugh Owen: A12- The equipment needed to safely administer cytotoxic drugs in practice.
- Important safety measures to prevent exposure of yourself or your staff to cytotoxic drugs.
- Appropriate pre-and post-chemo monitoring tests for commonly-used cytotoxic medications.
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- Large Animal Stream
- Small Animal Vet Stream
- Small Animal Nurse Stream
Exhibition Drinks ReceptionPenbryn: Medrus MawrJoin us in the exhibition hall after last lectures for complimentary drinks and nibbles.
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Small Animal Nurse Stream
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- Small Animal Nurse Stream
Penbryn: Medrus 4Caring for a pet with cancer should be viewed as a highly important step in promoting animal welfare. A clear career development pathway for interested RVNs to specialise in veterinary oncology is now developing, and in this lecture we will discuss more about what the “Onco-RVN” job is about! -
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Penbryn: Medrus 4- Understand the hierarchy of different evidence sources using practical examples.
- Skills for critically analysing different types of evidence.
- Explore what makes some evidence ‘good’ or ‘bad’ and how we can spot the difference.
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- Small Animal Nurse Stream
Penbryn: Medrus 4- Legislation and guidance around RVN and SVN delegation.
- The benefits of effective nurse delegation and utilisation.
- Methods to promote nurse utilisation in clinical practice
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- Small Animal Nurse Stream
Penbryn: Medrus 4- Appreciation of different wound dressings and their uses.
- Correct application of wound dressings based on phase of wound healing.
- Understand how to take an evidence-based approach to wounds.
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- Small Animal Nurse Stream
Penbryn: Medrus 4- Why blood pressure should be measured.
- Which cases should have blood pressure measured, what clinical signs and diseases could potentially lead to abnormalities in blood pressure.
- How to measure blood pressure accurately and repeatably. What possible pitfalls can occur and how to resolve them.
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- Small Animal Nurse Stream
Penbryn: Medrus 4- New tips about how to make visiting veterinary practices better for cats, their owners and their veterinary helpers too.
- Identify stressed cats and how to help.
- Being more confident as a cat advocate in your practice.
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- Large Animal Stream
- Small Animal Vet Stream
- Small Animal Nurse Stream
Exhibition Drinks ReceptionPenbryn: Medrus MawrJoin us in the exhibition hall after last lectures for complimentary drinks and nibbles.
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Practicals
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Penbryn: Medrus 3- How to support the vet in taking samples.
- Practice how to set up Laparoscopes, bronchoscopes and gastroscopes.
- New and updated techniques for cleaning and disinfecting scopes that will save valuable nursing time
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Penbryn: Medrus 3- New techniques to get you through the pylorus, Improve your driving skills and reduce patient anaesthesia times
- Practice removing foreign bodies using different instruments and techniques
- Know how to obtain good pathological samples and learn how to reduce equipment failure and breakages
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Large Animal Stream
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- Large Animal Stream
Hugh Owen: A14- The biology and epidemiology of liver fluke and rumen fluke, and it’s relevance to control of these parasites.
- Diagnostic approaches to both parasites and how these can be used appropriately in different farm settings and at different times of the year to assess risk and inform management.
- Different treatment options, their advantages and limitations, and the ability to develop a farm-appropriate treatment control plan using this information alongside diagnostic/risk assessment.
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- Large Animal Stream
Hugh Owen: A14- How chemotherapeutic control of flukes is underpinned by effective diagnostics.
- How diagnostics can be utilised for both the animal and the environment.
- The roles of fluke extracellular vesicles and how they can be exploited for improved diagnostics.
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Hugh Owen: A14Key Learning Objectives Consider the climate change events in Uganda and UK What are the effects on farming practices and human population? Examine strategies to mitigate harmful climate effects. -
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Hugh Owen: A14An informal interactive discussion specifically designed to help you and your practice set up and run a successful farmer group. We will discuss the key points of the following areas: What to include ... -
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Hugh Owen: A14Key Learning Objectives Working with the vet to help understand and utilise animal health and welfare regulations of the new Sustainable Farming Scheme. Developing a relationship with your vet and wha ... -
- Large Animal Stream
Hugh Owen: A14- The Animal Health Improvement Cycle-what is it?
- Biosecurity-how can we improve farm biosecurity?
- How can we promote on farm Welfare improvements?
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- Large Animal Stream
Hugh Owen: A14Key Learning Objectives You will learn how to realise what is shaping yours and others communication and interactions. Helping you become self-aware creates options and the possibility of doing things ...
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Small Animal Vet Stream
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- Small Animal Vet Stream
- Small Animal Nurse Stream
Hugh Owen: A12- The importance of optimising antimicrobial use in practice.
- Currently available stewardship tools and resources.
- When antibiotics should (and shouldn't) be used for surgical prophylaxis.
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- Small Animal Vet Stream
Hugh Owen: A12- Practical investigation techniques for obstructive FLUTD.
- Practical tips to relieve obstruction more successfully.
- The principles of tube cystotomy, perineal urethrostomy and prepubic urethrostomy.
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- Small Animal Vet Stream
Hugh Owen: A12- Know the different mechanisms underlying jaundice in the dog focusing on post-hepatic aetiologies.
- Develop a logical approach to the diagnostic investigations of biliary disease.
- Recognise and manage common differentials for this presentation including gall bladder mucoceles
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- Small Animal Vet Stream
Hugh Owen: A12- Understand the blood supply to random pattern flaps, axial pattern flaps and free skin grafts.
- Understand the planning required for free skin grafts to overcome the barriers to survival.
- How to plan the development of random pattern flaps and the common axial pattern flaps (TDAPLF, CSEAPF)Understand the planning required for free skin grafts to overcome the barriers to survival.
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- Small Animal Vet Stream
- Small Animal Nurse Stream
Hugh Owen: A12- Develop a logical stepwise approach to pyrexia investigation.
- When anti-pyretic measures can be employed empirically.
- Differentiate between infectious and non-infectious aetiologies of pyrexia
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- Small Animal Vet Stream
Hugh Owen: A12- Identify cases suitable for surgery based on histopathological diagnosis.
- Identify cases suitable for a straightforward surgical solution.
- How to perform rostral mandibulectomies, premaxillectomy and rostral maxillectomies.
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Small Animal Nurse Stream
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- Small Animal Vet Stream
- Small Animal Nurse Stream
Hugh Owen: A12- The importance of optimising antimicrobial use in practice.
- Currently available stewardship tools and resources.
- When antibiotics should (and shouldn't) be used for surgical prophylaxis.
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- Small Animal Nurse Stream
Penbryn: Medrus 4- Define coaching and mentoring and identify the purpose of each in veterinary practice.
- The benefits of coaching and mentoring to the individual, the team, and the organisation.
- The roles of coaching and mentoring in relation to effective clinical learning and development.
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- Small Animal Nurse Stream
Penbryn: Medrus 4- Understand the investigations that are useful to plan management of cats with obstructive FLUTD.
- Understand and assist with unblocking difficult cases of FLUTD.
- Plan and deliver the nursing care of cats after relief of obstruction or surgery.
- Offer owner’s advice on care after discharge.
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- Small Animal Nurse Stream
Penbryn: Medrus 4- Consider the basic underpinning principles of infection control in veterinary practice.
- Become familiar with the tools needed in infection control.
- Understand how to minimise the risk of nosocomial infections
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- Small Animal Vet Stream
- Small Animal Nurse Stream
Hugh Owen: A12- Develop a logical stepwise approach to pyrexia investigation.
- When anti-pyretic measures can be employed empirically.
- Differentiate between infectious and non-infectious aetiologies of pyrexia
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- Small Animal Nurse Stream
Penbryn: Medrus 4- Identify common causes of stress and discuss its effects on the body.
- Consider the attributes of a resilient veterinary nurse.
- Understand how to proactively manage stress and identify the benefits of personal resilience.
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Practicals
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- Practicals
Penbryn: Medrus 3- How to support the vet in taking samples.
- Practice how to set up Laparoscopes, bronchoscopes and gastroscopes.
- New and updated techniques for cleaning and disinfecting scopes that will save valuable nursing time
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- Practicals
Penbryn: Medrus 3- New techniques to get you through the pylorus, Improve your driving skills and reduce patient anaesthesia times
- Practice removing foreign bodies using different instruments and techniques
- Know how to obtain good pathological samples and learn how to reduce equipment failure and breakage
