123rd Annual MVMA
Summer Conference
June 28 - July 1, 2009
Rocky Gap Resort •
Cumberland, Maryland
Schedule of Events
Monday, June 29 l Tuesday, June 30 l
Wednesday, July 1
SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2009
Optional Activities: Individual Registration & Transportation
Required
8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Sporting Clays - Call: 301-784-8403
9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
White Water Rafting Trip (Lower Yough) Ages: 12+
Call: 301-784-8403
11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Registration
Conference Center Lobby
11:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Exhibitor Set-Up
Cumberland Ballroom - A-D
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
MVMA Board of Director’s Meeting
Evitts Room
4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Exhibitor Reception
Cash Bar -Light Hors d’oeuvres
Cumberland Ballroom - A-D
MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2009
7:00 a.m.
Registration Desk Opens
Conference Center Lobby
7:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors
Sponsored by Fort Dodge Animal Health
Cumberland Ballroom - A-D
8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Retired Veterinarian’s Breakfast with Past Presidents
Lakeside Restaurant - Private Dining Room
8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Equine Session
Catherine W. Kohn, V.M.D., DACVIM
Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Ohio State University
Equine Protozoal Myelitis: Diagnostic Dilemmas and Therapeutic
Options
This lecture will focus on various diagnostic tests and how to
interpret them and treatment options and protocols.
Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Treatment of Common Muscle Disease in
Horses
This lecture will focus on recurrent exertional rhabdomyolysis of
thoroughbreds, PSSM in quarter horses and quarter horse crosses,
warm bloods and draft horse, HYPP and Shivers.
Town Hill Room
8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Small Animal Session 1
Victor T. Rendano, Jr., V.M.D., Msc, DACVR, DACVR-RO
EVet Diagnostics, Lansing, NY
Question: Why Should I Attend This Lecture?
Answer: To Understand the Joy of Learning!
Overview of Imaging: What You Need to Know Today to Better Serve
Your Clients Tomorrow
Evitts Room A
8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Small Animal Session 2
Byron L. Blagburn, MS, PhD
College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University
New Strategies for Controlling Fleas, Ticks and Vector-borne
Diseases
Martins Room
10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Morning Refreshments with Exhibitors
Cumberland Ballroom - A-D
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Annual Business Meeting
Evitts Rooms A&B
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Equine Session
Catherine W. Kohn, V.M.D., DACVIM
Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Ohio State University
Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Treatment of Common Muscle Disease in
Horses CONTINUED
This lecture will focus on recurrent exertional rhabdomyolysis of
thoroughbreds, PSSM in quarter horses and quarter horse crosses,
warm bloods and draft horse, HYPP and Shivers.
Diagnosis and Management of Foal Diarrhea
This lecture includes a brief overview of the pathogenesis of
diarrhea, examination and approach to treatment of a foal with
diarrhea, discussion of how to feed foals with diarrhea and a review
of rotavirus, Clostridium difficile, Clostridium perfringens and
Lawsonia intracellularis.
Town Hill Room
11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Retired Veterinarians Forum
Dr. Ray Ediger’s South American Adventure!
Raymond D. Ediger, D.V.M., ACLAM
Frederick, MD
(Spouses Welcome)
Clover Hill Room
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Small Animal Session 1
Victor T. Rendano, Jr., V.M.D., Msc, DACVR, DACVR-RO
EVet Diagnostics, Lansing, NY
The Respiratory and Cardiovascular Systems: From the Tip of the Nose
to the Diaphragm (Part 1)
Evitts Room
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Awards Luncheon
Sponsored by Novartis Animal Health
Greenridge Ballroom
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Maryland Veterinary Foundation Trustees Meeting
Clover Room
1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Small Animal Session 1
Victor T. Rendano, Jr., V.M.D., Msc, DACVR, DACVR-RO
EVet Diagnostics, Lansing, NY
The Respiratory and Cardiovascular Systems: From the Tip of the Nose
to the Diaphragm (Part 2)
What is Your Diagnosis?
Evitts Room
6:30 p.m.
Dinner with Special Speakers
Sponsored by Merial, Ltd.
• Astronaut Richard Linnehan, D.V.M.
Sponsored by Nutramax Laboratories
• Gerhardt Schurig, DVM, PhD, Dean VMRCVM
Greenridge Ballroom
TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009
7:00 a.m.
Registration Desk Opens
Conference Center Lobby
7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors
Sponsored by Lilly Companion Animal Health
Cumberland Ballroom - A-D
7:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Exhibits Open
8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Equine Session
Catherine W. Kohn, V.M.D., DACVIM
Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Ohio State University
Head Shaking: Still a Diagnostic Dilemma
This lecture will provide video examples and a review of the
literature with emphasis on pathogenesis and treatment.
Idiopathic Urinary Incontinence in a Gelding
This case presentation emphasizes diagnostic options and an approach
to managing the problem.
Veterinary Preparations for the 2008 Olympic Games: Results of
Monitoring Horses at the Good Luck Bejing HKSAR 10th Anniversary Cup
CC12*
Part science, park travelogue, this lecture gives a summary of what
was learned studying the response of three-day event horses to the
extreme heat and humidity of Hong Kong - A project that was
completed by an international group of veterinarians, riders and
trainers at the Sha Tin Olympic Venue in Hong Kong in 2007.
Town Hill Room
8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Small Animal Session 1
Victor T. Rendano, Jr., V.M.D., Msc, DACVR, DACVR-RO
EVet Diagnostics, Lansing, NY
Neuroradiology
What is Your Diagnosis?
Evitts Room
8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Small Animal Session 2
Todd Tams, D.V.M., DACVIM
Acute and Chronic Vomiting in Dogs and Cats: Parts 1, 2 and 3
Diagnosis and management of this common presenting complaint will be
emphasized starting with a practical diagnostic approach to minor
cases and then reviewing suggested work-up for more chronic cases.
Antiemetic therapy will be reviewed. Dietary sensitivity, gastric
hypmotility, IBD as a cause of vomiting and the more common causes
of vomiting in cats will all be discussed. Esophagitis, which occurs
more frequently than is diagnosed, will also be highlighted.
Martins Room
10:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
Morning Refreshments with Exhibitors
Cumberland Ballroom - A-D
10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Equine Session
Mark V. Crisman, D.V.M., MS, DACVIM
Large Animal Medicine and Surgery, Virginia Maryland Regional
College of Veterinary Medicine
Antimicrobial Pharmacology: General Principles in Equine Medicine
This lecture will focus on the therapeutic decision making process
and general pharmacological considerations in this often difficult
and complex exercise. The role of antimicrobial resistance in
therapeutic failures will also be discussed.
Selected Topics in Rational Antimicrobial Usage
This lecture will focus on current issues associated with different
classes of antibiotics.
Town Hill Room
Small Animal Session 1
Victor T. Rendano, Jr., V.M.D., Msc, DACVR, DACVR-RO
EVet Diagnostics, Lansing, NY
Contrast Radiology of the GI and Urinary Systems: Not a Dying Art
(Part 1)
Evitts Room
Small Animal Session 2
Todd Tams, D.V.M., DACVIM
Acute and Chronic Vomiting in Dogs and Cats Continued
Acute and Chronic Diarrhea in Dogs and Cats: Parts 1, 2 and 3
Diagnostic approach for the problems of both acute and chronic
diarrhea will be reviewed. Emphasis will be on Giardia, Clostridium
perfringens enterotoxicosis, cryptosporidiosis, Tritrichomonas
foetus of cats, pancreatic insufficiency, inflammatory bowel disease
and chronic colitis in both dogs and cats. Therapy will be discussed
for each of the listed disorders.
Martins Room
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Luncheon Buffet
Sponsored by Hill’s Pet Nutrition
Greenridge Ballroom
1:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
17th Annual VMA Benefit Golf Tournament
Onsite “Jack Nicklaus Signature” Golf Course
This annual event will benefit the MVMA Foundation. Join your fellow
duffers for 18 holes of golf. (Ticketed Event -
See golf page for details)
1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Small Animal Session 1
Victor T. Rendano, Jr., V.M.D., Msc, DACVR, DACVR-RO
EVet Diagnostics, Lansing, NY
Contrast Radiology of the GI and Urinary Systems: Not a Dying Art
(Part 2)
What is Your Diagnosis?
Evitts Room
Small Animal Session 2
Todd Tams, D.V.M., DACVIM
Acute and Chronic Diarrhea in Dogs and Cats
Martins Room
Dinner on your own
WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 2009
7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors
Sponsored by Intervet Schering Plough Animal Health
Cumberland Ballroom - A-D
7:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Exhibits Open
8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Equine Session
Mark V. Crisman, D.V.M., MS, DACVIM
Large Animal Medicine and Surgery, Virginia Maryland Regional
College of Veterinary Medicine
Antibiotic Therapy in Horses: A Case Presentation
This lecture will cover several cases and detail the therapeutic
decision making process.
Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction in Horses
Equine Cushing’s Disease (ECD) is the most common equine
endocrinopathy. This lecture will focus on the pathogenesis,
diagnostic tests and treatment of pituitary dysfunction in horses.
Town Hill Room
8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Small Animal Session 1
Todd Tams, D.V.M., DACVIM
Wellness Programs in General Practice: What, Why and How to
Implement: Parts 1 and 2
This seminar will provide an overview of the rationale for routinely
testing apparently well patients, components of test programs for
both younger and older pets and ways to successfully implement
wellness testing. For senior pets, the importance of testing beyond
just a blood panel and urinalysis will be discussed. Case examples
will be shown and there will be an emphasis on diagnosis and case
follow up once abnormalities have been identified.
Evitts Room
10:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
Morning Refreshments with Exhibitors
Cumberland Ballroom - A-D
10:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
Equine Session
Mark V. Crisman, D.V.M., MS, DACVIM
Large Animal Medicine and Surgery, Virginia Maryland Regional
College of Veterinary Medicine
Middle Age Obesity, Insulin Resistance and Laminitis: Equine
Metabolic Syndrome
EMS represents a common and increasingly challenging health concern
for horses. This lecture will cover the significance, pathogenesis,
diagnosis and current treatment strategies for Equine Metabolic
Syndrome. An overview of current research initiatives will also be
presented.
Thyroid Disease in Horses
Equine Thyroid Disease (specifically hypothyroidism) has been
propagated in the veterinary literature despite the fact there is
little evidence hypothyroidism is a significant problem in horses.
This lecture will review the current knowledge of thyroid gland
dysfunction in horses.
Town Hill Room
10:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
Small Animal Session 1
Todd Tams, D.V.M., DACVIM
Diagnosis of Liver Disease in Dogs and Cats
A review of liver screening tests, clinical utility of bile acids
assay, liver biopsy techniques, clinical utility of laparoscopy in
private practice for obtaining liver biopsies under direct
visualization and many case examples.
Update on Management of Liver Disease in Dogs and Cat
An overview of both conventional therapies and newer drugs. Chronic
active hepatitis, cholangiohepatitis, hepatic lipidosis in cats,
recognition and management of steroid hepatopathy and copper
hepatotoxicosis will all be reviewed.
Evitts Room
11:00 a.m.
Exhibit Breakdown
1:00 p.m.
Meeting Adjournment
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