Avian, Exotics & Small Mammals

HAZEL STEVENS     BARRISTER & MEDIATOR
DAVID MARTIN    BVSc, MRCVS 

When presented with a bird or reptile, disease is often advanced and yet making a specific diagnosis can be extremely challenging. This webinar series discusses aspects of avian and reptile husbandry and management, as so many cases are linked to poor husbandry. It also covers history taking, visual and physical examination, clinical pathology testing and interpretation, anaesthesia, imaging and endoscopy, so that attendees will be able to accurately access husbandry, form a realistic differential diagnosis list to be able to anaesthetise the patient, collect clinical pathology samples, interpret results, take standard radiology views and interpret them, to undertake a range of endoscopic examinations, with a view to achieving a definitive and specific diagnosis, in a timely, safe and effective manner so as to optimise prognosis for a full recovery.

The webinar series provides a solid grounding in common clinical presentations and pathologies in rabbits such as respiratory conditions It also covers critical care, analgesia and anaesthesia – all of which are vitally important to get sick rabbits better quicker.

The webinar series focusses on dentistry from the basic approach to advanced techniques such as nerve blocks and pulpectomies. It also covers diseases of the geriatric rabbit, ear diseases and their surgical management as well as dermatology.

Reptile keeping is becoming more and more popular worldwide. Sadly all too often case presentation is linked to husbandry and management related shortfalls. The webinar series deals with management, husbandry (with a particular emphasis on recent husbandry advances), sex determination, parisitology, common case presentations, anaesthesia, clinical pathology techniques, diagnostic imaging, differential diagnosis, treatment options and therapeutic options (drugs, doses, routes of administration). Conditions of snakes, chelonian, lizards and crocodilians will also be considered.

When presented with a bird or reptile, disease is often advanced and yet making a specific diagnosis can be extremely challenging. This webinar series discusses aspects of avian and reptile husbandry and management, as so many cases are linked to poor husbandry. It also deals with history taking, visual and physical examination, clinical pathology testing and interpretation, anaesthesia, imaging and endoscopy, so that attendees will be able to accurately access husbandry, form a realistic differential diagnosis list and then be able to anaesthetise the patient, collect clinical pathology samples, interpret results, take standard radiology views and interpret them, to undertake a range of endoscopic examinations, with a view to achieving a definitive and specific diagnosis, in a timely, safe and effective manner so as to optimise prognosis for a full recovery.

Interest in soft tissue surgery in avian and exotic animals has increased over the last decade due to widespread use of isoflurane anesthesia, the introduction of microsurgical techniques and improvement of microsurgical and bipolar radio-surgical instrumentation. This webinar series has been designed for veterinarians in practice, working with avian cases, wishing to gain a higher level of expertise in their approach to avian respiratory disease, psittacine neonatology and post mortem techniques. It also includes an insight into PPDS as well as discussions of raptor tendon injuries and their repair.

Client interest and commitment to Back Yard Poultry, has mushroomed dramatically in the past 6-8 years. Not only has this created a requirement for clinicians to advance their avian medicine and surgery, an area traditionally not taught at undergraduate level, but also all the complexities of dispensing medication to food producing species, maintaining records etc.. This webinar has been designed for veterinarians in practice, who are working with backyard poultry.