Veterinary Dermatology course 2015 22-23rd of May 2015 Veterinary Education Centre, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Jegava, Latvia Speakers: Jacques Fontaine DMV, Dipl. ECVD Graduated Docteur en Médecine Vétérinaire (DVM) at the"university of Liège" in 1983. He worked in the department of Internal medicine Vet. Faculty Université de Liège (Small animal clinic) from 1983 to 1991, then in private practice in Brussels (100% dermatology). Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Dermatology (ECVD) in 1996. In 2004 he came back to the vet faculty working part time as consultant in Dermatology; he is in charge of the dermatology courses for the students. Master of Science completed in 2011.Currently he is president of the European College of Veterinary Dermatology (ECVD). Luc Beco DMV, Dipl. ECVD graduated from the University of Liege (Belgium) in 1987. He created a private general and dermatology clinic in Spa in 1987. He returned at the University of Liege as Consultant in Dermatology from 1992 to 1999. He completed the ESAVS training course in dermatology from 1992 to 1994. He accomplished an alternative ECVD residency at North Carolina State University and became a diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Dermatology (ECVD) in 2002. He has been a member of the Educational Committee of the ECVD from 2002 to 2011. He started his commitment within the board of the European Society of Veterinary Dermatology (ESVD) as Further Education and Meetings Secretary in 2004. From 2010 to 2013 Dr Beco has been President of the ESVD. He is currently ESVD Past-President, congress co-organizer and venue finder. Dr Beco is also appointed since 2011 as Administrative Committee Member of the World Association for Veterinary Dermatology (WAVD). He is the author or co-author of several articles in refereed journals and has lectured at more than 135 national and international meeting. Thierry Olivry, DrVet, PhD, DipACVD, After graduating from veterinary school in Toulouse (France) in 1984, Dr. Olivry joined a specialty practice in Paris. In 1991, he moved to the US for a residency in dermatology and a PhD in comparative pathology at the University of California Davis. He is board-certified by both European and American Colleges of Veterinary Dermatology. Dr. Olivry is presently Professor of Immunodermatology at the North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine. He holds also an appointment as Adjunct Research Associate Professor of Dermatology at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Medicine. From 2001 to 2004, he was the
Chair of the International Task Force on Canine Atopic Dermatitis, and from 2008 to 2009, President of the European College of Veterinary Dermatology. Dr. Olivry received several awards, which include the ACVD Award for Excellence for Outstanding Contributions to Science and Education in 2004, the NCSU Clinician of the Year award in 2005, the Pfizer Award for Research Excellence at NCSU in 2010 and the World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) Hill's Excellence in Veterinary Healthcare Award in 2013. Thomas BISSOT, DVM qualified from the Veterinary Faculty Medicine of the University of Liège (Belgium) in 2003. He then worked for one year in a small animal practice in Brussel before undertaking a small animal rotating internship program at the Veterinay Faculty Medicine of Ghent (Belgium). In October 2005, he joined Royal Canin Research and Development department where he exerted the function of clinical research project manager. His research main interests include small animal gastroenterology, obesity biology, critical care nutrition and behaviour. Since September 2008, Thomas is in charge of the Scientific Communication for the East and South Region (Eastern Europe, Africa, Middle East, Baltics, India, Russia, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, Taiwan and overseas departments and territories). Isabelle Lesponne, DVM is a graduate of the National Veterinary School of Toulouse, France (2001). Being deeply interested in Dogs and Cats, she worked as a general practitioner, in several small animal vet clinics, practicing internal medicine and surgery, for more than 5 years. Then, in order to build on her interest in Communication and to discover the industrial world, she joined a pharmaceutical laboratory, Merial, as a Technical Support for North West part of France, during 4 years, her mission consisting mainly in bringing scientific information (infectious diseases, external parasitism, pain and osteoarthritis) to both Vet customers and nurses, and to train the local sales force. She joined Royal Canin in March 2011, as Scientific Support manager, working in scientific communication with an international scope, and sharing expertise within Research and Development projects, her focus being mainly related to Dermatology and OsteoArthritis. Alla Maskalonoka DVM, Alla`s love for animals and desire for higher education led to change career and back to veterinary school, from which she graduated in 2006. It is with the attendance of lectures in dermatology at local congresses that this specialty became her work passion. To gain further education in veterinary dermatology, she completed the training provided by the European School of Advanced Veterinary Studies (ESAVS) in Vienna, also she attended international veterinary dermatology congresses in Europe and North America, and pursued long externships with specialists in the USA and Sweden. Now she continues education with online participation to rounds with the dermatology service at North Carolina State University in the USA. Alla has lectured about veterinary dermatology topics to students and veterinarians in Latvia and Lithuania. Since November 2013, she has limited her practice to that of dermatology mostly dogs and cats. Alla speaks Latvian, Russian and English. Currently she works in several veterinary practices in Riga. Course programme
22/05/2015 Friday / First day of course Speaker 8:30-9:00 Registration 9:00-9:45 How to manage a dermatological consultation JF 9:45-10:30 Clinical Case Presentation with microscope JF 10:30-11:00 Coffee Break 11:00-11:45 Practical approach of dogs with alopecia JF 11:45-12:30 Skin oncology What you need to know JF 12:30 14:00 Lunch 14:00 14:45 Practical approach of pyoderma LB 14:15 15:30 Feline allergies LB 15:30-16:00 Coffee Break 16:00-17:00 Clinical Case Presentation LB 17:00 17:45 Skin and nutritional solutions TB Closing of the first day of course with a glass of French vine. Royal Canin 23/05/2015 Saturday/ Second day of course Speaker 8:30-9:00 Registration 9:00 09:45 Dermatological manifestation of Internal diseases JF 09:45-10:30 Practical approach of otitis LB 10:30-11:00 Coffee Break 11:00 12:30 Diagnosis and treatment approach of atopic dermatitis in dogs part 1 TO 12:30-14:00 Lunch 14:00 14:45 Diagnosis and treatment approach of atopic dermatitis in dogs part 2 TO 14:45 15:15 Importance of a good nutrition support IL 15:15 15:45 Coffee Break 16:45-16:30 Clinical Case Presentation TO/AM 16:30-17:45 Clinical Case Presentation TO/AM Closing of the course Summary concerning the spirit of the lectures: How to manage a dermatological consultation. Take the history, recognize the primary and secondary skin lesions, develop a differential diagnosis, how to perform the complementary direct exams (sky scrapings, cytology etc) Clinical Case Presentation with microscope With clinical cases presentation we will ullustrated why a microscope is really a must in the dermatology consultation. Practical approach of dogs with alopecia Alopecia can be lesions. Alopecia is a primary or a secondary skin lesion caused by the loss or lack of hairs. This symptom results from: - arrest of the follicular cycle - a destruction of the hair follicles or - a physical trauma of the hairs (by licking, scratching or abrasion). Skin oncology: What you need to know
Cutaneous neoplasia s are malignant in 50% of the cases in dogs and in 80% in cats. It is then important to recognize these Skin tumors as soon as possible. We will discuss the practical approach for a general practitioner. How to recognize mast cells tumors, cutaneous lymphoma, epidermoidal carcinoma. Feline allergies Cats are not small dogs. Atopic dermatitis exists also in cats but the symptoms are totally different than in dogs and the diagnosis is much more complicate to establish. Classical signs of allergy in cats are: - Self induced alopecia - Cervico facial pruritus - Eosinophilic complex granuloma Dermatological manifestation of Internal diseases Cutaneous disorders can be markers of internal disorders in dogs or cats. The relationship between the skin and the internal disease can be associated with a hormonal, a metabolic, a neoplastic etc. During this lecture we will develop some practical examples. Practical approach of otitis Otitis externa in the dog is a very common disorder. Otitis can be associated with: - Predisposing factors (external ear canal conformation, excess moisture, trauma etc) - Primary causes (ectoparasites, foreign bodies, allergies, neoplasia etc) - Secondary factors : bacterial and yeast infections - Perpetuating factors (structural modification of the auditory canal, tympanic membrane lesions, middle ear infection, neoplasia ) The lecture will provide the keys to better recognize and manage acute and chronic otitis. Diagnosis and treatment approach of atopic dermatitis in dogs After presenting the current concepts in the diagnosis of atopic dermatitis in dogs, which rely mainly on the presence of lesions with an characteristic distribution and the exclusion of resembling diseases, we will present a multifactorial approach to treatment, which depends upon the stage of the disease and the extent of skin lesions. We will discuss the avoidance of flare factors, the control of infections and the management of itch and acute or chronic skin lesions. Finally, we will present strategies to prevent the recurrence of signs. Clinical Case Presentations Classical clinical cases will be presented and discussed with the audience. Attendance fee for 2 days course, if transfered till 14th of May 89 EUR Any one of two days of the course, if transfered till 14th of May 60 EUR Attendance Fees (incl.vat): Attendance fee for 2 days, if transfered after 14th of May 150 EUR Any one of two days of the course, if transfered after 14th of May 130 EUR Please register online here
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