Episodios

  • Conservative Management of TL IVDD in Dogs | VETgirl Veterinary Continuing Education Podcasts

    Conservative Management of TL IVDD in Dogs | VETgirl Veterinary Continuing Education Podcasts
    Aug 11 2025
    In today's VETgirl online veterinary continuing education podcast, Dr. Amy Kaplan, cVMA, DACVECC, MRCVS investigates whether small dogs with IVDD can regain ambulation following conservative management. Is surgical intervention the only treatment recommendation for non-ambulatory dogs presenting with loss of deep pain nociception? Tune in with us as we review a prospective study reporting on the conservative management of small, non-ambulatory dogs presenting with or without deep pain nociception from IVDD.
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    14 m
  • Reviewing the 2025 ACVAA Small Animal Anesthesia Monitoring Guidelines with Jennifer Sager | VETgirl Veterinary Continuing Education Podcasts

    Reviewing the 2025 ACVAA Small Animal Anesthesia Monitoring Guidelines with Jennifer Sager | VETgirl Veterinary Continuing Education Podcasts
    Aug 6 2025
    In today's VETgirl online veterinary continuing education podcast, we interview Jennifer Sager, RVT, CVT, LVT, VTS (Anesthesia & Analgesia) (ECC), Regional Nursing Director, with VEG ER for Pets, and the only veterinary technician contributing author on The American College of Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia Small Animal Anesthesia and Sedation Monitoring Guidelines 2025. Tune in to hear what and how you should be monitoring your sedated and anesthetized patients!
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    41 m
  • Increasing Efficiency, Decreasing Burnout: How AI is Lightening the Load for Vets | VETgirl Veterinary Continuing Education Podcasts

    Increasing Efficiency, Decreasing Burnout: How AI is Lightening the Load for Vets | VETgirl Veterinary Continuing Education Podcasts
    Aug 4 2025
    In this VETgirl veterinary continuing education podcast, we interview Drs. Christina Moore, MBA, and Dani Cimino, about how AI is increasing veterinary efficiency and decreasing burnout! Tune in to find out how you can incorporate AI ethically and effectively into your practice and decrease your and your team's burnout, improve clinical efficiency, work-life balance, and clinical excellence! Sounds like a win-win!!

    Sponsored By: IndeVets
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    22 m
  • Aortic Thromboembolism (ATE) in Dogs with Dr. Missy Carpentier | VETgirl Veterinary Continuing Education Podcasts

    Aortic Thromboembolism (ATE) in Dogs with Dr. Missy Carpentier | VETgirl Veterinary Continuing Education Podcasts
    Jul 28 2025
    In today's VETgirl online veterinary continuing education podcast, we interview Dr. Missy Carpentier, DACVIM (Neurology) of Minnesota Veterinary Neurology on aortic thromboembolism (ATE) in dogs. While this seems like a "cardiology" or emergency critical care problem, ATE is a classic presentation for the "down" dog. That said, ATE in dogs is entirely different from cats—in everything from signalment and clinical presentation to prognosis. Tune in to learn all things ATE, including how we diagnose and treat this hypercoagulable disease, and what the prognosis is.
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    16 m
  • All You Need to Know About Lyme Disease with Dr. Andrew Eschner | VETgirl Veterinary Continuing Education Podcasts

    All You Need to Know About Lyme Disease with Dr. Andrew Eschner | VETgirl Veterinary Continuing Education Podcasts
    Jul 23 2025
    In this VETgirl veterinary continuing education podcast, we interview Dr. Andrew Eschner, Regional Director of Veterinary Professional Services with Boehringer Ingelheim about all things ticks Lyme disease! Tune in to find out how long it takes to transmit Borrelia burgdorferi to a dog after its been bitten? How long will it take a dog to show positive on a test? When will that dog start to show signs of Lyme disease, if at all? More importantly, refresh your brain on outer surface proteins (Osp) and why are are important in the transmission of Lyme disease! Tune in for diagnosis and treatment options, and to learn all things Lyme!

    Sponsored By: Boehringer Ingelheim
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    19 m
  • Are IV Fluids Necessary Following Feline Blood Donation? | VETgirl Veterinary Continuing Education Podcasts

    Are IV Fluids Necessary Following Feline Blood Donation? | VETgirl Veterinary Continuing Education Podcasts
    Jul 21 2025
    In today's VETgirl online veterinary continuing education podcast, we explore whether intravenous (IV) fluid therapy is truly necessary after feline donation by reviewing the prospective study, "Intravenous fluid therapy compared to no treatment following blood donation in cats: a randomized controlled trial.' Many of us were taught (or have routinely seen) the protocol of administering IV fluids to cats post-donation to help replace the lost blood volume. However, this practice isn't common in human or canine blood donation protocols. So are IV fluids really needed after feline blood donation? Tune in to find out!
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    9 m
  • Updates in Duration of Antibiotic Therapy for Treatment of Pneumonia in Dogs | VETgirl Veterinary Continuing Education Podcasts

    Updates in Duration of Antibiotic Therapy for Treatment of Pneumonia in Dogs | VETgirl Veterinary Continuing Education Podcasts
    Jul 14 2025
    In today's VETgirl online veterinary continuing education podcast, we’re tackling a hot topic: how long should dogs with bacterial pneumonia remain on antimicrobials? While traditional recommendations from the 2017 ISCAID (International Society for Companion Animal Infectious Diseases) guidelines advise 4-6 weeks of antimicrobial treatment, we acknowledge that strong veterinary evidence has been lacking. Tune in to find out what this new study, “Clinical course and radiographic resolution of pneumonia in dogs treated with a shorter versus longer course of antimicrobials: a randomized, double-masked, placebo-controlled study” suggests!
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    13 m
  • Sharp Decisions: Should we Change Needles After Vial Puncture? | VETgirl Veterinary Continuing Education Podcasts

    Sharp Decisions: Should we Change Needles After Vial Puncture? | VETgirl Veterinary Continuing Education Podcasts
    Jul 7 2025
    In today's VETgirl online veterinary continuing education podcast, Dr. Amy Kaplan, cVMA, DACVECC, MRCVS digs into the findings of the JAVMA publication, Needle sharpness is minimally affected by vaccine vial puncture, which challenges a long-standing and widely followed practice in veterinary medicine - changing needles between drawing up a vaccine and injecting it into an animal. Is this something we should be doing? Tune in to find out!
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    8 m