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Costa Rica
at the Los Suenos Marriott Resort
March 14 - 18, 2010
Managing common feline problems
Michael Lappin
D.VM., Ph.D., DACVIM
Professor of Medicine
Colorado State University
Craig Griffin
D.V.M., DACVD
Animal Dermatology Clinic
San Diego
Catriona MacPhail
D.VM., Ph.D., DACVS
Assistant Professor of
Surgery
Colorado State University
 
| Costa Rica is the
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plants. Butterflies and orchids, crocodiles and sharks, turtles
and Toucans´ are everywhere. The rainforest covering the
mountains are a paradise for eco tourism. Life is good in
Costa Rica, a friendly, democratic and peaceful country.
For action vacation you can surf, hike, do rafting,
canopying, diving, deepwater fishing and snorkeling.
Costa Rica has it all. Volcanoes, River rafting, Jungle
tours, Canopy tours, Horse riding, cloud forests and adventure |
   
Click here for tours available from the Los Suenos Marriott
  
Los Suenos Marriott Beach & Golf Resort
on the Pacific coast
Playa Herradura Costa
Rica
Phone: 506 2630 9000
room rate:
Run of
house: $257.00 dbl/night
Oceanview: $317.00 dbl/night
European Plan (no meals), per room, per night, based on single/double occupancy,
plus 13% Room Tax
Please note that you will also be charged:
Porterage: $5 per person round trip
Housekeeping: $2 per room per day
These rates available 3 days prior to and after the
seminars.
One night room and tax will be charged to your credit card to hold
the reservation.
Cancellations: Two night
room and tax will be charged if you cancel within 45 days of your scheduled
arrival date. You will be charged for the complete scheduled stay if you
cancel within 14 day of your scheduled arrival date. There is an
Early Departure Fee
How to get to the Marriott- fly into the San Jose Costa
Rica Airport- we recommend that you rent a car as there is no resort shuttle-
the road to the Marriott is in good condition- you tend to find rough roads as
you venture to secluded areas.
Juan Santamaria International Airport - SJO
- Hotel direction: 60 miles SW
- Driving Directions: From the Juan Santamaria
International Airport turn right on to Bernardo Soto
Highway and follow the signs to Orotina, heading towards
Jaco. Exit at Herradura Los Suenos and follow the signs
to Marriott.
    
Continuing education:
Managing common feline problems
Michael Lappin
D.VM., Ph.D., DACVIM
Professor of Medicine
Colorado State University
Craig Griffin
D.V.M., DACVD
Animal Dermatology Clinic
San Diego
Catriona MacPhail
D.VM., Ph.D., DACVS
Assistant Professor of
Surgery
Colorado State University
Dr. Lappin is currently professor and head of small animal
internal medicine at
Colorado
State
University
. Dr. Craig Griffin practices in
San Diego, Hawaii, Alaska and Tustin. Dr. Catriona Macphail is on the surgical staff at
Colorado State.
Dr. MacPhail is teaming up with Dr's Lappin and
Griffin to provide a balance of opinion - surgery versus medical
management of clinical problems. IVS believes that the
combination of internal medicine, surgery & dermatology lectures will result in an outstanding continuing
education course for you or your staff.
Dr.'s Lappin, MacPhail and Griffin work with
practicing veterinarians daily and have vast experiences that enable
them to distill the questions from their general practitioner
colleagues into short practical answers.
We have all been to meetings where you already know 45 minutes
of the material in a 50 minute lecture but have to wait until the very
end to get the new information! In
this seminar series, Drs. Lappin, MacPhail and Griffin will present the
information that is of practical interest to the practitioner.
The pace is rapid and so the CE is never boring!
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Diagnosis
and management of Haemobartonella felis infection |
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What
is the new name for Haemobartonella felis?
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Did
you know that there are now two Haemobartonella spp in cats! |
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Is
enrofloxacin effective for haemobartonellosis?
How many cats will go blind? |
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Salmonella
& Campylobacter |
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Inflammatory
bowel disease |
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Tumors
including lymphoma |
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Large
bowel diarrhea |
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Empirical
treatment of gastrointestinal diseases (Giardia, Cryptosporidium,
parasites, |
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How
can I avoid doxycycline esophageal strictures?
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Two
different ehrlichias were just found in cats in the
United States
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and therapeutic plan!
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Learn Dr. Lappin’s favorite 10 antibiotics and learn how he uses them
empirically while finishing the diagnostic workup.
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Is there anything new in the diagnosis of FeLV or FIV infected cats?
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Should I use antiviral drugs in FeLV or FIV infection |
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What about the FIP vaccine? |
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Fibrosarcomas- current thoughts
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Developing a vaccination plan for catteries
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Should I use Giardia vaccine?
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Should I use Bordetella vaccine
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Nasal disease
& nasopharyngeal polyps
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Calicivirus infections |
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Empirical treatment of respiratory diseases
(URI, pneumonia, asthma)
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How to do transoral airway washing
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Removing inflammatory polps
Stenotic nares in the cat?
Laryngeal diseases- paralysis in the cat?
Diaphragmatic hernia- when and how to operate- what about the
peritoneal-pericardial diaphragmatic hernias
Pleural space diseases
Gastrointestinal obstruction
Linear foreign bodies- what to do when the mesenteric borders are leaking
Intestinal neoplasia
Megacolon- when to do surgery.Diagnostic and therapeutic challenges in
the cat: Part 1-eosinophilic granuloma complex, otitis externa, and
demidicosis.
Diagnostic and therapeutic challenges in
the cat: Part 2-dermatophytosis, atypical mycobacteriosis,
lymphocytic-plasmacytic stomatitis, lymphocytic-plasmacytic
pododermatitis.
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Schedule:
(18 CE hours)
March 14, 2010- travel day
Monday March 15,
2010:
Registration: 1.30pm - 2.00pm
Lectures:
2.00pm - 6.30pm
Reception for all -
6.30pm-7.30pm
Tuesday
March 16, 2010:
Continental
breakfast: 7.30am - 8.00am
Lectures:
8.00am - 12.30pm
Wednesday March 17, 2010:
Lectures:
2.00pm - 6.30pm
Thursday March 18, 2010:
Continental
breakfast: 7.30am - 8.00am
Lectures:
8.00am - 12.30pm
Seminar
registration: (18 CE hrs.-approved by the AAVSB Race program)
Early bird:
mailed by December 18 $655.00
Advanced:
mailed by February 5 $675.00
Regular: $695.00
includes all breaks,
continental breakfast Tuesday & Thursday,
bound lecture notes, certificate of attendance and 18
CE contact hours.
International
Veterinary Seminars is an AAVSB RACE approved provider of continuing
education-accepted by most state boards-
Cancellation: 90% refund to 30 days. Seminar transfer only, inside 30 days
 
Register by mail
Online registration Hotel
registration
CE credits
IVS complies with the following guidelines:
- Speakers are recognized specialists
- Mandatory recorded attendance
- Certificate of attendance
- Complete seminar notes
Register by mail, fax or phone 1-800-487-5650
INTERNATIONAL
VETERINARY SEMINARS
by MAIL: 210
Carbonera Drive
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
by FAX: 408-972-1038
by PHONE:
1-800-487-5650
Visit the
Los Suenos
Marriott for more information
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