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  • Saturday, September 28, 2024
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM CST
    Coffee & Pastries
  • 7:00 AM – 9:00 AM CST
    SWVS Past President's Breakfast
  • 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM CST
    Registration Open
  • 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM CST
    Speaker Ready Room
  • 7:00 AM – 8:50 PM CST
    Mother's Room
  • 7:00 AM – 8:50 PM CST
    Zen Den
  • 7:00 AM – 9:00 PM CST
    First Aid Room
  • 8:00 AM – 8:50 AM CST
    2 - The Clinical Pathology of Infectious Disease - Hematology
  • 8:00 AM – 8:50 AM CST
    3 - Acute Wound Management
  • 8:00 AM – 8:50 AM CST
    4 - Blastomycosis & Histoplasmosis in Cats & Dogs: State-of-the-Art Review
  • 8:00 AM – 8:50 AM CST
    5 - Patellar Luxation – A Practical Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment
  • 8:00 AM – 8:50 AM CST
    6 - Update on the Management of URI in Cats - Part 1
  • 8:00 AM – 8:50 AM CST
    7 - Reproductive Examination and Estimation of Fertility Potential in the Stallion
  • 8:00 AM – 8:50 AM CST
    8 - A New Look at Old Labs: Understanding Familiar Lab Values in a New Way as Indicators of Unhealthy Aging
  • 8:00 AM – 8:50 AM CST
    9 - Wound Healing and Laceration Repair in Large Animals
  • 8:00 AM – 8:50 AM CST
    10 - What Makes the Extraordinary Channels Extraordinary?
  • 8:00 AM – 8:50 AM CST
    16 - Quarantine Strategies for Adding Reptiles to a Collection
  • 8:00 AM – 8:50 AM CST
    17 - Fast & Furious- The Nuts & Bolts of Practice Management - Part 1
  • 8:00 AM – 8:50 AM CST
    18 - Utilization of the Whole Team Serving More Pets
  • 8:00 AM – 8:50 AM CST
    19 - Accountability Isn’t a Four-Letter Word: It Empowers Your Team for Success and Wellbeing
  • 8:00 AM – 8:50 AM CST
    20 - Dental Radiography: Simplified
  • 8:00 AM – 8:50 AM CST
    21 -  Finding Positivity During Challenging Times
  • 8:00 AM – 8:50 AM CST
    22 - Me-OUCH! Feline Pain Assessment
  • 8:00 AM – 8:50 AM CST
    23 - ROSC Achieved! Now What?!?!?
  • 8:00 AM – 8:50 AM CST
    24 - IgE Except After C: Immunology Basics
  • 8:00 AM – 9:50 AM CST
    15 - What Texas Veterinarians Need to Know About Chiropractic: Responsibilities, Liabilities, and Best Practices
  • 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM CST
    13 - Trouble-shooting Anesthesia Machines & Monitors
  • 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM CST
    11 - How to Extract Strategic Teeth in Canine Patients - Dental Morning Lab (ticketed event)
  • 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM CST
    12 - Stitch It Up Buttercup: A Guide for Basic Procedural Suturing (ticketed event)
  • 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM CST
    14 - Updates on Diabetes (SGLT2 inhibitors) and Incorporating Flash Glucose Monitors
  • 8:00 AM – 8:50 PM CST
    Zen Den
  • 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM CST
    Titers Rabies Clinic
  • 9:00 AM – 9:50 AM CST
    Neurology Exam of Farm Animals
  • 9:00 AM – 9:50 AM CST
    1 - Nonhuman Primate Social Housing Scenarios
  • 9:00 AM – 9:50 AM CST
    2 - The Clinical Pathology of Infectious Disease - Cytology
  • 9:00 AM – 9:50 AM CST
    3 - Arthrodesis: Principles, Indications and Contraindications
  • 9:00 AM – 9:50 AM CST
    4 - Invasive Fungal Infections in Cats & Dogs: State-of-the-Art Review
  • 9:00 AM – 9:50 AM CST
    5 - Skin Reconstructive Techniques - Part 1
  • 9:00 AM – 9:50 AM CST
    6 - Update on the Management of URI in Cats - Part 2
  • 9:00 AM – 9:50 AM CST
    7 - Semen Processing and Preservation for Artificial Insemination
  • 9:00 AM – 9:50 AM CST
    8 - 5 Simple Steps to Managing Canine OA Pain
  • 9:00 AM – 9:50 AM CST
    9 - Syncope: How to Keep Them From Falling Over . . . .
  • 9:00 AM – 9:50 AM CST
    10 - CANCELLED: Introduction to FARAD
  • 9:00 AM – 9:50 AM CST
    11 - Chong (Thoroughfare) Mai and Dai (Belt) Mai
  • 9:00 AM – 9:50 AM CST
    12 - Reptile Cardiology I: Anatomy and Physiology
  • 9:00 AM – 9:50 AM CST
    13 - Fast & Furious- The Nuts & Bolts of Practice Management - Part 2
  • 9:00 AM – 9:50 AM CST
    14 - Onboarding, Team Training, and Certification, OH, MY!!
  • 9:00 AM – 9:50 AM CST
    15 - Just Say It! How to Give and Receive Feedback that Creates Change
  • 9:00 AM – 9:50 AM CST
    16 - Anesthesia Monitoring for Dental Patients
  • 9:00 AM – 9:50 AM CST
    17 - Depression and Suicide and How to Help Ourselves and Our Teams
  • 9:00 AM – 9:50 AM CST
    18 - Feline Pain is Purr-tinent, Too: Intervention For Feline Pain
  • 9:00 AM – 9:50 AM CST
    19 - Instant Gratification: Understanding Point-of-Care Testing
  • 9:00 AM – 9:50 AM CST
    20 - Bad Blood: IMHA, ITP, and Evans Syndrome
  • 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM CST
    SWVS Partnership Meeting
  • 9:30 AM – 5:00 PM CST
    Exhibit Hall Open
  • 9:30 AM – 5:00 PM CST
    Exhibit Hall Show Your Colors
  • 9:50 AM – 10:30 AM CST
    Refreshment Break in the Exhibit Hall
  • 10:30 AM – 11:20 AM CST
    Farm Animal Case Discussions
  • 10:30 AM – 11:20 AM CST
    1 - Developing Enrichment that Works: Tips on How to Create, Implement and Evaluate New and Existing Enrichment/Behavior Management Practices in Your Facility
  • 10:30 AM – 11:20 AM CST
    2 - The Cytology of Cancer: Diagnosing Neoplasia in Your Practice
  • 10:30 AM – 11:20 AM CST
    3 - Case Based Approach to the Coughing Cat
  • 10:30 AM – 11:20 AM CST
    4 - Look-Alikes: Diseases that Mimic Invasive Fungal Infections in Cats and Dogs.
  • 10:30 AM – 11:20 AM CST
    5 - Pelvic Fractures – Navigating A Challenging Diagnostic & Treatment Condition
  • 10:30 AM – 11:20 AM CST
    6 - Skin Reconstructive Techniques - Part 2
  • 10:30 AM – 11:20 AM CST
    7 - Assisted Reproductive Technologies in Horses: What Does the Practitioner Needs to Know Nowadays?
  • 10:30 AM – 11:20 AM CST
    8 - Burnout, The Stress Cycle, and Realistic Self Care
  • 10:30 AM – 11:20 AM CST
    9 - Lighting the Way: Laser Therapy in Veterinary Medicine
  • 10:30 AM – 11:20 AM CST
    10 - CANCELLED: Large and Small Ruminant Antimicrobial Cases
  • 10:30 AM – 11:20 AM CST
    11 - Yin and Yang Qiao (Heel) Mai
  • 10:30 AM – 11:20 AM CST
    13 - Reptile Cardiology II: Diagnostics
  • 10:30 AM – 11:20 AM CST
    14 - Money's Not the Answer, 4 Tips in Team Retention
  • 10:30 AM – 11:20 AM CST
    15 - Top Tips for Personnel Management - Part 1
  • 10:30 AM – 11:20 AM CST
    16 - What if I’m Not a Good Doctor? Ten Liberating Realities I Wish I Knew 25 Years Ago
  • 10:30 AM – 11:20 AM CST
    17 - Marketing Veterinary Dentistry
  • 10:30 AM – 11:20 AM CST
    18 - The Cat Friendly ER: Right Meow!
  • 10:30 AM – 11:20 AM CST
    19 - Things to Remembers: The 0.5s of Emergency and Critical Care
  • 10:30 AM – 11:20 AM CST
    20 - Working with Difficult People and Management of Conflict Part 1
  • 10:30 AM – 11:20 AM CST
    21 - Is Bigger Always Better? Intravenous Catheterization of Companion Animals
  • 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM CST
    12 - Implementing Pain Scales, CRI calculations & Syringe Pump Basics
  • 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM CST
    Exhibit Hall College Football
  • 11:30 AM – 12:15 PM CST
    14 - Meditation
  • 11:30 AM – 12:20 PM CST
    Neurology Case Discussions
  • 11:30 AM – 12:20 PM CST
    1 - Evolution of Behavior Management
  • 11:30 AM – 12:20 PM CST
    2 - The Cytology of Cancer Staging in Your Practice
  • 11:30 AM – 12:20 PM CST
    3 - Antifungal Therapy in Cats and Dogs: State-of-the-Art Review
  • 11:30 AM – 12:20 PM CST
    4 - Non Pharmacological Management of Stress in Cats
  • 11:30 AM – 12:20 PM CST
    5 - Principles of Surgical Oncology
  • 11:30 AM – 12:20 PM CST
    6 - Shoulder Pathology - Diagnostic and Treatment Challenges
  • 11:30 AM – 12:20 PM CST
    7 - Clinical Cases of Mare and Stallion Subfertility
  • 11:30 AM – 12:20 PM CST
    8 - Food Animal Antimicrobial Resistance
  • 11:30 AM – 12:20 PM CST
    9 - Yin and Yang Wei (Link) Mai
  • 11:30 AM – 12:20 PM CST
    10 - Gastric Cryptosporidiosis in Snakes
  • 11:30 AM – 12:20 PM CST
    11 - Developing Formal, Effective Mentor/Mentee Programs
  • 11:30 AM – 12:20 PM CST
    12 - Top Tips for Personnel Management - Part 2
  • 11:30 AM – 12:20 PM CST
    13 - Putting the Power Into Empowerment: Five Simple Acts that Build Others Up and Reduce Your Stress
  • 11:30 AM – 12:20 PM CST
    15 - Dental Myths, Mysteries and Misconceptions
  • 11:30 AM – 12:20 PM CST
    16 - Is the Patient Septic? Or Just a Little Sep-ish?
  • 11:30 AM – 12:20 PM CST
    17 - Through the Cracks: Patient Safety Event Reporting for Veterinary Technicians
  • 11:30 AM – 12:20 PM CST
    18 - Working with Difficult People and Management of Conflict Part 2
  • 11:30 AM – 12:20 PM CST
    19 - So What if We’ve Always Done It That Way? Effectively Implementing Change
  • 12:30 PM – 1:20 PM CST
    20 - Creating a Winning Work Culture: Strategies for Team Engagement and Business Success
  • 12:30 PM – 1:20 PM CST
    21 - Defend Puppies. Defeat Parvo: Updates in the Treatment of Canine Parvoviral Enteritis
  • 12:30 PM – 1:20 PM CST
    22 - Knowledge is Our First Ingredient
  • 12:30 PM – 1:20 PM CST
    24 - Top 10 Don’ts of Veterinary Mentorship
  • 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM CST
    23 - The ABCs of EFAs (Essential Fatty Acids)
  • 12:45 PM – 1:45 PM CST
    25 - Yoga
  • 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM CST
    ArVMA Board Meeting
  • 1:30 PM – 5:30 PM CST
    1 - How to Extract Strategic Teeth in Canine Patients - Dental Afternoon Lab (ticketed event)
  • 1:30 PM – 5:30 PM CST
    2 - Calming Your Inner Chihuahua: Healing Yourself and Your Team
  • 2:00 PM – 2:50 PM CST
    2 - Urinary Tract Disease Part 1: The Clinical Chemistry of Urinary Tract Disorders
  • 2:00 PM – 2:50 PM CST
    3 - Advanced Hematology: Dissecting the Data & Blood Film Review
  • 2:00 PM – 2:50 PM CST
    4 - Feline Upper and Lower Urinary Stones
  • 2:00 PM – 2:50 PM CST
    5 - Leptospirosis in Dogs (and Cats): A Review
  • 2:00 PM – 2:50 PM CST
    6 - No Echo-No problem: Staging MMVD
  • 2:00 PM – 2:50 PM CST
    7 - Neonatal Internal Medicine - Part 1
  • 2:00 PM – 2:50 PM CST
    8 - Toxicology - Part 1
  • 2:00 PM – 2:50 PM CST
    9 - An Integrative Approach to Managing Anxiety: Dealing With the Hot Mess of Stress
  • 2:00 PM – 2:50 PM CST
    10 - Exotic Animal Emergencies: Where to Start and What to Expect
  • 2:00 PM – 2:50 PM CST
    11 - Conducting Awesome Performance Evaluations - Part 1
  • 2:00 PM – 2:50 PM CST
    12 - Google Analytics: Tracking and Measuring Your Marketing
  • 2:00 PM – 2:50 PM CST
    13 - Personal/Professional Branding - Part 1
  • 2:00 PM – 2:50 PM CST
    14 - Desk Fit/Mindfulness
  • 2:00 PM – 2:50 PM CST
    15 - Acid-Base for Beginners
  • 2:00 PM – 2:50 PM CST
    16 - Martyrdom in Veterinary Medicine
  • 2:00 PM – 2:50 PM CST
    17 - Stoatally Stoned: Marijuana Toxicosis
  • 2:00 PM – 2:50 PM CST
    18 - Swine Slumber: Navigating the World of Pig Anesthesia
  • 2:00 PM – 2:50 PM CST
    19 - Where Do We Go From Here? Career Paths and Advancement for the Vet Assist
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CST
    SWVS Board Briefing
  • 3:00 PM – 3:50 PM CST
    2 - Urinary Tract Disease Part 2: Cytology of the Urinary Tract
  • 3:00 PM – 3:50 PM CST
    3 - Interpreting the Biochemical Profile: Important Patterns You Don't Want to Mss
  • 3:00 PM – 3:50 PM CST
    4 - MeWow! Learn How to Diagnose, Stage and Treat Feline Cardiomyopathy
  • 3:00 PM – 3:50 PM CST
    5 - Protozoal Diseases in Cats and Dogs: A Review
  • 3:00 PM – 3:50 PM CST
    6 - What is in the Cat's Pleural Space? Air? Fluid? Organs? - Part 1
  • 3:00 PM – 3:50 PM CST
    7 - Neonatal Internal Medicine - Part 2
  • 3:00 PM – 3:50 PM CST
    8 - Toxicology - Part 2
  • 3:00 PM – 3:50 PM CST
    9 - An Integrative Approach to Heart Disease
  • 3:00 PM – 3:50 PM CST
    10 - Exotic Animal Emergencies: Where to Start and What to Expect (continued)
  • 3:00 PM – 3:50 PM CST
    11 - Conducting Awesome Performance Evaluations - Part 2
  • 3:00 PM – 3:50 PM CST
    12 - Google Ads and AI
  • 3:00 PM – 3:50 PM CST
    13 - Personal/Professional Branding - Part 2
  • 3:00 PM – 3:50 PM CST
    14 - Gastrointestinal Roulette: AHDS, GDV, GIFB, Parvo, or a Wild Card?
  • 3:00 PM – 3:50 PM CST
    15 - Guilty as Charged: Setting Workplace Boundaries
  • 3:00 PM – 3:50 PM CST
    16 - Hematology- How to Better Recognize those Blood Cells!
  • 3:00 PM – 3:50 PM CST
    17 - Ruminate in Rest: Mastering Ruminant Anesthesia
  • 3:00 PM – 3:50 PM CST
    18 - Be the Change: Building Practice Culture Through Personal Action 
  • 3:50 PM – 4:30 PM CST
    Refreshment Break in the Exhibit Hall
  • 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM CST
    Scavenger Hunt Winner Announced
  • 4:30 PM – 5:20 PM CST
    2 - Ehrlichiosis and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in Dogs: A Review
  • 4:30 PM – 5:20 PM CST
    3 - Urinalysis Essentials: Important Tips to Maximize the Diagnostic Information
  • 4:30 PM – 5:20 PM CST
    4 - What Do I Need to Know About Pulmonary Hypertension in Dogs?
  • 4:30 PM – 5:20 PM CST
    5 - What is in the Cat's Pleural Space? Air? Fluid? Organs? - Part 2
  • 4:30 PM – 5:20 PM CST
    6 - Respiratory Diseases of Adult Horses- Lower Airway Diseases and Nasopharyngeal Cicatrix Syndrome
  • 4:30 PM – 5:20 PM CST
    7 - Toxicology - Part 3
  • 4:30 PM – 5:20 PM CST
    8 - An Integrative Approach to Alopecia: You Can Stop Pulling Your Hair Out Over It
  • 4:30 PM – 5:20 PM CST
    9 - Diagnostic Clinical Pathology in Avian Medicine: From Blood Sampling to Interpretation
  • 4:30 PM – 5:20 PM CST
    10 - Develop a Rock Star CSR/Receptionist Team
  • 4:30 PM – 5:20 PM CST
    11 - Leveraging Paid Social Advertising
  • 4:30 PM – 5:20 PM CST
    12 - From Pen to Publication: One Author's Journey
  • 4:30 PM – 5:20 PM CST
    13 - Electrolytes Made Easy!
  • 4:30 PM – 5:20 PM CST
    14 - Exploring the Depths of Equine Anesthesia
  • 4:30 PM – 5:20 PM CST
    15 - Leading to Light the Flame: Recognizing Burnout in Your Team
  • 4:30 PM – 5:20 PM CST
    16 - Save the Bean: Acute Kidney Injury Management
  • 4:30 PM – 5:20 PM CST
    17 - Are You Speaking My Language? How to Understand and Resolve Conflicts
  • 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM CST
    SWVS CE Committee Meeting
  • 6:00 PM – 6:50 PM CST
    1 - Feline Lymphoma: The Highs and Lows of It All
  • 6:00 PM – 6:50 PM CST
    2 - Surgery of the Stomach
  • 7:00 PM – 7:50 PM CST
    1 - Pulmonary Tumors in Dogs and Cats
  • 7:00 PM – 7:50 PM CST
    2 - Surgery of the Small Intestine
  • 8:00 PM – 8:50 PM CST
    1 - Palliative and Hospice Care for the Oncology patient
  • 8:00 PM – 8:50 PM CST
    2 - To Cut or Not To Cut: Decision Making in GI Surgery