Winter Meeting Agenda Sneak Peak

All events take place at the Bozeman Best Western Plus GranTree Inn (unless otherwise noted) 

 Thursday, January 28 

Afternoon:     Mixed Animal Joint Session – 3 CE | Current Animal Disease Update | MT Dept of Livestock/MT Diagnostic Laboratory

Evening:     Social and tours of the new Montana Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory | With MSU Veterinary Students

Drinks and appetizers provided (Dinner on your own).

 Friday January 29 

Morning:     Mixed Animal Joint Session - 4 CE | Dr. Amy Grice, Practice Management Consultant- Virginia City, MT

• Fine Tuning Your Practice Team  
• Professional & Practice Branding- Why It Matters
• Keeping Burnout at Bay

Lunch:     MVMA Membership Business Meeting & Industry Updates

Afternoon:     

Large Animal Session - 4 CE | Dr. Tim Holt, Clinical Sciences Professor- Colorado State University College of Veterinary Medicine

• Bovine Medicine

Mixed Animal Session - 4 CE | Dr. Mark Papich, Professor of Clinical Pharmacology- North Carolina State University

• Strategies for selecting antibiotics for animals
• Dealing with difficult infections: Interpreting susceptibility tests and treating resistant infection
• Treatment of chronic pain in animals: NSAIDs and other agents
• Anti-inflammatory medications for animals

Evening:     Social with drinks and appetizers. (Dinner on your own)

 Saturday, January 30  

Morning:     Small Animal Session - 4 CE | Dr. Melissa Guillory, Board Certified Pet Dentist - Montana Pet Dentistry and Oral Surgery, Bozeman

• Commonly Diagnosed Oral Pathologies in Small Animal Practice
• Feline juvenile gingivitis and periodontitis
• Extraction therapy techniques: Tips from the Trenches
• Dental Emergencies

Large Animal Session (Equine) - 4 CE | Dr. KT Steward, Equine Surgeon - Piedmont Equine Practice, The Plains, VA

• Colic - When to Refer
• Wound Management - Quick Recipes for Speedy Healing
• Joint Therapies - When I use What and Why"
• Make it Easy Procedural How-Tos - Abdominocentesis, Regional Limb Perfusions, Sinus Flush, and More