Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) infections in cats have been reported sporadically across the United States and Canada, raising many questions about its manifestation, diagnosis, and treatment in our feline patients. While research is ongoing and much remains to be understood, this event will explore what we know now and the gaps that still exist. The objective of this session is to provide small animal general practitioners with the confidence needed to navigate HPAI in clinical practice.
This event will offer an overview of the:
- Lifestyles that increase the risk of HPAI in cats
- Considerations for selecting appropriate PPE to protect your team
- Strengths and limitations of current diagnostic modalities
- Rationale behind various treatment options Education owners need to mitigate zoonotic disease risks
Meet the Speaker:
J. Scott Weese, DVM, DVSc, DACVIM Dr. Weese is a veterinary internist and Professor at the Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Director of the University of Guelph Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses and Chief of Infection Control at the Ontario Veterinary College Health Sciences Centre. He is the creator of the popular infectious disease website WormsAndGermsBlog (http://www.wormsandgermsblog.com).
