From thunderstorms and car trips to vet visits, visitors at home or even just a walk to the park, situational stress can significantly impact a pet’s wellbeing. Many animals with mental illness struggle with everyday situations. In the long term, their baseline medications will help them, but what about now? Short acting, supportive medications can help them cope. Knowing how and when to use supportive medications can make all the difference.
You’ve diagnosed the case and started treatment—but how do you know the treatment is actually working?
Behaviour cases rarely follow a straight line and knowing when to stay the course or make a change can be challenging. In this final session, our specialist veterinary behaviourists will guide you through how to effectively monitor progress and confidently adjust treatment plans.
Selecting the right baseline medication for behavioural cases can feel complex, with multiple options, varying responses, and client expectations to manage. In this practical session, Kersti will walk you through a tiered approach to prescribing—helping you choose the best options for medication with more confidence.
One of the biggest problems with diagnosing and treating behaviour problems is working out if a behaviour is normal or a sign of a mental illness. It’s not easy as many normal behaviours can be annoying. So how do you identify who needs education and who needs a bit more help? Drawing on extensive experience in Veterinary Behavioural Medicine, we will discuss in detail how to distinguish signs of a mental illness from normal behaviour
Ocular pain is a common yet challenging problem in ophthalmology, often inadequately controlled with current therapies such as lubricants, NSAIDs, corticosteroids, and systemic analgesics. The session will focus on the emerging role of topical tramadol, a first-in-class ocular analgesic targeting pain.
Led by Dr David Rendle, the session covers real-world approaches to PPID (Cushing’s disease) and Equine Metabolic Syndrome (EMS), with a focus on improving long-term outcomes and addressing common challenges such as poor owner compliance with oral medications.
Originally developed for the Bova and Virbac Equine Roadshow, this webinar explores equine behaviour modification, focusing on how learned behaviours develop and how to effectively manage them in practice. It covers identifying key triggers, understanding the role of conditioning, and applying reinforcement strategies to support positive behavioural change.
Originally developed for the Bova and Virbac Equine Roadshow, this webinar explores the complex intersection between behaviour and discomfort, challenging clinicians to ask: is this truly a behavioural issue, or a horse in pain?
