Sofie graduated in veterinary medicine from the University of Ghent, Belgium, in 2001. After a residency in veterinary neurology at Ghent University, combined with working in private practice in Belgium and The Netherlands, she moved to Sweden in 2008. In 2009 she became a diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Neurology. Since then, she has been working in private practice in Sweden, and is doing a PhD on the influence of hormones on idiopathic epilepsy in dogs. Her main interests are seizures in dogs and cats, brain diseases and neuro-oncology.
Webinar - Diagnosis and therapy of seizures in dogs and cats
The Slovenian Small Animal Veterinary Association (SiSAVA) is inviting you to attend the virtual Webinar - Neurology on 15th of January 2022.
Every small animal practitioner will be confronted with dogs and cats presenting with seizures or seizure-like symptoms. Some patients are straight forward, others are more challenging, both in diagnostic work up and in therapy.
This webinar will focus on the diagnosis of both idiopathic and structural epilepsy but also the diagnosis of reactive seizures. An update on this newer terminology will be presented together with a discussion on other differential diagnosis like paroxysmal dyskinesias. The diagnostic work up consisting of blood work and advanced imaging techniques such as CT and MRI of the brain will be reviewed. Following the diagnosis of seizures, the basic principles of treating dogs and cats with seizures will be presented, based on the consensus proposal of the International Veterinary Epilepsy Task Force and updated with recent literature.
This webinar will be divided in 4 lectures
1/ Theory of the diagnosis of seizures in dogs and cats
2/ Repetition of diagnosing seizures based on clinical cases
3/ Theory of the therapy of seizures in dogs and cats
4/ Repetition of treating dogs and cats with seizures based on clinical cases
Lecturer:
Organizer:
Slovenian Small Animal Veterinary Association
Date:
January 15, 2022, 9 a.m. – 2. p.m.
Registration deadline:
January 14, 2022
President of SiSAVA
Assoc. Prof. Alenka Seliškar
You are cordially invited!
Program
Saturday, 15 January, 2022 (Time zone CEST/GMT+1)
Speaker: Sofie Van Meervenne, DVM, Dipl ECVN
09.00 – 9.45 Theory of the diagnosis of seizures in dogs and cats
09.45 – 10.00 Discussion
10.00 – 10.45 Repetition of diagnosing seizures based on clinical cases
10.45 – 11.00 Discussion
11.00 – 11.30 Break
11.30 – 12.15 Theory of the therapy of seizures in dogs and cats
12.15 – 12.30 Discussion
12.30 – 13.15 Repetition of treating dogs and cats with seizures based on clinical cases
13.15 – 13.30 Discussion
The lecturer will be given in English. The webinar has been awarded 0,5 points by the Slovenian Veterinary Chamber.
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