Thursday, September 25, 2025
1:45 PM – 2:00 PM
Exhibit Hall Opening
5:00 PM – 5:50 PM
My Anesthetic Patient Has a Murmur... Now What?
Speaker: Chiara Hampton, DVM, MS, DACVAA
Equine Behavior - Managing Stallions with Improved Welfare in Mind
Speaker: Sue McDonnell, MA PhD CAAB
Looking Forward and Backward at the HPAI H5N1 Outbreak in Dairy Cattle
Speaker: Fred Gingrich, DVM
6:00 PM – 6:50 PM
Brushing up on the Electrolytes That Are Crucial to the Anesthetist
Speaker: Chiara Hampton, DVM, MS, DACVAA
Canine & Feline Hypothyroidism
Speaker: Andrew Bugbee, DVM, DACVIM
Precision in Motion: Advanced MRI Applications in the Sporting Dog
Speaker: Jaime Sage, DVM, MS, DACVR
7:00 PM – 7:50 PM
Recognizing Discomfort in Equine Patients
Speaker: Cade Torcivia, VMD, MSc, CAAB
Calcium Disorders in Dogs and Cats
Speaker: Andrew Bugbee, DVM, DACVIM
8:00 PM – 8:50 PM
Low Stress Handling of Equine Patients
Speaker: Cade Torcivia, VMD, MSc, CAAB
Friday, September 26, 2025
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
Coffee & Pastries
8:00 AM – 8:50 AM
Approach to the Pruritic Dog and Cat
Speaker: Tina Brown, DVM, MS
Canine and Feline Oral Pathology
Speaker: Brook Niemiec, DVM DAVDC, DEVDC
Pet Food Trends. What’s All the Buzz About?
Speaker: Ed Carlson, CVT, VTS
8:00 AM – 9:50 AM
Veterinary Opioids: Texas Board Rules & Federal Laws Concerning Controlled Substances
Speaker: Carly Patterson, DVM, DACVIM
9:00 AM – 9:50 AM
Periodontal Disease and Therapy for the general Practitioner
Speaker: Brook Niemiec, DVM DAVDC, DEVDC
Feline Chronic Kidney Disease
Speaker: Paula Plummer, LVT, VTS
Management of Chronic Allergies and Otitis Externa in Dogs and Cats
Speaker: Tina Brown, DVM, MS
9:50 AM – 10:30 AM
Refreshment Break
10:30 AM – 11:20 AM
Anesthesia/Analgesia for Abdominal Procedures
Speaker: Amanda Shelby, BSc, RVT, VTS
Feline Perineal Urethrostomy: A Novel Approach
Speaker: Howard Seim, III, DVM, DACVS
11:30 AM – 12:20 PM
Common Diseases in Reptiles and Amphibians
Speaker: Brandon Louth, DVM
Just Another Coughing Horse? Thinking Outside the Box with Equine Respiratory Cases
Speaker: Lyndi Gillam, DVM, DACVIM, PhD
Opportunistic Fungal and Pseudofungal Infections in Veterinary Medicine
Speaker: Tina Brown, DVM, MS
2:00 PM – 2:50 PM
Critical Care Nursing of the Emergent Cardiac Patient
Speaker: Mandy Helton, RVTg, VTS
The Feline Philosophy Behind Diagnosing GI Disease
Speaker: Craig Webb, PhD, DVM, DACVIM
3:00 PM – 3:50 PM
The Anemic Cat
Speaker: Craig Webb, PhD, DVM, DACVIM
What is Acupuncture? An Explanation Through the Perspectives of Western and Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine
Speaker: Katy Sullivan, VMD, CVA, CVSMT
3:50 PM – 4:30 PM
Refreshment Break
4:30 PM – 5:20 PM
Critical Care Nursing of the Neonatal and Pediatric Patient
Speaker: Mandy Helton, RVTg, VTS
The Coughing Cat
Speaker: Craig Webb, PhD, DVM, DACVIM
Profit Boosters: Smarter Spending for a Stronger Bottom Line
Speaker: Amy Williams, MBA, CVPM
6:00 PM – 6:50 PM
Understanding and Applying the New Shelter and Community Medicine Vaccine Guidelines
Speaker: Rachael Kreisler, VMD, MSCE, DACVPM
Saturday, September 27, 2025
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
Coffee & Pastries
8:00 AM – 8:50 AM
Getting Nutrition Into a Cat
Speaker: Craig Webb, PhD, DVM, DACVIM
Which Parasites Should We Be Worried About in Adult Cats
Speaker: Adriano Vatta, BVSc, MSc, PhD
Tackling FIP: Treating Feline Infectious Peritonitis in Shelter and Low-Resource Settings
Speaker: Rachael Kreisler, VMD, MSCE, DACVPM
Surgical Management of Canine Cystic and Urethral Calculi
Speaker: Howard Seim, III, DVM, DACVS
9:00 AM – 9:50 AM
Clinical Overview of Equine Joint Lameness and Therapy
Speaker: David Dutton, DVM
Getting Crap Out of a Cat
Speaker: Craig Webb, PhD, DVM, DACVIM
Parasitic Differential Diagnoses in Dogs to Keep in the Back of Your Mind
Speaker: Adriano Vatta, BVSc, MSc, PhD
9:50 AM – 10:30 AM
Refreshment Break
10:30 AM – 11:20 AM
Dealing with Feline Diarrhea
Speaker: Craig Webb, PhD, DVM, DACVIM
Management and Prevention of Leptospirosis in Dogs
Speaker: Madeleine Stein, BVetMed, MSc, DACVIM
11:30 AM – 12:20 PM
Health and Immunity in Stocker Cattle
Speaker: Amelia Woolums, DVM MVSc PhD DACVIM DACVM
The Yellow Cat
Speaker: Craig Webb, PhD, DVM, DACVIM
2:00 PM – 2:50 PM
Vomiting and Regurgitation in Cats
Speaker: Michele Gaspar, DVM, MA, LCPC
What is Chiropractic Suppose to Look Like, and Who Do I Refer To?
Speaker: Tifani Torres, DVM, CVA, CVC, CCAT
3:00 PM – 3:50 PM
Exotic Neurology: Neurological Diseases of Exotic Animals
Speaker: Colleen Embersics, DVM
Medical Management of Canine Pyometra
Speaker: Clare Scully, MA, DVM, MS, DACT
3:50 PM – 4:30 PM
Refreshment Break
4:30 PM – 5:20 PM
The Use of Transrectal Ultrasound in Mare Reproduction: Focus on Pregnant Mares
Speaker: Clare Scully, MA, DVM, MS, DACT
Growing Pains: The Young and the Anesthetized
Speaker: Anna McClour, RVT, VTS
Sundayay, September 28, 2025
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
Coffee & Pastries
8:00 AM – 8:50 AM
Current Management Strategies for Corneal Disease and Uveitis
Speaker: Renee Carter, DVM, DACVO
9:00 AM – 9:50 AM
Options for Management of Non-Ulcerative Keratitis and Ocular Tumors
Speaker: Renee Carter, DVM, DACVO
10:00 AM – 10:50 AM
The Pruritic Horse
Speaker: Stephen White, DVM, DACVD
11:00 AM – 11:50 AM||
Beyond Kibble: Whole Food Therapy and Home Cooking for Healthier Dogs & Cats
Speaker: Susan Bohrer, DVM, CVA, CVFT
