Common mistakes with airway management during anaesthesia in cats and dogs and strategies to avoid them Lecturer: Dr. Eva Eberspächer-Schweda Overview: Effective airway management is a cornerstone of safe anaesthesia in dogs and cats, yet it remains a frequent source of avoidable complications. This lecture focuses on common mistakes encountered during airway management in small animal anaesthesia and highlights practical, evidence-based strategies to prevent them. By addressing patient preparation, intubation, tube selection, and intra-anaesthetic monitoring, the session aims to improve patient safety, reduce perioperative risk, and support confident decision-making in everyday clinical practice.

The Missing Piece: Nutritional Interventions That Solved the Case Lecturers: Dr. Irene Bruckner ; Dr. Stefanie Handl Overview: This webinar showcases real clinical cases in which nutritional strategies were the decisive diagnostic or therapeutic step. Participants will explore how diet interacts with physiology, pathology, and treatment response, and learn to recognize scenarios in which nutrition is not an adjunct—but the key to resolution. Learning Outcomes By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to: Identify clinical presentations where nutrition is often the missing diagnostic clue. Integrate targeted nutritional interventions into case management plans. Recognize early when a nutritional solution may outperform pharmacological or procedural interventions. Communicate nutritional rationale effectively to pet owners.

Anaemia – can be helped, even at low cost Lecturer: Jennifer von Luckner, Dipl. ECVIM - CA Overview: Young cat; severe anaemia; no money…. Do not give up that easily! A structured approach will help you identify essential diagnostic and therapeutic steps.

Neonatal Resuscitation in Kittens and Puppies Lecturer: Dr. Nadja Sigrist Overview: Despite advances in reproductive management and perioperative care, neonatal mortality rates in dogs and cats remain high. This webinar will present the 2025 RECOVER newborn resuscitation guidelines and discuss traditional techniques and newer insights of neonatal resuscitation. We will discuss the benefit of effective ventilation as a cornerstone of successful resuscitation and the role of heart rate evaluation and cardiac compressions. A structured, algorithm-based, team-oriented approach is presented. By exploring both the foundational principles and the evolving evidence surrounding neonatal resuscitation in dogs and cats, this webinar will hopefully help clinicians to increase survival in non-breathing neonatal kittens and puppies.

Infectious diseases of reptiles: An overview of recent discoveries and optimal diagnostic testing Lecturer: Dr. Rachel E. Marschang Overview: Knowledge of infectious diseases of reptiles is constantly growing, with new pathogens discovered regularly. This webinar will provide an overview of some of the pathogens known to cause important disease in reptiles in Europe, especially those newly described in this part of the world. The talk will focus on infectious causes of skin disease and respiratory disease in various groups of reptiles.

FIP or Not FIP? A Case for Reflection and Learning Lecturer: Jennifer von Luckner, Dipl. ECVIM - CA Overview: Diagnosing feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) is not always straightforward. Using a case that did not progress as optimally as it might have, we will review the most important diagnostic steps. Where should we look most carefully when dealing with suspected FIP, and how should we interpret the findings in practice? We will also discuss what can be expected under therapy and develop a proposal for a possible monitoring concept.

Long-term Consequences of Stress: Not Just Behaviour! Lecturer: Dr. Stefania Uccheddu Overview: Chronic stress in veterinary patients is often viewed solely through the lens of behavioral changes. However, prolonged activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis has systemic implications. This webinar explores how maladaptive stress responses lead to physiological dysregulation, affecting the immune system, gastrointestinal health, and dermatological integrity. Aims: ● To define the neurobiological pathways that transition acute stress into chronic pathological states. ● To examine the multidisciplinary impact of stress on physical health, moving beyond simple ethological observations. Learning Outcomes: ● Identify early physiological markers of chronic stress in clinical settings. ● Integrate behavioral welfare assessments into the management of chronic medical conditions.

Cytology: The Questions Everyone Asks Lecturer: Dr. Francesco Cian Overview: Every clinician who performs cytology eventually finds themselves asking the same questions when approaching this discipline: Why my samples are often non diagnostic? Can I really diagnose a mast cell tumour with Diff-Quik - and can I grade it? Why are aspirates from lipomas so often acellular? Can cytology reliably predict malignancy? In this session, we will tackle the most common doubts that arise when a needle meets a slide. From sampling techniques and smear quality to the diagnosis of lymphoma, septic effusions, and mesenchymal proliferations, we will explore what cytology can reliably answer - and where its limitations lie. A session dedicated to the practical questions clinicians face every day when performing cytology.