Discuss how Feline OA pain is underdiagnosed and undertreated. Review the impact of pain on the cat and the cat caregiver.  Provide strategies and tactics to improve the diagnosis and treatment rates for cats suffering from OA pain and how technicians play a vital role in the process.

Learning Objectives:
1)To better understand the complexity of OA pain, its effects beyond the joint, and how pain becomes its own disease state when left untreated-impacting overall well-being and quality of life
2)To better understand the clinical presentation of chronic (OA) pain in cats and unique presentation compared to dogs. (behavioral presentation).
3) Learning best practices of screening and diagnosing OA pain in our feline patients.
4) Learning innovative solutions for management of OA pain and best practices for continual care of a chronic disease.
5) Discussing a team approach to feline osteoarthritis and how technicians are an essential part of the process and protocol.

Presented by Dr. Tamara Grubb, DVM, PhD, DACVAA

Sponsored by Zoetis

Live session is RACE-Approved for 1 hour of CE

Dietary protein is important in both health and disease, and nutritional intervention often includes recommendations to adjust protein consumption. However, this is not always an easy recommendation to make in the clinical setting; assessing and quantifying protein intake can be challenging, and implementing changes in dietary protein is rarely straightforward. This lecture will focus on practical methods of assessing protein intake and recommending modifications in dietary protein for canine and feline patients with protein-responsive medical conditions. 

Learning Objectives:
1. Understand dietary protein for dogs and cats 
2. Understand practical methods of assessing protein intake 
3. Understand the recommendations for modifications in dietary protein for dogs and cats with protein-responsive medical conditions

Presented by Catherine Ruggiero, MS, DVM, DACVIM (Nutrition)

Sponsored by Hill’s Pet Nutrition

RACE-Approval Pending