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Course Titles:
Critiquing Scientific Literature (or) How to Study a Study
Course Number: 14106
(1 CE) 1 Continuing Education Unit offered
Speaker: George E. Moore, DVM, PhD
Description:
This presentation discusses the importance and impact of study design, systematic error, random error, and confounding on research findings.
Understanding Study Designs
Course Number: 14107
(1 CE) 1 Continuing Education Unit offered
Speaker: George E. Moore, DVM, PhD
Description:
This presentation discusses the types of study design, and the different design strengths and weaknesses.
Analyses and Statistical Significance
Course Number: 14111
(1 CE) 1 Continuing Education Unit offered
Speaker: George E. Moore, DVM, PhD
Description:
This presentation discusses data types, hypothesis testing, statistical methods and understanding p-values in biomedical literature.
Ascarids of Dog and Cats
Course Number: 14108
(1 CE) 1 Continuing Education Unit offered
Speaker: Joe Camp, PhD
Description:
Ascarids are among the most common parasites seen in dogs and cats, especially in puppies and kittens. This presentation presents basic life cycle information as well as clinical aspects of infection, diagnosis, treatment and control and any potential human public health concerns for the ascarids of canids and felids.
Trematodes of Dogs and Cats
Course Number: 14109
(1 CE) 1 Continuing Education Unit offered
Speaker: Joe Camp, PhD
Description:
Although not seen as commonly in dogs and cats as the nematodes, trematodes are seen by practitioners and can cause significant disease, especially if they are misdiagnosed. This presentation presents basic life cycle information as well as clinical aspects of infection, diagnosis, treatment and control and any potential human public health concerns for the trematodes of canids and felids.
Hookworms, Threadworms, Whipworms and Capillarids of Dogs and Cats
Course Number: 14110
(1 CE) 1 Continuing Education Unit offered
Speaker: Joe Camp, PhD
Description:
This presentation includes several different groups of nematodes that are not closely related from a taxonomic standpoint. Hence, the presentation is more of a matter of convenient grouping of worms that reside in the intestines as adults. Capillarid worms can be found in several organ systems in dogs and cats. Hence, there is more variety of location of the adult worms than is seen for adult ascarids in dogs and cats. The capillarids do share common features of the eggs in that they have bipolar plugs that are off-center. The eggs often have netted, pitted or rough outer shells. This presentation presents basic life cycle information as well as clinical aspects of infection, diagnosis, treatment and control and any potential human public health concerns for the common hookworms, threadworms, whipworms and capillarids of canids and felids.
Clinical Applications of Antiparasitic Drugs - Part I The Avermectins
Course Number: 14131
(1 CE) 1 Continuing Education Unit offered
Speaker: Pete Bill, DVM
Description:
This presentation introduces the concepts related to the largest class of antiparasitic drugs, the avermectins. In addition to reviewing the mechanisms of action, the mechanism of toxicity, and applications of this drug class, the presentation also discusses the proposed mechanisms by which resistance to antiparasitic drugs occurs and the roles veterinary professionals and the public can play in reducing development of this resistance.
