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Australia’s Heartworm Risk Landscape – Re-emergence of an Old Issue?

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In the past 2 years, there has been some advancements in our accessibility of up to date information to help manage heartworm infections in both dogs and cats. This lecture will remind you of relevant background information about heartworm biology, accounting for its behaviour in both dogs and cats, as well as its mosquito vector. We will then update you on the current risk landscape of heartworm in Australia, and provide a few tools to help you prevent and diagnose this disease in practice.
You will be able to join the live webinar directly from this page.

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Note: This webinar is being recorded. If you are unable to attend the live lecture, a link to the recording will be shared with you a few days following the lecture.

SPEAKERs

Dr Peter Atkinson

BSc. DVM MANZCVS (Epidemiology)

Peter Atkinson completed his veterinary training at the University of Adelaide and shortly after starting a career in clinical practice, decided to pursue his interests in population health.

He commenced a PhD at the University of Adelaide in 2022, focusing on the ecology of vector borne diseases in Australia, using canine heartworm as a proxy to develop his epidemiological skills. Specifically, he focuses on i) applying the principles of the ecology of the canine heartworm parasite to study its spatial distribution across Australia, and ii) the diagnosis of canine heartworm infection through traditional and Bayesian diagnostic test evaluation.

He completed his membership qualification In the epidemiology chapter of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Sciences in 2023, and is now an associate lecturer in Veterinary Epidemiology and Evidence Based Medicine at the University of Adelaide. He aims to provide an approachable evidence basis for in-clinic and patient-side decision making, and hopes to complete his PhD in 2025.

Dr Ryan O’Handley

BSc, PhD (Parasitology)

Ryan O’Handley is Associate Professor of Parasitology at the University of Adelaide School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences. He has more than 20 years of experience in research and teaching on the biology and control of parasitic diseases of companion animals and livestock in Australia, Canada and the United States. He has a keen interest in parasite diagnostics and evidence-based control of parasitic diseases.

Live Webinars

This webinar starts at 19:30 AEST
on September 25, 2024.

1 Structured CE Credit

Race Approval Pending

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Dr Philip Judge

BVSc MVS PG Cert Vet Clin Stud MACVSc (Vet. Emergency and Critical Care; Medicine of Dogs)
Philip graduated from Massey University in New Zealand in 1992, and spent 7 years in small animal practice before undertaking a 3-year residency in veterinary emergency and critical care at the University of Melbourne in 1998.

Following his residency, Philip worked for nearly 6 years at the Animal Emergency Centre in Melbourne, becoming the Senior Veterinarian at the centre in 2004. In 2006, Philip undertook a 1-year surgical externship before moving to Townsville to take up the position of Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care at JCU.
Philip is also co-founder, and director of Vet Education Pty Ltd (www.veteducation.com) – one of Australia’s leading providers of online continuing education for veterinarians and veterinary nurses.

Philip has published numerous manuals and guides concerning emergency medicine, including a CRI manual, haematology and biochemistry interpretation guide, emergency anaesthesia guide, and a ventilation therapy manual for small animals, in addition to being published in peer reviewed literature.

Philip’s key interests in veterinary science include respiratory emergencies, ventilation therapy, envenomations and toxicology.