Howard B. Seim III DVM, Diplomate ACVS Professor of Small Animal Surgery, Colorado State University

Howard is a graduate of Washington State University. He did his internship at Saskatoon, Canada, followed by a residency at the Animal Medical Centre in New York City and has been teaching small animal surgery at Colorado State University for 30 years. He was Chief of the Small Animal Surgery section at Colorado State University from 1992 to 2002.

Course content

Topics have been chosen that represent surgical conditions commonly seen in cats and will include nasal planum resection, esophagostomy feeding tube placement, how to catheterise a female cat, perineal urethrostomy, pubic urethrosotmy, perineal hernia repair, ventral bulla osteotomy, thoracentesis, chest drain placement, diaphragmatic hernia repair, visceral organ biopsy, cholecystoduodenostomy, and subtotal colectomy.

Who should attend

Veterinarians interested in expanding the scope of their feline surgery practice.

What the course will help the attendees to do

• Update their knowledge on practical feline surgical techniques and procedures

• Increase confidence levels in performing a variety of soft tissue surgery procedures

• Diagnose and treat a variety of soft tissue surgery techniques in cats

• Better understand how to perform each technique through extensive use of clinical video examples

• Realise that many feline soft tissue surgery procedures are possible to perform in private practice Key

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course delegates should have a thorough understanding of:

• How to successfully perform a variety of feline soft tissue surgery techniques

• Recent developments and new techniques in feline soft tissue surgery

• Develop a better appreciation for feline regional anatomy for each procedure performed

• The instructors’ philosophical and technical views on performing a variety of feline soft tissue surgery procedures