Current NCSU SCIVAPM Events

October 10, 2006

The NCSU SCIVAPM would like to thank Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica for their continued sponsorship and support of our goals in advancing the management of pain in animals.

We would like to extend our thanks and gratitude to our speakers: leading experts in the field, Dr. Denis Marcellin-Little and Dr. Duncan Lascelles. 

The NCSU-CVM SCIVAPM and Boehringer-Ingelheim Vetmedica Present:

Managing canine osteoarthritis, what has proven benefits?

Program Overview:
Main Lecture:  Drs. Lascelles and Marcellin-Little will outline the optimal approach to canine osteoarthritis for different levels of impairment. These approaches involve physical therapy, nutritional and supplement modification, and multimodal drug therapy. The success to management of pain associated with osteoarthritis is to use a multimodal approach. The most effective therapies will be indicated, and the situations where these therapies might fail or produce side effects will be outlined. This multimodal approach will be illustrated with cases examples.

Speakers:

B. Duncan X. Lascelles, BSc, BVSc, PhD, CertVA, DSAS(ST), DECVS, DACVS

Associate Professor, NCSU CVM Small Animal Surgery

Denis Marcellin-Little, DEDV                                                                                   

Associate Professor, NCSU CVM Orthopedics

Presentation Notes

Student Speaker:

Erica Fieste

NCSU-CVM Class of 2007

Presentation Notes