LACE Courses

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Course 54: We Will Not Be De – feet – ed
You likely either love or hate lameness. We will discuss getting a diagnosis, use of systemic antimicrobials, use of local antimicrobial therapy, options for analgesia, surgical options and clients education points.
CE Credit Hours for Completion: 1 (RACE approved)
$35.00
Course 53: You, Too, Can Be a Pet Pig Doctor
Pet pigs have experienced cyclic popularity and more of us are being asked to provide care for them. This module will get you ready to educate clients on their proper nutrition, vaccination and parasite control, and other routine care.
CE Credit Hours for Completion: 1 (RACE approved)
$35.00
Small Ruminant Parasite Series
Grab this super convenient grouping of modules to help you answer allllllll those questions and help allllllll those herds with parasite issues. $95.00
Lambing and Kidding Season Series
There's a lot of action around lambing and kidding season - get ready with our modules on herd health, pregnancy toxemia, C-section, and neonatal care at the combo rate of $125. $125.00
Blocked Goat Course Series
Be totally prepared for your next blocked goat (or lamb)! Get our modules on decision making for obstructed animals, urolith prevention (isn't that what we really want!?!), and the very popular, video-based tube cystotomy module at the combo rate of $80. $80.00
Calving Season Course Series
A great way to prep for calving season and all the fun that surrounds it! Get our modules on female prolapses, C-sections, retained placentas, and field treatment of scouring calves at the combo rate of $125. $125.00
Course 52: Tracheostomy Placement and Maintenance
Tracheostomy placement is an infrequent but emergent procedure required in large animal practice. Pharyngeal trauma, calf diphtheria, tracheal masses and nasal bots or adenocarcinoma are the most common indications for placement of a tracheostomy to allow for treatment or palliation.
CE Credit Hours for Completion: 0.5 (RACE approved)
$20.00
Course 51: Top 10 Things You Need To Know About Goat Pneumonia
Here are the top 10 things veterinarians want goat producers to know about pneumonia. From environment to antibiotic issues to internet forum advice, this is very practical information that you need to know if you own goats.
CE Credit Hours for Completion: 0 (not RACE approved)
$0.00
Course 50: Rectal Prolapse Repair
Well, it doesn’t get much grosser than this. Rectal prolapse happens for a variety of reasons in all of our livestock species. They don’t like to go in and they don’t like to stay in. So annoying. Here’s your guide to all of your options for treatment and tricks to getting them to stay put.
CE Credit Hours for Completion: 0.5 (RACE approved)
$20.00
Course 49: Cerebrospinal Fluid Tap
The CSF tap is a super useful procedure that can give you a hand up on diagnosing meningeal worm, meningitis, listeria and other CNS diseases. It sounds intimidating, but it doesn’t need to be. I give you step by step videos of the procedure, talk about interpretation of the results, and how...
CE Credit Hours for Completion: 0.5 (RACE approved)
$20.00
Course 48: Physical Examination of Ruminants
The physical examination is the foundation of all medical workups. A thorough, systematic exam becomes even more critical where ancillary diagnostic options are limited. In this session, I will present a topographical technique in ruminants that is both time-efficient and ensures a thorough exam.
CE Credit Hours for Completion: 0.5 (RACE approved)
$20.00
Course 47: Claw Amputation
Claw or digit amputation may be used to address deep septic or other severe diseases of the distal digit in cattle and the other two-toed beasts. It results in a rapid reduction in lameness and return to comfort and productivity. Here, the procedure is detailed with a step-by-step video including regional anesthesia...
CE Credit Hours for Completion: 0.5 (RACE approved)
$20.00
Course 46: Tube cystostomy
Tube cystostomy provides relief of obstructive urolithiasis by diverting urine through a catheter to allow rest and healing of the urethra. It is considered to be the best option for preserving breeding ability and a cosmetic result, as compared to perineal urethrostomy and bladder marsupialization.
CE Credit Hours for Completion: 0.5 (RACE approved)
$20.00
Course 45: Ugh, Skin Stuff!
Skin problems are our reality and many of these conditions are at the very least irritating and sometimes even painful to our patients. Using photos, we will work our way through skin conditions of the ruminants by body region: head, trunk, feet and legs, discussing general diagnostic techniques and therapies along the way.
CE Credit Hours for Completion: 1 (RACE approved)
$35.00
Course 44: Care of Geriatric Camelids
Older llamas and alpacas have earned the right to a little extra special care. Here, I’ll discuss the nutritional and health concerns that we can address to ensure that our older friends thrive late in life.
CE Credit Hours for Completion: 0 (not RACE approved)
$0.00
Course 43: Heat Stress Mitigation in Camelids
Camelids are exquisitely sensitive to the heat and especially humidity of some areas of North America; they were made to live at the tops of mountains! Here, I'll discuss heat stress and the damage it can do and share some practical tips on minimizing the effect of...
CE Credit Hours for Completion: 0 (not RACE approved)
$0.00
Course 42: Pinkeye in Cattle
Painful eyes are costly in terms of animal welfare and lost production, so what does the evidence say? We will look at the literature on various treatments, including medical and surgical options, and prevention.
CE Credit Hours for Completion: 1 (RACE approved)
$35.00
Course 41: Medical Decision Making
The good news: in ruminants, we get diagnoses right greater than 80% of the time. How can we get even better and what factors play a role in our decision-making ability at any given moment?
CE Credit Hours for Completion: 1 (RACE approved)
$35.00
Course 40: Rumen Surgery
From chronic bloat to foreign bodies to hardware abscesses, there are many indications to open up a rumen and have a look inside. In this module, I'll cover the indications for rumen surgery, local anesthesia...
CE Credit Hours for Completion: 0.5 (RACE approved)
$20.00
Course 39: Sustainable Parasite Management – The Beef Edition
Since the dawn of man, we have dewormed every single animal twice per year. Lather, rinse, repeat. This has led to widespread anthelmintic resistance that is now being recognized in cattle...
CE Credit Hours for Completion: 1 (RACE approved)
$35.00
Course 38: Caesarean Section in Pigs
Baby piglets are conveniently shaped like footballs and exit pretty easily under normal circumstances. But when they don’t it’s a mess. You’ll walk away with exactly what you need to do your next or first one!
CE Credit Hours for Completion: 0.5 (RACE approved)
$20.00
Course 37: Bull Breeding Soundness Exams – More Than a Wiggle Test
Large animal practitioners have the opportunity to make a large impact on cattle operations both large and small every year when they perform annual bull breeding soundness exams.
CE Credit Hours for Completion: 1 (RACE approved)
$35.00
Course 36: Turning the Individual Case into Herd Health
Want to make a larger impact on animal health for your clients and pick up new clients? Veterinarians have long been known as broken cow fixers, but we are so much more.
CE Credit Hours for Completion: 1 (RACE approved)
$35.00
Course 35: Pain Management in Small Ruminants
Small ruminants require special consideration when it comes to analgesic drugs and techniques and their small size allows us to perform some techniques not feasible in larger ruminants.
CE Credit Hours for Completion: 1 (RACE approved)
$35.00
Course 34: Pour Some Sugar on Me – Female Prolapses
Well, the insides are on the outsides. Now what? This module covers replacement and aftercare of vaginal/cervical prolapses and uterine prolapses.
CE Credit Hours for Completion: 1 (RACE approved)
$35.00
Course 33: Ruminant Caesarean Section Techniques
The ruminant C-section is deconstructed and presented by using videos for every step. This module is full of tips and tricks and visuals to leave you conﬁdent and prepared!
CE Credit Hours for Completion: 1 (RACE approved)
$35.00
Course 32: Field Survival Guide
This one is super fun, guys. We'll talk all about working in the field, the good, the bad, and the ugly. Providing ambulatory service is so important to how we serve our clients and it is good for our souls too!
CE Credit Hours for Completion: 1 (RACE approved)
$35.00
Course 31: Anesthesia and Surgery of the Eye
This session is full of photos and videos demonstrating anesthetic and surgical procedures for eyes. Seven clinical skills and their indications are presented.
CE Credit Hours for Completion: 1 (RACE approved)
$35.00
Course 30: Bovine Leukemia and Lymphoma
Bovine leukemia and lymphoma are the severe, but uncommon sequelae of BLV infection. In this session, we will review the nature of the virus, along with the prevalence of the virus versus the prevalence of the disease.
CE Credit Hours for Completion: 1
$35.00
Course 29: Herd Health Considerations for Sheep and Goats
This session reviews the basics of herd health for sheep and goats, laid out across the production phases. Topics covered include vaccination, parasite control, foot care, control of pregnancy toxemia, and neonatal care.
CE Credit Hours for Completion: 1 (RACE approved)
$35.00
Course 28: Interpretation of Bloodwork in Ruminants
Ever struggled to find the answer in that mess of numbers? Using background information and bloodwork from real cases, we will discuss the interpretation of the CBC and serum chemistry in light of clinical findings.
CE Credit Hours for Completion: 1 (RACE approved)
$35.00
Course 27: Blood Transfusion in Ruminants
This session provides all you need to know about performing blood transfusion, from causes of anemia and hypoproteinemia to evaluating the need for transfusion through to transfusion logistics.
CE Credit Hours for Completion: 1 (RACE approved)
$35.00
Course 26 Step Wisely: When to call the veterinarian
Something's wrong - do you know how to tell when it's time to call your veterinarian? Not eating, weight loss, bloat, straining, down or weak or wobbly, difficult birth, not nursing, and lameness - this presentation takes each of these situations and covers what might be the problem.
CE Credit Hours for Completion: 0 (not RACE approved)
$0.00
Course 25 Small Ruminant Respiratory Disease
This session covers examination for suspected respiratory disease and how not to get tricked into thinking that all animals that are breathing hard and have a fever have pneumonia!
CE Credit Hours for Completion: 1 (RACE approved)
$35.00
Course 24 Appropriate Drug Use in Food Animals
The rules regarding the proper use of drugs in food-producing animals can be unclear. Here, we will help clarify the rules are as a foundation and then deal with the real-world implications of dispensing, providing extended withdrawal times and client compliance.
CE Credit Hours for Completion: 1 (RACE approved)
$35.00
Course 23 Small Ruminant Vasectomy Procedure
Vasectomy is a straightforward procedure that is used alone or in combination with other procedures to create teaser animals. Exploiting the “buck effect” or “ram effect” in a herd or flock can facilitate early estrus and estrus synchronization in production groups using natural service or advanced reproductive techniques.
CE Credit Hours for Completion: 0.5 (RACE approved)
$20.00
Course 22 Cerebrospinal Fluid Collection, Transtracheal Wash, Liver Biopsy
These are a few of my favorite things! My three favorite ancillary diagnostic techniques that I wish all practitioners would become comfortable with to offer in the field to their clients and patients.
CE Credit Hours for Completion: 1 (RACE approved)
$35.00
Course 21 Working Up the Ruminant with Abdominal Disease
We will go through a differential list for the specific abdominal shapes, interpretation of bloodwork, and review the process and interpretation of procedures such as rumen fluid collection and evaluation and abdominocentesis.
CE Credit Hours for Completion: 1 (RACE approved)
$35.00
Course 20 Approach to the Down Beef Cow
This session will provide a practical approach to the down animal, including differential diagnoses and realistic treatment options.
CE Credit Hours for Completion: 1 (RACE approved)
$35.00
Course 19: Neonatal Care of Lambs and Kids
This session discusses normal birthing events and milestones and how to know when to intervene. Postnatal resuscitation is discussed in detail and a formulary chart for resuscitation drugs is provided.
CE Credit Hours for Completion: 1 (RACE approved)
$35.00