LACE Courses
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Bovine Lameness Course Series
Ready to become an expert in managing lameness cases in cattle in less than 6 hours? I am so excited to introduce the Bovine Lameness Course Series!CE Credit Hours for Completion: 5.5 (RACE approved)
$185.00 -
This Little Piggy Course Series
Hobby, pet and backyard pigs are increasingly popular and this series is perfect for you if you want to have the confidence and competence to provide the preventative, medical and surgical care they need when their owners come calling!CE Credit Hours for Completion: 3.25 (RACE approved)
$110.00 -
The Bull Reproductive Course Series
The Bull Reproductive Course Series provides 3 hours of credit on the bull breeding soundness exam, identification and interpretation of sperm morphologies and management of penile and preputial injuriesCE Credit Hours for Completion: 3 (RACE approved)
$100.00 -
Small Ruminant Parasite Series
Developing a sustainable parasite control plan is the #1 thing a small ruminant veterinarian can do for their clients. This course series gives you 3 hours of CE on Anthelmintic Drug Selection and Use, Herd Approach to Small Ruminant Parasites, and Ruminant Coccidiosis at a combo rate!CE Credit Hours for Completion: 3 (RACE approved)
$102.50 -
Lambing and Kidding Season Series
This series is a great way to prep for lambing and kidding season and to guide the husbandry care that leads up to a successful season. Get our modules on herd health, pregnancy toxemia, C-sections, and neonatal care – 4.5 hours of CE at the combo rate of $150. $150.00 -
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 $87.50. $87.50 -
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, calf resuscitation, retained placentas, and field treatment of scouring calves – 5.5 hours of CE at the combo rate of $185. $185.00
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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: 1 (RACE approved)
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Course 47: Claw Amputation
Claw amputation is a skill every food animal should should have in their pocket. In this module I will walk you through video of every step in the process from evaluating the lameness to procedural anesthesia to the surgery and aftercare. This surgery provides rapid reduction in pain and return to...CE Credit Hours for Completion: 0.5 (RACE approved)
$22.50 -
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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
$22.50 -
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)
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Course 38: Common Surgeries in Pigs
You’ll be totally comfortable with the most common pig surgeries after you go through this module! I give you videos and step-by-step photos of every step of spays, C-sections, castration - including scrotal hernia and cryptorchids, pee pockets and rectal prolapse management.CE Credit Hours for Completion: 1.25 (RACE approved)
$45.00 -
Course 37: Bull Breeding Soundness Exams – More Than a Wiggle Test
Evaluate a bull start-to-finish like the pro you are! Evaluating the bull coming into the chute, how to keep them standing in the chute, running the electroejaculator on the manual setting for those bulls (especially the young guys!) who often don’t collect well on the program...CE Credit Hours for Completion: 1 (RACE approved)
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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)
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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)
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Course 34: Pour Some Sugar on Me – Female Prolapses
You want these things to go back in and stay in! Here, we cover all of them - vaginal and cervical prolapses before calving and uterine prolapses after.CE Credit Hours for Completion: 1 (RACE approved)
$37.50 -
Course 33: Ruminant Caesarean Section Techniques
The feedback I get on this module is incredible, it is the STAR of all the modules I’ve created. In here, you’ll get photos and videos of every single step of a C-section for both cattle and small ruminants, including Go Pro footage so you become the surgeon!CE Credit Hours for Completion: 1 (RACE approved)
$55.00 -
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)
$37.50 -
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)
$37.50 -
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
$37.50 -
Course 29: Herd Health Considerations for Sheep and Goats
After this module, you’ll walk away knowing the most important factors you need to consider to optimize the health and production of a sheep flock or goat herd. What vaccines matter and which ones don’t for your clients?CE Credit Hours for Completion: 1 (RACE approved)
$37.50 -
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: 2.5 (RACE approved)
$90.00 -
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)
$37.50 -
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)
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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)
$37.50 -
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)
$37.50 -
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)
$22.50 -
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)
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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)
$37.50 -
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)
$37.50 -
Course 19: Neonatal Care of Lambs and Kids
Babies are out! Here, I go into how I assess and manage babies born to cases of dystocia, pregnancy toxemia or are otherwise compromised. I discuss resuscitation using field tools - including using baling wire (safely!) to facilitate intubation...CE Credit Hours for Completion: 1 (RACE approved)
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Course 18: Neurologic Diseases of Cattle
This is a fun one - this module is all photos and videos demonstrating localization of neurologic lesions. Common areas of confusion are clarified using real-life examples.CE Credit Hours for Completion: 1 (RACE approved)
$37.50 -
Course 17: Neurologic Diseases in Sheep and Goats
We will focus on diseases that are tricky in their diagnosis or treatment, including covering principles that can be used across diseases and neurologic presentations.CE Credit Hours for Completion: 1 (RACE approved)
$37.50 -
Course 16: Pregnancy Toxemia in Ewes and Does
Want my exact criteria I use for evaluating and treating cases of pregnancy toxemia? You got it! These can be complex cases, but with a few bits of information, you’ll be able to intervene to improve outcomes for both dams and lambs or kids.CE Credit Hours for Completion: 1 (RACE approved)
$37.50 -
Course 15: Small Ruminant Fluid Therapy
Using bloodwork from an actual case, we highlight common abnormalities present in ill small ruminants and how to specifically address each with your fluid composition.CE Credit Hours for Completion: 1 (RACE approved)
$37.50 -
Course 14: Camel Medicine Starter Pack
In this session, we will cover vaccinations, parasite control, weight estimation, sedation, castration and a couple of common diseases you may encounter, fibrous osteodystrophy and whipworms.CE Credit Hours for Completion: 1 (RACE approved)
$37.50 -
Course 13: National Board Review – Ruminant
Take advantage of this opportunity to get fast-fact summaries of the major ruminant diseases, with 90% of them illustrated through case videos and photos.CE Credit Hours for Completion: 0 (Not RACE approved)
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Course 12: Managing Ruminant Coccidiosis
Coccidiosis causes significant economic losses and is a health and welfare concern for ruminants and camelids. In this session, we will review the pathophysiology of coccidia infection, diagnostic test interpretation and challenges, and treatment options for cattle, sheep, goats, and camelids.CE Credit Hours for Completion: 1 (RACE approved)
$37.50 -
Course 11: Copper Toxicity
Copper toxicity rears its ugly head periodically on a regional or national level when there are feed mixing errors of commercial feeds, but also occurs on a smaller scale with small feed mill errors. This session will discuss diagnosis, treatment and documentation of copper toxicity.CE Credit Hours for Completion: 1 (RACE approved)
$37.50 -
Course 10: Top Ten Requests from Llama and Alpaca Owners
Here's what you need to know in a jiffy about vaccinations, parasite control, meningeal worm, foot care, dental care, sedation/anesthesia (including weight ranges!), castration, BVD testing, microchip placement and blood collection.CE Credit Hours for Completion: 1 (RACE approved)
$37.50 -
Course 09: What Do We Know About Urolithiasis Prevention?
This session will go stepwise through assessing the risk for animals on the individual operation based on expected (or known) stone type and the new and old standby research into how the most common stone types develop.CE Credit Hours for Completion: 1 (RACE approved)
$37.50