Key Information
CPD Hours: 2 hours
Course Length: Two hours
Course Format: Recorded webinar with a copy of the webinar slides provided
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Course Information
- Assessment and management of common conditions of hedgehogs, bats, foxes and badgers
- Review of clinically relevant anatomy, physiology and behaviour
- How to approach hospitalisation and handling to minimise stress
- Decision-making during triage, including euthanasia
Do you see wildlife casualties in practice and wish you had more knowledge of these species? Would you like to feel more confident with handling, triage and decision making?
Wildlife casualties are frequently presented for emergency veterinary care, and decision making and the approach to these cases can be challenging. This series of 3 webinars aims to help clinicians build confidence in their management of wildlife cases from species identification and triage through to stabilisation and treatment of common presentations. It is suitable for both experienced and new graduate vets and nurses.
This webinar covers an approach to the mammalian wildlife casualty. The most common reasons for presentation of hedgehogs, bats, foxes and badgers will be discussed in detail, with management techniques described. An approach to less commonly seen species such as seals, deer and lagomorphs is also discussed.
This webinar is one of three in this series with:
Recorded webinar: Wildlife triage and initial care
Recorded webinar: Managing the avian wildlife casualty
Why do this course?
If you are seeing wildlife casualties on an occasional or regular basis and wish to build your confidence in approaching these cases. If you want to update your knowledge on the most commonly seen conditions and their treatment and prognoses, to provide optimal care for these patients.
Members of the BVA Young Vets Network receive a 50% discount on our recorded webinars (subject to availability – ten discounted places available per webinar per year).
Please note: Our anytime Recorded Webinars and Recorded Webinar Plus CPD are regularly reviewed to ensure they are still providing the most up-to-date information. Please therefore activate the webinar within 3 months of purchase as we cannot guarantee availability after this time period. Any recorded webinars that are removed from sale during the 3 month time period we will offer a free replacement.
Vicki Baldrey, BSc BVSc DZooMed (Avian) MRCVS
Senior Lecturer in Exotic Species and Small Mammal Medicine and Surgery
The Royal Veterinary College