ECVCP

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Rand J Wilson, BS, DVM, MRCVS, Dipl ACVP, RCVS Recognised Specialist in Exotic Animal Pathology: Wildlife, Zoo and Exotic Species Clinical Pathology

This will be a review of the differences and key take home points of the hematology, chemistry and cytopathology of exotic animals with an emphasis on avian, reptile, and amphibian species. There will be a lot of visual examples, with interactive powerpoint presentations and slide evaluations and examining unknowns and challenging participants to think outside the box! (4h)

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Catherine Trumel, DVM, PhD, Dipl ECVCP. Chair for the ECVCP Exam Committeé. Toulouse Veterinary School, France.

This section includes information and practice for the ECVCP exam with Examsoft and Exemplify. Two hours will be with practical evaluation of cytology, blood smear and bone marrow and how the report should be written. (3h)

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Harold Tvedten, DVM PhD, Dipl ACVP, Dipl ECVCP Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden

Harold has many examples of disease changes in which morphology of cytological and hematological samples allowed reasonable diagnoses for the veterinarian in charge of the case. With the various lecture titles are a collection of examples, mainly from Harold`s case load over the past 50 years. The objective is to help us better make diagnoses and not primarily to pass ECVCP or ACVP Board examinations. (5h)

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Inger Lilliehöök, DVM, PhD, Dipl ECVCP. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden.

The aim is to provide understanding of different types of hematology instruments and thus knowledge to utilize the diagnostic information that is provided by the instruments. There will be many scatterplots from clinical and published cases. (2h)

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Emma Strage, DVM, Dipl ECVCP, PhD and Anna Hillström, DVM, Dipl ECVCP, PhD. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden.

How should quality goals be determined in method validation studies? How can experiments be designed in order to assess precision, bias, and measurement range? These are some of the topics that will be discussed during this lecture on method validation, with focus on immunological assays. (2h)