Join us on October 30-31 for the Feline Medicine Masterclass workshop sponsored by Kahuvet at The Kahuvet Education Center in Auckland, New Zealand!

This interactive two-day course offers hands-on practice and case-based learning to build your confidence in managing complex feline cases. You’ll gain essential knowledge and practical skills to deliver exceptional medical care to your feline patients.

Registration Fee: $2970.00 NZD ex. GST per person (Now only $2640.00 until 18 September 2025!)

INSTRUCTOR

Ryan Cattin, BVSc (dist), MANZCVS, FANZCVS (Small Animal Medicine)

 

Course Description

Day one of the workshop will focus on respiratory disease with tips and tricks of how to manage cats in respiratory distress including the practical skills of thoracocentesis, placement of Mila chest drains and performing quality blind BALs.

Day two will involve a practical session of when and how to place feeding tubes in cats, along with case based discussions about how to best approach and treat feline diabetes and diabetic ketoacidosis.

Course Objectives

• Management of respiratory disease in cats including thoracocentesis, placement of chest drains, and performing a BAL, and placing nasal oxygen canulas.
• Placement and management of feeding tubes including new methods of placing oesophgostomy tubes and placement of nasogastric tubes.
• Learn a modern approach to manage diabetic cats including placement of a freestyle libre and a case based session of selecting the best insulin, doses adjustments with a CJM and the best way to utilize the new SGL2 inhibitors which are a game changer for diabetic cats.

Value to Your Practice

The workshop will be a combination of practical sessions and case studies to teach skills relevant to general practice. All of the techniques discussed can be performed with minimal equipment or investment so can help improve confidence and skill managing challenging feline medical cases from day one.

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