Scalpel vs Medication

Common Dilemmas in Exotic Mammal Medicine 

All lectures in English

Speaker: Polina Maratkanova DVM, Master's Degree in Exotic and Wild Animals (“Vetathome” Stockholm, Sweden)

• The course will consist of 5 separate lectures
• Each is around 120 minutes long
• Designed and dedicated to practitioners who may encounter common health issues in popular exotic mammal species
• Each episode will focus on practical dilemmas regarding invasive surgical procedures or conventional treatments, aiming to break down and brainstorm these crucial decisions.

1. Rabbit Therapeutic Problems

• The first webinar will cover rabbit's 3 common therapeutic problems: otitis, liver problems and gastro-intestinal syndrome.
• The main theme is how to understand when there is still time to treat the problem with conservative treatment and when to go to the surgery.
• Ear drops, flushing of the external ear canal or myringotomy and plastic surgery?
• Should they take the liver biopsy and open the rabbit or still use some hepatoprotective drugs?
• Just GI tract stasis or obstruction?
• How to understand the condition?

2. Rabbit Oncological Problems

• During this webinar, we will discuss several popular oncological problems in rabbits: thymoma, adenocarcinoma metastasis from the uterus and mammary glands and last, but not least testicular tumors. What kind of conservative treatment options do we have and when should we prefer surgery instead?
• Thymoma - therapy or surgery?
• Adenocarcinoma metastasis - therapy or surgery?
• Testicular tumors - therapy or surgery?

3. Rats Problems

• In this training, we will discuss one of the most popular disorders in rats, which can sometimes mimicry or develop into ontological processes.
• What kind of chemotherapy is suitable for rats mammary gland tumors? What's the way of treatment for zymbal gland neoplasia?
• Therapeutical or surgical treatment in rats with pododermatitis?
• And many other questions in this webinar!

4. Ferrets Oncological Problems

• Lymphoma - therapy or surgery?
• Adrenal gland disorders - therapy or surgery?
• Insulinoma?
• This time we will talk about the most common oncological problems in ferrets.
• We often stand between difficult choices: to provide surgery or stay on palliative treatment.
• Or maybe there are some effective conservative methods of treating these pathologies?
• Classic and targeting chemotherapy, hormone therapy, radiation and surgical techniques.

5. Guinea Pig Problems

• Urinary bladder stones - therapy or surgery?
• Lymphoma - therapy or surgery?
• Thyroid gland tumors - therapy or surgery?
• We all know that guinea pigs are very sensitive to anaesthesia, surgeries and some kinds of treatment.
• In this training we will discuss common surgical problems in guinea pigs:
• Is it possible to remove urinary stones without surgery?
• Is it good to do the chemotherapy in guinea pigs with lymphoma?
• What to do with thyroid gland tumors?

✓ The training is intended for veterinarians and 5th and 6th year veterinary students.
✓ The cost of participation includes:
- access to the course on the e-learning platform vetproakademia.myvod.pl
- materials in electronic form (PDF) - it is possible to purchase a paper version of the materials in a binder and send the materials by courier
✓ Each participant will receive a training completion certificate and educational points.

NOTE: Each participant should create a dedicated account on the e-learning platform vetproakademia.myvod.pl . Having an account in the online store events.vetproakademia.pl does not provide automatic access to the e-learning platform.