Colloque AVQMR | Mythes et méthodes désuètes : Ça va faire! Mise à jour sur la gestion des chats

COLLOQUE AVQMR 2 novembre 2024 de 8 h 30 à 16 h 15 Heures de formation continue reconnues : 5 h 30 min Cliquer sur ce lien pour vous inscrire DESCRIPTION SOMMAIRE 8 h 30 : Arrivée des participants (café servi) 9 h 00 : Rethinking management of free roaming cats (1ère partie)* par Kate Hurley * Conférence en anglais For over a century, sheltering programs have been a centerpiece of community strategies to manage free roaming cats. The goal of sheltering programs with respect to homeless cats have included: protection of feline welfare, return to owner or adoption of pet cats, protection of public health and wildlife, and mitigation of nuisances. However, extensive recent data suggests that traditional untargeted, unrestricted intake sheltering programs are not the most effective means to achieve these goals and in some cases are actually counterproductive. Increasingly, indiscriminate intake is being replaced by community cat programs (also sometimes termed Return to Field or Shelter/Neuter/Return or simply TNR). These programs involve spay/neuter/vaccination and return of most healthy free roaming cats to the location found (regardless of socialization level), reserving the shelter for cats and kittens that have no safe place to return to or are not thriving in their environment. Originally conceived as an alternative to euthanasia for cats that would not otherwise likely be adopted, this method has emerged as having surprising benefits in realizing other sheltering goals such as reuniting cats with their families and reducing population impact on the environment, better than the traditional method of shelter intake. This workshop will cover the rationale and data behind this approach along with numerous practical examples and ample time for questions and answers. 10 h 30 : Pause (café et viennoiseries) 10 h 45 : Rethinking management of free roaming cats (2e partie)* par Kate Hurley * Conférence en anglais 12 h 15 : Dîner-réseautage 13 h 30 : Feline Housing; research and practical implications for shelters par Denae Wagner * Conférence en anglais The housing environment will affect every animal, every day, throughout their stay in a shelter or clinic. Good quality housing can enhance health and well-being, reduce daily cost of care, and even affect the chances for adoption or euthanasia for shelter animals. This is particularly true for cats, a species that is exquisitely sensitive to environmental changes. In spite of its importance, housing that fails to meet the needs of cats is still in common use. This lecture will present research and practical approaches to providing housing that better meets the needs of cats at every stage of shelter care, with additional relevance for cats housed in other confined settings such as veterinary clinics and boarding facilities. 15 h 00: Pause 15 h 15: Fini le charivari! Des réponses expertes à vos question s 16 h 15: Mot de la fin LIEU Faculté de médecine vétérinaire de l'Université de Montréal 1500 av. des vétérinaires Saint-Hyacinthe, J2S 8H5 Local 0448 Merci à nos partenaires CONFÉRENCIÈRE Kate Hurley, DVM, MPVM, PhD Kate began her career as an animal control officer in 1989 in Santa Cruz, California. After graduation from the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine in 1999, she worked as a shelter veterinarian for two years before returning to UC Davis to become the first person in the world to undertake a residency in shelter medicine. Following completion of the residency, Kate remained at UC Davis to become the director of the Koret Shelter Medicine Program. Her interests include the welfare of confined dogs and cats; humane and effective strategies to manage community cats; infectious disease management strategies that support enrichment and life-saving as well as animal health; and one-eyed orange cats and unusually short dogs. Her proudest achievements including co-authoring “ The Association of Shelter Veterinarians’ Guidelines for Standards of Care in Animal Shelters ”, co-editing the textbook “Infectious Disease Management in Animal Shelters” and co-creating the Million Cat Challenge , the world’s largest feline life saving campaign. Kate loves shelter work because it has the potential to improve the lives of so many animals and the people who care for them. Denae Wagner Denae Wagner has been a member of the UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program since 2007. She overseas and conducts much of the research as well as is the lead team member for organizing facility designs. She is a graduate of the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine. She completed a Masters degree in Preventive Veterinary Medicine (2001) and a residency in Food Animal Reproduction and Herd/Health (2002) at the University of California, Davis. She is able to apply her population health training and field experience from large animal practice to the many challenges of caring for companion animals in shelters. Her interests include the impact of shelter design, housing and the environment on health and welfare of shelter animals. Dr. Wagner combines her scientific interests with her hobbies of carpentry, stitchery and metal work to create practical applications of her interests in research and shelter design, such as how to remodel small single cat cages into low stress double compartment housing units using PVC portals. Her short term ambitions include: finding practical and economical ways to retrofit shelters to meet the Guidelines for Standards of Care in Animal Shelters. Pierre Marc Gervais Pharmacien propriétaire depuis 2008, M. Gervais effectue également différents mandats de révision scientifique. Il s’implique notamment auprès du Banting & Best Diabetes Centre qui vise à offrir les meilleurs soins aux patients diabétiques. Il est un communicateur fréquent dans divers médias écrits, radios ou télé. Ses implications ont été soulignées par une bourse d’excellence des HEC, une certification « Héros des valeurs » pour « LE CLIENT d’abord » et le Prix Pharmacien propriétaire de la relève de l’AQPP. --> Pierre Marc Gervais Pharmacien propriétaire depuis 2008, M. Gervais effectue également différents mandats de révision scientifique. Il s’implique notamment auprès du Banting & Best Diabetes Centre qui vise à offrir les meilleurs soins aux patients diabétiques. Il est un communicateur fréquent dans divers médias écrits, radios ou télé. Ses implications ont été soulignées par une bourse d’excellence des HEC, une certification « Héros des valeurs » pour « LE CLIENT d’abord » et le Prix Pharmacien propriétaire de la relève de l’AQPP. --> Pierre Marc Gervais Pharmacien propriétaire depuis 2008, M. Gervais effectue également différents mandats de révision scientifique. Il s’implique notamment auprès du Banting & Best Diabetes Centre qui vise à offrir les meilleurs soins aux patients diabétiques. Il est un communicateur fréquent dans divers médias écrits, radios ou télé. Ses implications ont été soulignées par une bourse d’excellence des HEC, une certification « Héros des valeurs » pour « LE CLIENT d’abord » et le Prix Pharmacien propriétaire de la relève de l’AQPP. --> INSCRIPTION Cliquer sur ce lien pour vous inscrire Profitez d'un rabais de 10% si inscription avant le 5 octobre Médecin vétérinaire membre de l'AVQMR : 230 $ Médecin vétérinaire non-membre : 365 $ Étudiant en médecine vétérinaire : 40$ TSA membre de l'AVQMR : 85$ TSA non-membre de l'AVQMR: 125$ Autre participant: 130$ INFORMATION SUPPLÉMENTAIRE Un repas du midi est compris. Lors de votre inscription, vous pourrez nous indiquer vos allergies alimentaires le cas échéant. ASSISTANCE ET SOUTIEN Pour toute information sur la programmation ou sur les inscriptions : Diane Lussier : 450-773-8521 poste 8282 Courriel : formationcontinue@medvet.umontreal.ca