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Small Animal Internal Medicine

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Industry Session: Cats and Dogs as Sentinels for Human Risk of Influenza and Tick-borne Pathogens

Educational programming will begin at 6:45am

Saturday, June 21, 2025

6:30 AM – 7:45 AM ET

Pending CE: 1.0 Medical

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Sponsor Speaker(s)

Michelle Evason, DVM, BSc, DACVIM, MRCVS (she/her/hers)

Global Director of Veterinary Clinical Education
Antech/MARS Petcare Science & Diagnostics
New Glasgow, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Scott Weese, DVM DVSc DACVIM (LAIM)

Professor
Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph
Guelph, Ontario, Canada

During this informal, tag-team speaker, breakfast session, research, public health, and clinical veterinary updates will be provided on current and emerging detection of pathogens of One Health significance- like H5N1 flu, Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme disease), Anaplasma and Ehrlichia spp., and others.

The role of dogs and cats in detection and surveillance for viral (influenza) and tick-borne pathogens in the US and Canada will be reviewed and discussed, along with how veterinarians, and their teams, serve to raise awareness, educate and communicate on both veterinary (dog and cat-specific) and human (pet-owner) risk, e.g. raw food diets.

Learning Objectives:

By the end of the session attendees will feel updated on: Emerging detection of H5N1 flu in cats, dogs, humans
By the end of the session attendees will feel updated on: Evolving tick-borne pathogen risk in the US and Canada