Duration: 60 min

Watch our free of charge webinar on Optimizing diagnosis of kidney disease in-house presented by Susan Randell. In this webinar you will learn about ways to assess kidney function in your patients, paying specific attention to the value of in-house diagnostic testing.

Using a case-based approach, you will:

• Be able to better diagnose kidney disease .
• Gain knowledge about a new biomarker for in-house diagnostic testing 
• Feel more confident in interpreting test results  
• Know what next steps should be taken, based on those results 

Duration: 60 min

This webinar will review SDMA as a biomarker of GFR and the differentials that cause an increase in SDMA. Graham will address how SDMA can add value to your existing diagnostic workup for renal disease. Learn how to interpret a mildly increased SDMA, particularly when creatinine concentration is within normal limits.

Learning Objectives:

• Develop deeper insight into kidney health and function.
• Define the effect of pre-& post renal diseases on GFR and SDMA.
• Highlight what to do and what not to do with an elevated SDMA.
• Debate the use of creatinine aside from SDMA.
• Give examples of the utility of SDMA in various biochemistry profiles.

Duration: 60 min

Watch our free of charge webinar on Improving the Diagnosis and Management of Kidney Disease in Hyperthyroid Cats presenter by Dr. Jennifer Ogeer. The clinical findings and diagnostic tools available to more reliably diagnose kidney disease in hyperthyroid cats will be reviewed. Treatment options and management goals for cats with concurrent chronic kidney disease (CKD) and hyperthyroidism will be emphasized.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe the clinical features of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and feline hyperthyroidism, noting where they overlap.
• Identify the challenges of recognizing kidney disease in hyperthyroid cats.  
• Review the IDEXX SDMA Test and why it is a more reliable indicator of kidney function than traditional diagnostics in hyperthyroid cats.  
• Review in depth the management goals and treatment options for cats with concurrent CKD and hyperthyroidism.  
• Discuss clinical cases that will illustrate how SDMA can help in diagnosis and management of CKD in hyperthyroid cats. 

Duration: 3 min

In this video, you’ll learn how to run the Catalyst SDMA Test on your Catalyst One Chemistry Analyzer. The process for running this test is slightly different from running other Catalyst tests because it must be run with a reagent.

This three-part course will help veterinary professionals gain the basic knowledge they need to understand and interpret small-animal haematology results, including using an automated haematology analyser and performing a confirmatory blood film.

Module 1: An introduction to hematology and the red blood cell

Module 2: The white blood cells

Module 3: Platelets and the blood film evaluation

Duration: 60 min

The Dot Plot Case Book is an online training course for the ProCyte Dx Haematology Analyser. Included are cases that teach key dot plot patterns, each with important clinical implications.

During the cases you will review patients with:

• Anemia
• Inflammation
• Thrombocytopenia
• Leukemia
• Iron Deficiency

Learning Objectives:

• Distinguish between red blood cell (RBC) and white blood cell (WBC) dot plots. 
• Identify normal and abnormal dot plots. 
• Identify the additional information that dot plots can offer. 
• Recognize patters in dot plots to detect possible pathologic changes or clinical concerns.

Duration: 60 min

In this webinar, we will review the function of the reticulocyte count in the diagnosis and classification of anemia. 

Learning Objectives:

• Discuss why the reticulocyte count is the only way to accurately classify anemia, while MCV, MCHC and RDW parameters are often used instead.
• Review actual clinical cases and discuss how the reticulocyte count play an instrumental role in the final diagnosis.