Mini Bootcamp - Nutrition Lifelines: Mastering Esophageal Feeding Tube Placement and Nutritional Support in Dogs and Cats | Center for Continuing Professional Education (CCPE)

Date: March 26, 2025
Time: 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm (PDT)
Statutorily Approved CE Credit: Up to 2 hrs
Location: Free Live Interactive Webinar

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Join us for a FREE 2-hour virtual Mini Bootcamp: Nutrition Lifelines - Mastering Esophageal Feeding Tube Placement and Nutritional Support in Dogs and Cats on March 26, 2025, proudly sponsored by Nestlé Purina. Hosted by the Center for Continuing Professional Education, this interactive mini bootcamp will provide you with expert insights and hands-on guidance on managing esophageal feeding tubes and nutritional care for dogs and cats. Participate in dynamic discussions and gain essential skills to enhance your practice.

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Esophageal Feeding Tubes

Understand when esophageal feeding tubes are the most appropriate and beneficial option for dogs and cats in various clinical scenarios.
Learn the step-by-step procedure for safely and effectively placing esophageal feeding tubes.
Identify potential complications and learn preventive strategies for successful tube placement and long-term management.

Nutritional Support

Effectively communicate the importance of enteral nutritional support to caregivers and the veterinary team for dogs and cats.
Confidently assess and identify patients who benefit from enteral feeding support using nutritional assessment tools.
Create a tailored enteral feeding plan that includes diet selection, calorie goal calculation, and practical feeding strategies.

SPEAKERS

Tarini Ullal DVM, DACVIM (Internal Medicine)
Dr. Tarini Ullal is a faculty veterinarian of Small Animal Internal Medicine at the University of California, Davis. She completed her internal medicine residency and two Gastroenterology and Hepatology fellowships, one at Colorado State University and one at University of California, Davis. Her clinical and research interests are hepatic and gastrointestinal disease with a special interest in immune-mediated chronic hepatitis, copper hepatopathy, and esophageal disorders in dogs.
Jennifer Larsen DVM, MS, PhD, DACVIM (Nutrition)
Dr. Jennifer Larsen is currently serving as the Service Chief of the Nutrition Service at the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. She also mentors residents and students, and teaches in the veterinary curriculum as well as for the Graduate Group of Nutritional Biology. She holds BS and MS degrees in Animal Science and a DVM from UC Davis. She attained Diplomate status from the American College of Veterinary Nutrition, and completed a PhD in Nutritional Biology.

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Proudly sponsored by Nestlé Purina, we’re excited to offer free registration for this 2-hour webinar on Nutrition Lifelines – Mastering Esophageal Feeding Tube Placement and Nutritional Support in Dogs and Cats.

Be sure to register by 5pm (PDT) on March 24, 2025, to secure your spot for the 2-hour webinar!

Program Information

CE Certificates
WEBINAR
Attendance is recorded through the Zoom when you join a Zoom session.
Participants are responsible for determining if specific programs are accepted for CE credit by their State Licensing Board.
You will receive your CE certificate after the conference via email approximately 2 weeks after the event.
Webinar Information
The webinar will be live (Pacific Standard Time) and interactive; it will count for full CE credit. We will use Zoom to host the virtual symposium. If you have never attended a Zoom conference before, test your computer or mobile device here.

You can watch the virtual symposium on your computer. Ensure your web browser is up to date and that you enable your computer to allow Zoom to have access to your speakers/mic for sound.
Virtual Meeting Technical Issues
We understand that technical issues can sometimes arise, and we are committed to providing the best experience possible for all our attendees.

While we take all necessary steps to ensure the virtual conference runs smoothly, we cannot be held responsible for external factors that may prevent your access, including internet connectivity issues, browser or device incompatibility, or other personal technical difficulties.

Thank you for your participation, and we look forward to hosting you at our event!

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