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23rd Annual Avian and Exotic Medicine Symposium

Dates: Saturday and Sunday, April 26-27th, 2008

Location: 1030 Gladys Valley Hall, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine

Saturday, April 26th, 2008 - Reptiles and Small Mammals
	Speaker	Topic
8:00-9:00	Registration (Scrubs Cafe)
9:00-10:00	Dr. Jennifer Johns, DVM	Reptile Clinical Pathology
10:10-11:10	Dr. Doug Mader, DVM, DABVP	Clinical Anatomy of Reptiles
11:15-12:15	Dr. Doug Mader, DVM, DABVP	Medical Care of Sea Turtles
12:15-1:30	Lunch
1:30-2:50	Dr. Avery Bennett, DVM, DACVS	Rabbit Soft Tissue Surgery
3:00-3:35	Dr. Michael Garner, DVM, DACVP	Myofasciitis in the Domestic Ferret: An Emerging Fatal Disease
3:40-4:15	Dr. Michael Garner, DVM, DACVP	Systemic Coronavirus Infection in Domestic Ferrets

Sunday, April 27th, 2008 - Avian
	Speaker	Topic
7:30-8:30	Registration (Scrubs Cafe)
8:30-9:30	Dr. Avery Bennett, DVM, DACVS	Avian Soft Tissue Surgery
9:40-10:40	Dr. Michelle Hawkins, DVM, DABVP	Current Approaches to Avian Anesthesia
10:45-11:45	Dr. Peter Pascoe, DVM	Approaches to Small Exotic Mammal Anesthesia and Analgesia
11:45-1:00	Lunch
1:00-2:00	Dr. Elizabeth Mitchell, DVM, MS	Pharmacokinetics of Cefpodoxime Proxetil in Red-tailed Hawks (Buteo jamaicensis)
2:05-3:05	Dr. Drury Reavill, DVM, DAVCP, DAVBP	Avian Endocrine Pathology
3:15-4:15	Dr. Kirk Klasing, PhD	Avian Nutrition

NOTE: The schedule, speakers and topics are subject to change without notice.

REGISTRATION: Please print out and mail the Registration Form (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader). Registration must be postmarked by March 26, 2008. Late registration and walk-ins will incur an additional $20 fee as space allows.

Directions:
Click here for a Google map of the UCD Vet Med Campus and adjacent parking lots.
Click here for an online version of the UCD campus map.
Click here for a PDF version of the complete UCD campus map.

• From Hwy 80, Exit 113 N
• Exit Hutchison Road (first exit), turn right on Hutchison (go west).


• For VP Lot 53
• Right on Health Sciences Dr (comes off of Hutchison as road curves to left)
• Right at stop sign
• Left into parking lot VP 53
• To get to Valley Hall, face away from Health Sciences Dr., walk past Tupper Hall, and turn right at the grassy area (in front of Tupper; this area contains Schalm lecture hall and the Health Sciences Library and Bookstore). Valley Hall is the building straight ahead.


• For VP Lot 56
• Right on Health Sciences Dr (comes off of Hutchison as road curves to left)
• Straight at stop sign
• Lot VP 53 is straight ahead and parking for visitors in lot VP 56 is towards the left
• To get to Valley Hall, face away from Health Sciences Dr., walk straight between Tupper Hall and the short Health Science Complex structures (buildings that contain Schalm lecture hall and the Health Sciences Library and Bookstore). Valley Hall is the building to the left.


• For VP Lots 50 and 55
• Right at La Rue Road (stop light)
• 1st Right on Garrod
• Right again on Health Sciences Dr
• Park in Lot 50 (on your right) or 55 (on your left)
• Gladys Valley Hall is on the right of the main hospital from lot 50
• DO NOT park in areas marked "Patient Parking." This lot goes preferentially to students and staff of the VMTH working on the weekend, and to patients.

Parking: VP LOT 53, VP LOT 55 or VP LOT 56.
Click here for a PDF version of the UCD Parking Map.