Oxbow Animal Health held its summer Exotic Companion Mammal Symposium last Sunday, June 24th at the Homestead Animal Hospital in Centennial, Colorado. Attendees received seven continuing education credits and sat in on lectures from Drs. Jerry Labonde DVM, DABVP/ECM and Micah Kohles DVM/MPA.

The educational event, held a couple times each year, focuses on exotic pet health and nutrition. Topics covered were Herbivore GI Function and Nutrition, GI Stasis in Small Herbivores, Rabbit Calcium Metabolism, Bladder Sludge, and Urolithias, Ferret Gastrointestinal Function and Nutrition, Ferret Endocrine Disease, Practical Reptile Medicine, Zoonotic Diseases of Exotic Pets and Endotracheal Intubation and Post-Surgical Care. The keynote speaker was Dr. Dan Johnson of Avian and Exotic Animal Care in Raleigh, North Carolina and there was a roundtable discussion to conclude the event.

The springtime version of this event was held in March at the Goldring – Woldenberg Jewish Community Center in Metairie, Louisiana and hosted by The West Esplanade Veterinary Clinic. For more information on the next event brought to you by Oxbow Animal Health, check out their website or join the ongoing conversations on their Facebook page.

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