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CVMA Online Seminar: Role of Companion Animals in Public Health Outbreaks, Including H5N1

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CVMA Online Seminar: Role of Companion Animals in Public Health Outbreaks, Including H5N1

Role of Companion Animals in Public Health Outbreaks, Including H5N1
May 6 & 8, 2025

CVMA Online Seminars are convenient interactive presentations offering CEUs held in real-time. This learning platform allows you to participate from anywhere with internet access—from your practice, your home, or anywhere you have an internet connection. Attending is as easy as a few mouse clicks. You will only need internet access and either computer audio, a headset, or a telephone.

Course Description

In recent years, outbreaks of infectious diseases of public health significance have heightened public concern regarding the role of companion animals as sentinels and sources of human infection. The rise in importance of companion animals has also led to concerns about the impact of such outbreaks on the health of families, including their pets. Using situational examples, this talk will review what is known about the role of companion animals in emerging infectious diseases in California, with a focus on H5N1 avian influenza. Opportunities for improved disease recognition by veterinarians and owner education on prevention strategies will be discussed.

This course offers 1.5 CEUs.

Dates and Times

May 6, 2025

12:30 PM–1:45 PM (PST)

MAY 6 REGISTRATION

May 8, 2025

5:30 PM–6:45 PM (PST)

MAY 8 REGISTRATION

Speaker

Jane Sykes, DVM, PhD, DACVIM

Jane Sykes, DVM, PhD, DACVIM

    Dr. Jane Sykes is a professor at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine with a special interest in small animal infectious diseases. She obtained her DVM degree and a PhD in veterinary microbiology at the University of Melbourne in Australia and completed a residency in small animal internal medicine at the University of Minnesota. She is a board-certified small animal internal medicine specialist. She joined the faculty at UC Davis in 2002 and obtained an MBA from the University of Georgia and an MPH from Kansas State University (2023) with an emphasis on infectious diseases and zoonoses. She founded the International Society for Companion Animal Infectious Diseases (ISCAID) in 2006, has coauthored over 150 peer-reviewed publications, and is the editor of the textbooks Canine and Feline Infectious Diseases and Greene’s Infectious Diseases of the Dog and Cat (5th ed).

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