by Mason Reichard, MS, PhD
Parasite threats are changing fast. Is your approach keeping up? Join us for Small Animal Parasite Protection Updates to get the latest on heartworm resistance, tick-borne disease strategies, and feline parasite control across all lifestyles. Walk away with practical, up-to-date knowledge you can put to work in your practice right away.
Canine Heartworm Disease Update: What’s the Latest?
A practical update on canine heartworm disease. Our current working knowledge of Dirofilaria immitispathogenesis, infection risk, macrocyclic lactone resistance, prevention strategies, and key considerations to support better protection will be discussed.
High Alert for Tick-Borne Disease: Everything You Need to Know to Protect Your Patients and Build Your Practice
A clinician-focused discussion on ticks and tick-borne disease to include regional risk awareness, tick biology, pathogen transmission basics, and prevention strategies for reliable control.
Feline Parasitology: Protecting Cats Inside and Out
A comprehensive look at feline parasite control across indoor and outdoor lifestyles. Topics presented will include feline heartworm, fleas, ticks, Dipylidium caninum, and intestinal nematodes.
Dr. Mason Reichard is a veterinary parasitologist originally from Michigan. Dr. Reichard received his MS in Biology from Northern Michigan University and PhD in Veterinary Parasitology from Oklahoma State University. He was a researcher and instructor at Oklahoma State University becoming a Full Professor in 2017. Dr. Reichard’s main research interests were ticks and tick-borne diseases of cats and dogs. He also investigated the role of wild animals as reservoirs zoonotic parasites. He published over 100 journal articles and chapters in textbooks. He is co-author of the textbook, Veterinary Clinical Parasitology (9th edition). Dr. Reichard is a former president of the American Association of Veterinary Parasitologists and Co-director of the National Center for Veterinary Parasitology. He joined Zoetis as a full-time employee in November 2023 as a veterinary specialist.
6 hours available. The WSVMA is an approved source of Continuing Education in the State of Washington.
Included in your registration are coffee/tea, snacks, and lunch.
There will be no scientific proceedings available for this event.
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