Location: Stagecoach
Room
CEU: 1
SATURDAY
Location: Stagecoach
Room
CEU: 1
LECTURE 121: STRANGLES – UPDATE ON DIAGNOSTIC TESTING
SPEAKER: Noah Cohen, VMD, MPH, PhD, DACVIM-LA
Accurate diagnostic testing is essential for control and prevention of strangles. An update on PCR and
serological testing as aids for clinical management will be presented.
2:30PM—3:20PM
Location: Stagecoach
Room
CEU: 1
LECTURE 122: STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI SUBSPECIES ZOOEPIDEMICUS - COMMENSAL,
OPPORTUNIST, OR PRIMARY PATHOGEN OF HORSES?
SPEAKER: Noah Cohen, VMD, MPH, PhD, DACVIM-LA
Streptococcus equi subspecies zooepidemicus has long been considered a commensal bacterium that
can occasionally cause opportunistic infections. But recent evidence indicates this sub- species of
Streptococcus equi can be pathogenic in horses.
3:30PM—4:20PM
4:20PM—5:30PM
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LECTURE 120: CASH FLOW ROAD MAP: PLAN YOUR
CASH SO IT DOESN'T PLAN YOU
SPEAKER: Joe Pluhar, DVM
Cash is the life blood of any business. Fifty percent of all small
businesses fail because of a lack of cash. Cash management is
vital to business health, but the cash flow statement is the least
understood and utilized off the three basic financial documents. The following is an examination of the
cash flow statement and a cash budgeting strategy to help ensure proper cash flow.