EXOT316-0515: Backyard Poultry Medicine
The lectures for this course will be presented in a predominantly text format.

Enrollment is closed.

Instructor(s): Lynne Luna, DVM, MAM
Course Open: May 29-July 8, 2015
Real Time Sessions (RTS): Sundays, June 7, 14, and 28; 8:00-10:00 pm ET (USA)
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Practice Sessions: In order to prepare you for a successful experience in your CE course, we request you attend a Practice Session prior to the first Real Time Session. Please arrive promptly at the start time; each Practice Session is up to 1 hour in length. For more information, please visit the CE Practice Area.

Level and Prerequisites: This basic course will be open to veterinarians and veterinary technicians actively interested in small flock/backyard poultry medicine.
VIN CE Course: Open to veterinarians and veterinary technicians. This course has been RACE approved for veterinarians and veterinary technicians. The Veterinary Information Network (VIN) is RACE Provider #22.

Course Description:
In recent years, more people are starting to raise small flocks of poultry in backyard urban settings. Because of the small numbers of birds involved, they are often viewed more as pets than as production animals, even though they are being kept primarily for eggs or meat. When these birds become injured or ill, the owners are turning to their local family veterinarian for assistance, even though many small animal practitioners have very little to no experience with poultry or with how to treat animals that are being used in food production. This course is intended to help those veterinarians and their technicians become more familiar with diagnosing and treating conditions of poultry commonly encountered in the backyard setting.

This course consists of three (3) 2-hour Real Time Session, supplemental library materials, interactive message board discussions, and a mandatory end-of-course test. Successful completion (scoring 80% or better) on the end-of-course test is required to earn a certificate of completion for the course.

To learn more about the requirements for earning a CE certificate, please refer to Receiving Your CE Credit and Course Completion Certificate.

Upon completion of this course, the participant should be able to

• Recognize disease presentations commonly found in a backyard flock.
• Inform their clients on the proper handling of individual birds.
• Inform their clients on the proper care of a backyard flock.
• Understand the treatments and treatment principles involved in care of backyard flock.
• Recognize potentially reportable poultry diseases.

Course Materials: Course materials will be available in the course library prior to each Real Time Session.

Required Textbook(s): There is no required textbook for this course.

About the Instructors:
Lynne Luna is a board certified poultry veterinarian through the American College of Poultry Veterinarians. She graduated from Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine in 1998 and from the Master of Avian Medicine program at the University of Georgia in 1999. She then worked as a poultry veterinarian for the State of Mississippi, Mississippi State University and then as poultry laboratory director for the State of Louisiana. She is currently working in Oregon as a small animal practitioner, does poultry house calls and is a poultry consultant for VIN.

Course Outline:
Week 1 (Real Time Session June 7): Basic Anatomy and Husbandry
Content:

• Basic Anatomy
• Husbandry
• Handling
• Biosecurity

Week 2 (Real Time Session June 14) Common Diseases
Content:

• Avian Influenza
• Virulent Newcastle Disease
• Avian Pneumovirus Infection (APV)
• Laryngotracheitis
• Infectious Bronchitis
• Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG, CRD)
• Mycoplasma Meleagridis
• Mycoplasma Synoviae
• Staphylococcosis
• Bumblefoot
• Viral Arthritis
• Infectious Coryza
• Quail Bronchitis
• Fowl Cholera
• Riemerella Anatipestifer
• Ornithobacterium Rhinotracheale (ORT)
• E. Coli
• Colibacillosis
• Avian Chlamydiosis
• Salmonella
• Campylobacteriosis
• Avian pox
• Wet pox
• Marek's disease
• Infectious Bursal Disease (IBD)
• Chicken Infectious Anemia
• Avian Encephalomyelitis

**** BREAK June 21 (Father's Day) ****

Week 3 (Real Time Session June 28): Commonly Reported Problems and Treatment
Content:

• Clostridial Diseases
• Necrotic Enteritis
• Ulcerative Enteritis
• Botulism
• Spirochetosis
• Duck Virus Hepatitis
• Derzsy's Disease
• Fatty Liver and Hemorrhage Syndrome
• Alflatoxicosis
• Assorted Mycotoxins
• Avian Tuberculosis
• Hemorrhagic Enteritis
• Viral Enteritis
• Coccidiosis
• Trichomoniasis
• Cryptosporidiosis
• Worms - Crop worms, Gapeworms, Redworms, Forked worms, Eyeworms
• Candidiasis
• Reproductive disorders
• Prolapse hen
• Egg binding
• Rickets in Chicks
• Encephalomalacia
• Hypovitaminosis A
• Ectoparasites
• Mites - red, northern fowl, depluming
• Ringworm
• Cannibalism and trauma
• Treatments
• Necropsy

CE Credits: 6

Tuition: Member $126 ($113 early bird special if enrolled by May 15, 2015)
Non-Member $211 ($190 early bird special if enrolled by May 15, 2015)

*To ensure participants are ready and prepared for classes, enrollment will close on June 5th at 5 pm ET (USA) or when the maximum number of participants is reached.
*For more information on how online CE works, see the Participant Resource Center.

To Enroll:
Enrollment is closed.

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Course withdrawal and refund policy: A complete refund of the paid course price will be issued when your withdrawal request is received prior to the listed start date of the course. If you wish to withdraw after the start date please contact the VIN office 800-846-0028 ext. 797 to discuss eligibility for a pro-rated refund.
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*For more information on VIN's upcoming CE courses, check the VIN Course Catalog.

Katherine James, DVM, PhD, DACVIM (SAIM)
VIN Education Coordinator

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