CHF and VetVine Webinar Series
The AKC Canine Health Foundation and VetVine have teamed up to offer webinars on canine health topics. These webinars feature leaders in the field of veterinary health research and offer practical advice on common health concerns, as well as information on cutting-edge research to benefit our dogs.
The webinars feature a presentation, followed by a question and answer session if time permits. Each webinar is recorded and can be watched on demand from a computer or mobile device. All webinars require registration through VetVine.
Register today for one of our upcoming programs or watch a past webinar on demand!
Upcoming Webinars
Cancer Attributable to Infection? What we know about the genus Bartonella and it's role in the development of hemangiosarcoma in dogs
Bartonella spp. are stealth bacterial pathogens. A One Health approach to this emerging infection is defining disease manifestations, establishing the comparative disease pathogenesis for these bacterial pathogens, providing insights into effective treatment regimens, and elucidating strategies to prevent zoonotic disease transmission from animals to humans.
Dogs and humans develop nearly identical types of pathology when infected with a Bartonella spp. As such, defining the role of these bacteria in dogs with hemangiosarcoma may provide important comparative oncology lessons for veterinary and human medicine. In this presentation Dr. Breitschwerdt will discuss Bartonella spp. and what we know about the relationship between infection with this bacteria and hemangiosarcoma in dogs.
To be available for viewing On Demand: Wednesday, June 8, 2022 @ 12pm ET
Speaker: Edward B. Breitschwerdt, DVM, DACVIM
Grant 02519: Prevalence of Bartonella spp. Infection in Dogs with Cardiac and Splenic Hemangiosarcomas within and between Geographic Locations
Grant 2287: Enhanced Testing for the Diagnosis of Bartonellosis in Dogs
Grant 02819: Identification of Bartonella henselae In Vivo Induced Antigens for Development of a Reliable Serodiagnostic Assay for Canine Bartonelloses
Pain sensitivity in dogs of different breeds: What do we know, and what do we believe?
Our understanding and awareness of the relationship between behavior and pain has grown over the years, and more recently work has been done to investigate pain sensitivity in dogs of different breeds, including how we measure it.
In this webinar board-certified veterinary behaviorist Dr. Margaret Gruen will discuss the history of beliefs about pain sensitivity in different dog breeds and how that might shape our responses to them, how we can test these beliefs and their impact using measures like quantitative sensory testing, and she will review the AKC Canine Health Foundation-funded project that was designed to begin to address these questions.
To be available for viewing On Demand: Wednesday, August 10, 2022 @ 12pm ET
Speaker: Margaret E. Gruen, DVM, MVPH, PhD, DACVB
Grant 02797: Do Dog Breeds Differ in Pain Sensitivity?
Cognitive and Emotional Development in Assistance Dog Puppies
A better understanding of the psychological mechanism(s) that help or hinder the success of service dogs is currently being studied. This information can be used to better predict which puppies will be successful service dogs – improving the success of training while increasing the potential number of service dogs available. These findings will also provide the first set of data on normal cognitive development in dogs as it relates to success in training programs and socialization strategies.
In this webinar Dr. Hare will be discussing our current understanding of canine cognitive development including details of the first large-scale, longitudinal study tracking the course of cognitive development in dogs during the critical period of brain development from 8-20 weeks of age. He will explain how the study findings may improve success in training programs and socialization strategies for all dogs.
To be available for viewing On Demand: Wednesday, October 5, 2022 @ 12pm ET
Speaker: Brian Hare, MA, PhD
Webinars available On Demand
DON’T SKIP LEG DAY: THE IMPORTANCE OF MEDIAL CRURAL FASCIA WHEN RECOVERING FROM A TPLO December 7, 2021
Is there a way we can preserve this medial fascia and improve outcomes following TPLO surgery in dogs?
HOW TO ESTABLISH THC DIAGNOSIS IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM September 14, 2021
Discuss THC metabolism in dogs, the common clinical presentation and progression of THC toxicosis, and the work we have done to determine the ideal sample for detection of acute THC exposure in clinical canine patients.
A NOVEL NON-SURGICAL OPTION TO PRESERVE LIMBS IN CANINE OSTEOSARCOMA May 25, 2021
Histotripsy holds exciting potential to be a non-surgical option for treating the primary tumor in osteosarcoma and also as a therapy that stimulates an anti-tumor immune response.
VECTOR-BORNE DISEASE DIAGNOSTICS: FROM "RUFF" TO "PURRFECT" April 27, 2021
The focus of this presentation is vector-borne disease (VBD) diagnosis
GDV - WHAT WE KNOW, AND WHAT WE WISH WE KNEW! March 24, 2021
Updates on our current knowledge and understanding about GDV in dogs
View our archive of previous webinars here.
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