Virtual congress to tackle pet obesity
The event will include sessions delivered by leading UK and international experts.
A free one-day virtual event is being offered to veterinary professionals to help them navigate the challenge of pet obesity.
Hosted by Royal Canin, the Weight Management Virtual Congress will include sessions delivered by leading UK and international experts on a range of topics, including:
- obesity prevention - tools you can use in practice to help promote a healthy weight and practical advice you can pass to owners.
- risk factors – insights from recent studies
- how to approach conversations with owners of overweight pets who feed or prefer unconventional diets
- why tackling obesity makes business sense
- peri-anaesthetic management of obese patients.
Gwen Covey-Crump, senior clinician in anaesthesia at Langford Vets, will explore the impact of obesity on chronic pain, and award-winning US vet Ernie Ward will explain how to talk about pet food and obesity without sounding like a salesperson.
Delegates can then apply their knowledge to a real-life case in an interactive workshop run by weight-management specialists Georgia-Woods Lee and Lindsay Calcraft.
Lindsay Calcraft, who is also organising the event, said: “We all know that obesity reduces pets’ life spans and puts them at risk of developing a number of health concerns. Together, we can battle this disease. We’ve organised this congress to help you to manage the weight and health of pets throughout their lives.”
The one-day event is being hosted on Royal Canin's new Virtual event centre, providing games, social networking and access to product displays and information during and after the event.
A further 10 hours of on-demand sessions will be released during the event, focusing on the science of obesity, feline behaviour, obesity and osteoarthritis, approach to nutrients for obesity and the evolution of weight management diets.
For more details and to register for your place, click here.
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