Medical Mysteries: The Joint Effect
1.0 CE Credit Hours / Veterinarians
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Every day the general practitioner is seeing dogs that are overweight or even obese with concurrent osteoarthritis. Veterinarians and even pet parents seem to recognize overweight/obese pets, but they do not consider it a true disease state even thought it has been shown to reduce quality of life and decrease lifespan with dogs dying an average of 1-2 years earlier.
It has been reported that one in four dogs are affected with osteoarthritis; therefore, the overweight/obese osteoarthritic canine is not only common but suffers with two disease states. Learn how to communicate this “joint effect” and use nutrition to successfully treat, but better yet prevent overweight/obese and osteoarthritis in your canine patients.
- Understand overweight/obese as a primary disease state.
- Understand the role of specific nutrients in developmental orthopedic disease and osteoarthritis.
- Learn how to successfully use diet to treat and prevent overweight/obese and osteoarthritis in dogs.
This program has been approved for 1 hour of continuing education credit in jurisdictions that recognize RACE approval.
This activity is funded by Blue Buffalo.
Donna M. Raditic, DVM, DACVN, CVA
Donna M. Raditic is graduate of Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine and a Diplomat of the American College of Veterinary Nutrition. She was a Professor for both the Nutrition and the Integrative Medicine Services at the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine. Currently she is a member of Nutrition and Integrative Medicine Consultants which offers independent consulting, education, information about companion animal nutrition and pet supplements. With a career that includes being a general practitioner, veterinary nutritionist, academician, to consultant she offers unique perspectives on the role of nutrition, supplements, and integrative veterinary care for companion animals.
Adam Christman, DVM, MBA
Dr. Christman is the Chief Veterinary Officer at Fetch dvm360®, the nation’s leading multimedia company in the veterinary profession. He is an international speaker on leadership, wellbeing and motivation. Author of, “Honey, Have You Squeezed the Dachshund?”, Dr. Christman is passionate about helping pet parents with pet disabilities. He is a social media personality with almost 600,000 followers on TikTok. Dr. Christman is the host of dvm360®’s, “The Vet Blast Podcast”. He continues to practice relief work both in shelter medicine and private practice. If you don’t see him hosting the Fetch conferences, you can find Adam hanging with his four adorable dachshunds. He is a fitness enthusiast and avid Disney fanatic. You can find out more information at www.dradamchristman.com
