2020 April Newsletter

EASAV will be doing its part to help during these difficult times. Until the pandemic restrictions have been lifted, all of our website users will be given a 50% COVID discount on videos purchased!

Purchased videos will be available for streaming for a limited time (most, within 1 year of being posted), so get yours today!

Videos from the following seminars will soon be available for streaming:

Old Surgeries - New Controversies: The Spay Neuter Dilemma

Ophtho Nerds

Managing Your Feline Patients

Practical Nutrition

Responsible Reporting

CE certificates will be issued once viewers complete & submit a CE Quiz

Once we have worked out the bugs on this system, an email will be sent to all of our users! Not an EASAV website user? Sign up today!

EASAV Annual General Meeting

EASAV members: The EASAV Annual General Meeting has been rescheduled and will be hosted using the Zoom Video Conferencing Platform

Date: Monday, May 4, 2020

Time: 7:00 - 8:00 pm or until finished

Meeting log in: 6:45 - 7:00 pm

Watch for an email notice with an updated agenda and budget.

Please go to our website to register for the rescheduled AGM or email your registration to Smokey at info@easav.ca

Download the new AGM announcement here to access links to all of the AGM documents! Please note that the budget has been further revised.

EASAV Peer Support Group suspended

To do our part in preventing the further spread of COVID-19, the EASAV Peer Support Group meetings have been suspended until further notice.

We realize that now is when we might need each other the most! if you need someone from our team to connect with, we are here for you.

Email us: easavpeers@gmail.com

Team members available by phone:

Dr. Martin Schiebel: (780)918-6103

Dr. Nancy Bruyere: (780)674-1754

Smokey Walters (RVT): (780)913-3789

We are not licensed counsellors and are not trained to give guidance on personal, social or psychological problems; we are veterinary professionals helping veterinary professionals and we look forward to helping our fellow members!

EASAV Member BBQ has been cancelled

The U of A Botanic Gardens has made the difficult decision to cancel all group events at their venue for the remainder of the 2020 year. As such, the EASAV Member BBQ has been cancelled.

We will rebook the U of A Gardens for next year's BBQ!

New vets on the EASAV Locum List!

There are lots of new veterinarians, RVTs and Tech Assistants and Veterinary Office Assistants on our locum list!

This list is only available to paid EASAV member veterinarians. To access this list: log into our website > click on Member Info button > Locum List.

EASAV member vets, RVTs, receptionists & TAs are all eligible to add their information to our locum list (which is available to all EASAV members)! If interested, please send your name, team role, email address and phone number to info@easav.ca and put Locum in the subject line.

If you need flexible staff, don't wait! Until June 30, 2020, Merck Animal Health is sponsoring an initiative with IMLocum, providing veterinary clinics free access to all the locums available in their area so they can find their perfect match! Use "Here2Help2020" when subscribing to a monthly plan.

Click here to download the IM Locum-Merck press release

2020 Executive Team

President & CE Chair	Dr. Clare Leger	Milwoods East Vet Clinic
Vice President	Dr. Cheryl Lewis	Spruce Grove Vet Clinic
Treasurer	Dr. Lisa Collis	Delton Vet Hospital
Secretary	Dr. Christie Gingras	Spruce Grove Vet Clinic
Director	Dr. Margaret Fisher	Non-practicing

All About the Abdomen Wet-lab and lecture cancelled

The wet-lab and lecture, All About the Abdomen, originally scheduled for May 24, 2020, has been cancelled due to COVID-19.

We will be rescheduling this lab for February 21, 2021.

Priority seating will be given to those who had originally registered for this lab.

Canine Cadaver Donations needed

We are in need of 7 more canine cadavers under 20 kg in order to run the All About the Abdomen wet-lab!

If you want to help but are having trouble finding ways to broach this subject with your clients, download this sample euthanasia consent form!

For more information about our Pet Cadaver Donation Program, click here.

If you have a donation to make, please send us a completed cadaver donation form. Download Pet Cadaver Donation Form

In exchange for these donations, EASAV will cover the cost of their cremations and issue your clinic a credit of 20 EASAV Dollars.

Questions? Email Smokey: info@easav.ca

SPONSORS	Upcoming CE

	Download our 2020 CE Brochure!
	Click here to see other CE Resources on our website
Bayer MNP Royal Bank	EASAV Annual General Meeting Date: May 4, 2020 Time: 7-8 pm Video Conferencing Platform: Zoom Register online today Registration Deadline: Friday, May 1, 2020 Meeting link will be send to those who are registered

	All About the Abdomen lecture and wet-lab has been cancelled and will be rescheduled for 2021

CAVD Royal Canin Dechra	A Skin-Deep Discussion of Bugs, Drugs and Antimicrobial Stewardship Speakers: Kinga Gortel, DVM, DACVD/Joe Rubin, DVM Date: Sunday, September 27, 2020 Time: 9 am - 4 pm Location: Shaw Theatre, NAIT Main Campus

Prairie Diagnostic Services	Veterinary Cytology: Hints, hacks and embracing diagnostic ambiguity with Moira Kerr, DVM Date: Monday, October 26, 2020 Time: 7 - 9 pm Location: Shaw Theatre, NAIT Main Campus

Idexx Purina Veterinary Diets	Let’s Talk About Pee: “Urine” the Right Seat! Speaker: Serge Chalhoub, DVM, DACVIM (SAIM) Date has been changed! Sunday, November 8, 2020 Time: 9 am - 4 pm Location: Shaw Theatre, NAIT Main Campus

	Did you know that EASAV & CAVM Members attend each other's courses at member rates? Click here to see more EASAV CE opportunities Click here to go to CAVM website