May 2021, 23rd - free, live, interactive LafeberVet webinar Structure and Function in Raptors
Updated: May 12, 2021
For more information, contact:
Christal Pollock, DVM, DABVP
Lafeber Company Veterinary Consultant
Image credits: Dr. Elizabeth Daut (left), Beka Weiss (center), John Haslam via Flickr Creative Commons (right)
FREE, live, interactive LafeberVet webinar
RACE-approved for 1 hour of continuing education*
Structure and Function in Raptors
Presenter: Jaime Samour, MVZ (Honours), PhD, DECZM (Avian), FRSB
Sunday, May 23 at a new time: 12 pm EDT (New York)
This live, interactive, distance-learning event is a terrific opportunity to review (or discover) avian anatomy in general and raptor anatomy in particular. Knowledge of structure and function is essential to understand raptor health and disease. This 1-hour webinar explores anatomy of the bird of prey system-by-system beginning with the integumentary system, including plumage, beak, and talons, before moving through the raptor musculoskeletal, respiratory, digestive, urinary, and male and female reproductive systems, as well as circulation, the brain and intelligence, plus special senses.
Lecture topics:
Integumentary system
Feathers
Beak
Talons
Musculoskeletal system
Respiratory system
Lungs
Airsacs
Inspiration
Expiration
Digestive system
Gastrointestinal tract
Liver
Pancreas
Cast and casting
Female reproductive system
Ovary
Oviduct
Male reproductive system
Testes
Ductus deferens
Urinary system
Kidneys
Ureters
Cloaca
Circulatory system
Brain and intelligence
Sensory system
Hearing
Vision
Photo: Andy Morffew | Flickr Creative Commons
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* This program is approved for 1 hour of continuing credit for veterinarians and veterinary technicians in jurisdictions which recognize American Association of Veterinary State Boards Registery of Approved Continuing Education approval.
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