Vetnews | Junie 2024 6 « BACK TO CONTENTS The SAVA was honoured to have won the bid to host the 39th World Veterinary Association Congress in Cape Town in April 2024. It was the second time the SAVA got to host this prestigious event and with no better place than Cape Town, seen as one of the best tourism destinations as well as Safe and Clean cities in the world. During the congress, the movement in and out of presentation halls was monitored by a Radio Frequency Identification Tag included in every congress badge. Scanners were set up at all the entrances and a total of 17 517 records were received from Flock, the eventing platform. Although it is known that the data may not be 100% correct as it was slightly experimental, it indicates the attendance figures for the congress. Some of the venues did unfortunately not record and there will likely be people who were not recorded. From a presentation point of view, it was expected that the small animal presentations would receive the most hits, and it was indeed the case: On the first day of the congress, Dr Etienne Côté presentation on ‘Coughing in a dog with a heart murmur: cardiac or noncardiac’ drew the largest number of attendees for the whole congress, an estimated 258 people attended. Etienne Côté DVM, DACVIM Department of Companion Animals, Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, 550 University Avenue, Charlottetown, PE, Canada, C1A 4P3 Dogs with heart disease often are presented for veterinary evaluation because they are coughing. The principle of finding a unifying diagnosis when a patient has several concurrent clinical signs is a basic principle of veterinary medicine. This favours a cause-and-effect link between heart disease and coughing in this scenario. However, the signalment of dogs that develop degenerative mitral valve disease often is the same as the signalment of dogs that develop primary airway disease. This session will explore this overlap, and then describe methods for differentiating a cardiogenic cough from a non-cardiogenic cough, as well as treatment and prognostic consequences. Learning Objectives: 1. Understand the basis for coughing in dogs with heart disease. 2. Understand the signalment, history, and physical exam findings that overlap between dogs with degenerative mitral valve disease and dogs with primary airway disease, notably chronic sterile bronchial disease. 3. Be able to differentiate between respiratory signs caused by heart disease from those caused by heart disease. More abstracts in descending order of attendance figures received are: Canine mast cell tumours: margins, markers & prognostic factors Philip J. Bergman DVM, MS, PhD, DACVIM (Oncology) Director, Clinical Studies – VCA, Oncologist, Katonah-Bedford Veterinary Center, Bedford Hills, NY 10507 - Philip.Bergman@VCA.com General Information Mast cell tumours (MCT’s) are the most common tumour in the dog and the second most common tumour in the cat. MCT’s are primarily a disease of older dogs and cats, however, extremely young dogs and cats have been reported to have MCT’s. Canine breeds reported to be at increased risk for MCT’s are boxers, Boston terriers, Labrador retrievers, terriers and beagles. The only feline breed that has been reported to be at increased risk for MCT’s are Siamese. Most reports show no significant gender predilection for MCT’s in dogs or cats. The etiology of MCT’s is presently unknown. Many have suspected a viral aetiology due to MCT transplantability to susceptible laboratory dogs (extremely young or immunocompromised) with tumour cells and cell39th World Veterinary Association Congress, Cape Town, 16-19 April 2024
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