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Judicious Use and Antimicrobial Stewardship in Veterinary Medicine
Presented by Dr. Lauren Eichstadt Forsythe, PharmD, MBA, DICVP, FSVHP.
Event Details
Essential antimicrobial stewardship training covering judicious use of antimicrobials including antibiotics in veterinary practice.
Learning Objectives
- Define antimicrobial stewardship and judicious use: the right antibiotic, time, dose and duration
- Explain how antimicrobial resistance develops and which antibiotics to reserve
- Describe medically important antibiotics and veterinary feed directive status
- Use culture and susceptibility testing and antibiograms to select and de-escalate therapy
- Apply extra-label drug use rules under AMDUCA, including food animal prohibitions and withdrawal times
- Document treatment rationale under a valid VCPR
- Date
- February 26, 2026 · 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM ET
- Format
- Live Online Interactive Webinar · recording on demand
- RACE credit hours
- Veterinarians: 1 hour
- Veterinary Technicians: 1 hour
- RACE
- This event is RACE approved. Program #20-1267368
RACE Approved Provider #50-29055 - Topics
- Antimicrobial, Pharmacy, Infectious Disease, Small Animal, Large Animal, Stewardship, Public Health, One Health, Microbiology, Pharmacology, Pet Animals, Equine, Dairy Cattle
Live attendance earns CE automatically. On-demand viewing earns CE after a short quiz.
Presenter
Dr. Lauren Eichstadt Forsythe, PharmD, MBA, DICVP, FSVHP
Dr. Lauren Forsythe is a veterinary pharmacist, author, speaker, and teacher. She is a pharmacist who specializes in veterinary pharmacy, and she puts that knowledge to use supporting the veterinary community with their medication-related needs. Here are a few quick facts about her professional background: - Earned her PharmD from the University of Findlay in 2015 - Completed a veterinary pharmacy residency at the…