Canine Nasal Disease

  Thursday 27 November 2025

  7.00PM: Drinks, nibbles & mingling | 7.30PM: Talk commences

  Taupō Vet Centre, 258 Spa Road, Taupō

Description

Do you find working up canine nasal disease frustrating? Then this is the talk for you! Mark Owen of NZRadVet and the medicine team of Totally Vet Referrals (Nick Cave and Sarah Hill) will be discussing their approach to the sneezy snuffly dog, sharing some tips and tricks for working these cases up in general practice.  With NZRadVet now offering CT scans at their base in Feilding, the advantages of head CTs over radiographs will be discussed. This will be followed by a review of some of the common causes of canine upper respiratory disease and how to get these dogs back on track.

Speakers

Nick Cave

Nick graduated from Massey University in 1990 and worked in general practice until 1997 when he returned to Massey for a residency in small animal internal medicine, attained membership in the Australasian College of Veterinary Scientists by examination, and graduated with a Masters in Veterinary Science in 2000. In 2004 he moved to the University of California where he attained a PhD in nutrition and immunology. Nick completed a residency in small animal clinical nutrition, and became a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Nutrition by examination in 2004. In late 2005, he returned to Massey to lecture in small animal medicine and nutrition and is now working at the Feilding clinic as Veterinary Nutrition Specialist with a special interest in medical cases.

Mark Owen

Mark is a registered veterinary imaging specialist in New Zealand and Europe, being a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging (ECVDI) and also a Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists (ANZCVS). Following graduating from Massey University, he spent time in general clinical practice in Taranaki, before undertaking his residency. He trained at the Royal Veterinary College, London and also at Tufts University Veterinary School in the USA. Mark spent about 10 years working at the Massey University Veterinary Teaching Hospital before leaving and setting up NZRadVet. He continues to teach extensively throughout New Zealand and Australia to undergraduate students and post-graduate veterinarians in all aspects of imaging. He has now set up a Specialist Imaging Centre within the Totally Vets Clinic in Feilding offering ready access to Advanced Imaging and radiography support to veterinary clinics.