Canine Nasal Disease

  Thursday 11 December 2025

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

  Urlar Vineyard, 140 Dakins Road, East Taratahi

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

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.

Sarah Hill

Sarah graduated with a Bachelor of Veterinary Science from Massey University in 2011. She initially worked in general practice before travelling to the UK to complete an internship. This was followed by a residency in small animal internal medicine at Massey University. Sarah became a diplomat of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine in 2017. After 8yrs working as a specialist in Auckland, Sarah returned to the Manawatu in 2025 to join the referral team at Totally Vets Fielding. Sarah enjoys the problem-solving nature of internal medicine and has a particular interest in endocrinology and gastroenterology.