Anesthesia and analgesia in companion animals

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This interactive panel/lecture will focus on providing answers to audience questions pertaining to the newest, yet most practical anesthetic and analgesic techniques used in a variety of species commonly encountered in clinical practice. Topics will include novel and validated pain scoring systems, innovative advances in clinical anesthetic and analgesic techniques and agents, and the most useful anesthetic and analgesic monitoring techniques for specific procedures and species as prompt/accurate diagnosis/treatment of physiological disturbances is paramount to improve patient morbidity/mortality. Cases will focus on companion animals including dogs, cats, and pocket pets. Participants should obtain a deeper understanding of appropriate and current anesthetic techniques and how to properly recognize/treat acute and chronic pain states in various species using the most up-to-date analgesic techniques. Target audience will be all veterinary personnel caring for critical patients including veterinary assistants, veterinary technicians, and veterinarians.

This session originally was presented at AVMA Convention 2025 in conjunction with the 40th World Veterinary Association Congress. 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

  • To discuss the most current anesthetic and analgesic techniques used in companion animal practice.
  • To answer questions posed by audience members pertaining to clinically encountered issues regarding companion animal anesthesia and analgesia.
  • To introduce novel, yet clinically applicable anesthetic monitoring techniques useful for the small animal practitioner.


 

 


Dr. Johnson obtained her DVM degree from the Ohio State University in 1993. She completed her MS degree in Veterinary Science (1997), became board-certified in Veterinary Anesthesiology and Pain Management (1997), and obtained her PhD in Respiratory Neurophysiology in 2002, all at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She then decided to stay put and is currently a Clinical Professor of Anesthesia and Pain Management and the Research Anesthesiologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her interests include investigating novel anesthetic and analgesic techniques for companion, exotic and laboratory animals and providing education on pre-hospital emergency care and the unique anesthetic and analgesic requirements of law enforcement K9s.

 

 


Carrie Schroeder is a Clinical Associate Professor of anesthesia at the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine. She is co-editor of the second edition of Canine and Feline Anesthesia and Co-Existing Disease and Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia: the sixth edition of Lumb and Jones. Her clinical and research interests include novel means of providing sedation to horses, regional anesthesia and exotic animal anesthesia. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her husband and three daughters, running, and horseback riding.



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