with Kersti Seksel

February 2009

Do you see animals with behaviour problems in practice?
Do you feel confident in the advice you offer?

Do you want to know more about how to develop an effective and realistic treatment plan for your patient and confidently consult with the patient’s owner?

By participating in this course, you can expect to:

• significantly improve your ability to help your clients better understand their pet’s behaviour
• further your understanding in the basics of behaviour and the intimate relationship between behaviour and organic disease
• develop your skills in differentiating behavioural problems from problem behaviours, to maximise treatment success
• learn how to diagnose behavioural problems in all species
• improve your knowledge of psychotropic medication to treat behavioural problems which will include: when to use medication, which one and why
• gain exposure to the latest updates in behavioural medicine
• interact with other veterinarians who have similar interests in animal behaviour

Tutor

Dr Kersti Seksel
BVSc (Hons) MRCVS MA (Hons) FACVSc (Animal Behaviour) Dipl ACVB CMAVA Dip ECVBM-CA

Kersti graduated in Veterinary Science with honours from the University of Sydney and became very interested in animal behaviour while working overseas. To further her knowledge she went back to university graduating from Macquarie University with a BA in behavioural sciences with a major in psychology. In 1992 she began developing the program of Puppy Preschools® in veterinary hospitals around Australia, and while no longer running these programs, regularly remains actively involved in their development. This interest led her to complete a MA (Hons) degree by thesis on the long and short term behavioural effects of puppy socialisation and training programs.

She is a registered veterinary specialist in Animal Behaviour, a fellow of the Australian College of Veterinary Scientists in animal behaviour, a diplomat of the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists and a diplomat of the European College of Veterinary Behaviour. She is a member of the American Veterinary Society of Animal Behaviour, member of the Australasian Society for the Study of Animal Behaviour and the Delta Society. She has studied at Cornell University, USA, University of Pennsylvania, USA, Guelph University, Canada and Queensland University, Australia. In 1999 she spent seven months on faculty at the University of Pennsylvania, based in the Department of Clinical Studies, Animal Behavior Clinic.

Dr Seksel is the director of a behavioural referral practice in Sydney and also works out of the Melbourne Veterinary Specialist centre. She is actively involved in developing Puppy Preschool® and Kitten Kindy® training programs for veterinarians and veterinary nurses. She teaches the Centre for Veterinary Education, University of Sydney Distance Education Course in Behavioural Medicine and tutors in the North American Veterinary Post Graduate Course in Behavioral Medicine. Kersti has presented at conferences and meetings in Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Japan, China, Taiwan, Europe, South Africa, Canada and the United States of America, to name a few. She has published numerous papers on animal behaviour in scientific journals, magazines and periodicals, and is a regular contributor to print and electronic media. Currently she is a regular presenter on ABC radio on pet care and behaviour and behavioural problems.

Enquiries

Please contact Billy Paterson course coordinator.

All DE participants are required to be members of the CVE.