How long does a bacterial infection need to be treated?

• A new dogma ‘shorter is better’ is emerging in human medicine. Learn how this can be applied in pets
• Understand the current literature – and its limitation
• Learn about the new studies on antibiotic treatment duration

When do abscesses need antibiotics?

• Learn about scientific studies that have looked at treating abscesses without antibiotics
• Know the risks of not treating abscesses with antibiotics and how to communicate those risks to clients
• Know which bacterial infections need, and which do not need, antibiotics