Understanding Chronic Inflammatory Liver Disease in Dogs and Cats
Free Webinar in Association with Candioli & Vetark
Talk Summary
Chronic hepatopathies and liver insufficiency present significant clinical challenges in veterinary medicine. Central to the cycle of ongoing pathogenesis is oxidative stress, which rapidly depletes endogenous antioxidants like glutathione and drives progressive hepatocellular injury.
This lecture explores the integration of targeted hepatoprotective and nutritional therapies into conventional medical protocols. We will review the biochemical mechanisms of hepatic glutathione metabolism and examine clinical evidence for nutraceuticals. Clinicians will gain practical, evidence-based insights to mitigate oxidative damage and improve the long-term management of canine and feline liver disease.
What You'll Learn
Live: Monday 16th November, 8pm GMTÂ
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Meet the Speaker
Ben Harris
MA VetMB CertSAM FLS DipECVIM-CA MRCVS
Ben Harris is the Clinical Director at Wear Referrals, a multidisciplinary specialist referral hospital in the North of England, and is an EBVS and RCVS Recognised Specialist in Small Animal Internal Medicine.
Ben graduated from the University of Cambridge in 2002 and spent seven years in private veterinary practice in London, where he developed a lasting interest in internal medicine. He returned to Cambridge to complete an ECVIM residency training programme in small animal medicine, during which he undertook clinical research, supported veterinary students, and completed an externship in South Africa to gain wider clinical experience with infectious diseases.
With over two decades of clinical and leadership experience, Ben has focused much of his career on supporting veterinary clinical standards and professional education. He helped establish and lead an ECVIM-accredited residency training programme at a previous referral centre, where he also served as Head of Quality and Governance.
Ben is active in veterinary professional education, currently serving as the Specialty Chair of Internal Medicine for the European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ECVIM) and as an ECVIM Exam Committee Member. He also serves on the committee of the International Society for Comparative Hepatology (SCH) and is a Governance Committee Member for the Mars Petcare Biobank.
His primary clinical interests include hepatology, and immune-mediated disease. He is a regular contributor to CPD events and veterinary conferences, and peer-reviewed research and textbook chapters. Outside of veterinary medicine, Ben is a beekeeper, avid gardener and a Fellow of the Linnean Society with an interest in evolutionary biology and primate behaviour.
Candioli - Developing excellence since 1882
Excellence in R&D and production: these are the company’s strengths and the reasons for its leadership in the Italian market and fast growth in several international markets.
Candioli manufactures and sells products for companion animals (pets, birds and athlete horses).
Throughout its 140+ years of history, the company has defined new specialisation fields, associating its name with highly innovative products in both areas of interest.
Four generations that have kept up with the technology progress in order to guarantee safe and effective products, in compliance with GMP rules, AEO and ISO certification, let Candioli belong to the gold standard within the business.
At Vetark, our mission is to change the landscape of exotic and companion animal nutrition with our unique range of nutritional supplements and treatments.
Our products have been expertly developed to fulfil the lack of treatments readily available on the market for deficiencies and other common health issues, and to address the industry’s need for product efficacy and integrity.
Founded in 1988, we have established ourselves as market leaders in animal nutrition and are widely used and recommended by vets, universities, zoos, scientists and pet owners.
Our production facility is based in the UK, with products made in order to ensure maximum freshness and a longer shelf-life, and we are compliant with the good manufacturing process (GMP).
