IDEXX | Big Questions about Small Things: Everything Vets Want to Know about Clinical Microbiology [WATCH RECORDING]

Subject: Big Questions about Small Things: Everything Vets Want to Know about Clinical Microbiology
Speakers: Dr Stephen Cole
Organizer: Idexx
LINK: WATCH RECORDING

The microbiology lab can be a bit of an enigma – you send in a swab and get back a report. In this session, we will cover what actually happens to that swab, how you can improve your sample collection and submission, and help to figure out why some frustrating results from the lab can happen. We will also cover antimicrobial susceptibility testing and when it can help (and when it doesn’t!).

Dr. Stephen Cole, MS, VMD, is an Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Director of the Clinical Infectious Disease Laboratory at PennVet. He obtained his MS in microbiology from the College of William and Mary in 2011 and his VMD from the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine in 2015. He became boarded in bacteriology and immunology in 2018 and virology in 2020 by the American College of Veterinary Microbiologists. He is the recipient of the ASM Peggy Cotter Early Career Award, numerous teaching awards and was named a One Health Scholar by the AAVMC. Dr. Cole’s research focuses on how to understand and mitigate the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria between companion animals and people.