DENVER, March 3 /PRNewswire/ --

- World-Renowned Pain Management Expert Robin Downing, DVM, Will Conduct Webcast For Pet Owners and Veterinarians, Covering All Aspects Related to Pets and Pain. These Two Individual Presentations Can Be Viewed On Web Site.

Morris Animal Foundation (MAF) will sponsor two individual webcasts, one for pet owners and another for veterinarians, on pain management for pets on March 13. In addition to the live webcasts from Denver, Colorado, both webcasts can be viewed by U.K. audiences on a non-live basis at more convenient times. The webcasts will be posted on the MAF Web site indefinitely. The pet owner live webcast takes place from 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. (US-Eastern Daylight Time). The live webcast will cover all aspects of pain management, including common causes of pain, overlooked hidden causes of pain, anticipating and avoiding pain in your pets, communicating with your veterinarian and how to ask the right questions. Participate in the live webcast or view the non-live webcast at: http://www.MorrisAnimalFoundation.org/livechat.

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A webcast on pet pain directed to veterinarians takes place from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. (US-EDT). The live webcast will cover all aspects of pain management of concern to the veterinarian, including common pain issues, overlooked causes of pain, anticipating and scoring pain, team training and resources, plus critical client communication. Participate in the live or view the non-live webcast at: http://www.MorrisAnimalFoundation.org/livechat.

Leading this webcast will be Robin Downing, DVM, a MAF Trustee and one of the world's leading experts on pain and animals. In 2005, Dr. Downing became the third veterinarian in the world to acquire diplomate credential from the American Academy of Pain Management. As of today, fewer than a dozen veterinarians worldwide hold this credential. Dr. Downing is founder and past president of the International Veterinary Academy of Pain Management and she was co-chair of the task force that authored the "2007 AAHA/AAFP Pain Management Guidelines for Dogs and Cats." In 2006 she opened The Downing Center for Animal Pain Management, LLC, the only comprehensive pain management and pain prevention practice for pets in Northern Colorado. Contributing to the discussion will be Patricia Olson, DVM, Ph.D., president and CEO Morris Animal Foundation. For more information, contact: Michael Burke, mburke@morrisanimalfoundation.org. For more information on MAF, go to: http://www.MorrisAnimalFoundation.org.

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