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2025 Arkansas Veterinary Medical Association Winter Meeting
February 8, 2025
2025 Winter Meeting Speaker List/Schedule:
7:30-8 AM- Check In
8-8:50AM: AVTA General Board Member Meeting/ Elections/ Awards (1 hour CE Given)
9-9:50AM: The Ins and Outs of Feline parasites Presented by Mary L. Berg, BS, LATG, RVT, VTS (Dentistry)
10-10:50AM: A Visual Tour of Heartworms Presented by Mary L. Berg, BS, LATG, RVT, VTS (Dentistry)
11-11:50AM: Controlled substances: What you really need to know Presented by Mary L. Berg, BS, LATG, RVT, VTS (Dentistry)
12-12:50PM BREAK FOR LUNCH
1-1:50PM: Exotics Animal Restraint and blood collection techniques Presented by Lindsey Woods Erby, DVM
2-2:50PM: Let’s Talk Lifestyle Vaccines: Having the conversation with Pet Owners Presented by Mary L. Berg, BS, LATG, RVT, VTS (Dentistry)
3-3:50PM: The ins and outs of canine parasites Presented by Mary L. Berg, BS, LATG, RVT, VTS (Dentistry)
4-4:50PM: The Complete Plan for the Periodontal Patient – COHAT Presented by Mary L. Berg, BS, LATG, RVT, VTS (Dentistry)
5-5:50PM: Dental Radiology Made Easy- Tips and Tricks Presented by Mary L. Berg, BS, LATG, RVT, VTS (Dentistry)
6PM- FINAL REGARDS AND DISMISSAL BY AVTA BOARD.
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Speakers
Mary L. Berg, BS, LATG, RVT, VTS (Dentistry)
Beyond the Crown Veterinary Education
Fear Free Certified
Mary is a Charter member of the Academy of Veterinary Dental Technicians and
received her Veterinary Technician Specialty in Dentistry in June 2006 and recertified in
2020. Mary worked in research for over 31 years, specializing in products aimed at
improving the oral health of companion animals and continues to work with companies to evaluate the efficacy of their products. In addition to her research background, she was the practice manager and dental technician specialist at a general practice for seven years. She is an adjunct at two distance veterinary technology programs and is currently the president of Beyond the Crown Veterinary Education; she has over 15 years of experience teaching dentistry to veterinary teams, using practical and easy to master methods.
Mary is actively involved in NAVTA, AVDT, AVMA, AAVSB, F4VD, andKVTA. Mary was named the NAVTA Veterinary Technician of the Year by NAVTA in2020 and received the AVDT’s Excellence in Dentistry Education in 2019. In addition,Mary is a speaker and wet lab instructor at numerous state and national conferences and has had multiple articles placed in professional publications and journals, written several textbook chapters and her Companion Animal Dentistry for Veterinary Technicians textbook was published in 2020. In 2024, Mary was named as the VMX Technician of the Year.
Mary lives on a small farm near Lawrence, Kansas with her husband, Doug, and has two sons and five grandchildren.​
Lindsey Woods Erby, DVM
Wedington Animal Hospital
Exotics Department
Dr. Lindsey Woods Erby is a 2012 graduate of Oklahoma State University Center for Veterinary Health Sciences. She was born and raised in Fort Smith, Arkansas and she recently moved back home from Salt Lake City, Utah with her husband James. They have a dog named Jake, a cat named Tux, and a leopard gecko named Stuie. Since graduation from veterinary school, Dr. Erby has completed two post-graduate specialty internships in avian, exotic pet, wildlife, and zoological medicine. Her first internship was at The Avian and Exotic Animal Clinic of Indianapolis under Dr. Angela Lennox, DVM, Dipl. ABVP, Dipl. ECZM. There, she learned both basic and advanced exotics internal medicine and surgery techniques. Her second and most recent internship was completed back at OSU CVHS in Avian, Exotics and Zoological Medicine under multiple mentors. Each of these mentors at OSU taught her to build on her already solid foundation of medical and surgical skills to graduate to a more advanced level of patient care. During each of these internships, she grew more confident and skilled, learning constantly, and making lasting relationships with her clients and their pets.