VetPD Internal Medicine Challenges for Advanced Practitioners – A 2-Day Interactive & Practical Course

04 May 2018 - 05 May 2018 08:30 - 17:45 Pferdeklinik in Parsdorf, 85599, Parsdorf

Full Course Programme

This 2-day practical course was designed for equine practitioners with a good working knowledge in internal medicine and covers challenging conditions and new developments in the field. Each of the following hot topics will be addressed via well-illustrated, interactive case-discussions providing a platform for the panel of speakers to share pitfalls, erroneous clinical conclusions and useful tips and tricks:

• Pleural & Pericardial Diseases
• Hepatic Diseases
• Non-healing Corneal Ulcers
• Ultrasonography of the Foal
• Common Cardiac Conditions
• Investigation of the Thin Horse
• Urinary Tract Disorders
• Vascular Ultrasound – New Developments and Tips & Tricks

Between both afternoons, 7 hours of practical sessions will give attendees plenty of opportunity to put theory into practice on live horses and cadaver specimens and to ask questions in small groups (2 – 4 attendees / ultrasound machine), all under the supervision of specialists. Each attendee will rotate through the following practical sessions:

• Abdominal Ultrasound & Liver/Renal Biopsy Techniques
• Endocrine Case-Based Discussions
• Ultrasound-guided Spinal Fluid Collection
• Arrhythmia Case-based Discussions
• Thoracic Ultrasound incl. Basic Echocardiography
• Respiratory Endoscopy incl. BAL, Tracheal & Guttural Pouch Washes, PET Block etc.
• Ophthalmologic Procedures & Ultrasound – Nerve blocks, lavage system placement, keratotomy, aqueocentesis etc.


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Course Organiser:
VetPD Ltd, www.vetpd.com

Speakers:
Andy Durham BSc, BVSc, CertEP, DEIM, DipECEIM, MRCVS - UK
Gunther van Loon DVM, PhD, Dipl.ECEIM, Assoc.Member ECVDI - Belgium
Edd Knowles MA, VetMB, MvetMed, DipECEIM, MRCVSu - United Kingdom