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New Hands-On Workshop for 2025! Comprises a program of 9 hours of practical sessions
This course will equip veterinarians with the practical toolkit for investigation of both orthopedic and cardiorespiratory causes of poor performance, and to get the results that will lead to a definitive diagnosis.
Attendees will join hands-on, genuine small-group sessions with live horses and simulators unique to VetPD courses, covering: clinical exercise testing, static and dynamic respiratory endoscopy (3-5 attendees per endoscope), ridden horse evaluation, objective gait analysis, saddle fit assessment, ultrasound-guided injection techniques, ultrasonography (neck, back or pelvis; 2-4 attendees per ultrasound machine) and radiographic skills.
Event Details:
When: Friday, October 24th and Saturday, October 25th
Where: Southern Crescent Equine Services – Newnan, GA
The faculty of internationally renowned specialists will present the following highly-illustrated lectures in English:
- The Challenge of the Poorly Performing Horse
- Integrating Technology: Objective Gait Analysis
- A Novel Perspective on Overground/Dynamic Endoscopy
- Beyond In-Hand Evaluation: Ridden Assessment incl. Saddle and Rider
- Exercise Testing: Identifying Subclinical Problems in Sports Horses
- Murmurs & Arrythmias: Classification & Decision-Making
- Optimizing Image Quality: Radiography & Ultrasonography
Over the 2 days, 9 hours of hands-on practical sessions will allow attendees to further their practical skills on live horses and simulators in small groups, and to further discuss the above topics with the specialists both during the practical and in the interactive case-discussion sessions.
The following practical sessions will be supervised by the specialists during the course:
- Static Upper Respiratory Tract Endoscopy
- Subjective Lameness Evaluation
- Objective Gait Analysis for Lameness Evaluation
- Saddle Assessment & Ridden Evaluation
- Ultrasonography Skills Workshop (Neck, Back or Pelvis)
- Exercise Testing: HR Monitoring, ECG, Lactate Measurement etc.
- Radiography Skills Workshop (Front and/or Hindlimb)
- Ultrasound-Guided Injection Techniques Workshop: Sacroiliac Joints & Thoracolumbar Facet Joints
