Bingen / Waldalgesheim, September 25 to 27, 2020

New (30.8.2020): The location of this course has been changed! It will be hold on September 25 in the NH Bingen hotel (lectures) and on September 26 and 27 in the Tierklinik Binger Wald (practice), Germany. 
The course shall allow participants to follow and practice each single step of a lameness exam of horses. The number of participants is restricted to 14 to achieve the objective of the course. Participants are invited to bring along their own ultrasound and radiographic equipment as well as radiographic images for evaluation in the group! 
The German Academy for Continuous Veterinary Education (ATF) has credited the event with 21 hours.

Program:

Friday, September 25, theory
Sue Dyson

  • 9:00 – Lame or not lame: Gait evaluation at the walk, trot on the straight and circles at hard and soft grounds.
  • 10:45 – Coffee break
  • 11:15 – Diagnostic anesthesia’s: Which one for what and how.
  • 12:30 – Lunch
  • 13:30 – Flexion tests: Which one for what and how.
  • 15:30 – Coffee break
  • 16:00 – Ultrasonographic examination of the limbs
  • 18:00 – End

Saturday, September 26, wet-labs

  • 9:00 – Diagnostic anesthesia´s on cadaver limbs
  • 11:30 – Clinical lameness examination

Participants will evaluate with the instructors the gait of lame horses, the effect of flexion tests and diagnostic blocks. Further diagnostic anesthesia´s will be practiced on cadaver limbs so that all participants have the chance to get confidence in this procedure.

  • 18:30 -End
  • 18:45 – Barbecue

Sunday, September 27, wet-labs

  • 8:45 – Ultrasound and radiography: Participants will be divided in 2 groups and ultrasound and radiography themselves. Own equipment is very welcome!
  • 10:30 – Coffee break
  • 11:00 – Ultrasound and radiography
  • 13:00 – Lunch
  • 14:00 – Ultrasound and radiography
  • 16:00 – End