Equine Otology Days

Tierklinik Luesche, Germany, March 28 to 30, 2025

in cooperation with Tierklinik Luesche

An intact acoustic organ and hearing function is of vital importance for natural flight animals like horses. Not diagnosed diseases of the ear and the lack of or reduced hearing may impact the wellbeing and performance of horses. The Digital Equine Otology Rounds will provide all the theory on how to examine the ears, evaluate the hearing, as well as how to avoid, treat and manage otological disorders of horses. The hands-on course on this specialty will be run March 29-30, 2025, in https://www.tierklinik-luesche.de/, Germany, for those attending the livestreams in November 2024 (or buying the viewing of the recordings before the onsite course). This event design can save you one day. However, those that do not like livestreams and recordings or like a refresher, there will be offered lectures onsite in Tierklinik Luesche on March 28, 2025, too, before enjoying the hands-on days thereafter. Ample opportunity to practice the techniques will be provided for a maximum of 18 participants. Accreditation by the Academy for Continuous Education of Veterinarians in Berlin, Germany is requested (Akademie fuer Tieraerzliche Fortbildung).

Program

Friday, March 28, Luesche; Lectures

10:00 – Begin
10:05 – How to examine the ear of normal horses (Pinna, external cartilaginous ear channel, cranial nerves)
11:15 – Coffee break
11:45 – How to do the endoscopic examination of the external ear channel (cartilaginous and osseus) and tympanic membrane.
13:00 – Lunch
14:00 – Endoscopic examination of the guttural pouches.
15:30 – Coffee break
15:30 – Brainstem auditory evoked response in normal horses
16:30 – Symptoms and examination of horses with hearing deficit: neurological and endoscopic examination and brainstem auditory evoked response
18:00 – End

Saturday, March 29, Luesche; Wet labs and discussion rounds

9:00 – Participants will rotate between instructors and work on horses for 60 minutes each (stations:
1) examination of the ear;
2) Endoscopic examination of the external ear channel;
3) Endoscopic examination of the guttural pouch).
13:30 – Lunch
14:30 – Discussion on findings and challenges encountered during the examination of horses in the morning
15:00 – Participants will work on horses themselves with the assistance of the instructors in 3 stations for 60 minutes each
18:30 – End and Barbecue

Sunday, March 30, Luesche; Wet labs and discussion rounds

8:30 – Discussion on challenges encountered on day 2 and case presentations
10:00 – Coffee break
10:30 – Wet labs: The participants make the diagnosis (3 stations with different horses)
13:00 – Lunch
14:00 – Discussion of findings, diagnosis and treatments of cases presented
16:30 – End