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Webinar: Unlocking farm animal disease Practical tools for optimising Webinar Plus: Equine pain management Calving conundrums: Time to get
investigations: The role of histopathology calf management Monday 14th September to Sunday 11th October hands-on!
and other sample taking during on-farm Thursday 3rd September Pain management in equines, what options do we have today? Wednesday 14th October
necropsies
Are you faced with the re-occurring problems of sick and unthrifty We encounter acute and chronic pain in equine practice every day. Are A hands-on calving course aimed at the new graduate vet in practice.
Monday 20th July NEW calves, and are looking for an evidence-based understanding, along with you up to date with the current pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic This course offers new graduates the opportunity to immerse themselves
practical applications on farm? treatment options? Do you think you could improve your ability to assess in case discussions about calving. Delegates will also be able to get
Are your on-farm post-mortem samples falling short? Discover how to This course will provide you with the latest evidence on optimal pain in equine patients? hands-on calving practise with our state-of-the-art life-size cow simulator
get the most from your samples and histopathology to sharpen your calf rearing strategies, covering aspects of health, behaviours and This course aims to equip the participants with current knowledge on model, allowing practise of malpresentations under guidance as well as
diagnostics accuracy! environmental housing. It will cover methods for the measurement of calf equine pain and its assessment. The course will then explore the different the use of calving aids.
This webinar discusses the rationale behind sample taking during on- immunity and how they are associated with outcome measures such treatment options along with their advantages and disadvantages. Opioid Additionally, a wet-lab session on uterine suturing technique will give the
use in equines and new approaches to locoregional anaesthesia will be
farm post-mortems from a practical perspective. An updated diagnostic as disease and mortality. We will then look at how well UK farms are reviewed. Ancillary therapies and other pain management modalities will opportunity to hone c-sections skills in a practical manner.
framework for various herd/flock diseases, with a particular emphasis performing in comparison to current suggested benchmarks. be explored.
on the usefulness of histopathology in livestock species medicine, We will look at the impact the housing environment has on calves, Course details
will be covered through real case examples in a range of farm species the growing appreciation of how subclinical pneumonia impacts the Course details Course type: Onsite CPD hours: 7
(ruminants, pigs and poultry). respiratory health of calves and will cover some of the key youngstock Course type: Webinar Plus CPD hours: Up to 16 Course length: 1 day Course fee: £350
signals that can help you to understand how behaviour can inform you
Course details about what your calves are telling you. Course length: 4 weeks Course fee: £429 Tutors
Course type: Webinar CPD hours: 2 Course details Relevant to CertAVP module(s): C-VA.2 Sophie Mahendran BVMedSci BVMBVS MSc (VEPH) DipECBHM
Course length: 2 hours Course fee: £75 PGCertVetEd PhD FHEA MRCVS, Lecturer in Farm Animal Health and
Course type: Onsite CPD hours: 8 Tutors Welfare, RVC
Tutors Course length: 1 day Course fee: £350 Janny de Grauw DVM PhD DiplECVAA MRCVS, Peter Plate Dr.med.vet DipECBHM FHEA MRCVS,
Sonja Jeckel DrVetMed FRCPath MRCVS, Senior Lecturer for Farm Honorary Lecturer in Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia, RVC Lecturer in Livestock Veterinary Extension Services, RVC
Animal Disease Diagnostics, RVC Tutors Dietrich Graf von Schweinitz BSc DVM MRCVS CertVetAc, ABVA Beth Reilly BVetMed PGDipVCP PGCertVetEd FHEA MRCVS,
Bernat Marti Garcia BVSc DipECVP PGCertVetEd FHEA MRCVS, Nicola Blackie BSc PhD FHEA, Cow Signals Trainer, Education Director, To The Point Acupuncture, Guildford Senior Farm Animal Teaching Fellow, RVC
Lecturer in Farm Animal Pathology, RVC Senior Lecturer in Production Animal Science, RVC Johanna Kaartinen DVM Msc PhD DipECVAA FHEA MRCVS,
George Lindley BVetMed MVetMed PGDipVCP DipECBHM MRCVS, Lecturer in Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia, RVC
PhD Student, RVC Sophie Mead MA VetMB AFHEA MRCVS, Staff Clinician in Veterinary
Sophie Mahendran BVMedSci BVMBVS MSc(VEPH) DipECBHM Anaesthesia and Analgesia, RVC
PGCertVetEd FHEA MRCVS, Lecturer in Farm Animal Health and Melanie Perrier Dr.med.vet. DipACVS DipECVS CERP MRCVS,
Welfare, RVC Lecturer in Equine Surgery, RVC

A vet’s guide to small scale pig producers Equine radiology online – the head, neck Ultrasonography of the forelimb Equine computed tomography online – the
and pet pig owners and back Tuesday 6th October essentials of the head, neck and limbs
Friday 14th August Monday 7th September to Sunday 18th October Feeling nervous scanning limbs with the owner peering over your Monday 26th October to Sunday 6th December
shoulder?!
Ever dread a call to a sick pig? It is time to upskill your knowledge and Would you like to be able to take better diagnostic radiographs of the Are you using or planning to use CT in your practice? Do you want
gain practical advice from practicing farm vets on how to approach pig head, neck and back and to interpret them with more confidence? This course is aimed at new or recent graduates, and those looking to to get more confident in acquiring the best images possible?
calls and practice surgical procedures and blood sampling on our pig This course will cover the essentials of equine radiography and radiology refresh their ultrasonography skills. It consists of recorded webinars and During this online course the essentials of computed tomographic (CT)
simulator models. of the head, neck and back. We will discuss radiographic anatomy and a day of practicals focused on ultrasound scanning of the forelimb. The examination of horses will be covered. CT cases covering the most
This course aims to allow vets from all areas of veterinary practice who radiographic pitfalls using 3D models. Participants can assess their tutors will guide you through how to make use of the settings on your common, but also not so common lesions will be presented for individual
ultrasound machine before working through the limb and neck.
are asked to see pigs in their daily work to strengthen and build on radiographic knowledge with the help of interactive, online quizzes. study, which will enhance the participants’ skill in examining, detecting
their knowledge and skills. The course will include seminars which can This course can be purchased on its own or part of a series with: The recorded lectures allow you to learn at your own pace and they can and describing CT lesions.
be tailored to the specific needs of attending vets, as well as practical Equine radiology online – the distal limb – see page 6 be listened to at a convenient time – these are a prerequisite for attending
sessions. Equine radiology online – the proximal limb – see page 6 the practical component. Course details
The practical sessions will include models for castration, tailing, blood Course details Course type: e-CPD CPD hours: Up to 42
sampling and intracardiac injections to allow participants to get hands on Course details Course type: Webinars and onsite CPD hours: 14 Course length: 6 weeks Course fee: £729
with the practical skills required by small scale pig producers and pet pig Course type: e-CPD Course fee: £729 for 1 course, Course length: 1 day onsite and 5 Course fee: £549
owners. £1,399 for 2 courses Tutors
Course length: 6 weeks hours online
This course will run at Synergy Farm Health, Dorset. or £1,999 for all 3 Dagmar Berner Dr.med.vet. DipECVDI MRCVS,
CPD hours: Up to 42 Relevant to CertAVP module(s): B-EP.3, C-E6, 7
Course details Tutors Tutors Senior Lecturer in Equine Diagnostic Imaging, RVC
Maren Hellige Dr.med.vet. DipECVDI, Senior Veterinarian in Radiology,
Course type: Onsite CPD hours: 7 Dagmar Berner Dr.med.vet. DipECVDI MRCVS, Andy Fiske-Jackson BVSc MVetMed DipECVS FHEA MRCVS, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover
Course length: 1 day Course fee: £299 Senior Lecturer in Equine Diagnostic Imaging, RVC Professor of Equine Surgery, RVC Gabriel Manso Díaz DVM MSc PhD DipECVDI MRCVS, Lecturer in
Tutors Maren Hellige Dr.med.vet. DipECVDI, Senior Veterinarian in Radiology, Alex Hawkins BSc BVSc MVetMed DipECVS PGCertVetEd FHEA Large Animal Diagnostic Imaging, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover MRCVS, Lecturer in Equine Surgery, RVC
Beth Reilly BVetMed PGDipVCP PGCertVetEd FHEA MRCVS,
Senior Farm Animal Teaching Fellow, RVC Gabriel Manso Díaz DVM MSc PhD DipECVDI MRCVS, Lecturer in Roger Smith MA VetMB PhD DEO DipECVSMR DipECVDI LAIA FHEA
Large Animal Diagnostic Imaging, Universidad Complutense de Madrid FRCVS, Professor of Equine Orthopaedics, RVC
Pete Siviter BVetMed MRCVS, Farm Veterinary Surgeon,
Synergy Farm Health Proudly supported by IMV