Donkey/Mule Medicine & Orthopaedics

Teilnehmerkreis: Tierärzt:innen, vet.-med. Studierende

Zeitraum: 05.09.2025 08:00 - 06.09.2025 - 17:30

Zusatzinformationen:

 – A 2-Day Practical Course

Teilnahmegebühr: 1320 €

Tagungsort: Stephansmühle Medizinisches Pferdezentrum, Stephansmühle 3, 91161, Hilpoltstein, Germany,

Programm 05.09.2025 08:00 - 06.09.2025 - 17:30

This 2-day practical course provides equine practitioners with a good overview on all medical, orthopaedic, dental and surgical aspects specific to donkeys allowing participants to not only expand their knowledge but especially their hands-on skillset.  Through the following lectures the highly experienced speakers will highlight how different donkeys are from horses and will share useful tips and tricks with the attendees:

• Not just a small Horse – How Donkeys are different…
• Colic and its particular challenges in Donkeys
• Dentistry in Donkeys
• Orthopaedic Problems – Lameness and Hoof Disorders
• Dealing with Liver Diseases in Donkeys
• Donkey Nutrition
• Endocrine Disorders
• Surgery in Donkeys
• Hyperlipaemia
• The Role of the Donkey Globally

Between both afternoons, 7 hours of practical sessions on live donkeys and cadaver specimens and case-based discussionswill give attendees plenty of opportunity to put theory into practice and to ask questions in small groups (2 – 4 attendees / ultrasound machine). Each attendee will rotate through the following practical sessions under the watchful eye of the internationally renowned specialists:

• Abdominal Ultrasound
• Ophthalmologic Procedures – Nerve blocks, lavage system placement, keratotomy, aqueocentesis etc.
• Anaesthesia – Case-based Protocols
• Hyperlipaemia Workshop
• Donkey Dentistry (live donkeys and specimens)
• Exotic Donkey Disease – Case examples

The Donkey Sanctuary has also kindly made the following three references available for downloading:

The Clinical Companion of the Donkey

The Clinical Companion of Donkey Dentistry

The course fee includes catered lunch, coffee/tea breaks, a wine and cheese reception, extensive electronic course notes and a certificate of attendance. Attendees can choose to only attend the lectures (= Lectures Only) on this course or can register for the entire course (= Lectures and Practical Sessions).   Early course registration is recommended as there are only a limited number of places available.

Anmeldung:

https://vetpd.com/course-detail/Donkey-Mule%20Medicine-Orthopaedics-Germany-2025

Teilnehmerbegrenzung: 30 Personen

Homepage: vetpd.com/course-detail/Donkey-Mule%20Medicine-Orthopaedics-Germany-2025

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