VetPD - Veterinary Professional Development
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Date: Friday 5th September, 2025 - Saturday 6th September, 2025
Start time: 7:42 PM - 7:42 PM
Cost: £1095
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 & 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 & 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 & 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 & Practical Sessions). Early course registration is recommended as there are only a limited number of places available.
The Venue
Stephansmühle Medizinisches Pferdezentrum, Stephansmühle 3, 91161 Hilpoltstein, Germany
Number of CPD hours this event can be recorded as
15 hours
Registration and Booking