Exotic Pets – Reptile Medicine and Surgery I

17/08/2020 - 21/08/2020 | Brno, Czech Republic

registration open

Principal Course Master:

Prof. Dr. Zdenek (Sid) Knotek, Ph.D, Dipl. ECZM (CZ)

Course Masters:

Prof. Dr. Steve J. Divers, Dipl. ECZM, Dipl. ACZM

Overview

This course of reptile anaesthesia and analgesia, radiography, ultrasonography, surgery and diagnostic endoscopy, which is held in Avian and Exotic Animal Clinic Brno, is an intensive training program for those veterinarians who wish to broaden their knowledge of advanced medicine and surgery of reptiles. The morning sessions include presentations based on special clinical cases. After presentations the participants split into small groups supervised with the course masters and lecturers for the practical training.

Learning outcomes:

The course is designed to give the veterinary practitioner excellent practical skills and knowledge of the most important modern methods of reptile anaesthesia and analgesia, radiography and ultrasonography, soft tissue surgery and orthopaedic surgery, and diagnostic endoscopy, used in clinical practice with reptiles.

Topics

Imaging techniques: radiography, ultrasonography
Anaesthesia and analgesia: sedation; short term anaesthesia; anaesthesia for endoscopy and surgery; advanced protocols for anaesthesia of different groups of reptiles
Surgery: soft tissue surgery; orthopaedic surgery
Endoscopy: advanced methods of diagnostic endoscopy in reptiles (tracheoscopy and pulmonoscopy, gastroscopy, cloacoscopy and cystoscopy.

Preliminary Program (Subject to change)

Monday, 17 August 2020

08:00 – 08:30 Registration, welcome and course goals
08:30 – 10:30 Reptile anaesthesia and analgesia
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30 Soft Tissue Surgery I
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 16:30 Practical training – anaesthesia, soft tissue surgery

Tuesday, 18 August 2020

08:00 – 08:30 Registration
08:30 – 10:30 Soft Tissue Surgery II
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30 Orthopaedics I
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 16:30 Practical training – soft tissue surgery/orthopaedics

Wednesday, 19 August 2020

08:00 – 08:30 Registration
08:30 – 10:30 Orthopaedics II
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30 Ultrasonography, radiography
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 16:30 Practical training – orthopaedics/ultrasonography

Thursday, 20 August 2020

08:00 – 08:30 Registration
08:30 – 10:30 Ultrasonography, radiography
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30 Reptile endoscopy I
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 16:30 Practical training – ultrasonography, endoscopy

Friday, 21 August 2020

08:00 – 08:30 Registration
08:30 – 10:30 Reptile endoscopy II
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30 Reptile endoscopy III
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 16:30 Practical training – endoscopy

Total hours: 40

ATF hours (Austria, Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland): TBA

ECTS credits (Master & Certificate): TBA

Registration and fees

Tuition fee: Euro 2.150.-

Early registration: Euro 2.050-

(deadline for FULL early registration payment: 20th February 2020)

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Palackeho trida 1946/1, 612 42 Brno, Czech Republic

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