Vets with Horsepower and  Prof Gunther van Loon

Equine vet CPD in
​Ghent, Belgium
8th June 2024

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On the 8th of June 2024 the Vets with Horsepower will stop in Ghent to deliver high-quality equine CPD lectures for vets in Belgium.
​The aim is to raise funds for four fabulous charity projects in need;

• Saving the Survivors (caring for African poaching victims and helping to stop further poaching)
• the Gambia Horse and Donkey trust (veterinary care and education for those working equids and their owners that need it desperately)
• Changing Lives Malawi (A children's education charity REALLY changing lives of children and young people in Malawi)
• Khmer Sight Foundation (A human cataract surgery charity working in Cambodia)

​(Click on their names for more information about the projects we support)

The CPD hours are accredited by the CPD standards office.
Come and join us to follow some interesting lectures and help us raise money for the charities!

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DETAILS

Tickets: 
Can be bought on the day upon your arrival

Date and time:
8th of June 2024. 12pm registration/arrival, 1pm start, end of programme around 6.30pm.

Location:
Auditorium A
Salisburylaan 133, 9820 Merelbeke (click on address for Google maps/navigation)

Local organiser:
Prof Gunther van Loon
For information contact him directly or fill in the contact form at the bottom of the page.

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The speakers and talks:
(click on speakers' names for more information about them)

12u30 Registration
13u00-13u30 PROF JOHN BURFORD - FLASH scanning the equine abdomen
13u30-14u00 PROF DAVID BARDELL - Analgesia of the colic case
14u00-14u30 DR JENNY CROFT - Diagnosis of EMS and PPID in practice
14u30-14u50 Pauze
14u50-15u20 DR JESSICA KIDD - Update on equine melanomas
15u20-15u50 PROF DEREK KNOTTENBELT - Pastern Dermatitis
15u50-16u20 DR CAROLINE HAHN - The ataxic horse - these cases make me feel Wobbly!
16u20-16u50 Pauze
16u50-17u20 PROF ROGER SMITH - Objective gait analysis: how it can help routine lameness examinations in
practice
17u20-17u50 PROF GUNTHER VAN LOON - How to use ultrasound to scan the thorax in field practice
17u50-18u15 DR DIETRICH von SCHWEINITZ - Evidence based acupuncture and electroacupuncture

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Information and registration:
Registration - purchase your ticket on arrival.
Questions can be sent direct to Prof Gunther van Loon​, or you could fill in the form at the bottom of this page and we will pass your query on to them.

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