Vets with Horsepower and Dr Davide Zani present:

Equine vet CPD in Lodi, Italy
8th July 2025

Information booklet Lodi

On the 8th of July 2025 the Vets with Horsepower will stop in Lodi to deliver high-quality equine CPD lectures for vets in Italy.
​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)
• the Mozambique vet school (educating the future generation of veterinarians)
• Changing Lives Malawi (improve opportunities for children)
• Shy Lowen horse and pony sanctuary (helping people and horses)

​(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

ticket cost 
Free, but we do kindly ask to consider a donation to support the charities above

Date and time:
8th July 2025. 8am registration, end of programme 17:30 pm.

Location:
Facoltà di Medicina Veterinaria, Università degli Studi di Milano,
Via dell'Università, 6, 26900 Lodi LO, Italy (click on address for Google maps/navigation)
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Speakers:
Prof Derek Knottenbelt, Prof Roger Smith, Dr Caroline Hahn, Dr David Bardell, Dr Dietrich von Schweinitz, Dr Sanne Wilmink, Dr Jenny Croft, Dr Jessica Kidd, Prof Davide Zani, Dr Mike Hewetson, Prof Gunther van Loon, Dr E Dalla Costa, Dr Andy Crawford
(Click on their names for more information)

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The Programme:

8:00 - 8:30: registration
8:30 - 9:00: welcome and introduction

9:00 - 9:30: D. Knottenbelt - Lymphoma - the forgotten cancer of horses 
9:30 - 10:00: R. Smith - Advanced ultrasound techniques for the practitioner
10:00 - 10:30: D. Bardell -  Foal anaesthesia

10:30 - 11:00: coffee break

11:00 - 11:30: J. Kidd - The hock: clinical anatomy and radiology plus weird and wonderful cases
11:30 - 12:00: J. Croft - Oral Neoplastic Disease - diagnosis and treatment options
12:00 - 12:30: S. Wilmink - Internal parasites - oh poo! Practical parasitology 
12:30 - 13:00: C. Hahn - “Brain storming”: the science of seizures 

13:00 - 14:00: lunch break

14:00 - 14:30: D. Zani - “Power is nothing without control”: the role of the human brain behind the monitor of an advanced imaging diagnostic system
14:30 - 15:00: M. Hewetson - Assessment of the recumbent horse
15:00 - 15:30: D. von Schweinitz - Electroacupuncture for Trigeminal Neuralgia 

15:30 - 16:00: coffee break

16:00 - 16:30: G. van Loon - A cardiac murmur in my horse: should I be worried?
16:30 - 17:00: E. Dalla Costa - Behaviour matters: assessing signs of discomfort in horses from a clinical perspective 
17:00 - 17:30: A. Crawford - Emergency Fracture Stabilisation

Greetings and gifts
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