Vets with Horsepower and Prof Simonetta Citi and Prof Micaela Sgorbini present:

Equine vet CPD in Pisa, Italy
14th July 2025

Information booklet Pisa

On the 14th of July 2025 the Vets with Horsepower will stop in Pisa 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:
14th July 2025. 8am registration, end of programme 18:30 pm.

Location:
Dipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie,
Via Livornese, 786, 56122 San Piero A Grado PI, 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 I. Nocera, Dr C. di Franco, G. Ricardi ​
(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: R. Smith - Diagnosis and management of proximal suspensory desmitis 
9:30 - 10:00: J. Kidd - The hock: soft tissue swellings, the tarsal sheath and foals
10:00 - 10:30: D. Zani - Sometimes happen. Scintigraphy is useful!

10:30 - 11:00: coffee break

11:00 - 11:30: D. Bardell - Anaesthesia for neurological conditions including CT and MRI imaging
11:30 - 12:00: D. von Schweinitz - Acupuncture and the Limbic System
12:00 - 12:30: J. Croft - EOTRH - diagnosis and treatment options
12:30 - 13:00: C. Hahn - Little brain or cerebellum: not so little after all

13:00 - 14:00: lunch break

14:00 - 14:30: S. Wilmink - Strep equi equi- the "S" word 
14:30 - 15:00: M. Hewetson - The zebras of equine endocrinology - when it is not EMS or PPID 
15:00 - 15:30: D. Knottenbelt - A world without antibiotics - are we in trouble?

15:30 - 16:00: coffee break

16:00 - 16:30: G. van Loon - Useful electronic devices to examine the equine heart in clinical practice
16:30 - 17:00: I. Nocera - Wireless versus traditional Point-of-care abdominal and thoracic ultrasound in foals
17:00 - 17:30: C. di Franco - Locoregional Anaesthesia
17:30 - 18:00: G. Ricardi - Functional and clinical anatomy of the equine locomotor apparatus: insights from a case series

18:00 - 18:30: greetings and gifts