EQUINE NEUROLOGY a 2 day prac)cal course Main Speaker Stephen M. Reed, DVM, ACVIM Instructors: Francesca Becca: , DVM, PhD Fernando Canonici , DVM Massimo Mariscoli , DVM, Dipl. ECVN May 16th-­‐17th 2015 ‘Equine Prac:ce’ Veterinary Clinic Campagnano di Roma (RM), Italy Organiza:on : Equine Prac:ce s.r.l. Strada Valle del Baccano, 80 00063 Campagnano di Roma, Rome, Italy Tel.: +39 (06) 90154681 Web: www.equineprac:ce.com FB: Equine Prac:ce Clinica Veterinaria Informa.on and Registra.on amministrazione@equinepractice.com Course Programme Saturday 16th May 08.30 -­‐ 08.50 Recep.on of the a>endants 08.50 -­‐ 09.00 Welcome and introduc.on of the speakers. F. Canonici 09.00 -­‐ 09.45 Neurological examina.on of the horse with emphasis on localiza.on of lesions. S.M. Reed 09.45 -­‐ 10.30 Radiography and Ultrasonography of the cervical spine: techniques and ultrasound guide injec.on of the ar.cular facets. F. Becca: 10.30 -­‐ 11.00 Coffee Break 11.00 -­‐ 13.00 Prac.cal exercise A: neurological examina.on; radiographic and ultrasonographic techniques of the cervical spine. (4 groups) 13.00 -­‐ 14.30 Lunch break 14.30 -­‐ 15.15 Interpreta.on of standing radiographs of horses with emphasis on both the canal diameter as well as ar.cular facet lesions. S.M. Reed 15.15 -­‐ 16.00 Peripheral Nervous System and muscular disorders. M. Mariscoli 16.00 -­‐ 16.45 Evalua.on and treatment of peripheral nerve injuries: sweeny, radial nerve paralysis, etc. . S.M. Reed 16.45 -­‐ 17.15 Coffee break 17.15 -­‐ 19.00 Prac.cal exercise B: Collec.on of CSF; ultrasonography of the cervical spine and injec.on of the ar.cular facets 19.00 – 19.30 Ques.ons and discussion 20.30 Social Dinner Sunday 17th May 08.30 -­‐ 09.15 Diagnos.c procedures: electrodiagnos.c, muscle and nerve biopsy. M. Mariscoli 09.15 -­‐ 09.45 THO: is it a surgical condi.on? F. Canonici 09.45 -­‐10.30 Presenta.on and discussion on the videos of clinical cases. S.M. Reed 10.30 -­‐ 11.00 Coffee Break 11.00 -­‐13.00 Prac.cal exercise C: examina.on of clinical cases and diagnos.c procedures 13.00 -­‐ 14.00 Lunch Break 14.00 -­‐ 16.00 Clinical cases presented by the speakers and a>endants 16.00 -­‐ 16.30 Coffee Break 16.30 -­‐ 18.00 Prac.cal exercise D: diagnos.c and treatment procedures 18.00 -­‐ 18.30 Ques.ons and discussion 18.30 End of the Course and delivery of the cer.ficates Organiza:on : Equine Prac:ce s.r.l. Strada Valle del Baccano, 80 00063 Campagnano di Roma, Rome, Italy Tel.: +39 (06) 90154681 Web: www.equineprac:ce.com FB: Equine Prac:ce Clinica Veterinaria SPEAKERS S.M. Reed DVM Prac.ce, ACVIM Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital Lexington, Kentucky, USA sreed@roodandriddle.com F. Canonici DVM Prac.ce Equine Prac.ce srl Campagnano di Roma, Rome, Italy fernandocanonici@gmail.com Organiza:on : Equine Prac:ce s.r.l. Strada Valle del Baccano, 80 00063 Campagnano di Roma, Rome, Italy Tel.: +39 (06) 90154681 Web: www.equineprac:ce.com FB: Equine Prac:ce Clinica Veterinaria STEPHEN M. REED, DVM, ACVIM Dr. Stephen Reed graduated from The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1976. Following gradua.on, Dr. Reed served as an intern and then resident in equine medicine and surgery at Michigan State University. He accepted a faculty posi.on at the College of Veterinary Medicine at Washington State University and later joined the faculty at The Ohio State University rising to Professor and was later named to the Jenne Professorship in Equine Medicine and Surgery. Dr. Reed is widely recognized for his commitment to the horse, equine veterinarians and the equine industry. A diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, he developed an interest in the specialty of equine neurology and became recognized as an expert in this area. He has wri>en and spoken extensively on “wobbler” syndrome, equine protozoal myeli.s, head trauma and the neurologic examina.on. In addi.on, Dr. Reed has authored or co-­‐authored more than 150 peer reviewed publica.ons. He is an editor of Equine Internal Medicine, now preparing its fourth edi.on. He has also co-­‐edited with Dr. Mar.n Furr a textbook; Equine Neurology. Since leaving Ohio State he con.nues involvement in teaching and research, as an adjunct professorship at UK. Current research involves EPM with Dan Howe at UKY and with Dr. Ramiro Toribio of OSU collec.ng prospec.ve data on foals in the neonatal ICU unit of Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital. Dr. Reed has worked with Drs. Jennifer Janes and Jamie MacLeod in the inves.ga.on of cervical vertebral steno.c myelopathy with focus, on the pathology of this condi.on as well as the role of gene.cs in this important disease. FERNANDO CANONICI, DVM, Equine Prac:ce Aler his gradua.on in 1982 at the University of Perugia, dr. Fernando Canonici spent three years (1983-­‐1986) as a veterinarian at the horse stables of a special group (show jumping and military parades) of the military army in Rome. There alerwards, he proceeded to the United States where he acquired a wealth of experience in Standardbred racetrack and in surgery through periods of experience in Colorado State, Ohio State University, even in a private hospital in Sweden and through AO/ASIF (Associa.on for Osteosynthesis) courses. He started his private prac.ce in 1986 at the tro>er and Thoroughbred racetracks in Rome, adding some job on equestrian horses to his loads of responsibili.es. At that point in .me, he founded a small clinic with his colleague where he started his surgery ac.vi.es and in 1997, he and two of his colleagues founded their own equine hospital (Equine Prac.ce srl) which offers advanced diagnos.c and surgical facili.es with consistent case loads each year. From 2001 to 2003, he was elected president of SIVE (Italian Associa.on of Equine Prac..oners) and he was in the board of WEVA (World Equine Veterinary Associa.on) from 2008 to 2011. Today, Fernando Canonici is a professor of surgery at the School of Specializa.on on Equine Medicine and Surgery at the University of Teramo. He is first author and a contributor to interna.onal scien.fic publica.ons. He has also a>ended many na.onal and interna.onal mee.ngs, olen as the guest speaker. His main area of interest is equine orthopaedics. SPEAKERS M. Mariscoli DVM, ECVN Associate Professor University of Teramo, Italy mmariscoli@unite.it MASSIMO MARISCOLI, DVM, Dipl. ECVN Degree in Veterinary Medicine at University of Bologna. Assistent at Ins.tut fuer Tierneurologie Universitaet Bern (CH) from 1994 to 1996. Diplomate of European College of Veterinary Neurology since 1996. Teaching contract at University of Padova from 1996 to 1999; Specializa.on School of Veterinary Surgery – University of Parma AA 1997/1998. Since 1999 is working at University of Teramo as Researcher and later on as Associate Professor – Veterinary Surgery. Teacher. Author or Co-­‐author of several na.onal and interna.onal publica.on and book chapters F. Becca) DVM, PhD Equine Science University of Perugia, Italy francescabecca.@hotmail.it Organiza:on : Equine Prac:ce s.r.l. Strada Valle del Baccano, 80 00063 Campagnano di Roma, Rome, Italy Tel.: +39 (06) 90154681 Web: www.equineprac:ce.com FB: Equine Prac:ce Clinica Veterinaria FRANCESCA BECCATI, DVM, PhD Francesca qualified from the University of Perugia in 2007 and completed a PhD in Equine Science in 2011. During this period, she has specialised in orthopaedics and diagnos.c imaging spending .me in France and United Kingdome. She is an ISELP and ELADIS member. Francesca is currently working at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital of Perugia-­‐Equine, running a clinical referral service for lameness and poor performance. Francesca has published more than 15 papers in interna.onal peer reviewed journal and she has contributed with more than 40 short communica.ons at na.onal and interna.onal mee.ngs. She serves as reviewer to Journal of Equine Veterinary Science, Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound and Veterinary Record Case Reports. Registra)on With a maximum of 20 partecipants. Fee: Before May 4th, 2015 € 610 (€ 500.00 + VAT 22%) Aler May 4th 2015 € 670 (€ 550.00 + VAT 22%) For cancella.on aler May 4th no refound will be made Registra.on Fee includes: Coffee breaks, lunches and course material Social dinner not included in the registra.on fee Payment: wire transfer to Equine Prac.ce srl Iban: IT 34 L 05387 38950 000 000 430153 Swil Code: BMPOIT22XXX Equine Prac.ce srl , Banca popolare Emilia-­‐Romagna, AG. 0173 Campagnano di Roma Cause: Equine Neurology Course How to arrive: Campagnano is outside Rome along Cassia Veientana (Cassia Bis) road (direc.on Viterbo), it’s recommended to let us know through the registra.on form if you need any assistance for transferrring from airports or railway sta.ons Accomoda.on: Hotel il Pos4glione with a special price of: -­‐ Double room B&B, 95 € a day -­‐ Double room single use B&B 70, € a day Book at informazioni@ilpos:glione.it Coordinate Google Map +42° 7' 9.62" +12° 22' 1.22" Organiza:on : Equine Prac:ce s.r.l. Strada Valle del Baccano, 80 00063 Campagnano di Roma, Rome, Italy Tel.: +39 (06) 90154681 Web: www.equineprac:ce.com FB: Equine Prac:ce Clinica Veterinaria