Residential Equine – Standing Surgery and Avoiding the Pitfalls
Fact file
| Date |
Wednesday 29 October and Thursday 30 October 2025 |
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| Speakers |
- Dr David Rutherford, BVM&S Cert ES(Orth) Dip ECVS PGCHE SFHEA MRCVS
- Dr Richard Stephenson BVMS, Cert VR, Cert EP, MRCVS
- Susan Donaldson BVMS, Cert AVP (EM), Cert AVP (ESM) MRCVS
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| Location |
School of Veterinary Medicine and Science |
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| Cost |
£1150
10% discount for booking online
20% discount for alumni
This two-day residential course includes Standing Surgery for the Equine Practitioner (29 October) and Taking the Stress out of the Equine Pre-Purchase Examination (30 October). This two-day package includes one night’s accommodation, breakfast and evening meal.
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Overview
Day 1 – Standing Surgery for the Equine Practitioner: Simple Surgeries that you can do
Day 2 – Avoiding the Pitfalls – Taking the stress out of performing the Equine Pre-Purchase Examination
Day 1 (29 October 2025)
Are you tired of having to refer your cases for what are actually fairly simple surgical procedures? Under the instruction of experienced experts, during this practical and interactive one-day course equine practitioner will learn the indications, technique, after care and possible complication of a variety of commonly performed surgical procedures that can be easily performed in the standing sedated horse.
With three hours of lectures and four hours of practical tuition you will learn about nine different procedures then practice on cadaver specimens. Develop your surgical skills beyond wound repair and castration to further your career in equine practice and maintain control of your cases.
Topics to be covered:
The indications, technique, after care and possible complication of:
- Third eyelid removal
- Enucleation
- Suturing a simple eyelid laceration
- Wiring a simple incisor fracture
- Sinus trephine and endoscopy
- Nasofrontal sinus flap
- Removal of a fractured distal splint bone
- Deep digital flexor tenotomy
- Medial patella desmotomy (theory only not practical)
Day 2 (30 October 2025)
This problem-based interactive course aims to boost the delegates’ confidence in decision making, when performing the Equine Pre purchase examination. Using real case material the delegates will be challenged to give sound advice to potential purchasers. How worried should we be about that sarcoid, is the cardiac murmur significant, can the horse see, is it lame? Will the horse be suitable for the client and how should we report our findings?
Topics to be covered:
- Understanding your client’s needs – arranging the PPE. Avoiding conflicts of interest – the ethics of the PPE.
- How to perform a PPE.
- Common problems that occur – skin, heart, eyes and limbs.
- Extra procedures focusing on endoscopy and radiography.
- Writing a PPE report
Day 1 (29 October 2025)
- Be able to safely and accurately perform the nine surgical procedures.
Day 2 (30 October 2025)
- Be able to conduct a full 5 stage prepurchase examination
- Understand how to manage potential conflicts of interest
- To give sound advice on the commoner skin, cardiac, ophthalmic and orthopaedic conditions regularly encountered during a prepurchase examination
- To be able to write an accurate and helpful report which also help protect against allegations of negligence
Required delegate attributes
Day 1 (29 October 2025)
This course is for equine or mixed practitioners with an interest in surgical disease in the horse. You should already be confident repairing wounds and performing castrations so that you are now looking to further develop your surgical skills.
Day 2 (30 October 2025)
This course is equally suitable for younger equine practitioners who wish to start performing prepurchase examinations and for more experienced colleagues who wish to reinforce their skills.