Programm Vets with Horsepower 2025
„Vets with Horsepower“ meets „Equine Infectious Diseases“
Donnerstag, 17. & Freitag, 18. Juli 2025
Hotel Linslerhof / Überherrn / Saarlouis
VORLÄUFIGES PROGRAMM
Tag 1 – Donnerstag, den 17. Juli 2025
Vets with Horsepower # 13 – „The Italian Job”
(Vortragssprache: Englisch)
14.30 – 15.00 Registrierung und Begrüßung
15.00 – 15.30 New treatments for sarcoid – are they going to solve the problem?
Derek Knottenbelt
15.30 – 16.00 Oral neoplastic disease – diagnosis and treatment options
Jenny Croft
16.00 – 16.30 Useful electronic devices to examine the equine heart in clinical practice
Gunther van Loon
16.30 – 17.00 Foal anaesthesia
David Bardell
17.00 – 17.30 “Brain storming”: the science of seizures
Caroline Hahn
17.30 – 18.00 Pause
18.00 – 18.30 The hock: clinical anatomy and radiology plus weird and wonderful cases
Jessica Kidd
18.30 – 19.00 Diagnosis and management of proximal suspensory desmitis
Roger Smith
19.00 – 19.30 Acupuncture in lameness management
Dietrich von Schweinitz
19.30 – 20.00 Assessment of the recumbent horse
Micheal Hewetson
Tag 2 – Freitag, den 18. Juli 2025
Vets with Horsepower # 13 – „Equine Infectious Diseases”
Vormittagsvorträge (Vortragssprache: Englisch)
08.30 – 09.00 Registrierung und Begrüßung
09.00 – 09.30 Stableside lab tests for first opinion practice
Sanne Wilmink
09.30 – 10.00 A world without antibiotics – are we in troube?
Derek Knottenbelt
10.00 ‐10.30 The hock: fractures and sepsis
Jessica Kidd
10.30 – 11.00 Kaffeepause
11.00 – 11.30 EOTRH – diagnosis and treatment options
Jenny Croft
11.30 – 12.00 Little brain or cerebellum: not so little after all
Caroline Hahn
12.00 – 12.30 A cardiac murmur in my horse: should I be worried?
Gunther van Loon
12.30 – 13.30 Verabschiedung der Vets with Horsepower und Mittagspause
Nachmittagsvorträge (Vortragssprache: Deutsch)
13.30 – 13.50 Druse
Rosa Barsnick
13.50 – 14.10 Equine Herpesviren – Was gibt es Neues?
Ann-Kristin Barton
14.10 – 14.30 Salmonella und Co.
Katja Shell
14.30 – 14.50 Interpretation von TBS und BAL im Hinblick auf infektiöse Erkrankungen
Heike Kühn
14.50 – 15.10 Virale Hepatitiden: was gibt’s Neues bei Hepaci, Parvo und Co.
Svenja Möller
15.10 – 15.40 Kaffeepause
15.40 – 16.00 „Mittelmeererkrankungen“ – auch bei uns?
Bianca C. Schwarz
16.00 – 16.20 Anaplasmose
Frauke Uhlendorf
16.20 – 16.40 West Nile
Franziska Aumer
16.40 – 17.00 Equine protozoäre Myeloencephalitis – auch in Deutschland?
Anja Kasparek
Prof Derek C. Knottenbelt
OBE, BVM&S, BVM&S, DVM&S, DipECEIM, DACVIM, MRCVS
Director – Equine Medical Solutions
PROFESSOR EMERITUS (University of Liverpool – Philip Leverhulme Equine Hospital)
Derek is our chief, founder and driving (riding) force behind the project. He lectures on any internal medicine related topic, and makes sure everyone knows exactly what our charities and sponsors do to improve lives around the world!
Dr Jessica A. Kidd
BA, DVM, CertES(Orth), DipECVS, MRCVS
Jessica has been a part of HP from the start, always making sure we have what we need and doing much of the behind-the-scenes work. She lectures on topics related to equine surgery, orthopaedics, foals, melanomas and imaging.
Prof Roger Smith
MA, VetMB, PhD, DipECV,S DEO, FHEA, DipECVDI, FRCVS
PRESIDENT of the British Equine Veterinary Association
Roger is a long-standing supporter of Vets with Horsepower, joining the tour whenever he can and adding a great team vibe alongside his extensive knowledge on orthopaedic subjects.
Prof David Bardell
BVSc, PhD, CertVA, DipECVAA, PGCert(LTHE), FHEA, MRCVS
Head of Veterinary Anaesthesia Equine Clinical Science – University of Liverpool
David is a longstanding member of the Horsepower team. Frequently found barefoot, he is a stalwart of the trips and known for his engaging lecture style. He has now change his bike to a Triumph touring bike, and lectures on anaesthesia and analgesia-related topics.
Dr Jenny Croft
BVMS, CertEP, MRCVS
Clinical Director – Loch Leven Equine Practice
Jenny has been a big part of VwHP with boundless energy, and a wealth of experience in equine first opinion practice. We’re excited to see her back on her bike with us this year!
Dr Caroline Hahn
DVM, MSc, PhD, DipECEIM, DipECVN, MRCVS
Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Clinical Neurosciences – The University of Edinburgh
Caroline is a board-certified neurologist with a special interest in equine cases. She has so far biked each and every mile the VwHP time has ridden!
Prof Gunther van Loon
DVM, PhD, DipECEIM, Assoc. Member ECVDI
Gunther van Loon is a specialist in Equine Cardiology, Associate Member ECVDI and the Past-President of the Belgian Equine Practitioners Society (BEPS)
Dr Dietrich Graf von Schweinitz
DVM, BSc, MRCVS - Certified Vet Acupuncturist (IVAS)
CEO – To the Point Accupuncture
Past President – The Association of British Veterinary Acupuncturists
We would not be surprised if Dietrich has a glass of petrol for breakfast each morning. Motorbikes are his usual form of transport as he visits equine yards for acupuncture sessions. His lecture topics cover myofascial pain and acupuncture topics.
Dr Mike Hewetson
BVSc BSc CertEM(IntMed) DipECEIM PhD MRCVS
Assoc. Prof. in Equine Internal Medicine – RVC LONDON
Mike graduated from Onderstepoort, South Africa in 1999. He spent time in private equine practice in the UK before completing a residency in equine internal medicine at the University of Glasgow. He is a registered RCVS specialist in equine internal medicine and is a diplomate of the European College of equine internal medicine. He has a PhD in equine gastroduodenal permeability studies and has an active research interest in equine gastric ulcer syndrome. He currently works as a clinical educator at the Royal Veterinary College in London, where he an associate professor in equine internal medicine.
Dr Sanne Wilmink
DVM CertAVP MRCVS
Equine Vet
Dilliway and Bosley Equine Veterinary Practice
Sanne graduated in 2009 from Utrecht University in the Netherlands and after an internship at an equine hospital in the Netherlands moved to the UK to embark on an Equine Medicine residency at the University of Bristol. Enjoying the English countryside and windy beaches, she decided not to go back to the Netherlands. Since completion of this residency she has been combining first opinion work at two practices in the Southwest of England with work as technical adviser for a small pharmaceutical company. She is now fulltime back in equine first opinion practice in Devon.
Dr Rosa Barsnick
DVM, MSc, Fachtierärztin für Pferde und Innere Medizin für Pferde, DipACVIM LA, DipECEIM
Dr Anja Kasparek
DVM, Fachtierärztin für Pferdechirurgie, Fachtierärztin für Pferde, AVMA/ECFVG Zertifizierung BCSE
Dr Katja Shell
DVM, Fachtierärztin für Innere Medizin des Pferdes, DipACVIM LA, DipECVIM
Dr Ann Kristin Barton
PD DVM, DipECEIM, Fachtierärztin für Pferde
Pferdeklinik Hochmoor