Program for Rabbit medicine and surgery course

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Program for Rabbit medicine and surgery course 5. ‐ 7. February 2015 Thursday 5. February 2015 08.00 ‐ 08.15 Registration 08.15 – 08.25 Welcome and introduction of lecturers 08.25 – 09.00 Rabbit welfare and proper diet v/Buseth 09.00 – 09.45 Rabbits as patients and common diagnostic procedures v/Bracht 09.45 – 10.00 Coffee break 10.00‐11.00 GIT anatomy and physiology v/Debenham 11.00‐11.15 Coffee break 11.15‐12.00 Diseases of the GIT, diagnostics, cases and therapeutics. Part I. v/Saunders 12.00 – 13.00 Lunch 13.00 – 13.45 Diseases of the GIT, diagnostics, cases and therapeutics. Part II. v/Saunders 13.45 – 14.00 Coffee break 14.00‐14.45 Respiratory system anatomy, physiology and disease v/Bracht 14.45 – 15.00 Coffee break 15.00‐15.45 Rabbit neurological and musculoskeletal disease v/Bracht Friday 6. February 2015 08.00 – 08.30 Ophthalmology v/Ropstad 08.30 – 09.00 Dermatology v/Innerå 09.00 – 09.45 Aquired dental disease. Part I. v/Saunders 09.45 – 10.00 Coffee break 10.00 ‐ 11.00 Anaesthesia v/Saunders 11.00 – 11.15 Coffee break 11.15 ‐ 12.00 Aquired dental disease. Part II. 12.00 – 13.00 Lunch 13.00 – 13.45 Surgery. Part I. General principles, OHVE, castration. v/Debenham 13.45‐14.00 Coffee break Veterinærhøgskolen
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14.00 – 14.45 Surgery. Part II. Orthopedics, cystotomy, abscess removal, otitis. v/Saunders Coffee break Analgesia and postoperative care. v/Bracht 14.45‐15.00 15.00‐15.45 Saturday 7. February 2015 – day of practical, limited participations 09.00‐10.15 Cadaver DEMO: Procedure list: lacrimal duct flush, OHE/castration, foreign body removal, cystotomy, lateral ear resection. v/Saunders, Bracht and Debenham 10.15‐10.30 Coffee break 10.30‐11.30 Cadaver DEMO: Procedure list: lacrimal duct flush, OHE/castration, foreign body removal, cystotomy, lateral ear resection. v/Saunders, Bracht and Debenham 11.30‐11.45 Coffee break 11.45‐12.30 Clinical examination DEMO with live rabbits in the clinic. v/Saunders, Bracht and Debenham 12.30‐13.30 Lunch 13.30‐14.15 Case presentations v/Saunders 14.15‐14.30 Coffee break 14.30‐15.15 Therapeutics v/Saunders 15.15‐15.30 Coffee break 15.30‐16.00 Discussion and questions v/Saunders, Bracht and Debenham Lecturers: 
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Richard Saunders, BSc (Zoology: Hons) BVSc, MRCVS CertZooMed DZooMed (Mammalian), RCVS Recognised Specialist in Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine. Cordelia Bracht, DVM, Bærum Dyreklinikk. Marie Innerå, DVM, Dipl. ACVD, Institutt for sports‐ og familiedyrmedisin, Veterinærhøgskolen, NMBU. Ernst Otto Ropstad, DVM, Dipl. ECVO, Institutt for sports‐ og familiedyrmedisin, Veterinærhøgskolen, NMBU. Marit Emilie Buseth, forfatter av Den store kaninboka og Rabbit Behaviour, Husbandry and Welfare. John Debenham, BVSc, NMBU, veterinærhøgskolen, Institutt for sports‐ og familiedyrmedisin.