3rd July 2025 - 5th July 2025
Note: All indicated times are CET.
Main Programme (Small Animal, Large Animal)
Thursday, 3rd July
Opening Session
Room: Queen Elizabeth Hall
Chair: Barbara Kirby
16:30 - 17:30
Reflections on a Career in sports Surgery : Key Breakthroughs that Changed the Game
Speaker(s): Toon Claes
Friday, 4th July
Disaster session II: The impending antibiotic apocalypse
11:00 - 11:30
Antibiotic resistance - what does the future hold?
Speaker(s): Denis Verwilghen
11:30 - 12:00
Monitoring SSI
Speaker(s): Denis Verwilghen
12:00 - 12:30
How to manage MDR wounds
Speaker(s): Tim Nuttall
12:30 - 12:45
Discussion
12:45 - 14:00
Lunch break
Meet the Expert
Room: Bird Rooms
for Small and Large Animal delegates
13:00 - 14:00
"Studying: Evidence Based Practice"- special for residents
Speaker(s): Michael Farrell
13:00 - 14:00
The ethics of surgery
Speaker(s): Joachim Nieuwland
13:15 - 14:15
Environmental Sustainability in Surgery
Speaker(s): Zoë Jane Halfacree
13:15 - 14:15
Avoiding antibiotic disasters
Speaker(s): Tim Nuttall
Business Meeting
Room: Queen Elizabeth Hall
Chair: Barbara Kirby
18:10 - 19:30
ECVS Annual Business Meeting (mandatory for Diplomates)
Residents' Talk and Discussion
Room: Darwin Hall
(Small and Large Animal Residents)
18:15 - 19:15
Things to consider when starting your clinical research
Speaker(s): Nicola de Girolamo
Saturday, 5th July
Meet the Expert
Room: Bird Rooms
for Small and Large Animal delegates
13:00 - 14:00
How to design and write case series effectively
Speaker(s): Nicola de Girolamo
Veterinary Surgery
Room: Bird Rooms
13:00 - 14:00
Publishing in Veterinary Surgery - updates and tips
Speaker(s): Dominique Griffon
Closing session
Room: Queen Elizabeth Hall
Chair: Caroline Tessier
17:45 - 19:00
History of Belgian chocolate, its health benefits, and the new trends
Speaker(s): Laurence Koutny
Opening Session
Room: Queen Elizabeth Hall
Chair: Barbara Kirby
16:30 - 17:30
Reflections on a Career in sports Surgery : Key Breakthroughs that Changed the Game
Speaker(s): Toon Claes
Disaster session II: The impending antibiotic apocalypse
11:00 - 11:30
Antibiotic resistance - what does the future hold?
Speaker(s): Denis Verwilghen
11:30 - 12:00
Monitoring SSI
Speaker(s): Denis Verwilghen
12:00 - 12:30
How to manage MDR wounds
Speaker(s): Tim Nuttall
12:30 - 12:45
Discussion
12:45 - 14:00
Lunch break
Meet the Expert
Room: Bird Rooms
for Small and Large Animal delegates
13:00 - 14:00
"Studying: Evidence Based Practice"- special for residents
Speaker(s): Michael Farrell
13:00 - 14:00
The ethics of surgery
Speaker(s): Joachim Nieuwland
13:15 - 14:15
Environmental Sustainability in Surgery
Speaker(s): Zoë Jane Halfacree
13:15 - 14:15
Avoiding antibiotic disasters
Speaker(s): Tim Nuttall
Business Meeting
Room: Queen Elizabeth Hall
Chair: Barbara Kirby
18:10 - 19:30
ECVS Annual Business Meeting (mandatory for Diplomates)
Residents' Talk and Discussion
Room: Darwin Hall
(Small and Large Animal Residents)
18:15 - 19:15
Things to consider when starting your clinical research
Speaker(s): Nicola de Girolamo
Meet the Expert
Room: Bird Rooms
for Small and Large Animal delegates
13:00 - 14:00
How to design and write case series effectively
Speaker(s): Nicola de Girolamo
Veterinary Surgery
Room: Bird Rooms
13:00 - 14:00
Publishing in Veterinary Surgery - updates and tips
Speaker(s): Dominique Griffon
Closing session
Room: Queen Elizabeth Hall
Chair: Caroline Tessier
17:45 - 19:00
History of Belgian chocolate, its health benefits, and the new trends
Speaker(s): Laurence Koutny
Large Animal Stream 1
Wednesday, 2nd July
Pre-congress course
Room: University of Ghent
08:00 - 17:00
Update on tenoscopic resection techniques
Speaker(s): Bruce Murray Bladon, Andrew Bathe, Andrea Noguera Cender
Thursday, 3rd July
Resident Forum
Room: Okapi 2+3
generously sponsored by ECG Medical Care
17:45 - 20:15
Large Animal Resident Forum
Friday, 4th July
In depth: Surgery of the hoof
08:30 - 09:00
Septic osteitis P3
Speaker(s): Michael C. Schramme
09:00 - 09:30
Therapeutic shoeing after foot surgery
Speaker(s): Eugenio Cillán Garcia
09:30 - 10:00
Diagnosis and management of wounds involving the hoof capsule
Speaker(s): Stine Jacobsen
10:00 - 10:30
Managment of hoof deformeties - foal to adult
Speaker(s): Jessica Kidd
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee break
In depth: Updates on surgeries of the foal
11:00 - 11:30
Current management techniques for angular deformities in foals and yearlings
Speaker(s): Alan Ruggles
11:30 - 12:00
Laparoscopy of the foal
Speaker(s): Sigrid Grulke
12:00 - 12:30
Management of inguinal hernias in foals
Speaker(s): Michael Meulyzer
12:30 - 13:00
Fracture repair in the foal: preparing for the future equine athlete
Speaker(s): Alan Ruggles
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch break
In depth: Surgery of the geriatric patient - Age is not a disease
14:00 - 14:30
Decision making and prognostication for colic surgery in the geriatric patient
Speaker(s): Julie E. Dechant
14:30 - 15:00
Treatment of periocular neoplasms: what's new?
Speaker(s): Hanneke Hermans
15:00 - 15:30
Treatment of periocular neoplasms: what's new?
Speaker(s): Ellen R. Singer
15:30 - 16:00
Better off with or without teeth?
Speaker(s): Richard Reardon
16:00 - 16:30
Coffee break
In depth: Suspensory ligament session
16:30 - 16:55
Surgical management of chronic suspensory disease in sport horses
Speaker(s): Neal Matthew Ashton
16:55 - 17:15
Endoscopy of the proximal suspensory ligament with minimally invasive fasciotomy in the horse
Speaker(s): Anna Ehrle
17:15 - 17:35
Case selection for PSD surgery
Speaker(s): Andrew Bathe
17:35 - 17:55
Evidence based diagnostics for pathologies of the suspensory apparatus
Speaker(s): Michael C. Schramme
Saturday, 5th July
Short Communications
08:30 - 10:00
Orthopaedic Short Communications
10:00 - 10:30
Coffee break
In-depth: Tenoscopy
10:30 - 11:00
Tarsal sheath and calcaneal bursal
Speaker(s): Ian Malcolm Wright
11:00 - 11:30
Navicular burscopy - updates
Speaker(s): Bruce Murray Bladon
11:30 - 12:00
Carpal sheath
Speaker(s): Ian Malcolm Wright
12:00 - 12:30
DFTS - chronic and challenging cases
Speaker(s): Andrew Bathe
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch break
Meet the Expert
Room: Bird Rooms
12:45 - 13:45
OCD stifle joint: re-attachment of osteochondral flaps in the FP joint
Speaker(s): Hans Wilderjans
12:45 - 13:45
Orthopaedic infections in foals - when to stop therapy
Speaker(s): Alan Ruggles
Poster Session
14:00 - 15:00
Eight posters will be selected for oral presentation
15:00 - 15:30
Coffee break
In depth: The equine pelvis and hip
15:30 - 16:00
Management of acute trauma to the pelvic area - diagnostic options
Speaker(s): Mads Kristoffersen
16:00 - 16:30
Computer-assisted surgery for placing toggle constructs across the coxofemoral joints of small equids
Speaker(s): Christoph Koch
16:30 - 17:00
Coxofemoral joint conditions
Speaker(s): John David Stack
17:00 - 17:30
Sacro-Iliac joint region
Speaker(s): John David Stack
Pre-congress course
Room: University of Ghent
08:00 - 17:00
Update on tenoscopic resection techniques
Speaker(s): Bruce Murray Bladon, Andrew Bathe, Andrea Noguera Cender
Resident Forum
Room: Okapi 2+3
generously sponsored by ECG Medical Care
17:45 - 20:15
Large Animal Resident Forum
In depth: Surgery of the hoof
08:30 - 09:00
Septic osteitis P3
Speaker(s): Michael C. Schramme
09:00 - 09:30
Therapeutic shoeing after foot surgery
Speaker(s): Eugenio Cillán Garcia
09:30 - 10:00
Diagnosis and management of wounds involving the hoof capsule
Speaker(s): Stine Jacobsen
10:00 - 10:30
Managment of hoof deformeties - foal to adult
Speaker(s): Jessica Kidd
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee break
In depth: Updates on surgeries of the foal
11:00 - 11:30
Current management techniques for angular deformities in foals and yearlings
Speaker(s): Alan Ruggles
11:30 - 12:00
Laparoscopy of the foal
Speaker(s): Sigrid Grulke
12:00 - 12:30
Management of inguinal hernias in foals
Speaker(s): Michael Meulyzer
12:30 - 13:00
Fracture repair in the foal: preparing for the future equine athlete
Speaker(s): Alan Ruggles
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch break
In depth: Surgery of the geriatric patient - Age is not a disease
14:00 - 14:30
Decision making and prognostication for colic surgery in the geriatric patient
Speaker(s): Julie E. Dechant
14:30 - 15:00
Treatment of periocular neoplasms: what's new?
Speaker(s): Hanneke Hermans
15:00 - 15:30
Treatment of periocular neoplasms: what's new?
Speaker(s): Ellen R. Singer
15:30 - 16:00
Better off with or without teeth?
Speaker(s): Richard Reardon
16:00 - 16:30
Coffee break
In depth: Suspensory ligament session
16:30 - 16:55
Surgical management of chronic suspensory disease in sport horses
Speaker(s): Neal Matthew Ashton
16:55 - 17:15
Endoscopy of the proximal suspensory ligament with minimally invasive fasciotomy in the horse
Speaker(s): Anna Ehrle
17:15 - 17:35
Case selection for PSD surgery
Speaker(s): Andrew Bathe
17:35 - 17:55
Evidence based diagnostics for pathologies of the suspensory apparatus
Speaker(s): Michael C. Schramme
Short Communications
08:30 - 10:00
Orthopaedic Short Communications
10:00 - 10:30
Coffee break
In-depth: Tenoscopy
10:30 - 11:00
Tarsal sheath and calcaneal bursal
Speaker(s): Ian Malcolm Wright
11:00 - 11:30
Navicular burscopy - updates
Speaker(s): Bruce Murray Bladon
11:30 - 12:00
Carpal sheath
Speaker(s): Ian Malcolm Wright
12:00 - 12:30
DFTS - chronic and challenging cases
Speaker(s): Andrew Bathe
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch break
Meet the Expert
Room: Bird Rooms
12:45 - 13:45
OCD stifle joint: re-attachment of osteochondral flaps in the FP joint
Speaker(s): Hans Wilderjans
12:45 - 13:45
Orthopaedic infections in foals - when to stop therapy
Speaker(s): Alan Ruggles
Poster Session
14:00 - 15:00
Eight posters will be selected for oral presentation
15:00 - 15:30
Coffee break
In depth: The equine pelvis and hip
15:30 - 16:00
Management of acute trauma to the pelvic area - diagnostic options
Speaker(s): Mads Kristoffersen
16:00 - 16:30
Computer-assisted surgery for placing toggle constructs across the coxofemoral joints of small equids
Speaker(s): Christoph Koch
16:30 - 17:00
Coxofemoral joint conditions
Speaker(s): John David Stack
17:00 - 17:30
Sacro-Iliac joint region
Speaker(s): John David Stack
Large Animal Stream 2
Friday, 4th July
Disaster session I: Learning from my mistakes
08:30 - 09:00
Equine anaesthesia, what can go wrong? Lessons from CEPEF4
Speaker(s): Miguel Gozalo Marcilla
09:00 - 09:30
Technical failures in equine fracture repair: avoiding and mitigating mistakes in surgery
Speaker(s): Alan Ruggles
09:30 - 10:00
Technical failures in equine colic surgery: learning from mistakes
Speaker(s): Julie E. Dechant
10:00 - 10:30
How your attitude, team interaction and manners affect your results, no blame culture
Speaker(s): Luis Manuel Rubio-Martinez
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee break
Short Communications
14:00 - 16:00
General Short Communications
16:00 - 16:30
Coffee break
Parallel Session: Ruminants and Camelids Update
16:30 - 16:55
Fractures in Racing Camels
Speaker(s): Cedric Chi-Ho Chan
16:55 - 17:15
Septic arthritis in ruminants
Speaker(s): Tanja Schmid
17:15 - 17:35
Facilitated ankylosis and arthrodesis
Speaker(s): Emma Marchionatti
17:35 - 17:55
Limb amputations
Speaker(s): Emma Marchionatti
Saturday, 5th July
In depth: Surgery of the back
08:30 - 09:00
The old and new story about clinical significance of imaging findings
Speaker(s): Francesca Beccati
09:00 - 09:30
Spinous process - to operate or not to operate?
Speaker(s): Joanna Suthers
09:30 - 10:00
Pathology of the nuchal and withers bursae: acute and chronic management
Speaker(s): Tijn J.P. Spoormakers
10:00 - 10:30
Coffee break
What is the evidence?
10:30 - 11:00
Desmotomy of check ligaments DDFT and SDFT
Speaker(s): Maarten Oosterlinck
11:00 - 11:30
Neurectomy of DBLPN
Speaker(s): Christoph Klaus
11:30 - 12:00
Large colon resection
Speaker(s): Julie E. Dechant
12:00 - 12:30
Treatment of SCL - to screw, to fill or to drill?
Speaker(s): Michelle A. Jackson
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch break
Parallel session: Management of Trauma
15:30 - 16:00
Management of trauma to the head
Speaker(s): Henry Tremaine
16:00 - 16:30
Managent of thoracic trauma
Speaker(s): Maarten Haspeslagh
16:30 - 17:00
Trauma to the abdomen
Speaker(s): Anna Katharina Rötting
17:00 - 17:30
Trauma of the shoulder region
Speaker(s): Roger Smith
Disaster session I: Learning from my mistakes
08:30 - 09:00
Equine anaesthesia, what can go wrong? Lessons from CEPEF4
Speaker(s): Miguel Gozalo Marcilla
09:00 - 09:30
Technical failures in equine fracture repair: avoiding and mitigating mistakes in surgery
Speaker(s): Alan Ruggles
09:30 - 10:00
Technical failures in equine colic surgery: learning from mistakes
Speaker(s): Julie E. Dechant
10:00 - 10:30
How your attitude, team interaction and manners affect your results, no blame culture
Speaker(s): Luis Manuel Rubio-Martinez
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee break
Short Communications
14:00 - 16:00
General Short Communications
16:00 - 16:30
Coffee break
Parallel Session: Ruminants and Camelids Update
16:30 - 16:55
Fractures in Racing Camels
Speaker(s): Cedric Chi-Ho Chan
16:55 - 17:15
Septic arthritis in ruminants
Speaker(s): Tanja Schmid
17:15 - 17:35
Facilitated ankylosis and arthrodesis
Speaker(s): Emma Marchionatti
17:35 - 17:55
Limb amputations
Speaker(s): Emma Marchionatti
In depth: Surgery of the back
08:30 - 09:00
The old and new story about clinical significance of imaging findings
Speaker(s): Francesca Beccati
09:00 - 09:30
Spinous process - to operate or not to operate?
Speaker(s): Joanna Suthers
09:30 - 10:00
Pathology of the nuchal and withers bursae: acute and chronic management
Speaker(s): Tijn J.P. Spoormakers
10:00 - 10:30
Coffee break
What is the evidence?
10:30 - 11:00
Desmotomy of check ligaments DDFT and SDFT
Speaker(s): Maarten Oosterlinck
11:00 - 11:30
Neurectomy of DBLPN
Speaker(s): Christoph Klaus
11:30 - 12:00
Large colon resection
Speaker(s): Julie E. Dechant
12:00 - 12:30
Treatment of SCL - to screw, to fill or to drill?
Speaker(s): Michelle A. Jackson
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch break
Parallel session: Management of Trauma
15:30 - 16:00
Management of trauma to the head
Speaker(s): Henry Tremaine
16:00 - 16:30
Managent of thoracic trauma
Speaker(s): Maarten Haspeslagh
16:30 - 17:00
Trauma to the abdomen
Speaker(s): Anna Katharina Rötting
17:00 - 17:30
Trauma of the shoulder region
Speaker(s): Roger Smith