2 days of lectures focusing on reproduction and corresponding ultrasonography, calf sonography (lung, umbilicus, maybe joints as well, internal ultrasonography in the cow, detection of reticulo peritonitis, scanning the movement of the reticulum, scanning dislocated abomasum,
On day three, participants will practice their knowledge on live cows and calves.
Additionally, there is the possibility of including one additional day, mainly a dry-lab on equine reproduction in a nearby horse clinic.
Detailed program under construction and will be available shortly.
This course will be provided in cooperation with VetMed University, Vienna; LMU Munich, and the University of Zanjan.
Registration fee includes 3 nights of accommodation!
Day 1. 07.05.2026
07:00 - 08:20 Breakfast at the hotel
08:30 Welcome note and introduction to the wet lab housekeeping and administrative notes. (T. Züchner, B. Rostrami,)
08:45 Principles of Ultrasound - How to get the most out of your device, how to set it up properly (T. Züchner)
09:15 Methods of pregnancy detection in cows. pros and cons of every method. [The speaker should also refer to new things like AI in ultrasonography this Australian thing with the nose, PAG etc.)
10:00 coffee break
10:30 Ovarian diagnostics via ultrasound. CL stages, cysts, follicles, pathologies)
11:15 pregnancy checks, early ultrasonography, heartbeat, embryonic development, twins, fetal sexing, deformations, etc.)
12:00 Lunch break (2-course business lunch at the hotel)
13:30 Very early pregnancy diagnosis using Doppler techniques on the CL as early as day 19
14:15 Early embryonic development from fertilization to day 45
15:00
15:30 afternoon coffee/tea break
16:00 various talks on detailed gynecology, back fat, and conditions influencing reproduction
16:30
17:15
18:00
18:30 End of day 1
19:30 evening dinner at the hotel (buffet style or 3 courses)
Day 2 08.05.2026
07:00 - 08:15 Breakfast at the hotel
08:30 Block on internal medicine
09:30
10:00
10:30 Coffee break
11:00 cardiology and physiology/Calf etc
11:30
12:00
12:30 Lunch break
14:00 orthopedics claws, joints etc
14:30
15:00
15:30
16:00 Coffee break
16:30 orthopedics, hip, pelvis etc
17:00
17:30
18:00
18:30 End of day 2
19:30 Evening dinner at the hotel
Day 3 09.05.2026 practical day
07:30 - 08:30 breakfast at the hotel
08:45 transfer to the dairy
09:00 Introductory remarks on the dairy and short tour
10:00 practical session. Delegates are divided into 5 groups (each station for 60 to 75 minutes, then changing stations. after two swaps lunch break (finger food catering) 45 to 60 minutes)
Station 1 gynecology (early pregnancy (day 28 - 35; doppler sonography day 19/20, fetal sexing)
Station 2 internal medicine (liver, reticulum, abomasum)
Station 3 claves lung, umbilicus, maybe joints
Station 4 orthopedics (specimen material)
Station 5 Back fat measurement
18:00 End of course transfer to the airport.
Alternatively, we might add another day on equine ultrasonography at a nearby horse clinic. This requires an additional night at a hotel, which has not been included in the original price.