Challenging forelimb lameness in dogs and cats
£997.00 (+VAT)
Forelimb lameness can be one of the most frustrating diagnostic challenges in small animal practice – particularly when the examination, radiographs and clinical picture don’t quite agree.
This highly practical, case-focused course will help you develop a more systematic approach to challenging forelimb lameness in dogs and cats. Through real cases and interactive discussion, you’ll sharpen your examination and radiographic interpretation skills, explore difficult diagnoses and treatment options, and learn practical strategies that work even when advanced imaging or unlimited budgets aren’t available.
Challenging Forelimb Lameness
Getting to the Diagnosis
Course Overview
Forelimb lameness can be frustrating!
I know the dog is lame, but where is it coming from?
The radiographs aren’t helping. What next?
What can I realistically do without CT/MRI?
What if the owner can’t afford referral?
Who is this course for?
This course is ideal for vets who regularly see orthopaedic and lameness cases and want to develop their confidence with more challenging forelimb presentations. It’s particularly suited to clinicians who already have a grounding in orthopaedics and want to sharpen their diagnostic reasoning, radiographic interpretation and case management skills.
Join RCVS and European Specialist Kinley Smith for a comprehensive approach to investigating and treating forelimb lameness. We will cover a wide range of important topics in musculoskeletal disease including connective tissue biology and physiology through to advanced imaging and state of the art therapies. We will brush up on pitfalls of the orthopaedic examination and radiograph interpretation. Importantly the focus of the course will be on approaching these challenging cases from an in-practice perspective. We will offer practical solutions where advanced imaging is not available and steps to take when the budget is tight.
What you’ll learn
- Tips and tricks of the forelimb orthopaedic examination.
- Exercise, nutrition and the growing dog: what to advise owners.
- Radiography reading sessions.
- Diagnostic challenges in forelimb lameness.
- Chronic elbow disease: what are my options?
- Neurology and forelimbs lameness.
- Nonpharmacological management of forelimb lameness.
Course Tutor
Kinley Smith MA VetMB PhD DipECVS MRCVS
RCVS and EBVS® European Specialist in Small Animal Surgery