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5th Congress of the European College of
Equine Internal Medicine Abstracts
February 2–4, 2012
Edinburgh, UK
Scientific Programme
Thursday 2nd February
Official opening by the President of ECEIM Youssef Tamzali (France) Morning Session I: COMPARATIVE SESSION: RHABDOMYOLYSIS
EQUINE RHABDOMYOLYSIS: WHERE ARE WE NOW? Morning Session II: SHORT COMMUNICATIONS
SERUM MUSCLE ENZYME ACTIVITIES IN THOROUGHBRED FLAT RACEHORSES: EFFECTS OF HYPERCOAGULATION IN THOROUGHBRED HORSES DURING A SHORT TERM – HIGH SPEED F Dondi, RM Lukacs, A Spadari, R Rinnovati, F Gentilini, N Romagnoli. INFRASPINATUS, DELTOIDES AND BICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLES IN ADULT ROYAL DUTCH SPORT PRESENCE OF THE “SPEED GENE” IN 3 REPRESENTATIVE TROTTING HORSE BREEDS. R van den Hoven, C Otto, C Furness, H Stämpfli, G Mair, R Steinborn. NUTRITIONAL MYOPATHY IN NEWBORN FOALS IN THE NETHERLANDS. PD Sells, MJ Head, LCR Smith, SE Powell, SJ Boys Smith, CM Marr. Afternoon Session I: COMPARATIVE SESSION: OPPORTUNISTIC RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS
EQUINE OPPORTUNISTIC RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS: WHERE ARE WE NOW? HUMAN OPPORTUNISTIC RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS: STATE OF THE ART Afternoon Session II: SHORT COMMUNICATIONS
DEVELOPMENT OF A CELL CULTURE SYSTEM OF CELLS COLLECTED BY TRACHEAL BRUSHING TO STUDY MUCUS PRODUCTION IN THE EQUINE AIRWAY EPITHELIUM. A Williams, K Rousseau, JP Lavoie, P Clegg, DJ Thornton. MEASUREMENT OF ARTERIAL DIAMETER DISTENSION TO ASSESS ARTERIAL WALL STIFFNESS G van Loon, M De Witte, N Rossel, A Decloedt, T Verheyen, D De Clercq, V Saey, K Chiers, P Segers. ATRIAL NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE AND CARDIAC TROPONIN I IN HEALTHY HORSES AND HORSES WITH MITRAL REGURGITATION AT REST AND AFTER EXERCISE. DS Trachsel, CC Schwarzwald, C Bitschnau, B Grenacher, MA Weishaupt. ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENT OF PULMONARY ARTERY DIMENSIONS IN FOALS WITH HYPOXIA OR PNEUMONIA: EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL STUDIES. CM Marr, MM Durando, J Slack, NL Collins, L Palmer, J Ousey, EK Birks. EQUINE INFECTIOUS DISEASES OF TOMORROW: GLOBAL SITUATION, MEASURES AND C Herholz, D Leadon, H Schwermer, A-E Füssel, A Cagienard, M Binggeli, L Perler. Friday 3rd February
ECEIM RESIDENT SESSION
ECEIM DIPLOMATE SESSION
HANDS-ON STUDY DESIGN WORKSHOP
Time available for poster viewing (Coffee available) ECEIM ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
- 1 hour small group problem solving (Coffee served) - 1 hour collective discussion and summing up Following the above parallel sessions, the Residents and Diplomates reconvene in the main auditorium 11:00 PRESENTATION: JOURNAL OF VETERINARY INTERNAL MEDICINE
RESIDENT MEETING
Free afternoon and evening for sight-seeing and socialising Saturday 4th February
Morning Session I: COMPARATIVE SESSION: HEPATIC FIBROSIS
EQUINE HEPATIC FIBROSIS: WHERE ARE WE NOW? HUMAN HEPATIC FIBROSIS: STATE OF THE ART Morning Session II: SHORT COMMUNICATIONS
DIAGNOSTIC VALUE OF ULTRASONOGRAPHY, TRANSCUTANEOUS LIVER BIOPSY, AND SERUM AMYLOID A IN HORSES WITH HEPATIC AMYLOIDOSIS. J-MV Müller, U Groner, A Beineke, K Feige. EFFECTS OF METFORMIN ON INSULIN SENSITIVITY ASSESSED USING A COMBINED GLUCOSE INSULIN TEST IN 11 HORSES WITH EQUINE METABOLIC SYNDROME. D Rendle, M Cathcart, M Duz, J Heller, K Hughes, D Sutton. METABOLIC AND ENDOCRINE PROFILES IN SICK NEWBORN FOALS ARE RELATED TO L Armengou, J Viu, J Ríos, C Cesarini, E Jose-Cunilleras, L Monreal. THE EFFECT OF INSECT BLANKETS ON THE FEEDING RATE OF CULICOIDES SPECIES IN HORSES P de Jong, MJ Wessels, RMGLI Stoop, F Jacobs, G Nodelijk, MM Sloet van Oldruitenborgh-Oosterbaan. ANTITUMORAL EFFECT OF MINIMALISTIC IMMUNOLOGICALLY DEFINED GENE EXPRESSION (MIDGE) VECTORS CODING FOR INTERLEUKIN 12 AND 18 IN EQUINE MELANOMA. K Mählmann, K Feige, C Juhls, A Endmann, JMV Müller. THE USE OF TRANSVENOUS ELECTRICAL CARDIOVERSION FOR THE TREATMENT OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN A BRITISH EQUINE HOSPITAL POPULATION JSW Prutton, GD Hallowell, IM Bowen, CM Marr. Afternoon Session I: POST-OPERATIVE ILEUS
Afternoon Session II: SHORT COMMUNICATIONS
THE DIAGNOSTIC VALUE OF EQUINE RECTAL AND DUODENAL BIOPSIES. M Tossens, L Borde, H Amory, D Cassart, V Busoni, G van Galen, AA Leroux. INFLUENCE OF MECHANICAL MANIPULATIONS ON THE LOCAL INFLAMMATORY REACTION IN C Hopster-Iversen, K Hopster, C Staszyk, K Rohn, D Freeman, A Rötting. ORTHOPAEDIC OR COLIC SURGERY IN EQUINE PATIENTS. INVESTIGATION OF ANTHELMINTIC EFFICACY AGAINST STRONGYLES ON EQUINE YARDS IN CH Stratford, H Lester, BC McGorum, KJ Pickles, JB Matthews. CLINICOPATHOLOGICAL FEATURES OF TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION IN WORKING EQUIDAE IN THE GAMBIA. DGM Sutton, PJ Pollock, LJ Morrison, C Hahn, PE Johnston, KL Hulme-Moir, S Sharpe, J Rodgers, M Murray. Farewell Dinner “Surgeons Hall”

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