2- Day National workshop on ‘Equine Distal Limb Lameness Diagnosis and Sonography’ concludes at UVAS

The equine distal forelimb ultrasound national workshop designed for the practicing veterinarians/ students confronted with the challenges to diagnose and locating the seat of lameness in the equine flexor tendons.

2- Day National workshop on ‘Equine Distal Limb Lameness Diagnosis and Sonography’ concludes at UVAS

The University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) Lahore in collaboration with Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) and under its project titled “In-service Veterinary Professional Development Project (IVPD) arranged a two-day national workshop on ‘Equine Distal Limb Lameness Diagnosis and Sonography’ at UVAS Veterinary Academy Lahore. 

Vice-Chancellor Prof DrNasim Ahmad presided over the inaugural session of the workshop while UVAS Pro Vice-Chancellor Prof DrMasoodRabbani chaired the concluding session and distributed certificates among the participants and resource persons.In-charge Pet Centre Prof DrAsim Khalid, Prof DrIjaz Ahmad,DrShehlaGulBokhari and a number of participants were present.

Speaking on the occasion, Prof MasoodRabbanisaid that UVAS is working actively on the health and treatment of animals by adopting the latest techniques and methodologies. He said such workshops are important for the capacity building of young veterinarians.

The equine distal forelimb ultrasound workshop designed for the practicing veterinarians/ students confronted with the challenges to diagnose and locating the seat of lameness in the equine flexor tendons.

The focus of the training was to enable the participants to correctly scan the musculoskeletal structures of equine (Horses) distal forelimb as well as to locate lesions in the lame athletics horse.

In which experts delivered their lectures on the topics of anatomy of equine distal forelimb, ultrasonography anatomy of the equine distal limb, equine distal limb lameness evaluation and nerve blocks, hands-on lameness examination nerve blocks and necropsy samples and rehabilitation of lame horse etc.