Internal Medicine: Basic Neurology and Infectious Diseases
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Course Overview
Clinical work-up of infectious diseases in dogs and cats and basic neurology (seizure, central nervous problems, GME, SRME, etc.) will be presented in a case oriented approach. Typical and less common problems of dogs and cats presented infectious diseases and neurological problems will be used to demonstrate a structured and problem-oriented work-up.
Course Program (Subject to change)
Thursday, 22 January 2026
09:00 – 09:30 Introduction to neurology von Klopmann & Steinberg
09:30 – 10:30 Basic neurology –
Neurological examination Steinberg
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 13:00 Basic neurology –
Neuroanatomical localisation von Klopmann
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 – 16:00 Seizures – Pathology & Diagnosis Steinberg
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee break
16:30 – 18:00 Seizures – Current management von Klopmann
Evening Social Dinner for all
Friday, 23 January 2026
09:00 – 10:00 Basic neurology – PNS
(peripheral nervous system) von Klopmann
10.00 – 11:00 Weakness – selected diseases von Klopmann
(PRN, MG, Botulism, Toxoplasmosis, Neosporosis)
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 – 13:00 Vestibular syndrome – central
or peripheral? Steinberg
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 – 16:00 CNS – Immune-mediated
neurological diseases (“MUO”) Steinberg
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee break
16:30 – 18:00 Neurology meets internal medicine Steinberg
(Neuromuscular diseases, Tetanus, Botulism, tick born encephalitis)
Saturday, 24 January 2026
09:00 – 09:50 Case 1 Neurology
09:50 – 10:40 Case 2 Neurology
10:40 – 11:10 coffee break
11:10 – 12:00 Case 3 Neurology
12:00 – 12:50 Case 4 Neurology
12:50 – 13:50 Lunch break
13:50 – 15:00 Laboratory diagnosis of infectious diseases
15:00 – 16:00 Canine systemic viral infections
(Distemper, Hepatitis, Rabies)
16:00 – 16:30 coffee break
16:30 – 18:00 Feline systemic viral infections
FelV, FIV, FIP
Sunday, 25 January 2026
09:00 – 10:30 Canine and feline systemic bacterial infections
Leptospirosis, haemotropic mycoplasma, tetanus, borreliosis,
bartonellosis, sepsis
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:30 – 13:00 Antibiotic stewardship
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 – 15:30 Systemic protozoan diseases (Leishmaniose, Babesiosis, Hepatozoonosis, Cytauxoonosis)
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 – 17:00 Fungal infections
17:00 – 17:30 ESAVS Master and Certificate Programme
Monday, 26 January 2026
09:00 – 10:00 Canine rickettsial diseases (Anaplasma, Ehrlichia, RMSF)
10:00 – 11:30 Preventions of infectious diseases (Vaccination, etc,)
11:30 – 12:00 Coffee break
12:00 – 12:50 Case 1 Infectious Diseases
12:50 – 13:50 Lunch break
13:50 – 14:40 Case 2 Infectious Diseases
14:40 – 15:30 Case 3 Infectious Diseases
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 – 16:50 Case 4 Infectious Diseases
16:50 – 17:15 Summary and Evaluation
Internal Medicine: Basic Neurology and Infectious Diseases
22/01/2026 - 26/01/2026Location:
Frankfurt, Germany