Clinical Nutrition II

12/10/2026 - 16/10/2026 Vienna / Austria

Clinical Nutrition II

Name: Clinical Nutrition II
Start: 2026-10-12T00:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-10-16T23:59:59+02:00
Location: Vienna / Austria

In Depth Knowledge in Clinical Nutrition Including Ration Calculation

Principal Course Master(s):

Dr. Stefanie Handl, specialist in veterinary nutrition and dietetics, Dipl. ECVCN (AT)

Course Master(s):

Dr.med.vet. Irene Bruckner, specialist in veterinary nutrition and dietetics (AT)

Course Overview

In this advanced course, participants will get a profoundly knowledge on nutrition physiology and will learn to perform nutrition consultation and calculate homemade diets for cats and dogs. After repetition of the basics, knowledge on the dietary principles of the most important diseases seen in cats and dogs will be deepened, based on the paradigm of evidence-based medicine. Further, participants will get insight into nutrition of exotic pets and zoo animals and the latest in nutrition research.

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:
• Understand nutrition physiology and nutrient requirements in health and disease
• Develop detailed dietary plans including treats and feeding techniques for the most common diseases in cats and dogs
• Formulate homemade diets for healthy and diseased cats and dogs
• Recognize and treat the most common consequences of feeding mistakes in exotic pets

Topics

• refresher digestive anatomy and physiology
• refresher nutrient requirements in different life stages
• applied feed science
• EU feed legislation
• Calculating different homemade diets, from BARF to vegan
• Feeding & animal welfare
• dietetic principles, owner consultation and ration calculation in
– obesity
– food allergy
– skin disease
– acute and chronic gastroenteritis
– hepatic disease
– pancreatitis / pancreatic insufficiency
– orthopaedic disease
– chronic renal insufficiency
– urolithiasis
– endocrinological disorders
• Common feeding mistakes in rabbits, rodents, and exotics

Course Program (Subject to change)

Monday, 12 October 2026

08:30 – 09:00 Welcome and Registration
09:00 – 10.30 Workshop – what has happened since the first course, how´s it going?
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:30 Foodstuff memory recap
11:30 – 12:30 Nutrition of stationary patients in – clinic, must-dos and pitfalls
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 – 14:30 Dermatological patients- the itchies, Anamnesis workshop
14:30 – 15:30 Derma Anamnesis Workshop
15:30– 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 16:30 Calculation programm recap
16:30 – 17:00 Wrap up

Tuesday, 13 October 2026

08:30 – 09:00 Recap , Quiz
09:00 – 10.30 Derma Diets – comparison and calculations
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30 cases workshop
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 – 15:00 Dermatological patients – the non-itchies – coat colour etc, atopy,…
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:30 Case calculations
16:30 – 17:00 Wrap up

Wednesday, 14 October 2026

08:30 – 09:00 Quiz
09:00 – 10.30 Urolithiais – from Struvite and Oxalate to idiopathic cystitis
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30 Diets and homemade calculations Urotlithiasis
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch break
13:30 – 14:30 multimorbid patients urolithiasis, cases,snacks
14:30 – 15:00 Certificate Programme Intro
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee break
15:30 – 16:30 Case calculations, wrap up
16:30 – 17:00 Wrap up

Thursday, 15 October 2026

08:30 – 09:00 Quiz
09:00 – 10:30 Kidney patient workup
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30 Kidney diets and homemade calculations, snacks, comparisons
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch break
13:30 – 15:00 Kidney/multimorbid patients- workshop, home made and diet options
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee
15:30 – 16:30 Case calculations, drinking behaviour and water intake
16:30 – 17:00 Wrap up

Friday, 16 October 2026

08:30 – 09:00 Quiz
09:00 – 10:00 Diabetes
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30– 11:15 Heart disease
11:15 – 12:00 CASUS case
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch break
13:00 – 14:30 Senior/Cancer patients/ “ the hyper-cat”
14:30 – 15:00 Coffee break
15:00 – 16:30 Orthopedic Paients and Arthrosis – diets and supplements
16:30 – 17:00 Wrap up

Clinical Nutrition II

Date:
12/10/2026 - 16/10/2026Location:
Vienna / Austria

Tuition fee*:

EUR 2.450.-

Early registration fee*:

EUR 2.350.-

Early registration deadline:

01/06/2026

Total hours:

ATF hours (AU, DE, LU, CH):

TBA

ECTS credits (Master & Certificate):

* eLibrary access is included in the course fee

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