European School for Advanced Veterinary Studies

Clinical Nutrition Courses

Clinical Nutrition II

Applied Clinical Nutrition: Skin & Allergies, Urinary Tract, Orthopaedic Disease

Course Overview

This course focuses on the nutritional management of skin diseases, adverse food reactions, disease of the urinary tract as well as the role of nutrition in prevention and treatment of orthopedic disease in dogs and cats.
The program includes evaluation and use of commercial diets as well as advanced ration calculation based on case discussions to enable participants to comprehensively manage their patients.

Course Program (Subject to change)

Monday, 12 October 2026

08:30 – 09:00 Welcome, registration, introduction
09:00 – 09:45 Discussion: what has happened since the first course, your progress (and failures)
09:45 – 10:30 Group activity: Memory game
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30 Veterinary diets – definition, assessment and legal aspects
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch break
13:30 – 15:00 Dermatological diseases I – “The itchies”
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 – 17:00 Dermatological and elimination diets incl. ration calculation
17:00 – 17:20 Wrap up of the day
17:30 Welcome Drinks

Tuesday, 13 October 2026

08:30 – 09:00 Recap from Monday (Quiz)
09:00 – 10:30 Dermatological diseases II – “The non-itchies”
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30 Case discussion dermatology and ration calculation
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 15:00 How to support senior patients
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:30 Cat special – “The hyper cat”
16:30 – 17:00 Wrap up of the day

Wednesday, 14 October 2026

08:30 – 09:00 Recap from Tuesday (Quiz)
09:00 – 10:30 Urolithiasis – pathophysiology, risk factors, dietary principles
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30 Urolithiasis – case discussion and ration calculation
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 – 15:00 Urolithiasis – case discussion and ration calculation
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:30 Feeding inpatients and critical care
16:30 – 17:00 Wrap of the day

Thursday, 15 October 2026

08:30 – 09:00 Recap from Wednesday (Quiz)
09:00 – 10:30 Kidney disease – pathophysiology, risk factors, dietary principles
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30 Kidney disease – case discussion and ration calculation
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 – 15:00 Kidney disease – case discussion and ration calculation
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:30 Feeding inpatients and critical care
16:30 – 17:00 Wrap up of the day

Friday, 16 October 2026

08:30 – 09:00 Recap from Thursday (Quiz)
09:00 – 10:00 Diabetes mellitus – pathophysiology, risk factors, dietary principles
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:30 Nutrition and orthopaedics diseases
11:30 – 12:15 Case discussion orthpaedic diseases and ration calculation
12:15 – 12:30 Group Picture
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch break
13:30 – 15:00 Heart disease – pathophysiology, risk factors, dietary principles
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:30 Take home workshop, summary, discussion, certificates

Tuition fee*:

EUR 2.450.-

Early registration fee*:

EUR 2.350.-

Early registration deadline:

01/06/2026

Total hours:

40

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

TBA

ECTS credits (Master & Certificate):

5

* eLibrary access is included in the course fee

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