Advances in diagnostic and interventional techniques in Equine Veterinary Medicine mean improvements in the health of these animals, so it is necessary to have specialists who know how to adapt to these changes” 

Equine Veterinary Medicine puts into action a wide spectrum of interventions aimed at achieving the best possible prognosis and the best possible welfare indexes. Numerous techniques and tools are frequently developed in this field to improve the work of professionals and the results of treatments, for which it is necessary to have highly qualified and prepared veterinarians who are willing to constantly update their knowledge to maintain the highest levels of quality in their work.  

In this advanced master’s degree, you will be able to go intensively through all aspects of equine hospitalization and learn how to intervene in the pathologies that require it. In this way, the foundations are laid for specialization in equine hospital medicine and the treatment of different pathologies, such as digestive, neurological, ophthalmological or cardiorespiratory, among others.  

It must be taken into account that the work of the equine veterinarian, on many occasions, is an itinerant profession, with a high level of demand in terms of hours and volume of visits to be made. Therefore, it is necessary for these professionals to have training such as these, which are 100% online and with which you can freely organize the times in which to study. Moreover, the fact that it is an online program does not detract from the quality of the educational program or the teaching methods of the lessons, since this advanced master’s degree has a teaching team of the highest level, which has reflected in this program, through theoretical and practical lessons, all its knowledge in the field.  

As such, throughout the course of this program, students will learn all the current approaches to the different challenges posed by their profession. A high-level step that will become a process of improvement, not only on a professional level, but also on a personal level. Additionally, at TECH we have a social commitment: to help highly qualified professionals to specialize and to develop their personal, social and professional skills throughout the course of their studies.  

Not only does it lead through the theoretical knowledge offered, but it also shows another way of studying and learning, more organic, simple and efficient. We will work to keep you motivated and to create a passion for learning. We will push you to think and develop critical thinking. 

A high scientific level of training, supported by advanced technological development and the teaching experience of the best professionals"

This advanced master’s degree in Equine Veterinary Medicine contains the most complete and up-to-date academic program on the market. The most important features of the program include: 

• The latest technology in online teaching software
• A highly visual teaching system, supported by graphic and schematic contents that are easy to assimilate and understand
• Practical cases presented by practising experts
• State-of-the-art interactive video systems
• Teaching supported by remote training   
• Continuous updating and retraining systems   
• Self-organized learning which makes the course completely compatible with other commitments   
• Practical exercises for self-evaluation and learning verification   
• Support groups and educational synergies: questions to the expert, debate and knowledge forums   
• Communication with the teacher and individual reflection work   
• Content that is accessible from any, fixed or portable device with an Internet connection   
• Supplementary documentation databases are permanently available, even after the program   

A program created for professionals who aspire to excellence that will allow you to acquire new skills and strategies in a smooth and effective way"

Our teaching staff is made up of working professionals. In this way TECH ensures that it delivers the educational update objective it is aiming for. A multidisciplinary team of trained and experienced professionals in different environments, who will develop the theoretical knowledge efficiently, but, above all, will put at the service of the program the practical knowledge derived from their own experience.

This command of the subject is complemented by the effectiveness of the methodological design of this advanced master’s degree. Developed by a multidisciplinary team of e-learning experts, it integrates the latest advances in educational technology. In this way, you will be able to study with a range of comfortable and versatile multimedia tools that will give you the operability you need in your specialization.

The design of this program is based on Problem-Based Learning, an approach that views learning as a highly practical process. 

To achieve this remotely, we will use telepractice learning. With the help of an innovative interactive video system and Learning from an Expert, you will be able to acquire the knowledge as if you were facing the scenario you are currently learning. A concept that will make it possible to integrate and fix learning in a realistic and permanent way.  

With a methodological design based on proven teaching techniques, this advanced master’s degreein Equine Veterinary Medicine will take you through different teaching approaches to allow you to learn in a dynamic and effective way"

TECH gives you the opportunity to take a deep and complete immersion in Equine Veterinary Medicine strategies and approaches"

The objective is to train highly qualified professionals for work experience. An objective that is complemented, moreover, in a global manner, by promoting human development that lays the foundations for a better society. This objective is aimed at helping professionals reach a much higher level of expertise and control. A goal that you can take for granted, with a high-intensity and high-precision specialization.   

If your goal is to improve in your profession, to acquire a qualification that will enable you to compete among the best, look no further: welcome to TECH" 

General Objectives

• Organize and design an equine hospital for optimal clinical and logistical performance for patients of varying severity 
• Offer specialized knowledge on hospital pharmacology in detail, so that an equine hospital is properly equipped with the necessary drugs for medical therapies for common pathologies, ICU therapies, resuscitation therapies and supportive care therapies 
• Establish fluid therapy, plasmotherapy and nutrition in hospitalized patients 
• Delve into the most common pathologies of the hematopoietic and immune systems that may arrive or develop in a hospital during the course of other primary pathologies 
• Examine analytical interpretation: blood count, serum biochemistry and blood gas analysis 
• Expand knowledge of diseases affecting the digestive tract from the stomach to the rectum, assessing the stage of the different presentations and delving into critical care needs 
• Specialize the clinician in the correct assessment of the animal's systemic status and the consequent severity of the pathology, as well as the tools available for its monitoring 
• Establish digestive and hepatic diagnostic protocols with the objective of generating optimized treatments and prognoses 
• Develop a global understanding of endotoxemia in the horse and therapeutic measures aimed at its clinical management 
• Expand knowledge of the pathophysiological mechanism of laminitis due to endotoxemia as well as carbohydrate overload 
• Generate specialized knowledge on enteral and parenteral nutrition available to the hospitalized patient 
• Establish an appropriate methodology for screening the horse with heart disease  
• Identify all clinical signs associated with cardiovascular disease and determine clinical relevance 
• Determine the specific clinical approach to the horse with a cardiovascular disorder  
• Generate specialized knowledge on the management of critical horses complicated by cardiovascular problems  
• Interpret the clinical signs shown by patients with respiratory pathology, learning to classify them according to their clinical relevance 
• Establish a protocol of specific diagnostic tests and deepen their interpretation to establish the exact location and severity of the pathologies 
• Analyze the advantages of diagnostic methods that can be performed in hospitals as opposed to field clinics 
• Present the latest advances in the treatment of both upper and lower airway pathologies 
• Compile guidelines for the management, monitoring and treatment of the hospitalized respiratory patient 
• Review the detailed neurological examination procedure to ensure anatomical localization of the lesion 
• Compile diagnostic methods specific to the neurological system 
• Fundamentals of assessment, monitoring and treatment of the hospitalized neurological patient 
• Describe the diagnosis and treatment of the main neurological pathologies most frequently seen in hospitalized horses 
• Describe the diagnosis and treatment of the main muscular pathologies that can be observed in hospitalized horses  
• Analyze and understand by organ systems all the differences between neonates and adult equids 
• Establish a methodology to identify all clinical signs associated with neonatal pathology and existing diagnostic methods 
• Learn to treat and assess the severity of pathologies in the neonate, to establish the precise monitoring methods in the hospital, as well as the prognosis 
• Be familiar with all methods of stabilization and supportive therapy during established hospital treatments 
• Establish an appropriate methodology to assess genitourinary problems in equids 
• Identify all clinical signs associated with the urinary system, their severity and chronicity 
• Review all diagnostic methods used in the assessment of the genitourinary system 
• Generate specialized knowledge on how to treat and assess the severity of urinary system pathologies, combining clinical signs with the interpretation of specific diagnostic tests 
• Get to know the most frequent endocrine disorders in the equine patient 
• Differentiate between the existing diagnostic methods for the most common endocrine pathologies, addressing the fact that some of these methods are dynamic and require hospitalization for serial sampling 
• Provide an in-depth knowledge of the most common dermatological problems 
• Identify all clinical signs associated with each dermatological disease 
• Establish the specific clinical approach for each pathology and determine the prognosis and most appropriate treatment for each skin disease  
• Determine the main causes of intoxication and their involvement in different systems 
• Establish an appropriate approach and methodology for ophthalmologic assessment 
• Identify the clinical signs of ocular pathologies  
• Provide an in-depth knowledge of parasitosis in equids 
• Differentiate a clinical approach in the geriatric patient and in donkeys 
• Generate specialized knowledge for the correct diagnosis, treatment and management of infectious and/ornotifiable diseases 
• Develop specialized knowledge of the hospital care of the different surgical patients studied 
• Determine the surgical techniques applied and diagnostic imaging techniques for the treatment of inpatient emergencies 
• Establish medical and post-surgical treatment protocols for each hospitalized equine patient according to pathology 
• Identify complications during the evolution of the equine patient and substantiate appropriate therapies for them 
• Identify the different anatomical structures and pathologies of the digestive tract of the horse 
• Develop and advance in the most frequent procedures to solve oral cavity pathologies 
• Recognize the symptoms of digestive disorders 
• Enable the clinician to correctly assess the systemic state of the animal and the consequent severity of the pathology 
• Establish diagnostic protocols and generate optimized treatments and prognoses 
• Establish optimal preventive medicine criteria and good management guidelines  
• Establish an appropriate methodology for the examination of the horse with respiratory or cardiac problems 
• Identify all clinical signs associated with respiratory or cardiovascular disease in equines 
• Generate specialized knowledge of respiratory and cardiac auscultation 
• Establish the specific clinical approach to the horse with a respiratory or cardiovascular disorder 
• Train the clinician in the approach to the patient with advanced alterations in the hemogram, biochemistry or hematopoiesis disorders 
• Develop an innovative and up-to-date methodology for patients with immune-mediated disorders 
• Develop and expand knowledge of endotoxic shock in order to provide the patient with the latest treatments 
• Examine the physiology of food consumption and the physical distribution and transport of the food bolus through the small and large intestine, as well as the processes of nutrient absorption in the different digestive compartments 
• Determine the conversion of nutrients into energy available for the different organic functions of the horse 
• Establish the different nutritional needs in the horse's diet, as well as its energy requirements according to sporting discipline, productive objective or maintenance as a domestic animal 
• Assess the cachectic horse: history and nutritional status, possible differentials, knowledge of metabolic consequences and requirements for subsequent dietary adjustment 
• Generate specialized knowledge on new developments in antibiotic therapy and antibiotic resistance 
• Examine prebiotics, probiotics, as well as the use of medicinal plants in response to the high market demand that
• exists today in this area of medicine 
• Update and develop in depth knowledge and new concepts in the diagnosis and treatment of lameness in the horse 
• Identify the applied anatomy and pathologies affecting the different structures of the locomotor system of the equine 
• Develop advanced screening and diagnostic methods available in the field clinic 
• Delve into both medical and surgical treatments applicable in the field clinic 
• Fundamental knowledge of wounds, tendon lacerations and musculoskeletal infections 
• Establish an appropriate methodology for its exploration, diagnosis and treatment  
• Generate specialized knowledge of the different materials and techniques used for the treatment of these pathologies  
• Propose therapeutic strategies in wound management alternative to the conventional ones  
• Provide an in-depth knowledge of the most common dermatological problems 
• Identify all clinical signs associated with each dermatological disease 
• Establish the specific clinical approach for each pathology and determine the prognosis and the most appropriate treatment for each skin disease 
• Identify the challenges and problems encountered by the veterinarian in the practice of equine clinical oncology 
• Establish the principles of diagnosis and treatment of cutaneous neoplasms affecting horses 
• Develop a detailed knowledge of the pathological processes affecting the endocrine system of the horse 
• Develop management strategies for the obese and insulin resistant horse 
• Establish an appropriate methodology for the identification and localization of neurological injuries in the horse 
• Identify alterations in consciousness and behavior, and establish protocols for action 
• Define the approach to the ataxic horse and establish protocols for action 
• Examine diagnostic methods in equine neurology 
• Detail therapeutic protocols 
• Establish an appropriate methodology for ophthalmologic examination of the horse  
• Identify all clinical signs associated with ocular alterations in equines 
• Determine the specific clinical approach to the horse with an ocular disorder 
• Analyze the complementary methods available to diagnose the main ocular alterations in equines  
• Generate specialized knowledge on the main ocular pathologies in the horse 
• Establish the general and specific treatment for the main ocular pathologies in the horse 
• Identify the pathologies of the urinary system of the horse 
• Establish diagnostic protocols to facilitate the recognition of patients with urinary pathology 
• Expand the alternatives of possible treatments according to pathological situations 
• Recognize the medical and surgical genital pathologies of the stallion and the broodmare, assess their extent and provide appropriate treatments for recovery and restoration of proper reproductive function 
• Develop surgical techniques for the resolution of pathologies of the reproductive system that can be performed in the field 

• Recognize representative clinical signs of disease in the new-born foal 
• Establish effective working protocols for the early detection of sick neonates 
• Develop treatment protocols for the different diseases of the neonate 
• Optimize the use of foal imaging in the field 
• Identify and decipher the particular characteristics of the pathologies of the locomotor system that appear during the development and growth of the foal from birth until the end of its pediatric period  
• Develop the main specific medical and surgical techniques for pathologies affecting the foal in the field 
• Develop sedation and ambulatory anesthesia procedures 
• Determine the necessary tools for the assessment of the critically ill patient, providing the knowledge that enables the student to perform hospital treatments, such as advanced pain management, correction of hydro-electrolyte balance and acid-base balance, intensive care in the neonate and intensive care in the adult 
• Deepen in the fundamental medicinal and pharmacological considerations for high level sport horses 
• Delve into equine toxicology 
• Develop the application of humane euthanasia protocols 

Specific Objectives

Module 1.  Introduction to Hospital Medicine

• Examine in detail the facilities needed in an equine hospital 
  
• Define the protocols for action and disinfection in an equine hospital 
  
• Establish the guidelines to be followed with infectious animals, as well as the different protocols depending on the degree of infection 
  
• Develop specific pharmacological guidelines and protocols according to the most frequent pathologies in equines 
  
• Establish multimodal analgesia protocols in equids and pain monitoring in the equine patient 
  
• Classify patients according to their severity when they are hospitalized 
  
• Analyze appropriate maintenance therapies in most hospitalized patients, with emphasis on fluid therapy and water and electrolyte imbalances that may arise during the course of these therapies 
  
• Maintain the correct metabolic status of patients, through nutritional control according to their circumstances 
  
• Develop the pathologies of the hematopoietic and immune systems by developing the existing diagnostic methods and appropriate therapies in each case 
  
• Correct interpretation of blood analysis, serum biochemistry and blood gases in all types of pathologies and the most common alterations in each of them

 
Module 2. Digestive and hepatic problems in the hospitalized patient

• Advanced development of general examination procedures, as well as diagnostic tests such as abdominocentesis, glucose absorption test, endoscopy, interpretation of analytical tests and diagnostic imaging  
  
• Expand knowledge of critical care patient monitoring 
  
• Generate knowledge on the most advanced lines of treatment for the hospitalized patient with digestive pathology 
  
• Examine in depth the infectious and parasitic diseases affecting the digestive tract, as well as their various treatments 
  
• Specialize the clinician in the prevention of secondary complications derived from digestive pathology 
  
• Identify clinical signs associated with endotoxemia and endotoxic shock in horses 
  
• Establish the neoplastic diseases affecting the digestive tract, as well as their various treatments 
  
• Develop liver and biliary tract diseases in the horse and their possible treatments 
  
• Determine specific action protocols for patients with laminitis due to endotoxemia or carbohydrate overloading 
  
• Establish protocols for enteral and parenteral feeding in the hospitalized patient 
  

Module 3. Digestive System

• Define correct methods of anamnesis, evaluation and assessment of the patient with digestive pathology 
  
• Develop and advance in the most frequent procedures to solve oral cavity pathologies 
  
• Establish anesthetic blocking protocols for oral surgery and dental extractions 
  
• Recognize and resolve mandibular and maxillary pathologies 
  
• Properly develop general examination procedures such as rectal palpation, nasogastric probing, abdominocentesis, interpretation of analytical tests and diagnostic imaging in field conditions, and establish the appropriate treatments and issue the correct prognosis in the horse with abdominal pain  
  
• Develop and advance in depth in the diseases affecting the digestive tract from the stomach to the rectum, assessing the stage of the pathologies that appear 
  
• Develop and advance in depth on liver and biliary tract diseases in the horse and their possible treatments 
  
• Develop and advance in depth in infectious and parasitic diseases of the digestive tract, as well as their various treatments 
  
• Broaden knowledge, establish and develop the correct decision criteria to treat abdominal syndrome in the horse in the field, or in case of requiring surgical treatment, to be able to correctly inform the owner and advise on the referral of cases to the hospital in case they need surgery 
  

Module 4. Cardiovascular Diseases in Hospitalized Patients

• Specify the information needed in the clinical examination of the hospitalized horse with heart disease  
  
• Propose a diagnostic methodology for the patient with murmur or arrhythmias 
  
• Delve into advanced critical patient monitoring techniques  
  
• Identify cardiac alterations requiring emergency treatment 
  
• Detail the mechanisms of action of cardiovascular drugs 
  
• Establish pulmonary resuscitation protocol 
  
• Examine in depth all the most frequent pathologies in horses 
  
• Identify cardiac complications in hospitalized horses in order to establish early treatment 
  
• Establish the clinical management of the critically ill patient due to heart failure or shock
  
• Provide adequate management of vascular disorders 
  

Module 5. Respiratory Pathologies in Hospitalized Patients

• Specify the necessary and relevant information in the clinical examination of the respiratory patient 
  
• Develop in depth the complementary diagnostic methods available in a hospital and their clinical relevance 
  
• Perform an up-to-date review of upper airway pathologies, their diagnosis and treatment 
  
• Develop the usefulness of bronchoalveolar lavage, tracheal aspirate and stress test in the evaluation of lower airway inflammation and its clinical implications 
  
• Present an up-to-date review of infectious diseases of the respiratory system and their treatment 
  
• Provide guidelines for monitoring and treatment of the respiratory patient in the hospital 
  
• Detail the procedures to be performed in the assessment of a horse's sporting performance, associating them to their clinical relevance  
  

Module 6. Cardiorespiratory and Vascular System

• Specify the necessary information in the clinical examination of the horse with respiratory or cardiac pathology 
  
• Accurately recognize the normal respiratory and cardiac sounds found in horses 
  
• Identify respiratory pathologies in order to classify them and decide on possible diagnostic tests if needed 
  
• Establish the knowledge required when performing diagnostic procedures for the respiratory patient Laboratory tests, cytology, BAL, diagnostic imaging 
  
• Propose a work methodology for patients with upper respiratory tract pathologies 
  
• Propose a work methodology for patients with inflammatory lower respiratory tract pathologies 
  
• Identify the surgical pathologies of the upper respiratory tract and develop the technical procedures that can be performed in the field, both in scheduled and emergency conditions 
  
• Propose a work methodology for patients with infectious respiratory pathologies 
  
• Differentiate between physiological murmurs and pathological murmurs 
  
• Establish differential diagnoses of abnormal rhythms based on irregularity and heart rate 
  
• Propose a work methodology for the patient with cardiac murmur 
  
• Propose a work methodology for patients with arrhythmias 
  

Module 7. Neurological and Muscular Problems in the Hospitalized Patient

• Describe all the components of the diagnostic process in neurological diseases, from the pertinent anamnesis and lesion localization to advanced imaging techniques   
  
• Analyze available diagnostic techniques and discuss their uses and limitations 
  
• Update on new trends in the treatment of the neurological horse, from common strategies to the management of the recumbent horse 
  
• Detail the characteristics and prevalence of the different neurological diseases and their differential diagnoses 
  
• Describe all components of the diagnostic process, from physical examination to advanced pathological diagnostic techniques   
  
• Specify exercise-related muscle diseases and establish appropriate medical treatments and management therapies 
  
• Detail non-exercise related muscle diseases and establish appropriate medical treatments and management therapies 
  

Module 8. Locomotor System

• Identify in depth the pathologies affecting the musculoskeletal system of the horse by types of pathologies of the different anatomical regions 
  
• Master in depth the correct approach to the clinical case that may be presented; Obtain and control the tools for the correct examination of the animal and a correct interpretation of the data obtained 
  
• Develop optimized work schemes and diagnostic protocols 
  
• Advanced diagnosis of joint, tendon, bone and muscle pathologies in horses 
  
• Master in depth the neural anesthetic blocks, their technique, main advantages and possible disadvantages
• Develop proximal blocks and other advanced anesthetic desensitization techniques 
  
• Master and develop in depth imaging techniques and other complementary diagnostic methods in the field 
  
• Receive training in the latest published therapeutic measures and the latest advances in research in the treatment of locomotor pathologies 
  
• Master and develop advanced medical and surgical techniques that can be performed in the field 
  
• Identify all clinical signs associated with neurological disease 
  
• Define the key points of the neurological assessment 
  
• Establish differential diagnoses based on the main neurological pathologies of the horse 
  
• Present and analyze the diagnostic tools available for the different processes 
  
• Propose specific measures for the management of the neurological patient 
  
• Update neurological patient treatments both in the field and at the hospital setting 
  
• Define parameters that help us to establish a prognosis for the patient 
  
• Deepen in the use of diagnostic tools in ophthalmology, such as direct and indirect ophthalmoscopy, fundus assessment and electroretinography 
  
• Accurately recognize clinical signs of eye pain in horses  
  
• Establish differential diagnoses of ocular clinical signs  
  
• Propose a working methodology for the patient with corneal ulcers and/or infectious keratitis  
  
• Propose a working methodology for the patient with stromal abscess and immune-mediated keratitis 
  
• Establish a working methodology for the patient with equine recurrent uveitis and for the patient with cataracts 
  Propose a working methodology for patients with glaucoma and for horses with ocular neoplasia 
  

Module 9. Pathologies of the Genitourinary System in the Hospitalized Patient, Treatment and Monitoring

• Clinically assess the genitourinary system and the different parameters that can be monitored systemically and at the urinary level 
  
• Analyze the physiology and pathophysiology of the genitourinary system 
  
• Recognize the most common pathologies of the urinary system, both at functional, infectious and obstructive levels 
  
• Identify the exact location of pathologies with common clinical symptomatology, which in many cases require hospitalization for the performance of dynamic diagnostic tests 
  
• Establish how to treat and assess the severity of urinary system pathologies and the advantages that hospitalization offers to many of these patients for monitoring and avoiding the chronicity of the processes 
  
• Assess male and female reproductive systems and, respectively, the most common pathologies 
  
• Identify sexually transmitted diseases in males and females and their consequences, as well as possible treatments 
  
• Monitor the pregnant mare and the possible problems that may arise during postpartum, as well as the advantages of hospitalization to avoid them 
  

Module 10. Reproductive and Urinary System

• Increase knowledge of pathologies affecting the urinary system
  
• Recognize and establish protocols for the management of patients with acute renal failure and chronic renal failure 
  
• Establish working protocols for patients with post-renal urinary tract pathology 
  
• Develop the predisposing factors that may condition the appearance of this type of pathologies, as well as to increase knowledge on the relevance of prevention 
  
• Develop treatment alternatives available to the ambulatory veterinary clinician 
  
• Delve into the pathology of the testicles, adnexal glands and penis, as well as their respective treatments 
  
• Improve the productive management of the subfertile stallion and mare 
  
• Identify and evaluate possible anomalies in the horse's ejaculate, applying the necessary procedures to guarantee its quality 
  
• Identify, treat and prevent parasitic and infectious pathologies of the equine reproductive system 
  
• Develop the pathologies of the female during the mating period and their possible treatments 
  
• Develop the pathologies that affect the female during the gestation period and their possible treatments 
  
• Develop the pathologies that affect the female during the pre- and post-partum period and their possible treatments 
  
• Attend to the needs and demands of euthyroid delivery and placental assessment 
  
• Develop the procedures involved in the care of dystocic labor and the performance of fetotomy 
  
• Develop procedures that include the resolution of possible injuries associated with labor and delivery, such as correction of rectovestibular fistulas, reconstruction of external lacerations and repair of the perineal body 
  

Module 11. Endocrine System Disorders. Hospitalization of Horses with Dermatological Problems

• Recognize the main endocrine problems, as well as the static and dynamic diagnostic methods for each of them 
  
• Establish the appropriate medical stabilization therapies for endocrine problems and how to adjust them according to the evolution of the disease 
  
• Determine adequate nutrition in patients with endocrine problems, as well as obesity control in animals with metabolic syndrome 
  
• Identify the main pathologies affecting the skin in equids 
  
• Examine the etiology, clinical and laboratory signs, and establish the prognosis of the main dermatological diseases in horses 
  
• Determine the symptoms of bacterial and viral skin diseases and propose therapeutic options 
  
• Identify the symptoms of skin diseases of fungal and parasitic origin and propose therapeutic options 
  
• Determine the symptoms of allergic and immune-mediated skin diseases and propose therapeutic options 
  
• Identify symptoms of other skin diseases such as vasculitis and nutritional disorders that are reflected in the skin 
  

Module 12. Surgical Pathologies of the Skin and Adjacent Structures

• Specify the different types of wounds that can occur in the equine clinic. Identify and differentiate between acute and chronic pathologies, assess the degree of contamination and/or infection, if any, and recognize damaged adjoining structures, assessing whether they are septic or not 
  
• Develop knowledge of the different phases of skin healing  
  
• Determine the techniques of tissue management, hemostasis, suturing, reconstruction and skin grafting 
  
• Set guidelines for the choice of the different types, materials, suture patterns and needle and drainage models available to the clinician in the field 
  
• Establish the different types and materials of bandages, both for wound treatment and immobilization. Select the appropriate dressing or bandage for each clinical situation 
  
• Apply the different therapeutic guidelines and reparation procedures and other first aid techniques for acute and fresh wounds  
  
• Apply the different therapeutic guidelines and repair procedures for complicated, chronic and infected wounds, contemplating the possibility of the application of alternative procedures and technologies 
  
• Indicate the tests to be performed on a patient with a musculoskeletal injury or infection to determine the significance of the injury  
  
• Perform correct diagnosis and treatment of synovial and bone infections, and carry out joint lavage procedures and regional and intraosseous perfusion of antibiotics in the field 
  
• Specify the use of the different tenorrhaphy techniques in order to treat damage and lacerations of tendon and/or ligament structures 
  
• Present the different causes of exuberant granulation and its treatment 
  
• Apply the different therapeutic guidelines in burns and abrasions of different types 
  

Module 13. Medical Pathologies of the Skin. Endocrine System

• Identify the main pathologies affecting the skin 
  
• Examine the origin of the problem and establish the prognosis of dermatitis 
  
• Recognize the clinical and laboratory signs of the main dermatological diseases 
  
• Establish the symptoms of allergic and immune-mediated skin diseases and propose therapeutic options 
  
• Examine the symptoms of other skin diseases, as well as their prognosis and treatment options 
  
• Identify and develop the clinical presentation, diagnosis and management of the main types of neoplasms affecting horses 
  
• Generate advanced knowledge on the pathology, diagnosis and management of sarcoids, squamous cell carcinomas, melanocytic tumors, mastocytomas and lymphomas 
  
• Examine recent developments in the therapy of cutaneous neoplasms in horses 
  
• Develop advanced knowledge on the pathology, diagnosis and management of equine metabolic syndrome and dysfunction of the intermediate pituitary gland in horses 
  
• Identify the processes that occur with alterations in thyroid hormone concentrations 
  
• Determine the most common causes of alterations in calcium, phosphorus and magnesium levels in the horse 
  

Module 14. Hematopoietic System, Immunology and Nutrition

• Delve into the study of blood components, as well as to attend in detail to the serological biochemical markers, all of them analytical parameters that the clinical specialist must know in depth, in order to be able to relate possible alterations in this sense to pathological situations of any kind  
  
• Develop advanced knowledge on possible alterations related to hematopoiesis, as well as alternatives in terms of leading-edge treatments 
  
• Achieve a high degree of knowledge of the pathophysiological mechanisms of immune-mediated disorders in order to select the latest diagnostic tests and appropriate treatment 
  
• Delve into the pathophysiological mechanisms of endotoxemia and the development of endotoxic shock, in order to prevent secondary complications associated with this process and to apply the most up-to-date treatments 
  
• Understand the processes of digestion and absorption of nutrients in the different anatomical compartments of the horse's digestive tract 
  
• Provide the basic knowledge on nutrients necessary for the development of feeding programs 
  
• Estimate a horse's weight and determine its body condition 
  
• Easy calculation of daily fodder and grain or compound feed requirements 
  
• Differentiate and know how to apply the terms gross, digestible and net energy 
  
• Delve into the knowledge of antibiotic treatment alternatives, as well as the development of antibiotic resistance, with the aim of training the clinician in decision-making in situations where there is an important restriction of antibiotic use, either by the category of the patient or by the emergence of resistance 
  
• Update on prebiotics, probiotics, as well as the use of medicinal plants and their relevance as important tools in preventive medicine, as well as in the treatment of specific pathologies 
  

Module 15. Medical Pathologies and Hospitalization in Foals

• To learn about neonatal care and stabilization, as well as minimum supportive care 
  
• Get to know all the differences between adult and new-born equids in the gastric, respiratory, endocrine, muscular, neurological and ophthalmic systems 
  
• Differentiate between premature, dysmature and stunted foals and what to do in each case, as well as how and when to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation 
  
• Delve into the pathologies that have to do with the immune system such as failure of immuglobulin transfer, as well as understand the neonatal septicemia state and know how to treat it in a hospital 
  
• Gain knowledge about the neurological pathologies in neonates, differentiate them and treat them in the hospital, in order to be able to establish a prognosis during monitoring 
  
• Get to know the most important respiratory pathologies in neonates, the most commonly used diagnostic methods and the precise treatments in the hospital 
  
• Identify the main gastrointestinal and hepatic pathologies in neonates, how to establish the main differential diagnoses, as well as their treatment and monitoring in the hospital 
  
• Assess the different musculoskeletal pathologies that could affect the neonate, both congenital and acquired, and the possible treatments 
  
• Identify urinary and endocrine pathologies, their treatment and monitoring in the hospital 
  
• Learn how to establish the necessary support therapy in the neonate in terms of fluid therapy, feeding, antibiotherapy and analgesia during hospitalization 
  

Module 16. Intoxications. Ophthalmic Pathologies. Parasitosis in Equids. Donkey Medicine. Hospitalization and

• Medicine in Geriatric Patients
  
• Analyze the origin of intoxications and their involvement in the gastrointestinal, nervous, cardiovascular, lymphatic, hepatic and urinary systems 
  
• Recognize the clinical signs of intoxications related to body condition, skeletal system and epithelium 
  
• Establish a work and assessment methodology for patients with ophthalmic pathologies 
  
• Examine the methodology for implementing treatment systems and their management in hospitals 
  
• Further study in ophthalmologic assessment, identification of ocular pathologies and their treatment and hospital management  
  
• Determine the parasites involved in respiratory and gastrointestinal pathologies 
  
• Establish the different treatments for equine parasites 
  
• Examine endocrine pathologies and their particularities in the treatment of donkeys 
  
• Establish an appropriate approach to the geriatric patient 
  
• Examine the most frequent notifiable diseases and their diagnosis, as well as the management and control of infectious diseases  
  

Module 17. Foal Medicine and Surgery

• Identify the neonatal patient with abnormal behaviors indicative of disease 
  
• Establish lines of action for neonatal patients with sepsis, based on severity 
  
• Determine work protocols for patients with symptoms of neonatal asphyxia syndrome 
  
• Recognize the patient with cardiorespiratory symptomatology, being able to issue prognoses that determine their viability 
  
• Develop field stabilization protocols for patients with bladder rupture or patent urachus 
  
• Identify the difference in diagnostic test results between neonates and adults 
  
• Determine the use of diagnostic imaging tools that can be used in the field to diagnose pathologies in the foal, both in the neonatal and pediatric period. Use these methods accurately to diagnose and assess the different pathologies that may occur in these stages 
  
• Develop the techniques of examination, diagnosis and parenteral and local treatment by joint lavage of septic arthritis in the neonate 
  
• Develop techniques that can be performed in the field to solve surgical pathologies of the growing foal, such as umbilical hernia correction 
  
• Compile knowledge of angular and flexural deformities of the foal. Develop their different treatments and establish the specificities of their treatment according to the age of the patient and the anatomical region affected  
  
• Detail the medical treatments and application of resins, splints and orthopedic hardware used in the treatment of angular and flexural deformities  
  
• Specify the techniques for delaying and stimulating bone growth used in the surgical treatment of angular deformities  
  
• Determine the desmotomy and tenotomy techniques used in the treatment of flexural deformities 
  
• Establish an appropriate methodology for the identification, treatment and prognostication of osteochondral injuries and subchondral bone cysts 
  

Module 18. Advanced Therapeutic Protocols and Toxicology

• Analyze the new alternatives in terms of drugs used in sedation and anesthesia for outpatient use, as well as to delve into the most established protocols in order to optimize this type of procedures 
  
• Train the clinician in effective and dynamic decision making when dealing with a patient with a serious systemic condition, in order to ensure diagnoses and treatments that ensure patient stabilization despite non-hospital conditions 
  
• Train the clinician in the correction of hydroelectrolyte and acid-base imbalances to ensure the reversal of hemodynamic alterations 
  
• Ensure advanced knowledge of equine pain management with the latest medications 
  
• Examine the characteristics and special considerations to be taken into account when applying pharmacological treatments in the sport horse, with special emphasis on avoiding problems in case of possible positive results in control tests for biological substances in competitions 
  
• Generate advanced knowledge on equine toxicology, ensuring training for the recognition of toxic symptoms, as well as the identification of plants and agents harmful to equines 
  
• Analyze euthanasia procedures in depth. The clinician must be able to act correctly with patients in these last moments of their life trajectory, applying euthanasia in the most humane way possible in case of last necessity 
  

Module 19. Hospital Care of the Surgical Patient and Emergency Hospital Procedures

• Select, with up-to-date scientific criteria, the best treatments for wounds that heal by second intention, monitoring their evolution and considering the most serious complications of the healing process in order to elaborate adequate treatment plans 
  
• Demonstrate extensive use of new therapies such as laser or ozone in the wound healing process 
  
• Specialize in the technique of venography and demonstrate its mastery both for the diagnosis of hoof pathologies and for monitoring the evolution of laminitis 
  
• Demonstrate a thorough knowledge of techniques and medications for the management of chronic pain in laminitis and other pathologies 
  
• Determine when to use synovial needle cleansing and when to use arthroscopy, using up-to-date knowledge of synovial fluid monitoring and imaging methods 
  
• Develop optimal rehabilitation plans for angular deformities or flexural deformities 
  
• Demonstrate a biomechanical knowledge of the shoeing techniques used in the pathologies studied in this module 
  
• Determine how and when to perform an emergency tracheostomy, and how to perform aftercare 
  
• Examine how to adapt abdominal dressings and girdles to the status of the post-surgical incision for acute abdominal syndrome 
  
• Manage post-surgical incisions in closed and open castrations, proposing different rehabilitation plans according to the procedure 
  
• Manage the post-surgical incision of a phalloectomy and determine when to remove the urethral catheter 
  
  

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