Course Overview
Course Overview
The objectives of this course are to provide participants with a basic knowledge of ultrasound image formation and current technology, and to perform routine abdominal ultrasonographic examination in dogs and cats.
Topics
- Basic principle of ultrasonographic image formation
- Ultrasonographic unit: transducer and setting
- Semeiology and artifacts
- General principles of abdominal US examination
- Liver Spleen and lymph nodes
- Kidneys
- Female genital tract
- Urinary bladder, male genital tract
- GIT, Pancreas and Adrenal glands
- Introduction to US guided biopsies and aspiration
- Doppler principles
- Abdominal vascular anatomy
Language
All modules will be held in English.
Requirement: Open for Newcomers!
ECTS CREDITS (MASTER & CERTIFICATE): 5
CPD Hours: 40
Tuition Fee*: 2.640 EUR
Early Registration Fee*: 2.540 EUR
Course Language: English
* eLibrary access is included in the course fee

Thursday, 12 November 2026
09:00 – 09:30 Welcome & Introduction to the Course
09:30 – 10:30 Basic principles of ultrasonographic image formation, transducer and settings
10:30 – 11:00 General principles of abdominal ultrasonographic examination
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:30 Liver
12:30 – 13:45 Lunch Break
13:45 – 14:45 Spleen and lymph nodes
14:45 – 15:45 Cases Discussion and Q and A
15:45 – 16:15 Coffee Break
16:15 – 17:30 Cases Discussion and Q and A
Friday, 13 November 2026
09:00 – 10:30 Gastrointestinal tract
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:00 The pancreas
12:00 – 12:30 Introduction to ultrasound guided biopsies
12:30 – 13:45 Lunch Break
13:45 – 15:30 Lab: machine setting, practicing ultrasound guided FNA and biopsy I
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:30 Lab: practicing on cadavers II
Saturday, 14 November 2026
09:00 – 09:45 Adrenal glands
09:45 – 10:30 Upper urinary tract
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:45 Lower urinary tract
11:45 – 12:30 Ultrasound of the male and female genital tract
12:30 – 13:45 Lunch Break
13:45 – 15:30 Lab: performing abdominal ultrasound III
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:30 Lab: performing abdominal ultrasound IV
Sunday, 15 November 2026
09:00 – 11:00 Lab: performing abdominal ultrasound V
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 13:00 Lab: performing abdominal ultrasound VI- Cases Discussions
13:00 – 14:15 Lunch Break
14:15 – 15:45 Lab: performing abdominal ultrasound VII
15:45 – 16:15 Coffee Break
16:15 – 17:30 Lab: performing abdominal ultrasound VIII- Cases Discussions
Monday, 16 November 2026
09:00 – 10:00 Abdominal vascular anatomy
10:00 – 10:30 US-Doppler principles
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30 Certificate ceremony and Cases Discussion and Q and A
12:30 – 13:45 Lunch Break
13:45 – 15:30 Lab: performing abdominal ultrasound IX
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:30 Lab: performing abdominal ultrasound X - Cases Discussions
(All practical sessions will be conducted with live beagle dogs. On day 2, cadavers will also be used for lab sessions)
Course Location
CU Innovation Center for Veterinary Clinical Training, 60th Anniversary Building, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University, 254 Phayathai Road, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
Registration and Fees
Tuition fee: EURO 2.640,–
Early registration: Euro 2.540,-
(Deadline for FULL early registration payment: 12th August 2026)
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