Neil Forbes BVetMed RFP DipECAMS FRCVS (RCVS Recognised Specialist zoo and Wildlife Medicine (Avian)

European Recognised Specialist in avian medicine and surgery). Neil is currently President of ECAMS. Neil is a part time Senior Lecturer at Bristol Vet School and heads the AE department at Great Western Referrals, Swindon. Neil runs the only ECAMS approved Residency in the UK.

The course will major on common avian soft tissue (ingluviotomy, coeliotomy, salpingohysterectomy, orchidectomy, cloacopexi, cloacoplasty, liver biopsy, lung biopsy, trachectomy, tracheotomy), orthopaedic (repair of femur, humerus, tibiotarsus, tarso metatarsus and ulna) and endoscopic procedures. The course will also detail basic and advanced avian radiographic diagnostic techniques.

Who should attend 

Any clinician with an interest in exotics, in particular those who are frustrated with the unknown, or poor diagnostic or surgical results. This course will allow delegates to carry out all procedures, with the best equipment, with small group tuition, to maximize your opportunity to gain the confidence to carry out these procedures on your own patients in your own practice, to yield a high chance of a positive outcome.

• Experience using the best quality equipment
• To allow you to make better diagnostic assessments and correct therapeutic decisions
• To gain experience and confidence in surgical techniques
• To better enhance decision making and planning to facilitate positive outcomes
• To allow you to go home and achieve the same results on your own patients

Learning objectives;

By the end of this course delegates should have a thorough understanding of:

• All common soft tissue surgical procedures
• All common endoscopic diagnostic and biopsy techniques
• All common orthopaedic techniques