The Content of Summer School
is to teach the course participants, in the form of lectures and practical exercises on specimens and living cows and horses to understand anatomy and biomechanics of claws and hooves, practical fixation and manipulation dairy cows and sport horses, regular claw and hoof trim, detailed physical examination of the claws and hooves, management of most frequent claw diseases and solution of basic pathological problems in the hooves.
At the end of the course, the students will test their knowledge and skills in the form of a written test.
For successful completion of the course, students receive three ECTS credits and a certificate of attendance.
The participants are welcome to evaluate the course by means of course satisfaction questionnaire.