October 03
In-person
Exotic Patients – Part 1
Lang: 🇧🇬
In-person
Abdominal Ultrasound – 1
28–29 November 2026
Lecturer Dr. Nikolay Marinkov
Workshop
Vet Academy organises the hands-on workshop “Abdominal Ultrasound – Part 1 (Basic Level)”, led by Dr. Nikolay Marinkov and Dr. Filip Stoynov — specialists with many years of experience in veterinary diagnostic imaging.
The course is designed for veterinarians and students who want to build a solid foundation in abdominal ultrasound and develop confidence in the everyday use of an ultrasound machine with patients.
The training combines theoretical lectures with intensive practical work on real patients, with each participant having the opportunity for individual practice under the guidance of the lecturers.
Programme
Day 1
- 09:00–09:45 Principles of ultrasound, machine, probes, artefacts + short practice
- 09:45–10:00 Short practice on the machines and break
- 10:00–11:30 Urinary bladder, kidneys – physiological data, dimensions; spleen, liver – physiological data, dimensions
- 11:30–12:30 Practice
- 12:30–13:30 Lunch
- 13:30–15:00 Gastrointestinal tract, adrenal glands – physiological data and dimensions; reproductive system, pregnancy – physiological data and dimensions
- 15:00–15:30 Break
- 15:30–17:30 Rotational practice – 15 min. per participant
Day 2
- 09:00–10:30 Urinary bladder, kidneys – pathology, case presentations; spleen, liver – pathology, case presentations
- 10:30–11:00 Break
- 11:00–12:30 Rotational practice – 15 min. per participant
- 12:30–13:30 Lunch
- 13:30–15:00 Gastrointestinal tract, adrenal glands – pathology, case presentations; reproductive system, pregnancy – pathology, case presentations; ascites – types, causes, approach to the different types
- 15:00–15:30 Break
- 15:30–17:30 Rotational practice – 15 min. per participant
Lecturers
About the Lecturer
Lecturer
Dr. Nikolay Marinkov
Echography
Born in Plovdiv, Dr. Nikolay Marinkov completed his veterinary education at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Trakia University in 1998. His professional experience over the years has been highly varied, beginning with a pre-graduation internship at a veterinary clinic in Switzerland. From 1998 to 1999 he worked as a veterinarian at a practice in the Lozenets district of Sofia, and from 1999 to 2006 as a veterinarian at the small animal clinic of the Regional Veterinary Service in Plovdiv. In 2006 he founded his own practice — “Provet” — together with Dr. Simeon Pachev, where he continues to work to this day. In 2017 he specialised in echocardiography in dogs and cats in Tuttlingen, Germany. He has specialised interests in surgery, diagnostic imaging and cardiology. In his free time he enjoys reading and cycling in nature.
