20th FECAVA Eurocongress
60th Annual Congress of the German Small Animal Veterinary Association
Int. Congress on Equine Medicine
Munich, November, 6 - 9, 2014

Venue of the congress: International Congress Center Munich.

Welcome remarks of congress president Prof. Dr. Roberto Köstlin...

... FECAVA president Dr. Monique Megens...

... and...

Dr. Marcel Huber, Head of the Bavarian State Chancellery and State Minister for Federal Affairs and Special Tasks.

Dr. Monique Megens, Karin de Lange and Dr. Julia Palm, one of the FECAVA awardees.

Dr. Monique Megens, Karin de Lange and Dr. Clare Rusbridge, the second FECAVA awardee.

Prof. Dr. Uwe Truyen, Chair of the German Veterinary Medical Society grants the Martin-Lerche-Award...

... to Prof. Dr. Anne-Rose Günzel-Apel.

The Richard-Völker-Medal 2014 of the German Small Animal Veterinary Association...

... is awarded to Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Adam Rijnberk by Prof. Köstlin...

... and Prof. Dr. Ernst-Günther Grünbaum.

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Adam Rijnberk.

Dr. Friedrich Röcken, President of the German Small Animal Veterinary Association welcomes...

... keynote speaker Andreas Kieling.

Andreas Kieling...

... talks of "Grizzlies and Polar Bears - An Animal Filmmaker's stories from Alaska".

Dr. Susanne Alldinger, managing director of the German Veterinary Medical Society.

Prof. Dr. Ernst-Günther Grünbaum.

Welcome reception in the industrial exhibition...

... with the Bavarian live band "Gaudi Harmonie".

On the next day the lectures start...

Dr. Karin Allenspach.

Prof. Dr. Gad Baneth.

Dr. John Bradshaw.

Dr. Stefan Unterer.

Dr. Petra Kölle.

Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Korbel.

Prof. Dr. Mike Lappin.

Prof. Dr. Mike Lappin.

Two four-legged congress participants.

Prof. Dr. Reto Neiger.

Prof. Dr. Alexander Reiter.

Prof. Dr. Alexander Reiter.

Prof. Dr. Matthias Schneider.

Dr. Bianka Schulz and Dr. Bernhard Gerber.

Dr. Kersti Seksel.

Prof. Dr. Uwe Truyen.

Dr. Simon Orr.

Prof. Dr. Dr. Thomas Vahlenkamp.

Dr. Julia Knebel.

Dr. Julia Knebel.

Industrial exhibition.

Congress president Prof. Dr. Roberto Köstlin.

Dr. Susanne Alldinger and Prof. Dr. Andrea Meyer-Lindenberg.

The team at the information booth of the German Veterinary Medical Society.

Prof. Dr. Sabine Tacke, Dr. Susanne Alldinger and Marion Selig.

Dr. Birgit Schulte.

Prof. Dr. Leo Brunnberg, Prof. Dr. Rudolf Fritsch, Prof. Dr. Helmut Waibl, Dr. Friedrich Röcken.

Dr. Juliane Parow and Kathrin Bauer at the information booth of the "Blue Dog".

Dr. Hildegard Jung, Chair Blue Dog Germany.

Dr. Alexandra Flocke.

Prof. Dr. Franck Forterre (m).

Prof. Dr. Katrin Hartmann.

Prof. Dr. Karsten Feige (r).

Dr. Martina van Suntum (m).

Lisa Leiner.

"Full house" at the information booth of the German Veterinary Medical Society (GVMS / DVG)...

... where the participants...

... get nice little Bavarian bags for their vouchers...

The team of the German Veterinary Medical Society (GVMS / DVG), enjoying the congress.

Prof. Dr. Karsten Feige, Scientific Chair of the Int. Congress on Equine Medicine.

Prof. Dr. Jörg Auer.

Dr. Eberhard Schüle, President of the German Equine Veterinary Association.

Prof. Dr. Norm Durcharme.

Prof. Dr. Michael Röcken, Scientific Chair of the Int. Congress on Equine Medicine.

Prof. Jeff Watkins.

The winners of the best three oral and poster presentations of the Int. Congress on Equine Medicine.

Dr. Susanne Alldinger, Prof. Dr. Karsten Feige.

The laureates of the Richard-Völker-Medal of the German Small Animal Veterinary Association.

Prof. Dr. Henri van Bree (l), who also received the Richard-Völker-Medal.

Prof. Dr. Henri van Bree, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Martin Kramer, Dr. Friedrich Röcken, Prof. Dr. Roberto Köstlin.

Prof. Dr. Benedikt Kaufer (l) received the Award for Young Scientists of the German Veterinary Medical Society from Prof. Dr. Uwe Truyen (r).

PD Dr. Rüdiger Hauck (l) received the Karl-Fritzsche-Award for his research on infectious diseases of poultry from Prof. Dr. Uwe Truyen (r).

Moderated poster discussion.

Prof. Dr. Barbara Kohn.

The Future Board of the GSAVA selecting the best posters and oral presentations.

The winners of the poster awards and the Laboklin award, the Future Board and the Senior Board of the GSAVA.

The winners of the awards for the best presentations of the session "Free communications" and the winner of the Laboklin award.

The winners of the best presentations of the 6th Annual Meeting of the Specialist sub-division Veterinary Surgery.

Dr. Susanne Alldinger and Dr. Barbara Schöning.

Marion Selig and Dr. Diane Hebeler.

Conference Party in the "Löwenbräukeller".

The Bavarian live band "Isar Briada".

Tiina Toomet from Estonia, the latest recipient of the "Athenian Helmet" of FECAVA.

Dr. Peter Fahrenkrug says good bye as German representative within FECAVA.

Dr. Peter Fahrenkrug.

A coffee at the next morning after the conference party...

Meeting of the FECAVA council

The FECAVA board.

Dr. Susanne Alldinger is happy about the FECAVA council meeting on the occasion of the 20th FECAVA Eurocongress.

Prof. Dr. Stephan Neumann introduces himself as new German representative.

The FECAVA board and the organizing team of the German Veterinary Medical Society.

The participants of the FECAVA council meeting.

Foundation of the new Specialist sub-division on bee diseases in the German Veterinary Medical Society.

The board of the Specialist sub-division on bee diseases: PD Dr. Heike Aupperle, Dr. Karsten Stief and Dr. Céline Finke.

The members of the Specialist sub-division on bee diseases.

Foundation of the new Specialist sub-division on anaesthesia, intensive care and analgesic therapy.

The board of the Specialist sub-division on anaesthesia, intensive care and analgesic therapy.

Prof. Dr. Sabine Kästner, chair of the Specialist sub-division on anaesthesia, intensive care and analgesic therapy.

Members of the new founded working group on laser medicine.

The board of the working group on laser medicien: Prof. Dr. Gerhard Oechtering, Dr. Eva-Maria Schmölzer, Dr. Gerhard Staudacher.

The Future Board of the German Small Animal Veterinary Association and their sponsors.

The representatives of the student's organisation (bvvd) and Dr. Susanne Alldinger.

The congress is ending soon - the suitcases are already packed.

Dr. Friedrich Röcken...

... and Dr. Monique Megens thank the participants and say goodbye.

The team responsible for the technique...

... and the team of CSM, the organising partner of the German Veterinary Medical Society, are happy about the wonderful congress!

See you in 2015...

... at the DVG-Vet-Congress in Berlin!