The Finnish Veterinary Association organizes Finnish Veterinary Congress each autumn.
The 2025 Congress runs from Nov 12 to 14. The event takes place in the Helsinki Fair Centre. The lectures will be recorded for the participants to watch later as well.
The three-day program includes lectures in the general, business and working life, meat hygiene, food hygiene and environmental health, production animals, small animals, horses and research sessions.
The complete program of the Congress is available under "Tieteellinen ohjelma" > "Aikataulu". Most lectures are in Finnish, but the lectures in English are listed below. Please check further details and the exact starting times on the abover mentioned program page in order to get the most updated information.
Companion animals
Thursday Nov 13
Lecture hall Agnes Sjöberg (3A)
- Making a Diagnosis of Canine Cushing's Syndrome: Some Old Some New
- Treatment of Canine Cushing’s Syndrome: How to Choose the Most Optimal Treatment
- Addison's Disease
- Hyperthyroidism in Cats: All, Except Radioactieve Iodine Treatment
- Hypothyroidism: How to Overcome a Diagnostic Challenge
- Diabetes Mellitus in Dogs: What’s New in Insulin Treatment
- Insulin Treatment for Feline Diabetes Mellitus
Friday Nov 14
Lecture hall Agnes Sjöberg (3A)
- Canine Pheochromocytoma: More Common than You Think
- Adrenal Incidentaloma: How to Approach?
- Feline Hypersomatotropism
- Feline Hyperaldosteronism: Still Underdiagnosed?
- New Treatment Option for DM: SGLT-2 Inhibitors
- Monitoring DM in Dogs And Cats: The Technological Revolution
Horses
Thursday Nov 13
Lecture Hall Richard Hindersson (3B)
- The Horses Heart - a Wonderful Evolutionary Design
- Cardiac Murmurs: Their Management at Prepurchase Examination and in Foals, Sedation and Anaesthesia
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Other Dysrhythmias and Sudden Death
- Cardiovascular Changes with Sepsis
- CPR
Cattle
Friday Nov 14
Lecture Hall Oscar von Hellens (3D)
- Managing Culling in Dairy Herds: One Cow at a Time
- Cow Comfort and Lameness Prevention in Dairy Cattle
Food hygiene
Thursday Nov 13
Lecture Hall Väinö Kankaanpää (3E)
- Key Facts about Salmonella in the EU, Based on the EU One Health 2023 Zoonoses Report
In addition to the lectures, there will be an Exhibition representing fields of medicine, health care, instruments and pharmacology. The Congress Exhibition is the largest for products related to veterinary medicine in Finland.
Further information (in Finnish) >>
Members of the Nordic and Estonian veterinary associations are granted the same fees as members of the Finnish veterinary association, listed under "SELL-jäsen" in the price grid. Anyone else falls into the category "Ei-jäsen".
Fees of the Finnish Veterinary Congress (in Finnish) >>
In order to find the correct fee for yourself, please
- click the tab showing the date when you register to the Congress
- see the column "SELL-jäsen" or "Ei-jäsen" as explained above
- check when and how you wish to attend, the first block being the onsite lectures and recordings for the three days, the second block being the onsite lectures and recordings for one of the days and the third block being the recordings only for one of the days (please note there is no live streaming and the recordings will only be available after the Congress)
- pay attention to your occupation, "Eläinlääkärit ja eläinlääkäriasemien henkilöstö" being vets and their employees, "Eläinlääkäriopiskelijat (praktiikkaoikeudet)" being vet students with the licence to work as a vet and "Eläinlääkäriopiskelijat ja eläkeläiset (ei praktiikkaoikeuksia)" being vet students and retired vets with no licence to work as a vet
If you represent a company and would like to join the Exhibition as an Exhibitor, please contact Ms Tiina Karenius at tiina.karenius[at]fennovet.fi.
Prices until August 3, 2025:
The square meter prices for exhibition spaces are €573/m2 for corner and end of a block spaces. And €550/m2 for spaces in the middle of the block. Stand structures, electricity and furniture must be purchased separately.
The square meter price for a ready-made stand built at a location determined by the organizer is €590/m2. The price for a 4 m2 space in a shared stand is €1,592. Furniture for these stands must be purchased separately.
The prices don’t include the VAT, which will be added to the final amount in accordance with current legislation at the time of the invoice.
If you need any further information or help with the registration, please contact Fennovet Ltd at elp[at]sell.fi.
