Bovine Endoscopy

Sotirios qualified in 1994, from the Veterinary School of the Aristotle University of Thessalonica, Greece. His main clinical interests are advanced reproductive technologies (ART) for cattle and sheep, with multiple ovulation and embryo transfer (MOET) in cattle and sheep, cattle ovum pick-up (OPU) and in-vitro fertilization (IVF), as well as genomic benchmarking, reproductive and abdominal surgery, hoof health, mastitis, bull and ram semen testing, youngstock health, pathology and ruminant nutrition, based on Cornell Net Carbohydrate Protein System (CNCPS). Sotirios has extensive experience in training vets and farmers, as a CowSignals Master Trainer and a LANTRA Freelance Instructor and Assessor. He has trained most of the vets who practice endoscopic surgery in the UK, and has tutored endoscopic courses in the UK, Europe, Australia and North America. He is the tutor for a cattle DIY artificial insemination course and a non-vet cattle scanning course. He also organizes foot trimming courses and holds the Dutch Diploma in Cattle Hoofcare, the NPTC Level 3 Certificate of Competence in Cattle Foot Trimming, White Line Atlas Hoof Trimming Instructor, to mention a few. Sotirios has extensive experience of improving udder health, with a particular interest in dynamic and static milk parlour testing, aiming to identify risk factors for mastitis during milking. He is deeply interested in clinical research and uses Stata, by StataCorp LLC, to support his statistical analysis. He has coordinated two large-scale clinical research projects, on caesarean sections and on left displacement of abomasum corrective techniques. Sotirios is also a computer programmer, with particular interest in SQL databases. He developed the analysis program MilkMonitor (c), which can analyse large amounts of cattle data. Sotirios also holds a helicopter commercial pilot's Licence CPL(H) with instrument rating IR(H).