Veterinary Professional

We believe that continuous training is the basis for community growth.
Since we are responsible for animal health, we are aware of the importance of the work veterinary surgeons perform every day.
And it is because of this that we participate in the most important events of the sector by actively supporting them, and we also create new training opportunities around the country.
Furthermore, we support chartered professional bodies and associations in order to help further spread knowledge, which, in turn, will guarantee pets’ health and veterinarians’ work.
We also carry out our own training courses both on-site and online, thanks to the possibilities offered to us by today’s technology.

Technical Content
Articles

Feline eosinophilic granuloma complex (EGC)

The term “Eosinophilic Granuloma Complex” describes a group of skin problems in cats, which are characterized by inflammation at the site that is often exacerbated by the cat’s licking of the area. This term is not a specific diagnosis but a description of the lesions that can be seen. It can appear in three different forms. Eosinophilic Ulcer, Eosinophilic Plaque and Eosinophilic Granuloma.
Articles

Joint pain in cats

Osteoarthritis in cats is a pathology that is rarely diagnosed but which is very frequent. About 40 % of cats over 7 years of age have signs of osteoarthritis in some joint, among which the lumbosacral and coxofemoral joints, the elbow and the knee are the most affected ones.
Articles

Use of NSAIDs in cats

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are an important type of drug in cat medicine, having analgesic, anti-inflammatory and antipyretic activity. While most published data on their use in this species is related to short-term treatment, there is increasing evidence of the value of these drugs in the treatment of chronic pain in cats (for instance, the […]
Articles

Pain management: A dilemma in daily clinical practice

Whenever we think about pain management we consider analgesics, i.e. drugs that eliminate pain. The word Analgesia, however, means absence of pain. In veterinary medicine, what we actually try to do is to alleviate pain, to provide comfort so that the patient may achieve a more speedy recovery. Let´s revise some concepts: Pain may be […]
Articles

Ehrlichiosis and Anaplasmosis

Ehrlichiosis is a disease with a worldwide distribution that is caused by a Rickettsia, the one that most commonly affects dogs is Ehrlichia canis, which is transmitted by the brown dog tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus or during blood transfusions if the Ehrlichia canis bacteria are present. It is an intracytoplasmic microorganism that infects mononuclear cells. There […]