In Slovenia, microchipping of dogs is obligatory since 2003 and we estimate that over 75% of dogs in the country are microchipped at the moment. Every microchipped dog also gets EU passport and is entered in central dog register, which is a web portal with detailed contact information of the owner and information about the
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Vets in developing nations can now access free educational resources from the British Small Animal Veterinary Association’s online library. Vets working and training in countries with limited resources, where conditions are challenging or training is expensive, can now access the BSAVA’s ‘Foundation Collection’, via a partnership with WSAVA, the WSAVA Foundation, and FECAVA. More than
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Volunteer group @SVSP – Slovenian Vets for Stray Pets presents themselves: “We are a group of Slovene vets, who spend their free time and annual holidays taking care of abandoned animals in the Balkans, on Cyprus, and in Spain. Besides neutering and offering basic veterinary care to abandoned and stray animals, we work hard to
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FECAVA has just published its seventh fact sheet, this time on Ehrichiosis in dogs. This disease is present mainly in South Europe, but there are also West and North European countries where Ehrichia canis was reported (like Switzerland, Finland and Russia) To help colleagues recognize, diagnose and manage vector-borne diseases in dogs, FECAVA has set up a working
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