A few months ago I came across information about a large number of stray and abandoned animals in Ukraine and this triggered some questions about animal welfare and shelter medicine. USAVA congress was an ideal place to talk to colleagues and the perfect opportunity to negotiate guidelines for veterinarians. Discussed topics included: welfare, vaccination protocols,
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During our first castration and neutering project in the Balkans, we treated a female dog with a vaginal tumour. Apart from the tumour, she also had a heavy vaginal discharge, but was otherwise in a relatively good condition. At the time, we had no idea what we were dealing with. Our projects in the Balkans
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Peppa is a young English setter that was found abandoned under a bridge inGraฤanica, Kosovo. The shelter workers found her lying motionless on the floor as shewas not able to move. Judging by her appearance (enlarged nipples), they immediately suspected that she had already had several litters of pups in her short life. She was
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Lizzie is an ambassador of all purebred animals of suspicious origin so we would like to share her story with you. She was on sale via resellers on a web portal. She arrived at the destination with documents that met the legal requirements, but a lot of data in the passport was false. On paper,
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