The evolution of the veterinary role in disaster management across the last 25 years is described, with particular attention to the Italian experience. Italy has a specific organisation of veterinary services which are integrated into the civil protection system as a component of the national health service. The Italian model is compared with USA and France. In USA a major role is played by the...

The veterinary use of radionuclide techniques dates back to the mid-sixties [1, 2], but its more extensive use dates back to the past two decades. In Central and Eastern Europe, it is still in its infancy with only one large research centre, in Budapest, Hungary. Veterinary nuclear medicine is focused mainly on four major issues: bone scintigraphy — with the majority of applications in horses, ...

The saliva of medicinal leeches, e.g., Hirudo medicinalis and Hirudo verbana commonly used in hirudotherapy, contains more than 100 bioactive substances with various therapeutic effects, including anticoagulant, vasodilator, thrombolytic, anti-inflammatory and anaesthetic properties. Recently, leeches have been used very successfully in veterinary medicine to treat many diseases of animals, esp...

Oktay YILMAZ*, Jerzy Jan JAROSZEWSKI, Aziz BÜLBÜL, Mehmet UÇAR Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Olsztyn, Poland Department of Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Afyon Kocatepe Uni...

Diagnosis of internal and external hydrocephalus in a warmblood foal using magnetic resonance imaging L. Oey1; J. -M. V. Müller1; T. v. Klopmann2; B. Jacobsen3; A. Beineke3; K. Feige1 1Clinic for Horses, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Germany; 2Small Animal Clinic, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Germany; 3Department for Pathology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hann...

Homayoon Babaei, Reza Kheirandish, Laya Ebrahimi Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, IRAN Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, IRAN Graduated Student of Veterinary Medicine, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, IRAN Asian Pacific Journal of Tropic...

Elham AHMADI*, Seyed Ali POURBAKHSH, Malahat AHMADI, Alireza TALEBI Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran Department of Poultry Diseases, Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute, Karaj, Iran Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicin...

Ho Jae Han, Min Jin Lim, Yun Jung Lee, Jang Hern Lee, Il Suk Yang, and Mary Taub Department of Veterinary Physiology, Biotherapy Human Resources Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonnam National University, Gwangju; College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea; and Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo,...

[1] This project was funded by MKUBAP (08 G 0301) * University of Mustafa Kemal, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Animal Nutrition and Nutritional Disorders, TR-31040 Hatay TURKEY ** University of Mustafa Kemal, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Physiology, TR-31040 Hatay TURKEY *** University of Atatürk, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Animal Nutrition an...

1 Vocational School of Health Services, Firat University, 23119, Elazig, Turkey 2 Veterinary Control and Research Institute, 23200, Elazig, Turkey 3 Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Firat University, 23119, Elazig, Turkey 4 Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Firat University, 23119, Elazig, Turkey 5 Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medi...