Dr. Carol Meteyer Emeritus Scientist, USGS National Wildlife Health Center spent March 12, 2023 to March 29, 2023 in the LAPAVET pathology department, part of the San Francisco de Asis school of veterinary surgery and medicine, in Vázquez de Coronado, San José, Costa Rica. On a beautiful campus set in the hills above San José, … Read more
by Simon Spiro MA VetMB MVetMed DPhilDipACVP FRCPath MRCVSWildlife Veterinary PathologistZoological Society of LondonRegent’s Park As the pathologist for a 200-year-old zoo, I have seen my fair share of terrible post mortem reports, many of which do not have the excuse of having been written before the invention of the typewriter. While we are all … Read more
Workshop on Pathology and Basic Mechanisms of DiseaseUniversity of Namibia-School of Veterinary MedicineMarch 28-30, 2023 by Dr. Derron “Tony” Alves For the first time in southern Africa, the Global Health Pathology Network (GHPN), in conjunction with and supported by the Davis-Thompson Foundation (DTF), conducted a three-day workshop held March 28-30, 2023 on “Pathology and Basic … Read more
Davis Thompson Foundation European Division2nd Spanish Pathology Meeting – Pathology of Pigs and RuminantsSchool of Veterinary Sciences, University of Lleida, Spain 30-31st March 2023 Prepared by Drs Simon Priestnall and Alejandro Suarez-Bonnet, DTF European Division Course participants met in the beautiful historic Catalan city of Lleida, Spain for our second, pandemic delayed, Spanish meeting. Attendees … Read more
Dr. Ishtiaq Ahmed, Professor of Pathology at the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) in Pakistan, and member of the Global Health Pathology Network, organized the fourth international workshop on pathology of animal diseases, which was held in early March, in Lahore, Pakistan. UVAS Lahore is the oldest veterinary school in Asia, established by … Read more
Estimados colegas: Ésta es una invitación para presentar casos en el Taller de Histopatología, en el marco del XVII SEMINARIO DE LA FUNDACIÓN CL DAVIS-SW THOMPSON EN ARGENTINA, en conjunto con la XIII RAPAVE, a realizarse en el INTA Salta el día 6 de octubre del 2023. Convocamos a presentar casos interesantes, con lesiones clásicas o … Read more
by DMV Ezequiel Salas (San Jose, Costa Rica), Award Winner 2022 Currently, there are great challenges for professionals in charge of animal health, especially in tilapia production in Latin America. For this reason, the externship focused on production and pathology allowed me to acquire new knowledge, optimizing the management and importance of a breeding program … Read more
by Bruce Williams, DVM, PhD, DACVP, Chief Financial Officer of Davis-Thompson Foundation You probably know about Veterinary Systemic Pathology Online (VSPO) and the online Wednesday Slide Conference (both provided by the Joint Pathology Center), but have you visited Noah’s Slidebox, an online whole slide image database, one of many new Foundation initiatives? Populated by slides … Read more
by Jey Koehler, DVM, PhD, DACVP In early December, Drs. Jey Koehler, Linden Craig, and Patty Pesavento took the Descriptive Veterinary Pathology course on the road down to beautiful Belo Horizonte in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. 131 participants from every state in Brazil were in attendance, representing a full spectrum of veterinary students, … Read more
The Award Ceremony was held during the ACVP/ASVCP Annual Meeting, November 14, from 5:00pm to 6:30pm ET. The John M. King Award for Outstanding Lifetime Dedication to Veterinary Pathology Education was presented to Dr. Bruce Williams. “Bruce Williams received his DVM from the University of Georgia in 1985. He entered active duty with the U.S. … Read more
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