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Like medical pathology, veterinary pathology is divided into two branches, anatomical pathology and clinical pathology. Other than the diagnosis of disease in food-producing animals, companion animals, zoo animals and wildlife, veterinary pathologists also have an important role in drug discovery and safety as well as scientific research. [1]
Veterinary Pathology publishes reports of basic and applied research involving wildlife, marine and zoo animals and poultry. The journal focuses on details of the diagnostic investigations of diseases of animals, reports of experimental studies on mechanisms of specific processes and also provides insights into animal models of human disease.
In the early 1980s, leaders of the Army veterinary pathology specialty recognized that training would be more effective and the Department of Defense better served by a formal residency program consolidating all training under one roof. 1 Now in its 23rd year, the DODVPR is one of the largest and most successful veterinary pathology training ...
In 2005, for the first time in its 104-year-history, the Veterinary Medicine Programme at University College Dublin instituted a lecture-free final year focusing on clinical training. [22] The Institute of Veterinary Pathology at the University of Zurich has implemented a curriculum for teaching pathology with an extensive clinical component. [23]
The Veterinary Journal is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering veterinary science and related topics. The journal was established in 1875 as The Veterinary Journal and Annals of Comparative Pathology and renamed The Veterinary Journal in 1900, then renamed British Veterinary Journal in 1949 before finally obtaining its current title in 1997.
Canine distemper virus (CDV) (sometimes termed "footpad disease") is a viral disease that affects a wide variety of mammal families, [2] including domestic and wild species of dogs, coyotes, foxes, pandas, wolves, ferrets, skunks, raccoons, and felines, as well as pinnipeds, some primates, and a variety of other species.
The specialty of veterinary pathology offers some other interesting opportunities for veterinarians to use their education and skills in ways far removed from treating patients. The American College of Veterinary Pathologists (ACVP)(acvp.org), the first veterinary medical specialty, was founded in 1949 and has grown to about 1500 active members ...
Most cases of feline hypersomatotropism are caused by acidophilic pituitary tumours that predominantly secrete growth hormone. In some cases low levels of other pituitary hormones are secreted.