Two members of the Aracavia team attended the 23rd Veterinary Specialties Congress (GTA 2024), held in Valencia on 12–13 April 2024.
The exotic animal theme at this congress was:
- Diagnostic imaging in small exotic mammals, with an emphasis on CT and ultrasound. By María Ardíaca and Piero A. Battiato.
New candidates presented their cases for accreditation in exotic animal medicine and surgery.
By Estefanía Manzanares Ferrer:
- Crossed beak in a Silkie chicken chick.
- Constipation due to faecal impaction, associated with infection by Clostridium perfringes.
By Myriam Ramos Sánchez:
- Bulla..
- Gastrotomy…
Free communications from the exotic animal group:
- Seroprevalence study of Dirofilaria immitis in pet ferrets (Mustela putorius furo) from different regions of Spain. Jacobo Giner et al.
- Post-traumatic inguinal hernia in Chinchilla lanigera. María Edo Bonet et al.
- Thoracoscopically assisted lung lobectomy in a domestic rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus). José Villora et al.
- Mortality associated with bornavirus infection and a syndrome of encephalomalacia and haemorrhagic sinusitis in a collection of finches. By Carlos Ouro Núñez.
- Pancreatic panniculitis in a domestic ferret. By Jacobo Giner et al.
