We invite you all to read the interview with the Head of KNMW Paulina Bindas – This is the first of such interviews with the members of our Club, that will appear on “Praktycznie o weterynarii” website (vetkompleksowo.pl)!

Link to the article:

 https://vetkompleksowo.pl/kategorie-tematyczne/wywiady/paulina-bindas-wlasnie-spelniam-swoje-najwieksze-marzenie/?fbclid=IwAR1beolYsw090EdnkHpBKlHPoZdBbGfvqmdCsaTu8IsWzPxjGhoDl51-yrc

Last Friday the fundraiser in memory of Professor Arkadiusz Orzechowski, which has been organised together with WMW SGGW and IVSA Warsaw, was completed.

All collected funds have been sent to Spartanie Dzieciom Foundation using the online donation form (available on their website). All together we have managed to gather 8 110 zł, which is triple what we have expected. We would like to thank all, who in this way commemorated the Professor.

If someone still would like to support the Foundation, you can do so using the form below:

http://spartaniedzieciom.org/formularz-wplat/

Exotic Animals Section is constantly working on new research. This time an unexpected patient had to go under the knife.

In the picture students – Vice-president of the section, Aleksandra Szefer and a second year student, Piotr Szczygieł – assist by the procedure of female Western Hognose Snake’s lumpectomy.

Collected materials will soon be sent for histopathology, and its result will be discussed during one of the upcoming Conferences.

During the examinations our students are supported by DSc Wojciech Bielecki, SGGW associate professor and DVM Gabor Kamiński.

This is not the first time that Aleksandra and Piotr encroach upon reptile territory – their joint review regarding metabolic bone disease in reptiles and amphibians has achieved a second place in the section related to exotic animals on II National Veterinary Conference ResonnéVet.

Piotr has also taken part in 3rd Ethical Dilemmas in Veterinary Education Conference with his essay “Ethical Dilemma of Breeding Snakes in Rack Systems in the Context of Veterinary Medicine”.

It has been a week since our Conference, and we are still delighted that we have managed to organize this event. There is also another very important reason for us to celebrate – the success of our colleagues in the essay contest. This year two essays submitted by our members received an award:

1. Kaja Wencel and Daria Wola for the essay: “Occurrence of polyomaviruses and circoviruses in broods of canaries (Serinus Canaria) and Bengalese finches (Lonchura striata f. domestica) from a flock infected with these viruses”
2. Marek Tomaszewski i Kasia Urbańska for the essay: “Seminoma with renal metastases in domestic pigeon (Columba livia domestica) –  a case report”.

Congratulations to the winners and we wish you even more successes in the future! 😀

We would like to also thank the members of our Club, without whom the Conference would not take place – namely our Organizing Committee!

Thank you for your hard work and commitment for the last six months, all sent emails and filled out documents, created artwork, and during the last week – sleepless nights. 😉

All of this would not be possible without you! We would like to also thank: Club supervisor DSc Tomasz Sadkowski, Paulina Bindas, Artur Banaszkiewicz, Magda Nowak, Delfina Wolny, Angelika Błaszczyk, Monika Golińska, Ewelina Pierzecka, Łukasz Budzich, DVM Elżbieta Stefanik, Daria Woli, Kaja Wencel, Urszula Podrażka, Roksana Brożyna.

We are pleased to announce that our next speaker will be DVM Paulina Roguska.

DVM Paulina Roguska, works at the clinic for small mammals “Ogonek” in Warsaw. She has been interested in rodent and rabbit diseases since her studies at University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn. She gained her experience during internships both in Poland and abroad. She had the opportunity to serve an internship at Centro Veterinario Specialistico Clinica per Animali Esotici in Rome. This year she also completed her specialization in non-domestic animal diseases. Thanks to the combination of knowledge and clinical practice she knows perfectly the specifics of working with our smallest patients.

During our DVM conference, Paulina Roguska will give a lecture on emergency management in rodents and rabbits. You cannot miss it!

The lecture will be held on May 15, at 1 p.m.

We are pleased to announce that our next speaker will be dr. Giovanni Gnemmi.

Dr. Giovanni Gnemmi is a veterinarian who works for the Spanish company BOVINEVET INTERNACIONAL Bovine Ultrasound Services & Herd Management and he’s an associate professor of bovine reproductive pathology at the veterinary faculty of the Catholic University of Valencia (ES). Since 1993, Dr. Gnemmi has been working with ultrasonography in cattle, trying to incorporate this method into herd management. Dr. Gnemmi’s fields of interest are reproductive management (ultrasound diagnosis of embryonic death, follicular dynamics, synchronization programs, uterine ultrasound, transition management, filed application of color Doppler), preventive medicine, and continuing education of farm and veterinary workers. In these areas of expertise, he has developed international experience, both as a consultant for large and very large dairy farms in Europe, South America, China, the Middle East and as an instructor in more than 300 training courses around the world. He is the author of 2 atlases on bovine reproductive ultrasound (Le Point Veterinaire 2004, French version MEDCOM 2010, English version Blackwell 2011). He has numerous publications, many of them in peer-reviewed journals, and has presented approximately 280 invited lectures at national and international conference.

The lecture will be held on May 15, at 2:30 p.m.

DVM, PhD Jacek Mrowiec graduated in Veterinary Medicine at Wroclaw University of Life Sciences in 2010. In 2015 obtained the title of specialist in “Animal Reproduction” and “Diseases of Ruminants”. He has been an academic teacher at Wrocław University of Life Sciences for many years. From 2015-2019 he was a supervising physician at the Mazovian Center for Animal Breeding and Reproduction. From 2018-2019 he was a farm animal vet at OVET Veterinary Clinic in Wielkopolska. Since 2020 he has been technical manager at Hipra. Dr. Mrowiec main clinical interest is reproduction.

The lecture will be held on May 15, at 6 p.m.

We are pleased to announce that our next speaker will be dr. Parzeniecka-Jaworska.

Dr. Parzeniecka-Jaworska is a recognized authority in veterinary cardiology. She is a graduate of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences, where she began her PhD studies in 2008 in the Department of Veterinary Pathology and Diagnostics, which she defended in 2014. The topic of her doctoral thesis was the study of natriuretic peptides in Maine coon cats with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Over the years, she gained experience in seeing cardiology patients while working at veterinary clinics in Warsaw. Besides cardiology, Mrs. Doctor is also interested in laboratory diagnostics. In 2014 she completed her specialization in this field. Dr. Parzeniecka-Jaworska is also a respected author of many scientific articles and a supervisor of doctoral theses. She shares her knowledge with students of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW), teaching classes in diagnostics and internal diseases of dogs and cats, and as the supervisor of the cardiology section of The Scientific Society of Veterinary Medicine Students WULS-SGGW

The lecture will be held on May 15, at 7:30 p.m.