RABBIT SURGERY COURSE

Si laurea con Lode a Napoli nel 2003. Successivamente consegue il Diploma di Master Universitario in “Conservazione della Fauna”, il Diploma di Specializzazione in Patologia Aviare, Coniglio e Selvaggina ed il Dottorato di Ricerca in Biologia, Patologia ed Igiene Ambientale in Medicina Veterinaria. Nel 2014 consegue il Diploma dell'European College of Zoological Medicine e con esso, il titolo di Specialista Europeo nella Medicina dei Piccoli Mammiferi da Compagnia. Ha frequentato e lavorato presso diverse cliniche ed Università in Kuwait, Regno Unito ed USA. Relatore a corsi e congressi nazionali ed internazionali, autore di oltre 50 pubblicazioni scientifiche. Professore a contratto presso le Facoltà di Medicina Veterinaria di Napoli, Parma e Bologna. Lavora esclusivamente come referente per la Medicina e Chirurgia degli Animali Esotici presso diverse strutture private in Campania.

Thomas M. Donnelly received degrees in veterinary medicine and pathology from the University of Sydney, Australia, and then moved to The Rockefeller University, New York, to study comparative medicine and pathology, becoming a Diplomate of the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine. Besides providing biomedical research services to universities and pharmaceutical companies, Tom also enjoys seeing exotic pets and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners and the European College of Zoological Medicine. He was a member of the Avian & Exotic Pet Services at Animal Medical Center in New York and has an Adjunct Faculty appointment at Tufts Veterinary School in Massachusetts in the Zoological Companion Animal Medicine service. Tom is currently working at the French National Veterinary School of Alfort, where he is a research professor and co-service head of the Exotic Animal Service. He is a consultant on the Veterinary Information Network (VIN) and is the author of over 200 scientific and clinical publications, including chapters in “Ferrets, Rabbits and Rodents: Clinical Medicine Surgery” and is the co-editor of “Veterinary Clinical Advisor: Birds and Exotic Pets.” Tom is allergic to most mammals. Although his veterinary medicine career and allergies collide, he is fortunate in finding the challenges and diversity of working with researchers, exotic pets and their often equally unusual owners constantly gratifying.

Charly Pignon was graduated in 2005 from Alfort National Veterinary School (France) and did his veterinary thesis on a wildlife conservation project in Cambodia. Then he worked in the wildlife rescue center in Alfort and worked in Paris Zoo (la Ménagerie du Jardin des Plantes). In 2009, Charly Pignon completed an Exotic Medicine Internship at Tufts University and when he came back to France he created the Exotic Medicine Service in Alfort National Veterinary School. Charly Pignon is a Diplomate of the European College of Zoological Medicine (Small mammals), a board member of Yaboumba (French association for continuing education in exotic and wild animals) and immediate past president president of the Association of Exotic Mammal Veterinarian, member of the executive committee of the ECZM. His current field of research are ear surgeries and orthopedic surgeries in small mammals, and blood transfusion in ferrets.