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Asociacion de Veterinarios Especializados en Animales de Compania de la Argentinal (AVEACA)

Sociedad de Medicina Veterinaria
Chile 1856
1227 Buenos Aires, Argentina

Tel. +54 11 43838760
Fax. +54 11 43838760
E-mail: aveaca@ciudad.com.ar

President: Dr. Diego Blanco
E-mail: doctorblanco@ciudad.com.ar or drdiegoblanco@gmail.com

WSAVA Representative
Dr Oscar Resburgo
Pelliza 699
1636 Olivos
Buenos Aires
Argentina

Tel: +54 11 4790 3350
Fax:+54 11 4790 9599

E-mail:resburgo@fibertel.com.ar

Members (as of September 2008): 320

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AVEACA Annual Report 2008-2009 (posted June 2009)

During 2008 AVEACA worked very hard developing the following activities:

1) AVEACA organised together with the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (UBA) a series of lectures about radiology from June to October 2008 and a series of lectures about echography from October to December 2008.

2) VIII National Congress: August 14 - 15 th., 2008
Convention Center: Palais Rouge
Sponsors: EUKANUBA, MOLINO CHACABUCO and ROYAL CANIN
Attendance: more than 800 colleagues
The scientific program covered different topics as: feline medicine, behaviour, oncology, nutrition and surgery. Together with the scientific program took place a commercial exhibition with the participation of more than 30 companies.

3) Ninth Module of the Continuing Education Program: September 19 th., 2008
Convention Center: Bauen Hotel
Sponsors: BAYER, HILL´S and INTERVET
Attendance: more than 200 colleagues
In this occasion the foreign speaker was Dr. Jolle Kirpensteijn, from The Netherlands, who gave a lecture about oncology. The local speaker was Estela Molina, who gave a lecture about nephrology.

4) On November 26 th., 2008 AVEACA organized together with EUKANUBA a meeting about "Practice Management". The speaker was Dra. Betina Rama
Convention Center: Punta Carrasco
Attendance: more than 200 colleagues

5) AVEACA continued publishing its own magazine "PRAXIS", which is distributed in different parts of the country. It is a three-month publication.

Activities 2009:

1) On March 25 th. took place the First Module of the Continuing Education Program of FIAVAC. The topic was endocrinology. In this opportunity the foreign speaker was Dr. Albert Lloret, from Spain, and the two local speakers were Dr. Alejandro Blanco and Dr. Juan Duacastella.
Convention Center: Salguero Plaza
Sponsor: HILL´S
Attendance: more tha 150 colleagues

2) AVEACA just started with its own Continuing Education Program with the following schedule:
- May 20, 2009: DERMATOLOGY
- June 17, 2009: CARDIOLOGY
- July 15, 2009: GASTROENTEROLOGY
- August 19, 2009: OPHTHALMOLOGY
- September 16, 2009: NEPHROLOGY

3) We are organizing our Ninth National Congress in association with AAMeFe (Asociación Argentina de Medicina Felina)
Date: October 1- 2, 2009
Convention Center: Palais Rouge
Sponsors: EUKANUBA and MOLINO CHACABUCO
Together with the scientific programan is going to take place an important commercial exhibition.

4) The Tenth Module of the Continuing Education Program, organized together with the WSAVA, will probably take place on October 2009.

5) On November 25, 2009 is going to take place the Second Module of the Continuing Education Program of FIAVAC.

6) AVEACA continues working very hard in the next edition of "PRAXIS"