Expert veterinarians for the diagnosis and screening of the main heart disease in small animals.
Screening and diagnosis of heart diseases in companion animals
Diagnosis and screening of cardiopathies in small animals: our Observatory consists of a team of experienced veterinarians qualified in cardiology. After a careful and in-depth cardiac examination, they take care of the collection of epidemiological, clinical and echocardiographic data from dogs and cats and of the creation of an archive of genetic material of the examinated subjects.
Welcome to the new OVIC website, the website that unifies the Italian Heart Diseases Veterinary Observatory and the Italian HCM Feline Observatory.
Laboratorio di genetica molecolare Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria Università di Milano
Associazione Nazionale Felina Italiana
Genefast
ENCI
Maine coon cat Club
List of supporters
Italian Heart Diseases Veterinary ObservatoryThe originsThe Italian Heart Diseases Veterinary Observatory was created with the aim of coordinating and standardizing the collection of epidemiological, clinical, echocardiographic and ultrasound data on dogs and cats, in Italy and abroad, and establishing an archive of genetic material of the subjects examined.
Our team of expert veterinarians are able to early diagnose feline and canine heart diseases through cardiological and echocardiography examination, in order to prolong duration and increase quality of their life.
Heart diseases can be congenital if present since birth or acquired if occurred during life.
Both can have a hereditary component, that originates from a genetic mutation that is inherited from parents to offspring which determines in whole or in part the evolution of the disease.
For this reason, breeders and owners, helped by the veterinary cardiologists, identify specific risks of each breed in order to avoid perpetuating genetic defects through wrong mating.
Submit your application to join the process to become a veterinarian examiner by attaching your short curriculum vitae (in a Word document) and sending it to the address:
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You will be contacted by e-mail by the supervisor of the Commission for the admission (suitability) of veterinarians to the Observatory, who will inform you if your application is accepted or, otherwise, about which training and further training paths you need to complete before becoming a veterinarian examiner.
È stata recentemente pubblicata (meurs et al orphanet j. rare d. 2021, 16:108) una mutazione del gene alms1 che potrebbe essere associata a forme di hcm dello sphynx e che sta già riscuotendo l’interesse degli allevatori della razza.
Il progetto nato in collaborazione con l’Ospedale Veterinario Universitario Didattico di Perugia e l’Osservatorio Veterinario Italiano Cardiopatie (OVIC) con l’intento di monitorare e salvaguardare il Dobermann Italiano dalla malattia cardiaca “DCM”