The article presents a report from the joint congress of the European Society
of Veterinary Pathology, the European College of Veterinary Pathologists,
the European Society of Veterinary Clinical Pathology and the European
College of Veterinary Clinical Pathology, which took place in Lisbon, Portugal,
August 31 – September 2, 2023. The idea of the joint congress resulted from the
need to exchange ideas, experiences and points of view regarding the approach
to laboratory diagnostics in anatomical and clinical pathology. The congress
focused on those branches of veterinary pathology in which both necropsy
and microscopic diagnostics, as well as cytopathology, body fluids and bone
marrow biopsy, play an important role. A record number of over 450 participants
took part in the Congress. Most of them were veterinary anatomic and clinical
pathologists, as well as residents preparing for board exams. There were sessions
on general pathology, diseases of wild and exotic animals, fish diseases, new
diagnostic techniques, infectious diseases, oncology, bone marrow pathology
and tumor pathology, forensic veterinary medicine and cytopathology. A nice
event of this year’s Congress was the awarding of the title of European Specialist
in Veterinary Pathology to vet. surgeon Diana Bochyńska, who graduated from
the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Lublin. The interdisciplinary nature of
the issues presented at the Congress and the far-reaching specialization in
veterinary pathology itself indicate the need for specialized education in this
field of veterinary medicine