Postgraduate Advanced Courses

Postgraduated advanced courses are programs of variable length designed to provide specialised knowledge in specific scientific and professional fields, accessible after a bachelor’s or master’s degree.

Ongoing Postgraduate Advanced Courses

Academic Year 2025/26

Dog Hepatology

The general aim of the course is to provide knowledge and clinical approaches for managing liver diseases in dogs. This includes reading and interpreting laboratory tests, ultrasound and CT reports, and histological findings, as well as practical diagnostic and therapeutic approaches for various canine liver diseases.
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Director: Prof. Veronica Marchetti

Management of Patients Undergoing Laparoscopy – Theoretical and Practical Course for Anesthetists and Surgeons

The course aims to provide the fundamental theoretical and practical knowledge needed to safely manage anesthesia in animals, with particular focus on patient monitoring, complication management, and the correct use of anesthetic drugs.
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Director: Prof. Angela Briganti

Practical course in Abdominal Ultrasound

To provide theoretical and practical knowledge for performing abdominal ultrasound examinations in dogs and cats. The specific aim of the course is to develop ultrasound skills and competencies, enabling participants to use ultrasound diagnostically in patient management and to independently perform abdominal ultrasound exams.
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Director: Prof. Simonetta Citi

Thoracic Radiology in dogs and cats

The general aim of the course is to provide theoretical and practical knowledge for interpreting thoracic radiographs of dogs and cats. Starting from the fundamentals of clinical examination, participants will learn a systematic method for analysing and interpreting images, essential for recognising pathologies in the different anatomical regions.
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Director: Prof.ssa Simonetta Citi

Academic Year 2024/25

Specific Training for Personnel Involved in Animal Research for Scientific Purposes: Equines and Cattle

The general aim of the course is to provide an adequate level of training for personnel involved in animal research, in accordance with Article 23 of Legislative Decree 26/2014 (Directive 2010/63/EU), for equine and cattle species. Specifically, the course will provide the legislative and ethical tools to approach animal research responsibly, with particular attention to alternative methods (3Rs), in line with national and European legislation.
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Director: Prof. Alberto Elmi

Academic Year 2023/24

POCUS – Point of Care Ultrasound in the emergency setting

The course aims to provide the theoretical and practical skills needed to use POCUS ultrasound effectively in veterinary clinical practice, as a tool particularly useful in emergency/critical care settings, offering a non-invasive means of immediate decision-making support.
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Director: Prof.ssa Angela Briganti

Postgraduate Advanced Courses Office

email: master@vet.unipi.it
PEC: scienzeveterinarie@pec.unipi.it
Fax: 0502210654
Telephone: 0502216701