‍Dear EAVDI members,

Welcome to the autumn edition of the EAVDI newsletter.

EVDI Congress

Another great EVDI Annual Congress has come and gone, this time under the magical Greek sky! Our compliments to the scientific committee for a very interesting and informative scientific programme and to the local committee for also organising the fine social events that allowed us to spend quality time in lovely surroundings with our friends and colleagues from all over the world.

A special mention and a huge THANK YOU! goes to the exotic dream team who lead the EAVDI stream: Michaela Gumpenberger, Federico Vilaplana Grosso, Stamos Tahas and Panayotis Azmanis. These guys just really hit it off and they put an immense amount of work preparing four fascinating talks respectively about reptiles (chelonians, in particular tortoises and turtles), rabbits guinea pigs and chinchillas, Zoo animals and birds.

The special chemistry and great energy within this group of experts was particularly evident during the afternoon session, when they entertained and involved the audience in the interactive discussion of curious and/or unusual exotic cases.

Above: The  exotic interactive session

 Above: The exotic dream team with yours truly (the short one!)

Work is now underway to organise the EAVDI stream day for the next annual EVDI congress, in the beautiful sea village of Sitges, close to Barcelona, Spain between the 17th and the 20th of September 2025. Save the date and have a look at the provisional webpage!

The winners of the travel award this year were: Linda Negro, 1st year resident at Portoni Rossi in Bologna (Italy); Adam Northwood, 2nd year resident at the RVC equine referral hospital (UK) and Andrea Vila Cabaleiro, 1st year resident at the RVC (UK).

More photos from the congress as well as the recordings of the presentations, will soon be available in the EAVDI webpage.

The new European Association of Veterinary Imaging Practitioners is progressively taking shape thanks to the commitment of a very enthusiastic temporary board.

To view the EAVIP mission, vision and values statement please click here.

A large level of interest has been registered for the new association, with more than 90 possible members in the waiting list. The current task is to get the association registered as a charity/non-profit organisation and start the registration process of new members.

The first EAVIP dedicated CPD day will be happening in Sitges at EVDI 2025, the programme is well underway and the group is incredibly enthusiastic and excited about this opportunity to reach out to their peers throughout Europe.

I would kindly ask you once again to mention EAVIP to any radiographer, imaging nurse and technician working in your clinic/institution.

For further information or to register your interest as possible member please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. There will soon be also a subsection of the EAVDI webpage dedicated to EAVIP.

Veterinary Education Outreach

Further to her incredible presentation on International Outreach in Veterinary Radiology Education at our IVRA EVDI meeting in Dublin in 2023, Nic Hayward is pleased to report that 'Veterinary Education Outreach', a.k.a 'Vet-EO' has now been registered at the Charities Commission. With an impressive group of Trustees, including Prof Allison Zwingenberger, work on the Vet-EO.org website is currently underway.

The remit of the charity is to provide educational support to vets in low and middle income countries, notably those involved in education, using a train-the-trainer framework where possible. This support will include online educational material, including webinars, teleradiology support, and face-to-face CPD in underserved countries.

Above: Nic scanning a dog in the Soi Dog Foundation in Thailand

Above: Nic in Buthan training local vets on ultrasound

Whilst at the early stages of development, once the website is set up, we welcome volunteers who would like to be involved in this project. If you would like further information, please contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

‍Memberships

Our association is healthier than ever, 85 new members joined in 2024
reaching a total of 545 members between main EAVDI (291) and BID (254).

Welcome to all the new members!

The AGM in Greece was poorly attended due to an unfortunate clash in the schedule; however, we succeeded in reaching the necessary quorum to vote the change the constitution paragraph on the application process for new members. From now on aspiring new members will no longer need a proposer and a seconder; instead, when filling out the online form available in the EAVDI webpage, they will have to upload a document confirming their involvement in the veterinary sector. Read the relevant new paragraph 4.4 of the constitution here.

Members who paid for their membership fee this time last year might be getting reminder emails from us to pay for another year, they might log on and pay or wait for their recurrent payment to be processed. Reminders will be sent a little before a year after their initial payment, so it will depend on when they joined. If members have any questions about registration or fee payment they can contact our treasurer Helen at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Upcoming meetings

The next BID autumn meeting will be held at the Winchester Hotel and Spa, Winchester, Hampshire the 8th and 9th of November. The diverse programme caters for various interests from contrast media to exotics and promises to be very good. You can have a look at the programme here; however, unfortunately registration is now closed.

Yours Sincerely,

Antonella Puggioni
EAVDI President