In the wake of increasing needs of precise and rapid diagnosis, emerging and re-emerging diseases, zoonotic and trans-boundary diseases between animals and humans coupled with threats of bio-terrorism, the role of a veterinary pathologist gets even more challenging.

These inaugural remarks were expressed by Brig Dr NS Kanwar, chief guest of XXVI annual conference of Indian Association of Veterinary Pathologists with the theme on “Diagnostic pathology’ and an international symposium on “Philosophy of disease diagnosis through morphological to bimolecular approaches” from October 28-30, 2009 in the Department of Veterinary Pathology, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University, (GADVASU).

Dr VK Taneja, vice-chancellor, GADVASU, presided over the function. He said that veterinary pathology was in fact a unifying science, which bridges a network to clinical veterinary sciences and when required translated to human interfaces.