Katerina Tomsič works at the Department of Anaesthesiology of the Clinic for Small Animal Medicine (Veterinary Faculty, University of Ljubljana).
Katerina graduated from the Veterinary Faculty in 2007. As a student, she worked as a veterinary technician at the Clinic for Surgery and Small Animals. She carried out professional practice at private veterinary clinics at home and abroad. After graduation, she continued to work at the clinic as a volunteer trainee until she became regularly employed in 2009. In 2017 she obtained her PhD degree with the doctoral dissertation: The influence of propofol and sevoflurane anaesthesia on oxidative stress in dogs with myxomatous mitral valve degeneration.
Her clinical work covers the areas of anaesthesiology and critical care. She is also the author of several professional articles for veterinarians and animal owners.
Katerina Tomsič is a member of the Veterinary Chamber of Commerce.
She speaks Slovenian, Italian and English fluently.
Scientific articles
- Influence of sevoflurane or propofol anaesthesia on oxidative stress parameters in dogs with early-stage myxomatous mitral valve degeneration: a preliminary study.
- Plasma coenzyme Q10 concentration, antioxidant status, and serum N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide concentration in dogs with various cardiovascular diseases and the effect of cardiac treatment on measured variables.
- Plasma total antioxidant capacity and activities of blood glutathione peroxidase and superoxide dismutase determined in healthy dogs by using commercially available kits.
- 24-hour follow-up study of plasma coenzyme Q10, total antioxidant capacity and selected blood parameters after a single oral dose of water-soluble coenzyme Q10 in healthy beagle dogs.
- Diagnostic methods of cardiomyopathy in dogs – old and new perspectives and methods.
- Anestezija psov z boleznimi srca: kaj mora vedeti lastnik.
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