(National Veterinary Board, Province of Milan member n° 3163) A graduate of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Milan, he is the owner of the Caravaggio Veterinary Clinic and the "Arco della Pace" Veterinary Clinic in Milan. Since 2010, he has cultivated his passion for sporting dogs, attending numerous seminars on internal medicine, surgery, sports medicine, and laboratory medicine in Italy and abroad. He specializes in search and rescue dogs, riot control dogs, explosive detection dogs, and narcotics detection dogs for law enforcement. He studies vector-borne diseases by participating in a working group at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Vienna. Since 2014, he has taught courses for canine sports associations and rescue groups on topics related to veterinary first aid and nutrition for sporting dogs. He is an ENCI and CSEN instructor in veterinary medical subjects. In 2016, she began developing supplements for working and sporting dogs, becoming a consultant for nutraceutical companies. That same year, she opened her own supplement company, specializing in the formulation of high-quality nutritional supplements. In 2018, she attended a course on thermography applied to canine sports medicine and subsequently undertook thermographic research on sports-related injuries in rescue and sporting dogs. In this field, she collaborates with colleagues specializing in wildlife management in wildlife parks and wildlife protection areas. In 2020, she joined the AAT (American Academy of Thermology). She is an animal welfare consultant for law enforcement agencies in the canine and equestrian fields. With a long-standing interest in search and rescue dogs, he has worked as a Veterinarian, Rescuer, Volunteer, and Logistics Support Officer with various rescue dog units (National Alpine Association, White Cross, and Alpine Rescue). He is currently the Veterinarian and Operations Officer for the Bergamo State Police Search and Rescue Unit, as well as a member of the State Police's canine sports team. He has participated in over 60 national and international competitions and qualifications. He participated in the IRO Rescue Dog World Championships in Ljubljana, Slovenia, in 2018, and in Paris, France, in 2019, with his dog, a Belgian Malinois named Hacker de Alphaville Bohemia, achieving excellent results, including becoming the Italian champion at the 2018 World Championships. He serves as the official competition veterinarian at various events for the major Italian dog associations (ENCI and CSEN), as well as international dog associations such as the IRO. In 2018, he joined the AIVSeC (Italian Association of Sleddog and Canicross Veterinarians) as a member, and in 2020, he became a member of the association's board of directors. That same year, he became a voting member of the ISDVMA (International SledDog Veterinary Medical Association) and validated his degree in Scandinavia to practice as a veterinarian at sleddog competitions in Norway, Sweden, and Finland. In 2023, together with other members, he founded the A.Me.SVI (Italian Veterinary Sports Medicine Association), where he currently serves as President.
(National Veterinary Board, Province of Treviso member n° 423) She graduated in 2006 in veterinary medicine at the University of Padua with an experimental research on Ethology and Animal Welfare entitled "Stress in search dogs for missing persons on rubble assessed with functional and behavioral parameters", subsequently published. In 2011, she achieved a 2nd level Master's degree in Behavioral Medicine for Pet Animals at the University of Pisa with a dissertation on the applicability and effectiveness of the intervention of the veterinary behaviorist within the shelter kennel. She is a member of the board of certified veterinarians expert on behavior recognized by FNOVI and Expert on AAA (pet therapy), as well. In 2019, she achieved the diploma of Flower Essences Consultant with honors with the final dissertation entitled "Australian flowers therapy in support of the human-dog relationship in sports and work activities". Over the years, she has attended numerous refresher courses and recently completed training courses in Integrated Phytotherapy, Low Dose Medicine, and Systems Medicine, and recently obtained the title of Certified Veterinary Acupuncturist. Creator of the 5Mondi Pathway on canine sensory perception and medical director of the Veterinary Behavioral Medicine Clinic in Valdobbiadene (TV), she works as a referral doctor for dog training centers and clinics for behavioral medicine and sports psychology. She teaches private and public training for family members, dog professionals, and colleagues. She is a trainer and scientific director of the Patenno Course. She is dedicated to the behavioral and emotional well-being of dogs and cats using an integrated approach with particular attention to the sensory and family environment.
(National Veterinary Board, Province of Turin member n° 1870) She gradutated in Veterinary Medicine at the University of Turin in 2001, In 2008 she travelled to USA to study at the University of Tennessee to achieve the CCRP certification the following year (Certified Canine Rehabilitation Practitioner). Since 2015 she is also certified by the Canine Rehabilitation Institute in Canine Sports Medicine. She has a great interest in pain management and algology and in 2020 she became a Certified General Practitioner in Western Acupunture and Chronic Pain Management. She is speaker and lecturer for many scientific and cultural events in Italy and travels abroad for her continue professional development courses. She is past president of SIRIMSVET, a scientific society member of SCIVAC dealing with Small Animals Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine. She is scientific director and instructor of the firts course of Canine Sports Medicine organized by SCIVAC. She has a considerable passion for canine activities and she serves as field veterinarian for national and international competitions.
(National Veterinary Board, Province of Brescia member n° 496) A graduate of the University of Milan in Veterinary Medicine, Dr. Maffi has been practicing privately since 1988, operating from his own clinic in Palazzolo sull'Oglio (BS). Over the years, Dr. Maffi has focused his professional interests on sporting and working dog medicine, particularly dogs involved in sled dog racing and canicross. After the permanent recognition of his degree in Scandinavian countries (Norway 2010; Sweden 2011) and temporary recognition in Alaska (2013), Dr. Maffi dedicated himself as Chief Veterinarian (Chief Vet) or Race Veterinarian (Race Vet) to the management of the well-being and health of dogs involved in long-distance sled dog races, becoming from 2010 to today the only Italian Veterinarian responsible for the organization of veterinary teams operating in international competitions in Norway ("Bergebyløpet N70", 650 km race, the only race in the world to be held entirely beyond the Arctic Circle) and in Sweden ("Polardistans", 300 km race reserved for dogs of the Nordic breeds recognized by the FCI and "Vildmarksracet", 120 km race, faced by many mushers as a first introduction to long-distance competitions). His passion for sled dogs has led Dr. Maffi to also lend his services to other international sled dog competitions, working as a Race Vet in both North American races ("Yukon Quest" - 1600 km in the Yukon Territories, Canada and Alaska, USA; "Hudson Bay Quest" - 500 km in Manitoba, Canada; "Race to the Sky" - 500 km in Montana, USA) as well as in European competitions, including 10 editions of the "Finnmarksløpet" (the longest 1200 km race in Europe), 7 editions of the "Femundløpet" (a 650 km race which, with over 150 teams of 8 or 12 dogs registered every year, is the most attended long-distance sled dog competition in the world) and in numerous editions of other races, such as the "Amundsen Race", the "Beaver Trap Trail", the "Spain Long Distance", etc. Dr. Maffi has also served (as Chief Vet, Race Vet, National Team Veterinarian, or Anti-Doping Commissioner) in national, European, or world championships for some of the various federations and organizations that govern these canine activities on snow or on land (IFSS, WSA, ICF, FISTEC, FIDASC, CSEN), as well as in international competitions, both sprint and long-distance, sled dog, and canicross, in European countries (France, Great Britain, Spain, Switzerland, Poland, Czech Republic, Finland, Russia, Latvia, Iceland) and non-European countries (Canada, USA, South Africa). Author of papers at national and international sled dog conferences, Dr. Maffi is a member of the Board of Directors of ISDVMA (International Sled Dog Veterinary Medical Association), a member of "Mush with Pride," a founding member and past vice-president of AIM (Italian Mushers Association), a founding member and member of the Board of Directors of AIVSeC (Italian Sled Dog and Canicross Veterinarians Association) and AMeSVI (Italian Veterinary Sports Medicine Association). Among his other veterinary activities, Dr. Maffi regularly attends greyhound coursing competitions, agility competitions, sporting events, and "search and rescue" activities as a field veterinarian. Dr. Maffi has also participated as a volunteer surgeon in numerous "catch/spay/vaccinate/release" campaigns for stray dogs in Ladakh and Sikkim (India), South Africa, Romania, and Spain.
She graduated in Veterinary Medicine at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Milan in 1994, she works as a freelance cardiologist in the provinces of Brescia, Bergamo, and Cremona. Since 2000, she has collaborated with Professor Roberto Santilli on scientific articles and texts, courses, and scientific papers related to cardiology. She has a particular interest in electrocardiography and arrhythmology, and has studied specific topics such as automatic junctional tachycardia, ventriculoatrial conduction, and R-peak time in dogs. She has published in national and international journals and has participated and lectured at courses and seminars organized by the GACVI (Italian Veterinary Arrhythmology and Cardiac Pacing Group), SCIVAC, SICARV, UNISVET, several professional associations, and courses organized by the S. Antonio Veterinary Clinic in Salò. She collaborated in the drafting of the texts: “Electrocardiography of the dog and cat. Genesis and interpretation of the cardiac rhythm” (2009), “Manual of cardiology of the dog and cat” (2012) ed. Elsevier and was responsible for the translation of the text “Electrocardiography of the dog and cat – Diagnosis of arrhythmias” (2018 and 2020 ed. Edra). In September 2024, the new text “Cardiac arrhythmias in dogs and cats” was published (authors Santilli-Pariaut-Perego) of which she supervised the revision, also co-authoring two chapters. She also contributed to the production of the DVDs “Electrocardiography of the dog and cat” (2014 ed. Boehringer Ingelheim). In April 2019, she obtained the European Certification of Competence in Veterinary Echocardiography, and since that year, she has been working in sporting dog cardiology and has been a speaker for SIRIMSVET and other societies and associations on sporting dogs. For AMeSVI, she has participated in several scientific studies, including a poster presentation in Cordoba at the 2024 European College of Veterinary Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation congress, entitled "Prevalence of genetic YARS2 mutation inducing cardiomyopathy and juvenile mortality in physically active Belgian Shepherd dogs." She presented presentations on sled dog cardiology at the 2024 ISDVMA (International Sled Dog Veterinary Medical Association) congress in Kiruna, Sweden.