two Grey Seals, two seals, harbour porpoise and one grey seal
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Caroline Berger
Caroline Berger

Curriculum Vitae

Education

  • 2011 – 2012: Studies of Biology, University of Hamburg
  • 2013 – 2020: Studies of Veterinary Medicine, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
  • 2018 – 2020: Specialization in Conservation Medicine and Small Animal Medicine, Thesis „Etiology of elevated serum Thyroxine levels in dogs“
  • 2017: Clinical Rotation, Veterinary University of Pretoria, South Africa
  • 2019: Internship, Semaphore Veterinary Surgery, Australia

Professional Experience as Veterinarian

  • 2020 – 2022: Veterinarian in Small Animal Medicine, Internal and Surgical Medicine
  • Since 2021: Project work with „Tierärztepool“, Spaying and neutering of stray dogs and cats in Romania and Greece
  • 2022 – 2023: Internship in Wildlife Population Health with the Wildlife Conservation Medicine Research Group (WildCoM), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
  • Since 2024: Research Associate at ITAW (Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover)

Focus of Work

  • Health monitoring of marine mammals
  • Conflict management in the area of fisheries/shellfish farming with eider ducks and health checks of eider ducks from the Western Baltic Sea

Memberships

  • Wildlife Disease Association (WDA)
  • European Wildlife Disease Association (EWDA)