About Tierärztliche Praxis

Tierärztliche Praxis

Tierärztliche Praxis is the veterinary medicine trade journal of the Georg Thieme Verlag of Stuttgart, published in two editions: Ausgabe K for small animals and pets, and Ausgabe G for large animals and farm animals, the einzigen veterinärmedizinischen Fachzeitschrift that addresses each practitioner group explicitly and guarantees the zielgruppengenaue Ansprache for the advertisers. It is the only veterinary specialist journal that addresses itself explicitly to the large-animal and the small-animal practitioner respectively, guaranteeing a precisely targeted audience. Published six times a year, it combines scientific original papers, review articles, and case reports with practice-oriented continuing education: each issue carries an ATF-recognized training article worth one ATF continuing-education hour, the Fortbildungsartikel the Akademie für tierärztliche Fortbildung recognizes and the readers collect. The 54th volume year is 2026, the 54. Jahrgang the bookseller's bibliographic data confirm.

Overview

Tierärztliche Praxis appears in two series. Ausgabe K: Kleintiere/Heimtiere covers dogs, cats, and pet and zoo animals, with suggestions on new therapy and operation procedures, the correct use of imaging procedures, practice-oriented articles, clinical case presentations, and information on new medicines, the Anregungen the publisher's description promises the Kleintierpraktiker. Ausgabe G: Großtiere/Nutztiere covers ruminants, pigs, horses, and poultry, with knowledge on therapy and operation procedures and current pharmaceutical law regulations, the arzneimittelrechtlichen Vorschriften the farm-animal practitioner needs for the tägliche Arbeit in Beständen.

Both editions publish training contributions, original papers, reviews, and case studies, and offer open-access publication, the hybrid model that the publisher lists for both journals and the Manuskript-einreichen the journal pages invite. Each issue's ATF-recognized training article enables the acquisition of one ATF hour, up to six per year, from the Akademie für tierärztliche Fortbildung, the fortbildungsstark feature the publisher highlights for both the K and G editions. Every article ends with a highlighted "Fazit für die Praxis" (conclusion for the practice), giving even the hurried reader a rapid overview of the most important contents, the modern conception the beck-shop description notes with its many high-quality, mostly colored illustrations.

The journals are listed in MEDLINE, the Science Citation Index Expanded, Scopus, and Web of Science, with the K edition carrying a Journal Impact Factor of 0.5 and the G edition 0.3 in the publisher's current figures, alongside AgBiotechNet, Index Veterinarius, the Veterinary Bulletin, and the Zoological Record. The digital editions are used free of charge via Thieme E-Journals, with the archive of all issues published since 2000 available for research, the kostenlose Nutzung the subscription terms include for the digitalen Ausgaben.

History

The Tierärztliche Praxis is published by the Georg Thieme Verlag KG of Stuttgart, at Oswald-Hesse-Strasse 50 in the 70469 district, one of Germany's leading medical and scientific publishers and the Hersteller the product safety notice names for the journal. The 54th volume year falls in 2026, placing the journal's founding in the early 1970s, the 54. Jahrgang the bookseller lists for the 2026 edition with its ISSN 1434-1239.

The journal is, with its sister editions, the official organ of several specialist groups of the Deutsche Veterinärmedizinische Gesellschaft (German Veterinary Medical Society): internal medicine and clinical laboratory diagnostics, diseases of small ruminants, poultry, pathology, and swine diseases, the DVG-Fachgruppen the media data list for the advertising platform. The K edition is additionally the official organ of the German-speaking group of the European Association of Avian Veterinarians, the EAAV's German-speaking community for the Zier-, Zoo- und Wildvögel. These official-organ relationships anchor the journal in the profession's scientific societies, the societies whose members form the journal's core readership and the advertisers' target audience.

Coverage and Content

The K edition's editorial program is the scientifically founded specialist journal for veterinarians in small-animal practice: it connects current research with practice-oriented continuing education and offers orientation for the daily work in small-animal clinics and practices, the Wissenschaft, Fortbildung und Berufspolitik the publisher promises for the Kleintierpraxis. Clinical case reports, guidelines, and practice-relevant recommendations support safe, evidence-based, contemporary veterinary decision-making, complemented by contributions on practice management, quality standards, and professional-policy questions of small-animal medicine, the praxisrelevante Empfehlungen the profile highlights for the Kleintiermedizin.

The G edition is the scientifically founded specialist journal for veterinarians in cattle, pig, and mixed practice: it connects current research with practice-oriented continuing education and offers orientation for the daily work in the herds, the Bestände the publisher's profile names for the Rinder-, Schweine- und Gemischtpraxis. Clinical case reports, guidelines, and practice-relevant specifications support safe and contemporary veterinary decision-making, complemented by contributions on management, quality, and professional questions in farm-animal practice.

The training section "Aus Studium und Praxis" (from study and practice) addresses the less specialized veterinarian and the career entrant with practice-oriented contributions tailored to the professional everyday, the Fortbildungsrubrik the beck-shop description describes for the Berufseinsteiger. Literature reviews summarize the most important contents from international journals, giving the readers a view into other countries, the Literaturreferate the trial description lists for the Blick in andere Länder.

Continuing Education Context

Each issue's ATF-recognized training article plugs directly into the profession's continuing-education system. Under the Bundestierärztekammer's model professional code, practicing veterinarians owe 20 hours of continuing education per year, rising to 24 hours for those with an additional designation and 30 for specialists — with higher thresholds for veterinarians authorized to train the next generation. Only training recognized by the Akademie für tierärztliche Fortbildung (ATF) or the chambers counts toward the obligation, which the 17 state veterinary chambers monitor. Since 2006, interactive formats without physical attendance — including journal-based training with a multiple-choice test of at least five questions per ATF hour, a 70 percent pass mark, and a maximum of two attempts — have also qualified, giving the journal's Fortbildungsartikel their formal weight in the readers' professional lives.

Organization and Ownership

Tierärztliche Praxis is published by the Georg Thieme Verlag KG of Stuttgart, the medical publisher behind Thieme E-Journals and the publisher that offers the free trial issues, the kostenlose Probeheft the trial pages describe. The responsible editor of the K edition is Prof. Dr. Andreas Moritz, with co-editors including Prof. Dr. Michaele Alef, Prof. Dr. Andrea Meyer-Lindenberg, Prof. Dr. Reinhard Mischke, and Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Korbel, among others, the Herausgeber the Wikipedia infobox names for the Fachzeitschrift für Kleintiere.

The journals are hybrid publications with open-access options. Subscription prices for the K edition run to 360 euros per year for print with online access, with cancellation eight weeks to the year's end, the Jahrespreis the bookseller lists inkl. Versandkosten. Institutional licenses for clinics and facilities are available through the publisher's sales team, the licensing the trial pages offer for clinics, MVZs, and institutions that want the journal for their teams.

Digital Presence

The digital editions of Tierärztliche Praxis are used free of charge via Thieme E-Journals, with the archive of all issues published since 2000 available for convenient research, the Archiv the trial description highlights with its schnell und bequem Recherchieren. The publisher's journal pages carry the profiles, the manuscript submission, and the free trial offers, with the K and G editions presented as the science, continuing education, and professional policy for their respective practices, the Zahlen und Fakten the publisher publishes for the advertisers.

The journals' total annual usage is stated by the publisher at 447,000 for the K edition and 255,000 for the G edition, the Gesamtnutzung pro Jahr the profiles list for the hybrid journals. Dedicated apps or podcasts for the Tierärztliche Praxis brand are not detailed in the sources reviewed; the brand's digital presence rests on the Thieme E-Journals platform, the publisher's journal pages, and the scientific databases that index its contents, from MEDLINE to the Web of Science and the Zoological Record.