Más de 30 años dedicados al mundo de la patología veterinaria

• 1974-1979: Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa Rica – Grado Obtenido, Medico Veterinario(DMV).

• 1985-1986: Universidad de Utrecht, Holanda – Internado en Patología Veterinaria.

• 1987-1991: Universidad de Utrecht, Holanda – Residencia en Patología Veterinaria.

• 1991-2008: Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa Rica – Catedrático en el Departamento de Patología.

• 2008 – Presente: Pensionado.

• 2005 – Presente : Fundador y Director del Servicio Privado de Diagnóstico en Patología Animal (HISTOPATOVET). Heredia, Costa Rica.

• Netherland College Veterinary Pathology (BOARD).

• European Society of Veterinay Pathology.

• American Academy of Veterinary Dermatology.

• American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc.

• International Society for Veterinary Dermatopatholy.

• International Society for Companion Animal Infectious Diseases.

• Grupo Latino de Patología Comparada( Davis Foundation).

• American Association of Zoo Veterinarians

• Berrocal,A Sandi,J. Malassezia dermatitis with a keratin disorder in a Great green macaw (Ara ambiguus).North American Veterinary Dermatology Forum (NAVDF) April 26-29, 2017, Orlando, USA.

• Berrocal,A. Nine dogs with proliferative thrombovascular necrosis of the pinnae. At the Eight World Congress Veterinary Dermatology, Bordeaux, France, May-31-June 4, 2016

• Berrocal, A. Retrospective study of canine apocrine cutaneous cystomatosis. At the Eight World Congress Veterinary Dermatology, Bordeaux, France, May-31-June 4, 2016

• Berrocal, A.Equine cutaneous habronemiasis with intralesional larvae: 23 cases. At the Eight World Congress Veterinary Dermatology, Bordeaux, France, May-31-June 4, 2016

• Berrocal, A. Canine perianal tumors not originating from the perianal or anal sac glands. At the Eight World Congress Veterinary Dermatology, Bordeaux, France, May-31-June 4, 2016

• Berrocal, A. Apocrine glands cystomatosis in the pinna of seven cats: Clinical and histopathological findings. At the Eight World Congress Veterinary Dermatology, Bordeaux, France, May-31-June 4, 2016

• Berrocal,A. Hernández,J. Carvajal,K. Intestinal parasitism in three wild howler monkeys. Annual Meeting American Veterinary Pathology. Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. October 17-21-2015

• Berrocal,A. Moreno, W. Unilateral Ureteral Fibroepithelial Polyp in a Dog.  Annual Meeting American Veterinary Pathology. Minneapolis, Minnesota,USA. October 17-21-2015

• Berrocal,A. Aguilar Chavarría. A., Oliveira,J.B. Unusual nodular cutaneous presentation of Halicephalobus gingivalis in a mare. Annual Meeting American Veterinary Pathology. Montreal,Canada.November.16-20,2013

• Berrocal,A. Mora,H. Five dogs with clinical and histopathological features similar to canine recurrent flank alopecia. Annual Meeting American Veterinary Pathology. Seattle, Washington,USA. December,1-5,2012.

• Berrocal,A. Histiocytic ulcerative colitis in a French bulldog from Costa Rica. Annual Meeting American Veterinary Pathology. Seattle, Washington,USA. December,1-5,2012.

• Berrocal,A. Feline mycobacterial panniculitis presentation of seven cases from Costa Rica. Biennial symposium of the international society for companion infectious diseases.  San Francisco, California. November 14-17,2012.

• Berrocal, A. Canine leproid dermatitis. A retrospective study of 26 cases from Costa Rica. Seventh World Congress of Veterinary Dermatology.Vancouver,Canada,July 24-28,2012.

• Berrocal, A. and Oliveira,J.A. Halicephalobus gingivalis in two horses from Costa Rica and Honduras. 62 Meeting American Veterinary Pathology.Nashville,Tennessee, USA.Dec. 3-7. 2011.

Los cinco más recientemente publicados son: 

–Systemic Acanthamoeba T17 infection in a free-ranging two-toed sloth: case report and literature review of infections by free-living amebas in mammals. Daniel Felipe Barrantes Murillo, Alexis Berrocal, Ibne Karim M. Ali, Francisco A. Uzal. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation 2025, Vol. 37(1) 164–172.

–Oral Fibrolipoma in Dogs: Retrospective case series study and comparative review. Daniel Felipe Barrantes Murillo, Alexis Berrocal, Cynthia Bell, Daniel R. Rissi, Linden E. Craig, Erin A. Graham, Emily J. Brinker, and Tatiane Terumi Negrão Watanabe. Veterinary Pathology; Volume 62 Issue 1, January 2025.

-Lingual neoplasia in nonhuman primates: Description of five cases and a literature review. Alexis Berrocal, Krystal Vail, Olga Gonzalez, Vinay Shivanna, Edward Dick Jr, Tatiane Terumi Negrão Watanabe, Daniel Felipe Barrantes Murillo. J Med Primatol. 2024;53: e12725.

-Equine infection with Leishmania spp. in Costa Rica:

Study of five cases. María Victoria Ortega-García, Francisco Javier Salguero,Nerea García, Mercedes Domínguez, Inmaculada Moreno, Alexis Berrocal. Vet Med Sci. 2021;1–6.

-Fatal Halicephalobus gingivalis infection in horses from Central America. Alexis Berrocal, Jaqueline Bianque de Oliveira. Vet Parasitol Reg. Study Reports. 2017 May: 8:51-53.

• Fatal Halicephalobus gingivalis infection in horses from Central America.Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports 8 (2017) 51–53.

• Chacon. J, Berrocal, A..CLINICAL AND PATHOLOGICAL FINDINGS OF A SAC-LIKEFORMATION IN THE TUNICA VAGINALIS OF A NELORE (Bosindicus) BULL. Reproduction in Domestic Animals. 45. 368-372, 2010.

• Beverly A. Kidney, Berrocal A. Dermal sarcoids in two captive tapirs (Tapirus Bairdii): Clinical, Pathological and Molecular study. Journal Veterinary Dermatology, Vol. 19, Issue 6, Dec, 2008).

• Berrocal, A. Nasal rihinosporidiosis in a mule. Can Vet J 2007; 48: 305-306.