The former “Instituto de Biologia Animal” (IBA) of the “Ministério da Agricultura”, today the “Setor de Anatomia Patológica” (SAP) of the “Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro” (UFRRJ), aimed to diagnose diseases, mainly in cattle, nationally and internationally, from the diagnoses, elaborate methods of control and prophylaxis of herd diseases. The first journal that published IBA research results was the “Arquivos do Instituto de Biologia Animal” (1959-1961) which were continued with the Veterinary Series of the “Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira” (PAB) (1968-1976) edited by Embrapa. Following the discontinuation of the PAB Veterinary Series, Dr. Jürgen Döbereiner studied the possibilities to compensate for the loss of this veterinary scientific journal. In contact with the director general of CNPq's technical-scientific department, Prof. Manoel of Fleet Moreira, Dr. Jürgen Döbereiner has asked for help in publishing a nationwide veterinary journal. In order for CNPq to support, Prof. Frota Moreira suggested creating a scientific association that would respond as a legal entity to the scientific journal.

Thus the “Colégio Brasileiro de Patologia Animal” (CBPA) was created for the primary purpose of editing a specific but sufficiently comprehensive journal of veterinary medicine, the current “Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira” (PVB). The founders were the Veterinarian Dr.h.c. Jürgen Döbereiner and Professors Carlos Hubinger Tokarnia, Severo Sales de Barros, Jerome Langenegger, Hugo Edison Barbosa de Rezende, Rubens Pinto Melo and Laerte Grisi, who signed the CBPA's constitution minutes in 1978. This association brought together researchers from the “Instituto de Biologia Animal” (IBA) and the “Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro” (UFRRJ) and other reference research centers in the area of Veterinary Pathology in Brazil.