Abat Marcet Veterinary Hospital joins UNAVETS

The veterinary hospital ABAT MARCET is the most recent addition to the UNAVETS veterinary group. It is a reference center with more than 34 years of experience in emergencies, diagnostic tests, surgeries and hospitalizations in the Tarrasa área outside of Barcelona.

The veterinary hospital offers emergency service 24/7/365, and offers a high degree of specialization from it’s clinical team of 31 professionals, providing internal medicine, surgery, ophthalmology, cardiology, exotic specialty, and traumatology services to its clientele. The team is highly experienced and committed to practicing a very personalized customer service experience and quality healthcare for its patients.

Irene Marco, Business Manager of UNAVETS says, "We are delighted with the incorporation of a hospital with the history, reference and potential of Abat Marcet, which further reinforces the scientific level of the group and consolidates the offer that Unavets offers in Catalonia with 6 veterinary centers.”

UNAVETS now has a total of 47 veterinary centres, 18 in Spain and 29 in Portugal, continuing its rapid expansion. UNAVETS is a veterinary group that has approximately 500 professionals in Spain and Portugal. The UNAVETS Group (formed by the ONEVET Group and UNAVETS in Spain) aspires to become one of the largest veterinary healthcare groups in the Iberian Peninsula. To continue with its growth strategy in the Iberian Peninsula, the Group intends to develop new lines of services, innovating at the level of digital communication, both internally and improving engagement with its customers, and promoting clinical training and scientific development among the clinical team.

UNAVETS was funded in December 2019 with funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management L.P. ("Oaktree"). Oaktree is a leader among global investment managers specializing in alternative investments, with $140 billion under management in assets as of September 30, 2020. Oaktree’s European Principle strategy manages more than €4.5 billion in assets under management.