Lotfi El Bahri, DVM, MSc, PhD, qualified as a doctor in veterinary medicine in Toulouse, France, in 1969. In 1976, he joined the National Veterinary School at Sidi-Thabet in Tunisia. He gained a master in veterinary science in 1977 and, in 1981, a PhD in Alfort, France.

Lotfi is a professor of pharmacology and toxicology, an analyst and a pharmacotoxicologist expert in veterinary drugs.