American Heartworm Society held Thirteenth Triennial Symposium on

“STATE OF THE HEARTWORM 2010” 16th-18 th April 2010 in Memphis,USA

In light of the increasing prevalence of heartworm among dogs and cats across the United States, the American Heartworm Society held its thirteenth triennial symposium on the “STATE OF THE HEARTWORM 2010.” in Memphis, USA.

The SERBPARZOON project is hosting an international scientific conference in Belgrade focusing on the parasitic zoonoses of major significance in South-East Europe. The conference brings together some of the most distinguished experts from the EU and the region with the project personnel as well as Serbian profesionals in the field. Scientific program , consisting of both state-of the- art-lectures on particular issues and presentations of current epidemiological and epizootiological data,  provides valuable insight into the current status of these diseases in Europe and particularly in its South East,as well as serves as a networking forum to create new  and enhance existing partnerships, in the view of further scientific cooperation at higher levels.

Olgica Djurković-Djaković

SERPARZOON PROJECT LEADER, www.serbparzoon.org

Invites you to...

1st Working Groups Workshop
& Management Committee Meeting

(7th to 9th of October 2009.)

Hotel Philippion, Thessaloniki, Greece

For .pdf version of the flyer, please click here.

PARASITES & PARASITOLOGISTS

MOST UPDATED INFORMATIONF FROM AN EXPERT 

Domenico Otranto,Dip[artimento di Sanita publica e Zootecnia, Facolta di Medicina Veterinaria, Universita di Bari

The genus Thelazia (Spirurida, Thelaziidae) includes 16 species of nematode parasites commonly refereed as ‘eyeworms’ which affect the eyes and associated tissues of several animals (e.g. canids, felids, ruminants, equids) and humans. The adult parasites live under the nictitating membrane of the eye and the mature females release first-stage larvae (L1s) into the lachrymal secretions, which are subsequently ingested by the arthropod intermediate host (non-biting diptera), where they undergo development until the infective third-stage larvae (L3s). Thelazia callipaeda, also known as the ’oriental eyeworm’, infects a range of definitive hosts (e.g. dogs, cats, foxes, wolves, rabbits, hares and humans).