Tag: helminths
ICOPAnhagen – International Congress of Parasitology – ICOPA XV, Copenhagen, Denmark
Organized by the Danish Society for Parasitology (DSP) and the Scandinavian-Baltic Society for Parasitology (SBSP), the next main event of the World Federation of Parasitologists (WFP), the fifteenth in the series of International Congresses of Parasitology – ICOPA XV, ICOPAnhagen, will be in Copenhagen, Denmark on 21-26 August 2022. The theme “Living with Parasites” covers parasitology sensu […]
28th International Conference of the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology
The 28th International Conference of the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology will be held at the Convention Centre Dublin, Ireland, 18th – 22nd July 2021. A hybrid conference offering both face to face and virtual participation. Both oral and poster opportunities, will be possible at WAAVP 2021. Abstract Submissions Extended to 11th […]
Paraprobiotic-based treatment for control of nematodes in sheep
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agriculture Research Service (ARS) has announced a new treatment for control of Haemonchus contortus in sheep. ARS researchers partnered with Virginia Tech and the University of Massachusetts’ Medical School to develop the treatment, described in International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance. “The H. contortus parasite has developed resistance […]
Drug resistant nematodes cost European livestock industry millions each year
A European-wide assessment of the economic burden of gastrointestinal nematodes, Fasciola hepatica (common liver fluke) and Dictyocaulus viviparus (bovine lungworm) infections to the ruminant livestock industry is reported in Preventive Veterinary Medicine. The study estimated that parasitic worms cost the European livestock industry more than €1.8 billion per year, with drug-resistance costing at least €38 […]