LeishVet Symposium @
XII Southern European Veterinary Conference
October 20th, 2018
Madrid, Spain

Coinciding with the AVEPA-SEVC Congress held in Madrid last October, the LeishVet group celebrated its 10th anniversary with all the assistants preparing a very special symposium. The assistants, over 300 veterinarians, had the opportunity to enjoy an interesting scientific programme in which most of the LeishVet members participated: G. Baneth, P. Bourdeau, L. Cardoso, G. Miró, G. Oliva, MG. Pennisi and L. Solano-Gallego went through the different aspects of canine and feline leishmaniosis (from different reservoirs, new means of transmission, diagnostic techniques, treatments used and the resistency issues as well as prevention.) We were also honoured with three guests speakers: Dr. Fabio Nogueira (current President of Brasileis), clinical veterinary who spoke about the current situation of canine leishmaniosis in Brazil and the new treatment options approved by the government as an alternative to euthanasia. Dra. Mª Angeles Daza, spoke in second place, responsible for the Nephrology Department of the Veterinary Clinic Hospital of Madrid’s University of Veterinary Medicine (UCM), who explained the clinical treatment of the renal patient with leishmaniosis. Finally, Dr. Rogelio López-Vélez presented an interesting lecture regarding human leishmaniosis and answered G. Miró’s questions related to the zoonotic aspects of this important disease.

This scientific session was sponsored by Bayer Animal Health to whom we are very grateful for all the support given in the last ten years of acitivity. We also shared the day with representants from IDEXX and VIRBAC as sponsors of LeishVet since 2011 and 2017 respectively. We would also like to thank them both for putting their trust in our project.

Coincidiendo con el Congreso de AVEPA-SEVC celebrado el pasado mes de octubre en Madrid, el grupo LeishVet quiso celebrar el 10º aniversario de su creación con todos los veterinarios asistentes preparando un simposio muy especial. El número de asistentes superó los 300 y durante toda una mañana los veterinarios tuvieron la oportunidad de disfrutar de un interesante programa científico en el que participamos la mayoría de los miembros de LeishVet: G. Baneth, P. Bourdeau, L. Cardoso, G. Miró, G. Oliva, MG. Pennisi, y L. Solano-Gallego abarcaron los distintos aspectos de la leishmaniosis canina y felina (desde los distintos reservorios, las nuevas vías de transmisión, las técnicas de diagnóstico, los tratamientos empleados y el fenómeno de resistencias, así como la prevención). Además contamos con la participación de 3 ponentes invitados: el Dr. Fabio Nogueira (Presidente actual de Brasileis), veterinario clínico que hizo una interesante presentación sobre la situación actual de la leishmaniosis canina en Brasil y las nuevas opciones de tratamiento aprobadas por el gobierno como alternativa a la eutanasia. En segundo lugar intervino la Dra. Mª Angeles Daza, responsable del servicio de Nefrología del Hospital Clínico Veterinario de la Facultad de Veterinaria de Madrid (UCM), que dedicó su ponencia a hablar sobre el manejo clínico del paciente renal con leishmaniosis. Por último el simposio contó con la participación del Dr. Rogelio López-Vélez que presentó una interesante conferencia sobre la leishmaniosis humana y contestó a distintas preguntas planteadas por G. Miró relacionadas con los aspectos zoonósicos de esta importante enfermedad.

La sesión científica estuvo patrocinada por Bayer Animal Health a quien agradecemos desde aquí el soporte recibido a lo largo de estos diez años de actividad. También contamos con la presencia de representantes de IDEXX y VIRBAC que están colaborando en todas las actividades desde su participación como patrocinadores en 2011 y 2017, respectivamente. Queremos también dar las gracias a ambos por confiar en este proyecto.

LeishVet Symposium @
International Congress of Parasitology (ICOPA)
August 19th-24th, 2018
Daegu, South Korea

A summary of the LeishVet Symposium at ICOPA, Deagu, Korea August 23rd, 2018
The LeishVet association presented a symposium at the International Congress of Parasitology (ICOPA 2018) held in the city of Daegu in South Korea on August 19-24th. ICOPA is the main international parasitology congress and forum and it Is held every four years. The LeishVet symposium was presented under the title: “Leishmaniosis in dogs and cats: Disease, hosts and reservoirs”. The symposium consisted of two parts (part 1 and 2) with two keynote lectures and six regular lectures on a range of topics related to canine and feline leishmaniosis (table 1).

The LeishVet members that lectured at the congress were Drs. Christine Petersen, Patrick Bourdeau, Gaetano Oliva, Laia Solano-Gallego, Maria Grazia Pennisi and Gad Baneth (Figure 1). Dr. Andrei Mihalca from the University of Cluj-Napoca in Romania was a guest speaker.

The symposiums were well attended and the audience included veterinarains, human doctors and general parasitologists. The talks provoked lively discussions with many questions from the audience. The issues discussed related to leishmaniosis in Europe as well as in other parts of the world such as Asia, Africa and the Americas (Figures 2 and 3).

The LeishVet association presented its recommendations for management of leishmaniosis as well as innovative research performed by its members. It was an excellent opportunity to present and discuss animal leishmaniosis, research questions and dilemmas.