DVM, PhD, Dip ECVD, Dip EVPC
Head of Unit and Clinics of Parasitology /Dermatology /Mycology.
Department of clinical Sciences
School of Veterinary Medicine – ONIRIS : University of Nantes
Atlanpole – La Chantrerie BP 40706 – 44307 NANTES Cedex 03 – France
1978 Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM)(Laureate)
Veterinary School of Maisons-Alfort. University Creteil France
1979 Certified in Human and Veterinary Parasitology – Creteil
1988 PhD. Orsay University. (Zoology/Ecotoxicology)
1989 National Agregation : Veterinary Parasitology, Mycology and Applied Zoology
1990 Certified in Mycology : Pasteur Institute – Paris
1993 Diplomate or European college of Veterinary Dermatology
2004 Diplomate of European Veterinary College of Parasitology
1978 – 1990 Assistant then Associate Professor of Parasitology in Maisons Alfort France
1990 – 2002 Full Professor of Parasitology Veterinary School of Nantes France
2002 – 2020 Head of Unit of Clinical Parasitology/Dermatology/Mycology
1989 – 1998 Responsible of specialized dermatology clinics in Veterinary school Maisons-Alfort
2000 – 2020 Head of Laboratory of analysis in Parasitology/Mycology Veterinary school of Nantes (founding member of Laboniris)
1990 – 2020 Head of clinics in veterinary dermatology (Veterinary school Hospital)
(Companion animals, Exotics, equine, Large animals)
1992 – 1994 Coordinator of clinics of Veterinary School of Nantes
1990 – 2000 Head of clinics and training in veterinary Dermatology
1990 – 2014 Co coordinator then coordinator of the French certificate (CES) of Veterinary Dermatology
2000 – 2020 Director of the residency program (formalized) in veterinary Dermatology
2003 – 2020 Director of the National Diploma of specialization (DESV) in Veterinary Dermatology
1990 – 2018 Responsible of Zoo, Laboratory and exotics animals clinics and training
1985 – 2019 Lecturer in diploma in animal experimentation in Maisons-Alfort
1994 – 2020 Lecturer in training on animal experimentation in Veterinary school of Nantes
1983 – 2021 Lecturer in course on Venomous Animals (section arthropods and section marine fauna) National Museum of Natural History – Paris
Prof. Dr Patrick Bourdeau graduated in Maisons-Alfort / France. He was assistant then associate professor in the Parasitology Service in Maisons-Alfort before to move to Veterinary school of Nantes in 1990. He passed the Agregation in Veterinary Parasitology. His is also Certified in Human and Veterinary Parasitology, Medical Mycology from Pasteur Institute ; Paris and Doctor in Zoology/Ecotoxicology (PhD). He became one of the first Diplomates of the European College of Veterinary Dermatology in 1993 and initiated the concept of the European College of Veterinary Parasitology in 1998 (finalized 2003). He was temporarily a board member in these two colleges.
Until December 2020 he was Professor of Dermatology and Parasitology in Veterinary School of Nantes (now a part of Oniris) and, since 2000, head of the corresponding Unit for the Dermatology, Parasitology, Mycology including the clinics and included in the department of Clinical Sciences. He developed also a laboratory of diagnosis on these domains and particularly Veterinary Mycology. He developed the first course in Dermatology and clinics dedicated to Veterinary Dermatology in Veterinary School of Maisons-Alfort in 1989, where he maintained this activity until 1998, and simultaneously developed this domain in the Veterinary School of Nantes since 1991. He participated then was the coordinator of the French certificate of dermatology and managed the National diploma of specialization.
Dr. Bourdeau participated to multiple international congresses in the fields of Veterinary Dermatology, Parasitology and Mycology and was invited as lecturer in World and International congresses and workshops in these domains as well. He is one of the founding members of the Leishvet Group.
Dr Bourdeau is author or co-author of over 200 publications (research, review, education) or book chapters and over than 400 short communications or lectures to international congresses or workshops. His interest is particularly developed in (Ecto)parasites (fleas, ticks, mites and new pathogens) and relationship with allergy or skin interface, internal parasites of companion animals and horses, and vectorial or zoonotic parasitic or fungal infections. He developed his interested in Canine Leishmaniosis (epidemiology, clinics, diagnosis and therapy) since 1983.
Dr Bourdeau also developed other domains related to the qualification in applied zoology. The first one was the development of training and clinics for Zoo, Laboratory and exotic animals and the second was, for a long period in parallel to his primary occupation, research in marine biology.
1980 – present Member of the French society of Parasitology
1980 – present Member of the French society of Mycology
1987 – present Full member of the American Association for Veterinary Dermatology
1992 – 2008 Member of the French society of Herpetology
1992 – 1993 Expert to the European Union (fish resources)
1993 – present Full member of European society of Veterinary Dermatology
1995 – present Member of European confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
1997 and 2004 Organizer, of Workshops of ECVD-ESVD (clinical pathology)
1997 – present Member of the World Association for the advancement of Veterinary Parasitology
1998 – 2000 Member of the board of ECVD
2004 – 2015 Member of Natural Sciences Society of West of France
2004 – 2008 Member of International Society of Toxicology
2005 – present Member of the CVBD group
2011 – 2013 (2018-2020) National representative of European colleges at EBVS
2013 – 2015 Member of the Board of European Veterinary Parasitology College
2014 – 2015 Expert to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) on Leishmaniosis