Credits

Credits

Leishmania infantum amastigotes intracellularly in a macrophage
© Torsten Naucke

Executive Committee

Executive Committee


LeishVet UP! in Bled, Slovenia

Rikli Balance Hotel, Bled, Slovenia

Located in the perfect environment

LeishVet UP!, Update for Practitioners, will take place at the Rikli Balance Hotel in Bled, Slovenia.

With outstanding views to Lake Bled, their themed rooms tell local stories. An award-winning cuisine with fresh and seasonal ingredients await you. Rikli’s relaxation park next to the hotel offers a place where you can focus on yourself. But most of all, the congress centre will provide a comfortable and modern setting for our conference fully taking in sustainable practices. The LeishVet UP! Event will take place within the hotel without any need to go to other locations optimizing your time.

Accommodation will be available in three hotels including the Rikli Balance Hotel and two other very close by hotels run by the SAVA group; the Hotel Savica Garni and the Hotel Park.

The members of LeishVet and organizing team look forward to welcoming you to this Update for Practitioners, a truly inspiring scientific event.

Book your Accommodation (EN)Réservez votre chambre (FR)

Room contingency secured until February 18th, 2024

Rikli Balance Hotel
Cankarjeva cesta 4,
4260 Bled,
Slovenia

T | (386) 4 579 1700
E | Recepcija.riklibalance@sava.si
W | Rikli Balance Hotel, a SAVA hotel

Overlooking Lake Bled

The Rikli Balance Hotel has 150 themed hotel rooms, great cuisine and a complex of 10 conference halls.

The hotel also boasts a wellness centre with sauna and indoor and outdoor pool. Rikli’s relaxation park and barefoot path is just next to the hotel.

Car parking is also available (booking required, extra charge).

Good Connections

The closest airport is the Jože Pučnik Airport (Ljubljana Airport) 35 km away.

The Rikli Balance Hotel is situated on a hill overlooking Lake Bled. On the motorway from Ljubljana, take the Lesce/Bled exit. At the roundabout, take the second exit. At the traffic lights, continue straight on towards the lake, then turn left at the next junction. Drive on until you see the sign for SAVICA and RIKLI BALANCE or the hotels themselves on your right.

The closest bus stop is 800 m away, while the railway station is 3.3 km from the hotel.


LeishVet Fact Sheets

LeishVet Factsheets

Discover the new canine and feline LeishVet factsheets.

Etiology and Epidemiology (Distribution, Transmission)

Etiology and Epidemiology (Distribution, Transmission)


Leishmania infections in dogs are predominantly due to Leishmania infantum.

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Clinical Manifestations

Clinical Manifestations


Main clinical signs and clinicopathological abnormalities

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Diagnosis

Diagnosis


Diagnosis is based on clinical signs and/or clinicopathological abnormalities compatible with disease combined with demonstration...

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Clinical staging, Treatment and Prognosis

Clinical Staging, Treatment and Prognosis


Staging is performed following canine patient diagnosis of L. infantum infection with clinical signs...

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Therapy

Therapy


Current treatment protocols for CanL

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Monitoring

Monitoring


Recommended monitoring during and after treatment of CanL

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Prevention

Prevention


Prevention for individual dogs (healthy, infected clinically healthy and sick) should always include use of a topical insecticide ...

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Vaccines

Vaccines


Two vaccines which were initially commercialized are not available anymore. The first one was launched ...

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Geographic Distribution Feline Leishmaniosis

Etiology, Geographic Distribution and Transmission


Cats are potentially infected by the same Leishmania spp. that infect dogs and humans in endemic areas all over the world...

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Prevalence of Infection and Coinfections

Prevalence of Infection and Coinfections


Most information regarding feline L. infantum infection has come from investigations...

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Leishmaniosis in Cats


Most FeL case reports are from European and Mediterranean endemic areas where the number of pet cats is high.

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Purposes of Diagnosis


Confirm the etiology of disease in cats with clinical signs and/or clinicopathological abnormalities compatible with FeL

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Clinically Healthy Infected Cats

Clinically Healthy Infected Cats


Clinically healthy infected cats are antibody-positive (and/or PCR-positive) cats with no clinical signs...

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Therapy

Therapy


Information regarding the therapy for FeL is currently derived solely from descriptive, non-controlled studies.

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Monitoring and Prognosis

Monitoring and Prognosis


Relapse of disease is frequently observed after the end of anti-Leishmania treatment. Clinical signs and/or...

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Prevention and Key Points

Prevention and Key Points


In endemic areas, general prevention of sand fly bites is based on the same procedures as for dogs.

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Members

Founding & Executive Members

Gad Baneth

Gad Baneth


Israel
Founding & Executive Member

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Patrick Bourdeau

Patrick Jacques Bourdeau


France
Founding & Executive Member

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Luis Cardoso

Luis Cardoso


Portugal
Founding & Executive Member

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Lluís Ferrer

Lluís Ferrer


Spain
Founding & Consultant Member

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Gaetano Oliva

Gaetano Oliva


Italy
Founding & Executive Member

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Guadalupe Miró

Guadalupe Miró


Spain
Founding & Executive Member

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Laura Ordeix

Laura Ordeix


Spain
Executive Member

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Maria Grazia Pennisi

Maria Grazia Pennisi


Italy
Founding & Executive Member

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Christine Petersen

Christine Petersen


USA
Former Member & Consultant Member

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Laia Solano-Gallego

Laia Solano-Gallego


Spain
Founding & Executive Member

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Scientific Meetings

30th WAAVP Congress. Curitiba, Brazil

30th WAAVP Congress. Curitiba, Brazil

LeishVet Seminar

29th FECAVA Eurocongress

29th FECAVA Eurocongress

Hellenic Companion. Animal Veterinary Congress HVMS

ALIVE 2. A successful event celebrated in Nice, France

ALIVE 2. A successful event celebrated in Nice, France

Second ALIVE Congress (Animal Leishmaniosis International Veterinary Event)

ALIVE 2022. Celebrated in Málaga, Spain

ALIVE 2022. Celebrated in Málaga, Spain

First ALIVE Congress (Animal Leishmaniosis International Veterinary Event)

27th Conference WAAVP

27th Conference WAAVP

27th Conference of the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology

XII Southern European Veterinary Conference

XII Southern European Veterinary Conference

LeishVet Symposium

Bianual Working Meeting @ Nantes

Bianual Working Meeting @ Nantes

LeishVet Bianual Working Meeting

6th World Congress on Leishmaniasis

6th World Congress on Leishmaniasis

LeishVet Continuing Education Programme

SEVC - X Southern European Veterinary Conference

SEVC – X Southern European Veterinary Conference

LeishVet Continuing Education Programme

8th World Congress of Veterinary Dermatology

8th World Congress of Veterinary Dermatology

LeishVet Continuing Education Programme

SCIVAC International Congress

SCIVAC International Congress

LeishVet Continuing Education Programme

6th World Congress on Leishmaniasis

International Veterinary Event

Southern European Veterinary Conference (SEVC)

Southern European Veterinary Conference (SEVC)

LeishVet Symposium

Fourth World Congress on Leishmaniasis (WorldLeish 4)

Fourth World Congress on Leishmaniasis (WorldLeish 4)

LeishVet Symposium

Istituto Zooprofilattico della Sicilia “A. Mirri”

Istituto Zooprofilattico della Sicilia “A. Mirri”

Attualità sulle Malattie da Vettori


Leishmaniose bei Hunden und Katzen

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Canine Fact SheetFeline Fact Sheet

La Leishmaniosi nel Cane e nel Gatto

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Canine Fact SheetFeline Fact Sheet