Scientific Program

Please find below the provisional program for LeishVet UP! 2026

Friday 16^th October, 2026

	LEISHVET UP! - UPDATE FOR PRACTITIONERS
11:00 - 13:45	Registration Opens at the Rikli Balance Hotel
12:30 - 13:45	Lunch
14:00 - 14:15	Welcome to LeishVet UP! \| Gaetano Oliva, President of LeishVet The LeishVet Group
14:15 - 15:00	Epidemiology “Evolution toward new concepts and ideas”. Canine leishmaniosis in the Balkans \| Tina Kotnik and Katja Adam “Historical epidemiological patterns, sand fly vectors, and new insights from Slovenia”.
15:00 - 15:40	Canine leishmaniosis “From infection to disease”.
15:40 - 16:00	Leishmaniosis in cats “The dark side of the moon”.
16:00 - 16:30	Coffee Break, Commercial Exhibition
16:30 - 17:00	Diagnosis “Discover the right approach”.
17:00 - 17:45	Treatment “Not a simple administration of drugs”. Prevention “Repellents vs vaccine. What’s new?”.
17:45 - 18:00	Discussion
19:30	Social Dinner

	LEISHVET UP! - UPDATE FOR PRACTITIONERS
08:30 - 08:50	Uncommon clinical presentations of CanL.
08:50 - 09:10	Co-infections with other CVBDs pathogens.
09:10 - 09:30	CanL and immune mediated conditions.
09:30 - 09:50	Significance of Serology vs Molecular in dogs and cats.
09:50 - 10:30	Coffee Break, Commercial Exhibition
10:30 - 10:50	New biomarkers, the new frontiers for diagnosis and follow up.
10:50 - 11:10	Feline leishmaniosis: “LeishVet clinical staging”.
11:10 - 11:30	Treatment and drug resistance.
11:30 - 11:50	CanL and FeL public health considerations.
11:50 - 13:00	Discussion
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch
14:00 - 16:30	Interactive Discussion of Clinical Cases with LeishVet Members Case studies will be shared with participants prior to the event.
16:30	Closing remarks and a final Coffee Break