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DAY 23 September - Friday
08:00-09:00 Registration
EPIDEMIOLOGY AND VECTORS
09:00-09:20 Heartworm pandemic? Epidemiology of Dirofilaria immitis in Europe – Rodrigo Morchón (Spain)
09:20-09:40 New distribution trends of vectors in Europe – Hans-Peter Fuehrer (Austria)
09:40-09:50 Dirofilaria immitis is not a northern Italy parasite anymore - E.Napoli (Italy)
09:50-10:00 Haplotypes of Dirofilaria repens from Poland and selected countries of Central, North-Eastern Europe and the Middle East, an evaluation on the relation between the genetic diversity and the geographic distribution – Mustafa Alsarraf (Poland)
10:00-10:20 myVBDmap: the real time way to map CVBDs - Marie Valourd (France) SPONSORED BY CEVA
10.20-10:30 Analysis through ecological niche modelling of the current risk of dirofilariasis transmission in the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal), and its future projection under climate change scenarios – Iván Rodríguez Escolar (Spain)
10:30-10:40 Survey on D. immitis and D. repens by Italian vets. Second Edition – Marco Genchi (Italy)
10:40-11:15 COFFEE BREAK
ONE HEALTH AND PARASITE/HOST INTERACTION
11:15-11:35 The female side of D. repens. Is it breast cancer or not? – Elisabetta Scoccia (Italy)
11:35-11:55 Human angiostrongylosis in Europe – Claudia Paredes (Spain)
11:55-12:05 Spreading of Dirofilaria immitis in southern Italy: a threat to human and Animal Health – Simona Gabrielli (Italy)
12:05-12:15 Vector-borne parasites Dirofilaria repens and Babesia canis: hematological parameters and profile of immune response in naturally infected and co-infected dogs - Dagmara Wężyk (Poland)
12:15-11:35 Heartworm in ferrets, the great forgotten – Andrés Montesinos (Spain)
12:35-12:45 Angiogenic process as a survival mechanism of D. immitis and the pathogenic effect of Wolbachia– Rodrigo Morchón (Spain)
12:45-12:55 Dirofilaria repens somatic antigen reduces the inflammatory cytokines in human dendritic cells and induces Th2 immune response in naïve CD4 t cells - Anna Zawistowska-Deniziak (Poland)
13:00-14:30 LUNCH
NEW ADVANCES IN DIAGNOSIS
14:30-14:50 The role of ultrasounds for the diagnosis of D.immitis and D.repens infection in dogs– Luigi Venco (Italy)
14:50-15:10 New biomarkers in heartworm disease – Elena Carretón (Spain)
15:10-15:20 Right pulmonary artery distensibility index in heartworm infected dogs: are the different methods leading to same results? – Angelo Basile (Italy)
15:20-15:30 Evaluation of thoracic computed tomography findings in dogs naturally infected by Dirofilaria immitis – Jorge I Matos (Spain)
15:30-15:50 Can we diagnose Dirofilaria repens? – Marco Genchi (Italy)
15:50-16:00 The antigens positive and Knott negative dog. Should I treat or should I no? – Luigi Venco (Italy)
16:00-16:10 Cortisol in canine heartworm before and after adulticide treatment – Noelia Costa Rodríguez (Spain)
16:10-16:20 A new complex diagnostic approach for detection of Dirofilaria repens infections - Mateusz Pękacz (Poland)
16:20-16:50 COFFEE BREAK
FELINE HEARTWORM: THE SILENT DISEASE
16:50-17:10 Is it HARD? Management of Heartworm Associated Respiratory Distress in cats – Lain García Guasch (Spain)
17:10-17:30 Update and trends in feline epidemiology – Elena Carretón (Spain)
17:30-17:40 Clinical characteristics of heartworm infected cats in the Canary Islands – Sara N. García Rodríguez (Spain)
17:40-18:00 Combination of fluralaner and moxidectin to protect cats from heartworm infections for 12 weeks – Jason Drake (USA) SPONSORED BY MSD
18:00-18:20 Diagnosis and treatment of feline heartworm: what is new? – Luigi Venco (Italy)
DAY 24 September - Saturday
CLINICAL PATHOLOGY, HEARTWORM MANAGEMENT AND PREVENTION (I)
09:00-09:20 Heartworm management in non-endemic and new endemic areas - Ljubomir Curcin (Serbia)
09:20-09:40 Heartworm management and prevention. A review: assessment of rapid immunochromatographic test and selamectin topical route - Ahmed Addali Alvarez (Spain) – SPONSORED BY VIRBAC
09:40-09:50 Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis of the tricuspid valve in a male dog with dirofilariasis- Case report – Elena Vulcan (Romania)
09:50-10:00 Assessment of TTE (transthoracic echocardiography) guidance during caval syndrome surgery – Leca Florin (Romania)
10:00-10:20 Is it terminal? Medical treatment of caval syndrome - Todor Kalinov (Bulgaria)
10.20-10:40 Evolution of the control of Dirofilaria immitis infections, during my life time– Jorge Guerrero (USA-Peru)
10:40-11:15 COFFEE BREAK
11:15-11:35 Loss of efficacy (LOE)/Resistance in Europe: is it happening? - Anastasia Diakou (Greece)
11:35-11:55 Evaluation of the adulticidal efficacy based on different formulations of moxidectin combined with doxycycline in dogs with heartworm disease – Lavinia Ciuca (Romania)
11:55-12:15 Safety of oral afoxolaner formulated with or without milbemycin oxime in homozygous MDR1 deficient collie dogs – Loic Antoine (France) SPONSORED BY BOEHRINGER
12:15-12:25 Liver assessment of dogs naturally infected by Dirofilaria immitis – Bruno Alberigi (Brazil)
12:25-12:35 Effet of MOXY-DOXY treatment on the lungs of dogs naturally infected with Dirofilaria immitis – Bruno Alberigi (Brazil)
12:35-12:55 Epidemiology and therapy related problems in South America - Norma Labarthe (Brazil)
13:00-14:30 LUNCH
ANGIO FORUM
14:30-14:50 Current distribution and expansion of angiostrongylosis in Europe – Andreas Öhm (Switzerland)
14:50-15:10 Neurological and neuroradiological aspects of dogs affected by Angiostrongylus vasorum - Lorenzo Golini (Italy)
15:10-15:20 Angiostrongylosis in the United Kingdom: clinical characteristics of an increasingly frequent pathology: description of 5 cases – Yaiza Falcón Cordón (United Kingdom)
15:20-15:30 Atypical intraocular migration of Angiostrongylus vasorum – Iulia-Elena Filipescu (Romania)
15:30-15:50 Advances in the pathogenesis of canine angiostrongylosis – Andreas Öhm (Switzerland)
15:50-16:00 Antigenal evaluation of dirofilariasis and angiostrongylosis in dogs from northern and central Portugal – Joana Guimarães (Portugal)
16:00-16:10 Oral communication
16:10-16:40 COFFEE BREAK
FINAL REMARKS
16:40-17:00 Heartworm disease. Not just a health topic for cats and dogs. How to better manage and optimize earnings and customer management – Renato Costa (Brazil)
17:00-17:20 Closing Remarks (round table)
17:30-18:00 General Assembly
21:00 Gala Dinner
