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Date: July 31 - August 1, 2008
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Web link: www.vet.uga.edu/ID/conferences/equine/

An international meeting for developing guidelines for the diagnosis of drug resistance in equine parasites University of Copenhagen, July 31 - August 1, 2008

For the first time in ten years, an international workshop focusing specifically on equine nematode infections will take place in Copenhagen in 2008.

In this workshop we will discuss the issues involved in the design, analysis and interpretation of the FECRT in horses. In addition, we will discuss the current state of anthelmintic resistance in equine parasites, the most recent advances for in vitro diagnosis of anthelmintic resistance in cyathostomins, and we will highlight opportunities and research needs to develop sustainable methods for control of equine parasites. It is hoped that the outcome of the workshop will contribute substantially to the development of WAAVP guidelines.

The meeting will consist of a series of presentations from invited speakers, with blocks of time reserved for discussion. Working groups will be formed and these will prepare reports for submission to the WAAVP equine parasite guidelines committee. This committee will then produce the final set of guidelines for publication in a special issue of Veterinary Parasitology.

More information will follow when the meeting program is final. All relevant information will be posted on our Web site: www.vet.uga.edu/ID/conferences/equine/ and questions can be addressed by E-mail at mkn@life.ku.dk (M.K. Nielsen).

Ray M. Kaplan, Jane E. Hodgkinson and Martin K. Nielsen
Workshop organizers

Martin Krarup Nielsen
Assistant professor, DVM, PhD
Department of Large Animal Sciences
Faculty of Life Sciences
University of Copenhagen
48 Dyrlaegevej
DK-1870 Frederiksberg C
Denmark
Phone: +45 35332842
Fax: +45 35332880
Cell: +45 29808156
E-mail: mkn@life.ku.dk

Date: August 3 - 8, 2008
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Web link: www.biology.ualberta.ca/parasites/WDA08/

The mission of the Wildlife Disease Association (WDA) is to acquire, disseminate, and apply knowledge regarding health and disease of wild animals in relation to their biology, conservation, and ecology including interactions with humans and domestic animals. The Journal of Wildlife Diseases is published quarterly and contributing authors and other WDA members work for universities, governmental agencies, zoological institutions, private businesses, and agricultural and livestock agencies throughout the world. To learn more about the WDA, visit www.wildlifedisease.org. We invite you to join us at the annual WDA meeting in Edmonton, Alberta in August, 2008. The theme this year is "Wildlife Diseases: Northern and Western Frontiers" and abstracts will be accepted until May 1, 2008. For more information, please visit our conference Web site: www.biology.ualberta.ca/parasites/WDA08/.