Tick Awareness Hampshire

Tick Awareness Hampshire are a new collaborative group of local authorities and organisations including the County Council, National Park Authority and Forestry Commission, working to raise awareness of the issue of tick-borne disease transmission and share information about prevention.
Wednesday 8th May 2019

Winter/Spring Parasite Forecast: Issue 8

The Winter 2018/Spring 2019 Parasite Forecast is now ready to download
Saturday 16th February 2019

New heartworm threat to UK dogs is identified

19/10/18. A study by Mark Fox and colleagues at the University of London has found wide genetic diversity among Angiostrongylus vasorum infecting foxes. https://www.vettimes.co.uk/news/new-heartworm-threat-to-uk-dogs-is-identified/. If this diversity extends to dogs which is likely...
Tuesday 23rd October 2018

Autumn Parasite Forecast: Issue 7

The autumn Parasite Forecast is now available to download
Thursday 18th October 2018

Special issue of the Veterinary Parasitology

ESCCAP is pleased to announce that a special issue of the Veterinary Parasitology journal containing papers prepared for the ESCCAP VBD 2016 conference is now available as an open access online journal.  It features plenary sessions from the ESCCAP meeting with an editorial by Guadalupe Miró.
Friday 7th September 2018

BVA calls for post-rabies vaccination waiting times to be extended post-Brexit

The BVA have set out an excellent policy statement on proposed Pet travel and importation requirements. https://www.bsava.com/News/ArticleID/2476/BVA-calls-for-post-rabies-vaccination-waiting-times-to-be-extended-post-Brexit. ESCCAP UK & Ireland supports this position as part of an overall strategy for reducing imported exotic disease risk.
Friday 10th August 2018