PhD Research
A PhD opportunity is currently available through the School of Biological Sciences at Queen's University Belfast: Social change for health and prosperity through control of zoonotic disease in cities supervised by Prof E Morgan and Prof M Mooney. The project will consider the health risks to people from zoonotic parasites of pets...
Friday 7th July 2023
Undergraduate Research Grants available
We are offering to fund Summer Research Studentships during the summer each year. These studentships are intended to support undergraduate veterinary students to expand their educational experience by developing research skills in parasitology.
Wednesday 1st February 2023
Which treatments would you choose for dog lungworm and why?
The University of Nottingham and our very own Hany Elsheikha are investigating why fenbendazole is still prescribed as a treatment for A. vasorum lungworm infection when there are licensed alternatives available. For more information, please visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQdjf_wWSvY or https://twitter.
Tuesday 17th May 2022
Exotic worms and worm-like parasites, and surveillance in the UK
There is new CPD available discussing exotic worm and worm-like parasites and the free service APHA and ESCCAP UK & Ireland is providing to identify and map these zoonotic parasites. For further information, go go https://cpd.
Friday 13th May 2022
Entomology Summer Course
Long standing friend and colleague to ESCCAP, Richard Birtles is involved in this wonderful looking summer course in Toulouse. For anybody who wants to learn more about the wonderful world of arthropods and have a trip to France, please visit the website https://entomologysummercourse.
Tuesday 5th April 2022
Launch of UPAW to support families and pets in Ukraine
The Dogs Trust alongside other animal welfare organisations, are launching UPAW (Ukrainian Pet Association Worldwide) to provide urgent support to families and their faithful companions in Ukraine. UPAW will be supporting the dogs and their owners on the ground...
Wednesday 23rd March 2022
