Workshop Veterinary Mycology
Thursday 28 – Friday 29 June 2018
RAI Elicium houses (Meeting Room D407)
Conveners
Dr. Amir SEYEDMOUSAVI. DVM, PhD
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health,Bethesda, MD, USA
Thursday
28
Jun
Day 1
08:00
Registration
08:30
Opening of the course, welcome
Jacques Guillot, Amir Seyedmousavi
BASIC ASPECTS OF FUNGAL BIOLOGY / OVERVIEW OF VETERINARY MYCOLOGY
08:45
Lecture 1. Introduction of the Kingdom Fungi, taxonomy and classification, identification
Amir Seyedmousavi
09:15
Atlas of Veterinary Fungi
Sybren de Hoog
09:30
Lecture 2. Overview of fungal infections in animals. Classification of mycoses, relative importance, clinical manifestations, diagnosis
Jacques Guillot
10:15
Coffee break
10:45
Lecture 3. Antifungal use in veterinary practice
Amir Seyedmousavi
11:30
Lecture 4. Azole resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus
Paul Verweij
12:15
Lunch
DERMATOMYCOSES
14:00
Lecture 5. Biology, classification, and genetic diversity of dermatophytes
Vit Hubka
14:45
Lecture 6. Virulence factors, pathogenesis of dermatophytoses, clinical signs
Bernard Mignon
15:30
Coffee break
16:00
Lecture 7. Clinical cases of fungal infections in animals
Andrea Peano / Jacques Guillot
Friday
29
Jun
Day 2
SYSTEMIC MYCOSES IN DOMESTIC ANIMALS
08:30
Lecture 8. Aspergillosis in dogs and cats
Vanessa Barrs
09:15
Lecture 9. Aspergillosis in birds
Pascal Arné / Veronica Risco
10:00
Coffee break
10:30
Lecture 10. Cryptococcosis
Patrizia Danesi / Richard Malik
11:15
Lecture 11. Cytology of Clinical Cases
Kate English
12:30
Lunch
ANIMAL MODELS AND MYCOSES IN WILDLIFE
14:00
Lecture 12. Experimental animal / alternative models of fungal infections
Ilse Jacobsen
14:45
Lecture 13. Chytriomycosis
Matthew Fisher
15:30
Lecture 14. Bat White Nose Syndrome
Gudrun Wibbelt
LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS
16:15
Lecture 15: Direct microscopy of clinical samples, and identification of moulds and yeasts
Hein van der Lee
17:00
Concluding remarks, certification ceremony
Jacques Guillot, Amir Seyedmousavi