Keynote Speakers

Prof. Rebecca Traub, University of Melbourne, Australia
Diagnostics – the key to unlocking the advocacy of a One Health approach for controlling zoonotic ancylostomiasis
Prof. G. Dhinakar Raj, TANUVAS, Chennai
Marriage between nucleic acid-based detection methods with protein-based readouts – the way forward for point-of-care diagnostics
Prof. Gad Baneth, Hebrew University, Israel
Animal leishmaniosis – a multiple host environment
Dr. Nichola Calvani, University of Galway, Ireland
Equity, Inclusivity and Diversity
Federica Marcer, Professor, University of Padua, Italy
Parasite diversity in marine mammals: between pathogens and indicators of aquatic environment health
Prof. K. Devada, KVASU, Mannuthy, Thrissur
Tissue cyst forming coccidia-the prevailing scenario
Dr. Manigandan Lejene, Cornell University, USA
Trends and challenges in detecting endoparasites of veterinary significance
Dr. Srikant Ghosh, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar
Spread of Multi Acaricide resistant ticks- a global problem
Prof. Alicia Rojas, University of Costa Rica, San Jose
Barcoding of parasites: microscopic vs. genetic identification
Prof. Jan Slapeta, University of Sydney, Australia
Back to the future: brown dog ticks as we know it
Prof. Eric Morgan, Queen’s University Belfast, UK
Direct and indirect effects of climate change on parasite transmission
Prof. Suresh V Kuchipudi, University of Pittsburgh, USA
Application of transcriptomics to study parasite biology and host parasite interactions
Prof. Mohamed Gharbi, National School of Veterinary Medicine of Sidi Thabet, Tunisia
Dromedaries’ (Camelus dromedarius) ticks. A one-health perspective