Elanco Animal Health to Host Panel on Hydatid Disease at BSAVA Congress and Expo 2025
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Given the seriousness of a potential spread in people, Elanco is facilitating a cross-disciplinary discussion of the issue, with leading experts from both human and veterinary medicine.
The panel will present the latest information on the prevalence of this zoonotic disease, review prevention strategies, and highlight the significance of cystic echinococcosis in humans through real world case studies.
Taking place on the 2nd day of this year’s Congress and Expo, panel participants include:
• Professor Peter Chiodini Consultant Parasitologist at University College London Hospitals
• Ian Wright, ESCCAP Chairman and Director, Veterinary Surgeon & Parasitologist
• Dr Marisol Collins, Veterinary Surgeon and Lecturer in Veterinary Pharmacology and Clinical Skills at Liverpool Veterinary School
• Dr Laura Nabarro, Consultant in Parasitology, Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases (HTD), University College London Hospitals.
Commenting on the event, Dr Carolyn Kyte MRCVS says:
