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Toward the formation of a Companion Animal Parasite Council for the Tropics (CAPCT)

Traub RJ 1 , Irwin P 2 , Dantas-Torres F 3 , Tort GP 4 , Labarthe NV 5 , Inpankaew T 6 Show all authors , Gatne M 7 , Linh BK 8 , Schwan V 9 , Watanabe M 10 , Siebert S 11 , Mencke N 12 , Schaper R 13

Affiliations 

  • 1 The Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3052, Australia. rebecca.traub@unimelb.edu.au
  • 2 College of Veterinary Medicine, School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, 6150, Australia. p.irwin@murdoch.edu.au
  • 3 Department of Immunology, Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhães, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 50740465, Recife, Brazil. filipe.dantas@cpqam.fiocruz.br
  • 4 Hospital Veterinario de Virreyes and Enfermedades Parasitarias, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina. gabrielapt@gmail.com
  • 5 Programa Institucional Biodiversidade e Saúde, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 21040360, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. labarthe@fiocruz.br
  • 6 Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kasetsart University, 10903, Bangkok, Thailand. tawin.i@ku.th
  • 7 Department Veterinary Parasitology, Bombay Veterinary College, Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University, Parel, Mumbai, 400012, Maharashtra, India. mrgatne@yahoo.co.in
  • 8 Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Vietnam National University of Agriculture, Hanoi, Vietnam. longlinh5@yahoo.com
  • 9 Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa. Volker.Schwan@up.ac.za
  • 10 Department of Companion Animal Medicine and Surgery, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM, Serdang, Malaysia. malaika_w@yahoo.com
  • 11 Bayer Animal Health GmbH, 51368, Leverkusen, Germany. susanne.siebert@bayer.com
  • 12 Bayer Animal Health GmbH, 51368, Leverkusen, Germany. norbert.mencke@bayer.com
  • 13 Bayer Animal Health GmbH, 51368, Leverkusen, Germany. roland.schaper@bayer.com
Parasit Vectors, 2015 May 13;8:271.
PMID: 25963851 DOI: 10.1186/s13071-015-0884-4

Abstract

This letter advises the imminent formation of the Companion Animal Parasites Council for the Tropics (CAPCT). The CAPCT consists of region-specific (e.g., Asia-Pacific, Latin America and Caribbean, Africa) experts comprising academics, veterinarians, parasitologists, physicians and allied industry partners that will work together to inform, guide and develop best-practice recommendations for the optimal diagnosis, treatment and control of companion animal parasites in the tropics, with the aim of protecting the health of pets and that of the public.

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