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Publication date: 10-14-2012
ABCD & Merial invite applications for the Young Scientists Clinical & Research Awards 2013
(application deadline 1 January 2013) The European Advisory Board on Cat Diseases (ABCD) invites applications for the 2013 ABCD & Merial Young Scientists Clinical & Research Awards, which aim to reward innovative and outstanding work by promising young professionals in the field of feline infectious diseases and/or immunology. Candidates should have made an original contribution to the field of feline infectious diseases and/or immunology, which has been published or...
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Publication date: 09-17-2012
ABCD Merial Young Scientist Award (AMYSA) for Basic Research
This year's ABCD/Merial Young Scientist Award (AMYSA) for Basic Research went to Dr. vet. med. Celine Robert-Tissot (left), PhD, Clinical Laboratory, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Switzerland, for her work entitled "The innate Antiviral immune System of the Domestic Cat". The jury ranked her submission first, on the basis of the submitted material, but also on her past performance in research, the number and quality of the supporting publications and the respective jour...
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Publication date: 09-17-2012
ABCD Merial Young Scientist Award (AMYSA) for Clinical Research
This year's ABCD/Merial Young Scientist Award (AMYSA) for Clinical Research went to Dr. med. vet. Bianca Stützer (right) from the Medizinische Kleintierklinik, Ludwig Maximilian Universität, Munich, Germany. The jury reached her decision in February to select her submission of "Role of regressive feline leukaemia virus (FeLV) infection in cats with aregenerative bone marrow suppression or lymphoma" for the prize. Her work ranked first in the jury's opinion, and some of the qualificatio...
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Publication date: 06-06-2012
Prof. Sándor Belák was awarded the gold medal
Prof. Sándor Belák, member of the ABCD and President of the European Society of Veterinary Virology (ESVV) was awarded the gold medal of the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry "for his outstanding research work in veterinary virology". The gold medal was presented to Prof. S. Belák by Royalty Carl XVI Gustaf, the King of Sweden on the 199th anniversary meeting of the Royal Academy, held in Stockholm on the 28th of January 2012. The motivation is the foll...
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Publication date: 04-18-2012
Amoroso Award bestowed on Dr. Alan Radford, member of the ABCD
Held at the ICC/NIA in Birmingham from 11 to 15 April, the WSAVA / FECAVA / BSAVA World Congress 2012 was the largest international veterinary event ever held in the UK. At this occasion, the prestigious Amoroso Award was bestowed on Dr. Alan Radford, virologist at the Veterinary Field Station Leahurst, University of Liverpool. The award was instituted in memory of the late Professor E.C. Amoroso of the Royal Veterinary College. It is presented for outstanding contributions to smal...
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Publication date: 03-21-2012
Welcome!
This News section of the ABCD web site is intended to draw our readers' attention to research data from the feline scene. We will screen relevant journals for recent publications and communicate scientific developments to you. These will not be limited to infectious diseases, nor to Europe only, we shall rather be looking more broadly at anything that might be of interest for the feline practitioner. After all, it is the present state of knowledge in all arenas of feline science and practice th...
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Publication date: 03-19-2012
A pilot study of the body weight of pure-bred client-owned adult cats
A total of 539 pure-bred and seventy-five cats without a pedigree were weighed and scored at cat shows or in veterinary surgeries. Data from normal-weight cats with a body condition score (BCS) of 5 (ideal) were only used. Breeds were grouped into five classes. For female cats, the mean weight for these groups were as follows: very light (2.8 kg); light (3.2 kg); medium (3.5 kg); large (4.0 kg); giant (4.9) kg. For male cats, the corresponding values were 3.6, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1 and 6.1 kg. Siamese/O...
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Publication date: 03-12-2012
A meta-analysis of studies of treatments for feline urine spraying
Feline urine spraying inside the home is a common problem behaviour that owners seek advice for from veterinarians. Individual trials relating to a variety of interventions produce variable results, and to date, no consensus on the value of different treatments has emerged. This study therefore aimed to meta-analyse, current data from appropriate published clinical trials that evaluate treatments for feline urine spraying.Inclusion and exclusion criteria for study selection were predefined and m...
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Publication date: 02-20-2012
Animal contact as a source of human non-typhoidal salmonellosis
Non-typhoidal Salmonella represents an important human and animal pathogen world-wide. Most human salmonellosis cases are foodborne, but each year infections are also acquired through direct or indirect animal contact in homes, veterinary clinics, zoological gardens, farm environments or other public, professional or private settings. Clinically affected animals may exhibit a higher prevalence of shedding than apparently healthy animals, but both can shed Salmonella over long periods of t...
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Publication date: 02-13-2012
Multidetector-row computed tomography of thoracic aortic anomalies in dogs and cats Patent ductus arteriosus and vascular
Diagnosis of extracardiac intrathoracic vascular anomalies is of clinical importance, but remains challenging. Traditional imaging modalities, such as radiography, echocardiography, and angiography, are inherently limited by the difficulties of a 2-dimensional approach to a 3-dimensional object. We postulated that accurate characterization of malformations of the aorta would benefit from 3-dimensional assessment. Therefore, multidetector-row computed tomography (MDCT) was chosen as a 3-d...
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Publication date: 02-06-2012
Serological Detection of Viral Infections in Captive Wild Cats from Costa Rica
Serum samples from a total of 44 wildcats, 28 margays (Leopardus wiedii), 10 ocelots (Leopardus pardalis), four jaguaroundis (Herpailurus yaguaroundi), one oncilla (Leopardus tigrina), and one jaguar (Panthera onca) were obtained between January 2001 and August 2002 from the Profelis Centre for rehabilitation of wild felids, located in the northwestern region of Costa Rica. Forty three samples were tested for antibodies against feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) and p27 antigen of feline...
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