Workshop

Residents corner – Pre conference training session

PROGRAM

• Main histological identification keys of parasites in animal tissues. This training session will cover main diagnostic features of metazoan parasites (trematodes, cestodes, nematodes and arthropods) associated to tissue lesions in domestic animals. The session will be divided in a short lecture, followed by one-hour slides observation and the discussion of clinical cases.

• Faecal examination techniques in veterinary diagnosis. This training session will cover coprology methods such as classical flotation, McMaster, sedimentation and modified Ziehl-Neelsen techniques in livestock and domestic animals. The session will be divided in a short lecture and a practical session that will end with the microscopic identification of a wide diversity of helminth eggs and protozoan oocysts.