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News (February 24, 2016)

 

Professor emeritus Marian C. Horzinek supports AFSCAN Rabies Control Project at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS)

As chairwoman of the ABCD it is my pleasure to bring to your attention a press release entitled “Leading Veterinarian to Support AFSCAN Rabies Control Work in Project for the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study”.

Professor Horzinek is past chairman of the ABCD and its webmaster. He is acknowledged as one of the most distinguished veterinarians and currently part of a project as a Fellow of the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS). The project is dedicated to the fight against rabies. Professor Horzinek as veterinarian and famous virologist is the perfect person to contribute to this initiative, as rabies is a zoonosis killing thousands of humans every year. Fighting against this deadly disease in animals underlines the importance of the “One Health Concept”.
Karin Möstl, Chairwoman ABCD

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EDITORIAL MAY 2017

Guidelines produced by expert boards are evidence based and take into account the latest scientific knowledge. This means they have to be updated on a regular basis. So far, ABCD has published 45 guidelines on viral, bacterial, fungal, protozoan and helminthic feline diseases and it is working hard to keep them updated. Additionally, 4 new guidelines – including one on the vaccination of immunosuppressed cats – are currently in the making and will be available online in the coming months. The fact sheet series, which is greatly appreciated by practitioners, also continues to expand: this year alone, already 10 new fact sheets have been produced and are available on our website. ABCD will hold its next meeting at the end of May, to allow scientific exchange and discussions, with the aim to improve its guidelines and fact sheets, update them according to the latest scientific state of knowledge and to identify new areas of interest for practitioners. May 2017

Obituary

MABCD has the sad duty to inform that Prof. Dr.Dr.h.c.mult. Marian C. Horzinek, the scientific founder of ABCD and its chairman until 2014, passed away on July 28, 2016.
He was in his 80th year of life and still active webmaster of ABCD. Marian Horzinek was an outstanding personality, a virologist and scientist of highest international reputation, with a special enthusiasm for feline viral infections. His scientific oeuvre was huge and characterised by creative power stimulating dozens of young veterinarians for virology research. Consequently he was honoured with several honorary degrees, with Professor degrees in USA and Europe and several honorary doctorates.

 

ABCD loses not only his scientific founder, but also an ongoing source of inspiration and knowledge and most of all a friend. The ABCD members are determined to follow the objectives of ABCD as initiated by Marian Horzinek, to provide recommendations for the prevention of feline infectious diseases to the companion animal practitioners’ scene.

 

For further information, please go to the ”Obituary” written by 4 of Prof. Horzinek’s colleagues.

 

Karin Möstl, chairwoman

Herman Egberink and Fulvio Marsilio, webmasters

Mission Statement

Upon a joint initiative of veterinary clinicians, scientists and an industry sponsor, the Advisory Board on Cat Diseases (ABCD) has been constituted. Its objectives are to establish a rational base for vaccine use in the cat and to publish its conclusions for the companion animal practitioners’ scene. It it achieving this goal by organizing conventions, at which specific issues are scheduled, discussed and agreed upon. The objective is to define a code of practice that reflects the present state of vaccinological knowledge.

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In 2005, the European Advisory Board on Cat Diseases (ABCD) held its first meeting in Lyon, France. Its mission statement and aim specified to communicate scientific developments in feline infectious diseases and to establish a rational base for cat disease prevention and control.
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