The 2023 ABCD Young Scientist Award, funded by Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health has been presented to Dr Katharina Zwicklbauer (27), of the Small Animal Clinic of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich, Germany.
…and that makes four! With the commitment of MSD Animal Health, the ABCD is proud to announce that its activities are now supported by four major players in the animal health field, with MSD joining ranks with Boehringer Ingelheim (founding sponsor), Virbac and Idexx.
The pathogenic role of many Bartonella spp. as pathogens of humans and domestic animals is still unknown. Bartonella henselae is the causative agent of cat scratch disease (CSD) in humans, a self-limiting regional lymphadenopathy and cats are its main reservoir host.
