Activities

Training Schools

  • The second training school “Advances in the field diagnosis of helminth infections and anthelmintic
    resistance in ruminants” took place from 12 to 14 June 2019 in CREMOPAR (Eboli, Salerno). Twenty
    participants and 5 trainers from 17 countries participated in a combusted workshop with lectures, practicals
    and a field trip.



    Testimonial Verónica Castilla Gómez de Agüero
    Testimonial Walter Basso
  • The first training school “Socio-economic aspects of helminth infections and AR” was organised on 21-23
    November 2018 in Bruges. Three days of intensive lectures, exercises and discussions were appreciated by the
    22 participants and 6 trainers coming from 13 countries.



    Testimonial Barbara Hinney
    Testimonial Teresa Letra Mateus



Meetings

  • The next COMBAR joint MC-WG meetings are planned (pending covid-restrictions) on 7-9 October in Kaunas, Lithuania
  • COMBAR Core Group meeting, 19 March 2020, Antwerp, Belgium
  • COMBAR WG 3 workshop “Integrating control with grazing and TST”, 17-19 February 2020, Belfast, Northern
    Ireland

  • COMBAR 3rd joint MC and WG meeting was held in Ghent, Belgium from 27 until 29 August and was organised jointly
    with the American Consortium of Small Ruminant Parasite Control.
    Abstract Book
    Meeting Report

  • COMBAR 2nd Joint MC and WG meeting in León, Spain,​ September 26-27

    Abstract Book
    Meeting Report

  • COMBAR core group meeting, 02-05-2018, Brussels, 10 participants
  • COMBAR joint WG and MC meeting, 31-01-2018, Warsaw Poland, 59 participants

  • COMBAR core group meeting, Toulouse, 28-10-2017, 8 participants
  • COMBAR kick-off meeting, Brussels, 19-09-2017, 16 participants



Short Term Scientific Missions

Open call for STSMs in Grant Period 4:

STSM are aimed at supporting individual mobility and at strengthening the existing networks and fostering collaborations by allowing scientists to visit an institution in another participating COST country.

According to COST recommendations we recommend that:

However, it is important to take into account the situation in the host countries before applying and to follow all recommendations during the trip and stay.

Please, find attached all information about the current call. For this Fourth Grant Period (May 2020 – April 2021) there is an open call for applicants to fund initially up to 4 STSM. Deadline for submission of applications is on 1 March 2021 and STSM have to be concluded by the 5 April 2021.

The online STSM application form can be accessed at https://e-services.cost.eu/user/login/STSM (link opens in new window, an e-COST profile is required and can be created if needed).


Name Grant Period Title Home Institution Home Country Host Institution Host Country Working Group
Andres García Campos 1 Evaluation of the direct activity of plant extracts against ruminant gastrointestinal nematodes in vitro University College Dublin Ireland INRA Toulouse France 3
Vahel Ameen 1 Comparison of Droplet Digital PCR and Pyrosequencing Assay for Detection of Benzimidazole Resistance in
Haemonchus contortus		 Freie Universität Berlin Germany Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Sweden 1
Marcin Mickiewicz 2 Introduction to most common in vitro techniques to detect anthelmintic resistance of parasites of
domestic animals		 Warsaw University of Life Sciences Poland Slovak Academy of Sciences Slovakia 1
Charlotte Smith Bonde 2 Bioactive products from seaweed for parasite control, SEAPAR University of Copenhagen Denmark University of León Spain 3
Michaela Komáromyová 2 Genotyping of Haemonchus contortus L1 larvae in the Egg Hatch Test via droplet digital PCR Institute of Parasitology (Košice) Slovakia Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Sweden 1
Paulius Baltrusis 2 Resistance to Benzimidazoles identification in sheep parasite Haemonchus contortus via Pyrosequencing
and droplet digital PCR		 Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Sweden Freie Universität Germany 1
Helga Waap 2 Survey of helminths and assessment of anthelmintic resistance in the Merino Branca sheep breed in
Portugal		 Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária (Lisbon) Portugal Faculty of Veterinary MedicineInstitute for Parasitology and Tropical Veterinary Medicine Germany 1
Lavinia Ciuca 2 Faecal egg count and faecal egg count reduction test in sheep and goats University of Naples Federico II (Naples) Italy Veterinary Research Institute, Hellenic Agricultural Organisation- Demeter (former NAGREF),
Thessaloniki, 		Greece 1
Alessandra Amadesi 2 Mini-FLOTAC automated system University of Naples Federico II (Napoli, Italy)Italy Italy Ghent University Belgium 1
Maria Elena Morgoglione 2 Comparison between conventional microscopy (Mini-FLOTAC) with DNA-based technology for helminths,
protozoa and microbiome in large ruminants		 University of Naples Federico II (Napoli, Italy)Italy Italy Bristol Veterinary School, Faculty of Health Science, Langford, Bristol United Kingdom 1
Aleksandra Vergles Rataj 3 Combatting anthelmintic resistance in ruminants UL Veterinary Faculty. Ljubljana Slovenia Moredun Research Institute United Kingdom 3
Dominika Mravčáková 3 Experimental haemonchosis in lambs: effect of medicinal herbs on histopathology Centre of Biosciences of the Slovak Academy of Sciences Slovakia Epidemiology and Economics, Warsaw University of Life Poland 3
Filip Štrbac 3 The methodology of the diagnostics of parasitic infections and methods for evaluating the efficacy of
antiparasitic drugs		 Faculty of Agriculture (Novi Sad) Serbia CREMOPAR - The Regional Center for Monitoring Parasitic Infections Italy 1
Daniel Yasur-Landau 3 Conventional and molecular approaches to examine anthelmintic drug efficacy in
gastro-intestinal-nematodes		 National Veterinary services - Israel (Bet Dagan) Israel Freie Universität Germany 1
Maiken Gravdal 3 Introduction to molecular techniques for detection of gastrointestinal helminths and possible
anthelmintic resistance		 Norwegian University of Life Sciences Norway Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Sweden 1
Francesca Shepherd 3 Chemical analysis of condensed tannins in heather used for alternative parasite control Scotland's rural college (Edinburgh) United Kingdom University of Turku Finland 3



Meet us at following events

  • WAAVP 2021. 28th International Conference of the World
    Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology, Dublin, 18-22 July 2021.
  • EMOP 2020. 13th European Multicolloquium of Parasitology
    “Changing climate, changing parasites”, Belgrade, 25-29 August 2020.