AAVP Recognized by the AVMA
The article below is reprinted from the JAVMA News:
23Oct
12Apr
History of the American Association of Veterinary Parasitologists
(1956-2005) 2005 pp. 286pp Amici, R. R. ISBN: 0-9770942-0-0 Record Number: 20053181842
Abstract
The objective of this publication is to collate the information available on the history of the American Association of Veterinary Parasitologists (AAVP) from its inception in 1956 up to the present. As synopsis of all the AAVP meetings from 1956-2004 is constructed. Biographical sketches of various parasitologists are compiled, and each is...
12Apr
AAVP Proceedings 2014, Abstract 48
Raffaele Roncalli – Milltown, NJ Over the centuries, medals have been coined to celebrate distinguished personages or historical episodes of note. This is also common in the world of parasitology, where as early as the 17th century, medals were coined to celebrate distinguished researchers (i.e. Francesco Redi--1684--et alia) for their discoveries as well as for special events. In more recent years,...
12Apr
AAVP Proceedings 2015, Abstract 79
Sidney Ewing – Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK Late in the 19th and early 20th Century the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) was a hotbed of parasitologists, including Charles Wardell Stiles (1867-1941) and Albert Hassall (1862-1942) who established the Index Catalogue of Medical and Veterinary Zoology. Stiles and Hassall also laid the foundation for the U. S. National Parasite Collection, which...
06Oct
Dr. William Campbell Wins Nobel Prize!
Dr. William (Bill) Campbell is one of three scientists sharing this year’s Nobel Prize for medicine. Dr. Campbell (PhD Wisconsin) is sharing half of the award with Japan’s Satoshi Omura, for the discovery of avermectin which affects nematodes, and China’s Youyou Tu received the other half of the award for her discovery of artemisinin, which is highly effective...
25Jul
2010-2011 Executive Committee
Dr. Alan Marchiondo (newly elected Vice-President), Alice Houk (Student Representative, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine), Dr. Karen Snowden (President), Ashley Linton (Student Representative, Colorado State University), Dr. Patrick Meeus (President-Elect and 2011 Program Chair), Dr. Lora Ballweber (Immediate Past-President), Dr. Bob Arther (Secretary/Treasurer).