Advisory Board on Cat Diseases

(01.01.2005) European experts to issue infectious disease control guidelines for cats

Advisory Board on Cat Diseases (ABCD) The Advisory Board on Cat Diseases (ABCD) held its inaugural meeting in Lyon (France) on 19 and 20 December 2005.

It will develop and issue guidelines for the prevention and management of feline infectious disease in Europe, based on current scientific knowledge about the diseases and available vaccines.

The initiative is supported by animal health care company Merial, following an increasing demand for such information from pet owners, veterinarians and scientists.

COVID-19 bei Katzen - der aktuelle Wissensstand

Margaret Hosie ist Professorin für Vergleichende Virologie an der MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, seit 2005 Mitglied des Advisory Board of Cat Diseases (ABCD) und seit 2019 dessen Präsidentin
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Gratis Webinar: Empfehlungen des ABCD zu Impfungen von Katzen, zur FeLV-Diagnostik und zum SARS-CoV-2

Am 11. Juni 2020 werden anhand von Guidelines, Fact Sheets und Tools des ABCD werden die aktuellen Impfempfehlungen, Möglichkeiten zur Diagnostik von FeLV-Infektionen und der Wissensstand zu SARS-CoV-2 bei Katzen besprochen
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European Advisory Board on Cat Diseases (ABCD)

ABCD issues guideline on SARS-coronavirus-2 in cats

The Advisory Board on Cat Diseases has just published a new guideline in relation to SARS coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative agent of COVID-19
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ABCD & Boehringer Ingelheim invite applications for the 2020 Young Scientist Award

The European Advisory Board on Cat Diseases (ABCD) invites applications for the 2020 ABCD & Boehringer Ingelheim Award
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ABCD & Boehringer Ingelheim invite applications for the 2019 Young Scientist Award

The European Advisory Board on Cat Diseases (ABCD) invites applications for the 2019 ABCD & Boehringer Ingelheim Award, which aims to reward innovative and outstanding work by promising young professionals in the field of feline infectious diseases and/or applied immunology
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Virbac welcomed as Co-Sponsor: ABCD to become a self-governing organisation

The European Advisory Board on Cat Diseases (ABCD), a panel of leading veterinary experts in immunology, vaccinology, diagnostics and/or clinical feline medicine, is in the process of becoming a self-governing organisation
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Maria Flaminia Persichetti (centre), recipient of the 2018 ABCD Young Scientist Award flanked by Jean-Christophe Thibault (Boehringer Ingelheim) and ABCD board member Maria Grazia Pennisi (at right) who presented the award. ; Bildquelle: Florence Kahn-Ramos

Maria Flaminia Persichetti wins the 2018 Young Scientist Award

The 2018 ABCD Young Scientist Award funded by Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health was presented to Dr Maria Flaminia Persichetti (32) for her work on feline vector borne diseases in southern Italy
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Maciej Parys (at right), recipient of the 2017 ABCD Young Scientist Award flanked by ABCD chair Karin Moestl (centre) and Jean-Christoph Thibault (Boehringer Ingelheim), who presented the award; Bildquelle: iCatCare

Maciej Parys wins the 2017 Young Scientist Award

The 2017 ABCD Young Scientist Award funded by Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health (formerly known as AMYSA) was presented to Dr Maciej Parys (32), originally from Poland and currently working at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies of the University of Edinburgh, UK
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ABCD & Merial invite applications for the Young Scientist Award 2017

The European Advisory Board on Cat Diseases (ABCD) invites applications for the 2017 ABCD & Merial Young Scientist Clinical and Research Award (AMYSA)
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Mirja Nolff and Vito Colella win the 2016 ABCD & Merial Young Scientist Awards

The ABCD & Merial Young Scientist Awards (AMYSA) for Basic Research and for Clinical Research were presented at the occasion of the congress of the International Society of Feline Medicine, organised by International Cat Care, in Malta, on the 30th of June
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ABCD & Merial Young Scientist Awards 2016: deadline extended

The European Advisory Board on Cat Diseases (ABCD) invites applications for the 2016 ABCD & Merial Young Scientist Clinical and Research Awards (AMYSA), which aim to reward innovative and outstanding work by promising young professionals in the field of feline infectious diseases and/or immunology
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ABCD & Merial invite applications for the Young Scientist Awards 2016

The European Advisory Board on Cat Diseases (ABCD) invites applications for the 2016 ABCD & Merial Young Scientist Clinical and Research Awards (AMYSA)
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ABCD & Merial Young Scientist Award winners Emily Porter (second left) and Pawel Beczkowski (centre) flanked by Jean-Christophe Thibault (Merial, at left), Karin Moestl (ABCD chair) and Claire Bessant (iCatCare, on the right); Bildquelle: iCatCare

Pawel Beczkowski and Emily Porter win the 2015 ABCD & Merial Young Scientist Awards

Two ABCD & Merial Young Scientist Awards (AMYSA), for Basic research and for Clinical research were presented this year
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ABCD & Merial Young Scientist Awards 2015 deadline extended

The European Advisory Board on Cat Diseases (ABCD) invites applications for the 2015 ABCD & Merial Young Scientist Clinical and Research Awards (AMYSA)
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ABCD & Merial Young Scientist Awards 2014 für Katarzyna Zabielska (l.) und Katja Silbermayr (r.), flankiert von Jean-Christophe Thibault (Merial) und Professor Marian Horzinek (ABCD); Bildquelle: iCatCare

Ausgezeichnete Forschung: ABCD & Merial Young Scientist Awards 2014 für Katarzyna Zabielska und Katja Silbermayr

Auf dem diesjährigen Kongress der Internationalen Gesellschaft für Katzenmedizin in Riga wurden Katarzyna Zabielska und Katja Silbermayr für ihre Forschung mit den ABCD & Merial Young Scientist Awards 2014 ausgezeichnet
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ABCD & Merial Young Scientist Award winners Katarzyna Zabielska (second left) and Katja Silbermayr flanked by Jean-Christophe Thibault (Merial) and professor Marian Horzinek (ABCD); Bildquelle: iCatCare

Katarzyna Zabielska and Katja Silbermayr win the 2014 ABCD & Merial Young Scientist Awards

Two ABCD & Merial Young Scientist Awards (AMYSA) were presented this year, for Basic research and for Clinical research. The award ceremonies took place on the 19th of June in Riga (Latvia), at the occasion of the congress of the International Society of Feline Medicine, organised by International Cat Care
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AMYSA deadline extended to 1 March 2014

ABCD & Merial invite applications for the Young Scientist Awards 2014
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ABCD & Merial invite applications for the Young Scientist Awards 2014

The European Advisory Board on Cat Diseases (ABCD) invites applications for the 2014 ABCD & Merial Young Scientist Clinical and Research Awards (AMYSA), which aim to reward innovative and outstanding work by promising young professionals in the field of feline infectious diseases and/or immunology
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ABCD & Merial Young Scientist Award winners Deborah Gow (left) and Sanne Dolieslager ; Bildquelle: iCatCare

Deborah Gow and Sanne Dolieslager win the 2013 ABCD & Merial Young Scientist Awards

Two ABCD & Merial Young Scientist Awards (AMYSA) were presented this year, for Basic research and for Clinical research. The award ceremonies took place on 30 June in Barcelona, at the occasion of the congress of the International Society of Feline Medicine, organised by International Cat Care
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ABCD & Merial Young Scientist Awards 2013: Deadline extension to 1 March

The European Advisory Board on Cat Diseases (ABCD) invites applications for the 2013 ABCD & Merial Young Scientist Clinical and Research Awards (AMYSA), which aim to reward innovative and outstanding work by promising young professionals in the field of feline infectious diseases and/or immunology
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ABCD & Merial invite applications for the Young Scientist Awards 2013

ABCD & Merial Young Scientist Award winners Céline Robert-Tissot and Bianca Stützer

Céline Robert-Tissot and Bianca Stützer win the 2012 ABCD & Merial Young Scientist Awards

This year, two ABCD & Merial Young Scientist Awards (AMYSA) were presented, one for Basic research and one for Clinical research. The award ceremonies took place on 17 June in Budapest, at the occasion of the congress of the International Society of Feline Medicine
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Isabelle Dietrich receiving the award from Marian C. Horzinek (ABCD, at left) and Jean-Christophe Thibault (Merial); Bildquelle: ABCD

Isabelle Dietrich wins the ABCD & Merial Young Scientist Award 2011

The ABCD and Merial Young Scientist Award 2011 was presented to Isabelle Dietrich MRes, a PhD student at the Center for Virus Research of the University of Glasgow (UK), on 25 June in Vienna, on the occasion of the congress of the International Society of Feline Medicine
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ABCD & Merial Young Scientist Award 2011

The European Advisory Board on Cat Diseases (ABCD) invites applications for the ABCD & Merial Young Scientist Award 2011 - application deadline 15 January 2011
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William McEwan (centre) receiving the award from Marian C. Horzinek (ABCD, at left) and Jean-Christophe Thibault (Merial)

British researcher William McEwan wins the ABCD & Merial Young Scientist Award 2010

The ABCD and Merial Young Scientist Award 2010 was presented to William McEwan BSc MRes PhD, now working at the MRC-Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge (UK)
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ABCD & Merial Young Scientist Award 2010 - call for papers

The European Advisory Board on Cat Diseases (ABCD) invites applications for the ABCD & Merial Young Scientist Award 2010
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Professor Marian C. Horzinek, Vorsitzender von ABCD bei der offiziellen Vorstellung der ABCD Guidelines in Cavtat, Dubrovnik.

Alle zehn ABCD-Richtlinien und Faktenblätter sind nun veröffentlicht

Alle Richtlinien des Expertengremiums für Katzenkrankheiten (ABCD) zu den zehn wichtigsten Infektionskrankheiten von Katzen sind nun veröffentlicht und online erhältlich
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Jonas Wensman, laureate of the 2009 ABCD & Merial Young Scientist Award, flanked by Jean-Christophe Thibault from Merial (left) and Marian Horzinek from the ABCD (right)

Swedish researcher Jonas Wensman wins the ABCD & Merial Young Scientist Award 2009

The ABCD and Merial Young Scientist Award 2009 was presented to Jonas Wensman, from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU, Uppsala), on 20 June in Dubrovnik, on the occasion of the congress of the European Society of Feline Medicine
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Dr. Hannah Dewerchin gewinnt den ABCD & Merial Young Scientist Award 2008

Der erste ABCD & Merial Young Scientist Award 2008 (AMYSA) wurde am 25. September 2008 im Rahmen des Kongresses der European Society of Feline Medicine an Frau Dr. Hannah Dewerchin von der Universität Gent (Belgien) verliehen
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Europäisches Expertengremium für Katzenkrankheiten

ABCD-Richtlinien zur Vorbeugung und Behandlung der Tollwut bei der Katze

Tollwut kann auch Katzen töten - Eine vermeidbare Todesursache bei Mensch und Tier
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ABCD: Richtlinien zur Vorbeugung und Behandlung der FIV-Infektion

Das Europäische Expertengremium für Katzenkrankheiten (ABCD) veröffentlichte Ende März 2008 die ersten europäischen Richtlinien zur Vorbeugung und Behandlung der felinen Immundefizienzvirusinfektion (FIV-Infektion)
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First ABCD and Merial Young Scientist Award

The European Advisory Board on Cat Diseases (ABCD) invites applications for the newly established ABCD & Merial Young Scientist Award
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Vorbeugung und Behandlung von FeLV

ABCD empfiehlt FeLV-Tests vor der Impfung, die jedoch „vorsichtig interpretiert werden müssen“
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ABCD Feline Leukaemia Guidelines

The European Advisory Board on Cat Diseases (ABCD) recommends FeLV prevaccination testing - but to be “interpreted with care”
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FCV: Experten empfehlen jährliche Auffrischungsimpfungen für Hochrisiko-Katzen

Das Europäische Expertengremium für Katzenkrankheiten (ABCD, Advisory Board on Cat Diseases) hat am 17.4.2007 seine ersten Richtlinien für die Prävention und das Management von Infektionen mit dem felinen Calicivirus (FCV) herausgegeben
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Feline Panleukopenie: eine mörderische Krankheit

Fachleute des ABCD empfehlen Wiederholungs-Impfungen in 3-jährigem Abstand
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Infektion von Katzen mit dem Aviären Influenzavirus H5N1

Der H5N1-Subtyp des aviären Influenzavirus Typ A, aus der Familie der Orthomyxoviridae, tritt vorrangig bei Vögeln auf. Eine Übertragung auf Säugetiere geschieht sporadisch, und die Infektion kann dann eine Erkrankung mit hoher Morbidität und Letalität auslösen
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Advisory Board on Cat Diseases

The Advisory Board on Cat Diseases (ABCD) held its inaugural meeting in Lyon (France) on 19 and 20 December. It will develop and issue guidelines for the prevention and management of feline infectious disease in Europe, based on current scientific knowledge about the diseases and available vaccines
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