National Workshop series with Boehringer-Ingelheim Romania: Clinical Parasitology in Companion Animals

In early 2025, Parasitology Consultancy Group organized a series of four workshops under the theme "New Approaches and Concepts in Clinical Parasitology of Companion Animals", each hosted in the main veterinary centers of Romania: Cluj-Napoca, Bucharest, Timișoara, and Iași.

Each session combined theory with practical demonstrations, addressing key parasitological challenges faced by small animal practitioners. The program covered:

• Vector-borne nematodes in dogs and cats in Romania

• Pulmonary nematodes in cats

• Integrated control of ectoparasites in companion animals

• Coprological diagnosis: from methods to interpretation

• Laboratory diagnosis of filarial infections

• Identification of tick species

Lectures and hands-on components were delivered by Prof. Andrei D. Mihalca, with contributions from our young colleague Ioana B. Mitrea , ensuring both academic rigor and practical applicability.

The workshops provided veterinarians with updated knowledge and tools to improve diagnostic accuracy, parasite management, and evidence-based clinical decision-making. By covering four major academic and professional centers, this series contributed to strengthening parasitology education and clinical practice nationwide.