Portfolio - Trainings & Lecturing

Andrei D. Mihalca was invited to deliver an online lecture entitled "Beyond Deworming – A Modern Perspective on Parasite Control in Dogs and Cats", held on 28 April 2026.

Prof. Dr. Andrei D. Mihalca was invited to lecture at the COST AFFECT-EVO Training School 2, entitled "Co-learning through multiple perspectives: Communication about animal affects in educational contexts". The training school took place at the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Romania, between 20–21 April...

Prof. Dr. Andrei D. Mihalca was invited to lecture at the event "Theatre of Prevention – Dirofilariosis in 4 Acts", held on 20 April 2026 at Teatrul Elisabeta, Bucharest.

We are always glad to be involved in educational activities developed במסגרת Școala Altfel and Școala Verde, two Romanian national school programmes designed to give students learning experiences outside the standard classroom routine. Școala Altfel focuses on non-formal education through special activities, workshops, and encounters, while Școala...

On 31 March 2026, we took part in the masterclass Canine dirofilariosis: the mosquito bites once, the consequences last for years, held in Bucharest. The event brought together veterinarians and specialists in parasitology for a focused discussion on one of the most important vector-borne parasitic diseases affecting dogs.

In March 2026, Andrei Mihalca, our founder & director, was featured by Radio România Internațional in its Invitați la RRI series. The piece presented him as a veterinarian, researcher, writer, and nature photographer, highlighting the breadth of his professional and creative work.

On 21 March, we were glad to take part in the event PAW-vești cu și despre animăluțe, organized by TelePaws at Iulius Mall, at Gloria Jean's, together with the moderator, Dr. Grigore Felecan.

In March 2026, Andrei Mihalca, our founder & director, was featured in an interview published by Zile și Nopți, following his participation in the 11th edition of Cozerie cu Ruxandra, where the conversation focused on Africa, wildlife photography, field experience, and the many ways in which veterinary parasitology shapes how we look at nature.

We were pleased to take part in the XIV International Conference, where we contributed to the session on Zoological, Aquarium and Wildlife Medicine with a presentation entitled Parasites of European bison: relevance for health and conservation.

We were pleased to take part in the 5th Vetoquinol Scientific Roundtable Parasitology, held in Malta, where experts in parasitology, pharmacology, feline medicine, and One Health met to discuss current challenges and new directions in feline parasitology. The meeting created an excellent setting for scientific exchange, bringing together different...

The 5th edition of Mărțișoare pentru Animale was, for me, one of the most rewarding public events of recent times. Dedicated to the community, the event brought together the extraordinary energy of student volunteers from Babeș-Bolyai University and the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca,...

On 25 February 2026, I had the pleasure of giving a lecture titled Parasites in wildlife: implications for conservation at Amphitheatre Popoviciu, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, Romania, as part of a WESA event. The meeting brought together students from different years, which made the discussion especially dynamic and rewarding.

Parasitology Consultancy Group contributed as invited expert to the Educație Veterinară podcast, a weekly online series dedicated to animal owners and the general public. In this format, complex veterinary topics are presented in clear, accessible language, with a practical focus on the recognition of clinical signs, causes of disease, and...

Parasitology Consultancy Group was represented in the cultural dialogue series Cozerie cu Ruxandra, organized at J'ai Bistrot București as a public conversation format built around invited guests and their professional and personal trajectories. The event featured Andrei Mihalca as special guest and brought together themes that define our work:...

Parasitology Consultancy Group contributed an invited lecture focused on disease surveillance in free-ranging wildlife, addressing both the conceptual framework and the practical limitations of epidemiological investigations under field conditions. The presentation covered key distinctions between infection and disease, major epidemiological...

Andrei Mihalca, PCG founder & director, delivered an invited lecture at AMVAC entitled At the core of the problem: epidemiology and diagnosis of heartworm disease. The presentation focused on key aspects of canine heartworm infection, with particular attention to the epidemiological patterns of the disease and the diagnostic challenges it continues...

We took part in the 30th Anniversary Servicii Publice conference held in Cluj-Napoca from 31 October to 2 November 2025. The scientific program on 1 November was organized in three parallel sections—poultry, swine, and cattle—and included two presentations by us in the swine and cattle sessions.

On 29 October, Andrei Mihalca, our founder & director, took part in the event Africa Neîmblânzită. Din experiențele unui cercetător, organized by Nomadis at Cinema Arta in Cluj-Napoca, in conversation with Ioana Cosman and Vasile Cipcigan.

On 29 September, our team took part in Beyond Science: Stories from the Unseen Africa, an event organized for Transylvania Executive Hub at DoubleTree by Hilton in Cluj-Napoca. The evening brought together science, field experience, photography, and personal reflection in a format designed to encourage open dialogue with the audience.

Our team took part in Let's Talk Ticks. A conference beyond the limits of disciplines and academia, held at Ca' Foscari University of Venice on 2 September 2025. The contribution was a joint presentation entitled Taxonomical changes in ticks: practical relevance in human and veterinary health, delivered together with David Modrý.

At the 30th Conference of the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology (WAAVP), held in Curitiba, Brazil (August 17–21, 2025), Prof. Andrei Daniel Mihalca presented an oral communication in the Companion Animal Parasitology session.

In July 2025, Andrei Mihalca was invited to the COST Action CA21111 – One Health Drugs Against Parasitic Vector-Borne Diseases (OHD) meeting, held at the COST Association premises in Brussels.

In June–July 2025, Prof. Andrei Daniel Mihalca joined the faculty of the 11th Parasitology Summer Course (ParSCo), a one-week residency program on Parasites, Arthropod Vectors and Transmitted Pathogens in the Mediterranean Area, organized by the University of Bari.

On 3–4 June 2025, the Tropical Council for Companion Animal Parasites (TroCCAP), in collaboration with the Council of Veterinary Surgeons of Zimbabwe, organized a workshop in Harare on recent advances in parasitic diseases of companion animals.

Parasitology Consultancy Group contributed to an international webinar hosted in Indonesia, focused on emerging infectious diseases in wild and captive exotic animals.

Africa Day is marked each year on 25 May, commemorating the founding of the Organization of African Unity in 1963. In Cluj-Napoca, the 2025 public celebration took place on 17 May, as part of Night of Museums, at the Ethnographic Museum of Transylvania, and marked the beginning of a collaboration between the museum and the African Partnership...

In March 2025, Prof. Andrei Daniel Mihalca gave a lecture at the 15th Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health Parasitology and Vector-Borne Disease Symposium in Dubai, a scientific meeting focused on parasitic and vector-borne diseases of companion animals.

In We took part in the 4th Annual Feline Parasitology Roundtable hosted by Vetoquinol in Venice. The meeting brought together veterinarians, parasitologists, and industry partners to exchange knowledge on parasite trends and feline health. Discussions focused on changing parasite distributions, new parasitological threats to cats, and the...

In February 2025, Prof. Andrei Daniel Mihalca was invited by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to serve as an expert trainer at the Regional Training Course on the Capture, Sorting, Detection and Differentiation of the Most Important Vectors for Vector-Borne Diseases in Hanoi, Vietnam.

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.