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ABCD (who's who)
ABCD members: who’s who Marian C Horzinek
retro- and coronaviruses (pathogenesis and vaccination), epidemiology and molecular diagnostics of feline infectious diseases.
Former Head, Dept of Infectious Diseases, Division of Virology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine; Director, Graduate School Animal Health; Director, Institute of Veterinary Research, Utrecht (Netherlands); founder President, European Society of Feline Medicine. Research interests: feline coronaviruses, viral evolution.
Fulvio Marsilio Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Teramo (Italy). Research interests: PCR as a diagnostic tool for upper respiratory tract disease in cats, recombinant feline calicivirus vaccine, norovirus infections in carnivores.
Diane Addie Director, Feline Institute Pyrenees, France; Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow, UK. Research interests: eradication of feline coronavirus (FIP), cure for/prevention of chronic gingivostomatitis. Interested in all feline infectious diseases. www.catvirus.com
Sándor Belák Full Professor, Depts of Virology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) and The National Veterinary Institute (SVA), Uppsala (Sweden); OIE Expert for the diagnosis of viral diseases (Sweden). Research interests: biotechnology-based diagnosis, vaccine development, the genetic basis for viral pathogenesis, recombination and virus–host interaction.
Corine BoucrautBaralon Head, Diagnostic Laboratory Scanelis, France; former Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases and Molecular Biology, Toulouse Veterinary School. Research interests: feline calicivirus, feline coronavirus, feline and canine parvoviruses, molecular diagnostics.
Herman Egberink Associate Professor, Dept of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Virology Division, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University (Netherlands); member,
The ABCD, founded in 2005, is composed of 16 independent veterinary members with expertise in immunology, vaccinology and/or clinical feline medicine, from 10 European countries. Front row, from left: Corine Boucraut-Baralon (France), Diane Addie (UK/France), Marian C Horzinek, ABCD chairman (Netherlands), Margaret J Hosie (UK), Hans Lutz (Switzerland), Alan D Radford (UK). Second row, from left: Tim Gruffydd-Jones (UK), Fulvio Marsilio (Italy), Katrin Hartmann (Germany), Etienne Thiry (Belgium), Herman Egberink (Netherlands), Tadeusz Frymus (Poland). Back row, from left: Sándor Belák (Sweden), Maria Grazia Pennisi (Italy), Albert Lloret (Spain), Uwe Truyen (Germany)
national drug registration board. Research interests: feline viral diseases, in particular feline coronavirus and feline calicivirus, vaccine development and efficacy, antivirals.
Tadeusz Frymus Full Professor, Head, Division of Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology, Dept of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (Poland). Research interests: vaccines, feline leukaemia virus, feline immunodeficiency virus, feline coronavirus, Bordetella bronchiseptica infection, canine distemper.
Tim Gruffydd-Jones Head, The Feline Centre, Professor in Feline Medicine, Bristol University (UK); founder member, European Society of Feline Medicine. Research interests: feline infectious diseases, in particular coronavirus and Chlamydophila.
Katrin Hartmann Head, Companion Animal Clinic and Full Professor of
Internal Medicine, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Germany; member, AAFP Feline Vaccine Advisory Panel. Research interests: infectious diseases of cats and dogs.
Margaret J Hosie Professor of Comparative Virology, Institute of Comparative Medicine, Glasgow, UK; RCVS Specialist in Veterinary Pathology (Microbiology). Research interests: feline immunodeficiency virus pathogenesis and vaccine development, feline calicivirus.
Albert Lloret Clinical instructor, Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain. Chairman, Spanish Feline Study Group; Executive Committee member, European Society of Feline Medicine. Research interests: feline internal medicine, oncology.
Hans Lutz Head, Clinical Laboratory, and Full Professor, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zurich, Switzerland. Research interests: feline
Maria Grazia Pennisi Professor, Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Dept Veterinary Public Health, University of Messina, Italy. Research interests: feline medicine, feline leishmaniasis, vector-borne diseases.
Alan D Radford Senior Lecturer and Researcher, Dept Small Animal Studies, Liverpool Veterinary School, UK. Research interests: feline calicivirus, feline herpesvirus, parvoviruses and coronaviruses, Bordetella bronchiseptica in cats, immuneresponse variation, small animal disease surveillance.
Etienne Thiry Full Professor and Head, Dept of Virology and Viral Diseases, Liège Veterinary Faculty (Belgium); member, Committee of Veterinary Medicinal Products (Belgium); member, Agencies for animal health and food safety (France and Belgium). Research interests: herpesviruses, caliciviruses, emerging virus infections, host–virus interactions.
Uwe Truyen Head, Institute for Animal Hygiene & Veterinary Public Health, University of Leipzig, Germany; Head, German standing vaccination committee. Research interests: animal hygiene, epidemiology, parvoviruses, feline calicivirus.
retro- and coronaviruses (pathogenesis and vaccination), epidemiology and molecular diagnostics of feline infectious diseases.
Former Head, Dept of Infectious Diseases, Division of Virology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine; Director, Graduate School Animal Health; Director, Institute of Veterinary Research, Utrecht (Netherlands); founder President, European Society of Feline Medicine. Research interests: feline coronaviruses, viral evolution.
Fulvio Marsilio Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Teramo (Italy). Research interests: PCR as a diagnostic tool for upper respiratory tract disease in cats, recombinant feline calicivirus vaccine, norovirus infections in carnivores.
Diane Addie Director, Feline Institute Pyrenees, France; Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow, UK. Research interests: eradication of feline coronavirus (FIP), cure for/prevention of chronic gingivostomatitis. Interested in all feline infectious diseases. www.catvirus.com
Sándor Belák Full Professor, Depts of Virology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) and The National Veterinary Institute (SVA), Uppsala (Sweden); OIE Expert for the diagnosis of viral diseases (Sweden). Research interests: biotechnology-based diagnosis, vaccine development, the genetic basis for viral pathogenesis, recombination and virus–host interaction.
Corine BoucrautBaralon Head, Diagnostic Laboratory Scanelis, France; former Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases and Molecular Biology, Toulouse Veterinary School. Research interests: feline calicivirus, feline coronavirus, feline and canine parvoviruses, molecular diagnostics.
Herman Egberink Associate Professor, Dept of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Virology Division, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University (Netherlands); member,
The ABCD, founded in 2005, is composed of 16 independent veterinary members with expertise in immunology, vaccinology and/or clinical feline medicine, from 10 European countries. Front row, from left: Corine Boucraut-Baralon (France), Diane Addie (UK/France), Marian C Horzinek, ABCD chairman (Netherlands), Margaret J Hosie (UK), Hans Lutz (Switzerland), Alan D Radford (UK). Second row, from left: Tim Gruffydd-Jones (UK), Fulvio Marsilio (Italy), Katrin Hartmann (Germany), Etienne Thiry (Belgium), Herman Egberink (Netherlands), Tadeusz Frymus (Poland). Back row, from left: Sándor Belák (Sweden), Maria Grazia Pennisi (Italy), Albert Lloret (Spain), Uwe Truyen (Germany)
national drug registration board. Research interests: feline viral diseases, in particular feline coronavirus and feline calicivirus, vaccine development and efficacy, antivirals.
Tadeusz Frymus Full Professor, Head, Division of Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology, Dept of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (Poland). Research interests: vaccines, feline leukaemia virus, feline immunodeficiency virus, feline coronavirus, Bordetella bronchiseptica infection, canine distemper.
Tim Gruffydd-Jones Head, The Feline Centre, Professor in Feline Medicine, Bristol University (UK); founder member, European Society of Feline Medicine. Research interests: feline infectious diseases, in particular coronavirus and Chlamydophila.
Katrin Hartmann Head, Companion Animal Clinic and Full Professor of
Internal Medicine, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Germany; member, AAFP Feline Vaccine Advisory Panel. Research interests: infectious diseases of cats and dogs.
Margaret J Hosie Professor of Comparative Virology, Institute of Comparative Medicine, Glasgow, UK; RCVS Specialist in Veterinary Pathology (Microbiology). Research interests: feline immunodeficiency virus pathogenesis and vaccine development, feline calicivirus.
Albert Lloret Clinical instructor, Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain. Chairman, Spanish Feline Study Group; Executive Committee member, European Society of Feline Medicine. Research interests: feline internal medicine, oncology.
Hans Lutz Head, Clinical Laboratory, and Full Professor, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zurich, Switzerland. Research interests: feline
Maria Grazia Pennisi Professor, Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Dept Veterinary Public Health, University of Messina, Italy. Research interests: feline medicine, feline leishmaniasis, vector-borne diseases.
Alan D Radford Senior Lecturer and Researcher, Dept Small Animal Studies, Liverpool Veterinary School, UK. Research interests: feline calicivirus, feline herpesvirus, parvoviruses and coronaviruses, Bordetella bronchiseptica in cats, immuneresponse variation, small animal disease surveillance.
Etienne Thiry Full Professor and Head, Dept of Virology and Viral Diseases, Liège Veterinary Faculty (Belgium); member, Committee of Veterinary Medicinal Products (Belgium); member, Agencies for animal health and food safety (France and Belgium). Research interests: herpesviruses, caliciviruses, emerging virus infections, host–virus interactions.
Uwe Truyen Head, Institute for Animal Hygiene & Veterinary Public Health, University of Leipzig, Germany; Head, German standing vaccination committee. Research interests: animal hygiene, epidemiology, parvoviruses, feline calicivirus.