The scientific conference of the International Association of Parasitocenologists will be held on November 4-5 in Vitebsk

November 2, Vitebsk / Sergei Kotovets - BELTA /. An international scientific and practical conference on parasitic diseases will be held on November 4-5 at the Vitebsk State Academy of Veterinary Medicine with the participation of about 50 specialists from six countries, the academy's vice-rector for scientific work, Candidate of Veterinary Sciences, Associate Professor Alexander Subbotin told a BELTA correspondent. The two-day event is organized by the International Association of Parasitocenologists, which is choosing the Vitebsk university, with a good research base and a recognized scientific school in this field, as a venue for discussions on current issues for the second time. Representatives of leading scientific centers, educational and research institutions of Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Tajikistan, Moldova, and Italy have shown interest in the scientific forum. The conference will discuss a wide range of issues related to the spread of parasitic diseases, their clinical manifestations and diagnosis, including diseases that pose a potential threat to humans. Specialists will share achievements in this scientific field, consider issues of diagnosis and treatment of parasitic diseases, prevention of animal diseases in industrial production, familiarize themselves with the development of new methods and techniques for combined treatment of diseases, and discuss the effectiveness of new drugs developed to combat parasites. The work of the conference will be organized in sections: "Applied Scientific Research, Diagnostics, Animal Treatment and Prevention of Parasitocenoses" and "Methods for Studying Parasitocenoses, Their Practical Significance, Effectiveness and Educational and Methodological Aspects." In addition, within the framework of the forum, the International Association will organize a round table to discuss the prospects of research and educational and methodological work in parasitocenology, and the possibility of implementing and the subject matter of joint research projects by scientists from different countries. It is planned to consider a number of organizational issues of the association's activities, including holding elections for a new composition of the governing bodies of the public organization. The International Association of Parasitocenologists was established in 2004 and brings together specialists in the field of parasitology from scientific and educational institutions of the CIS countries; in recent years, scientists from the European Union countries have also shown interest in the activities of the public organization. The organizers of the conference are the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of Belarus, the International Association of Parasitocenologists, and the Vitebsk State Academy of Veterinary Medicine.-0-