Programme
IMPORTANT NOTE: ALL TIMINGS ARE CENTRAL EUROPEAN SUMMER TIME (CEST)
From 23 September until 31 December 2021, the lectures of the invited speakers and the oral abstract presentations will be available on demand.
The commercial exhibition area will also remain accessible until 31 December 2021.
THURSDAY 16 SEPTEMBER 2021
08:50-09:00 Welcome Speech, L. Panakova (ESVD President) and C. Noli (ECVD President)
Practical Programme | Room: Auditorium 1
PRURITUS | Chair: Robert Cikota
09:00-09:45 Diagnostic approach to pruritus: comparative aspects between dogs and cats, L. Ordeix (ESP)
09:45-10:30 Therapeutic challenges on canine pruritus: case-based discussion, L. Ordeix (ESP)
Advanced Programme | Room: Auditorium 2
HOST-MICROBIAL INTERACTION | Chair: Lucia Panakova
09:00-09:45 MRSP carriage – update and relevance, A. Loeffler (UK)
09:45-10:30 MRSP ‘Decolonisation’ – can it work?, A. Loeffler (UK)
Cutting Edge Programme | Room: Auditorium 3
MINI SYMPOSIUM ON ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY | Chair: Nina Glos
09:00-09:45 Pathogenesis of pediatric food allergy, K. Beyer (DE)
09:45-10:30 Diagnostic approach in pediatric food allergy, K. Beyer (DE)
10:30-11:00 Break
Practical Programme | Room: Auditorium 1
DERMATOLOGY CONSULTATION - VIRAL DISEASES | Chair: Jevgenija Kondratjeva
11:00-11:45 How to organize a consultation of Dermatology, V. Bruet (FR)
11:45-12:30 Virus of dermatologic interest: how do they affect the skin?, A. van der Lee (NL)
Advanced Programme | Room: Auditorium 2
FOOD ALLERGY | Chair: Lucia Panakova
11:00-11:45 Food allergy – Pathogenesis and relevance, R. Mueller (DE)
11:45-12:30 Food allergy – Diagnosis and long-term management, R. Mueller (DE)
Cutting Edge Programme | Room: Auditorium 3
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS | Chair: Nina Fischer
11:00-11:15 Transcriptome signatures in peripheral blood and skin cells of dogs with atopic dermatitis, A. Rostaher
11:15-11:30 Prospective, controlled, multicentric and double blinded study of the efficacy of combined treatment of allergen specific immunotherapy and lokivetmab for the treatment of canine atopic dermatitis: pilot study, L. Ramió-Lluch
11:30-11:45 The role of early life exposures to house dust mite allergens and endotoxins in the development of canine atopy: a birth cohort study from West Highland White Terriers, A. Rostaher
11:45-12:00 Dogs with moderate to severe leishmaniosis present an exaggerated allergen-specific IgE immune response, M. Cabré
12:00-12:15 Indirect Immunofluorescence reveals circulating anti-keratinocyte IgG autoantibodies in equine pemphigus foliaceus, M. Mosca
12:15-12:30 Pyoderma gangrenosum in dogs: a retrospective, single-center analysis of 13 cases, M. De Lucia
12:30-13:30 Lunch
Practical Programme | Room: Auditorium 1
EMERGENCY DERMATOLOGY | Chair: Katarina Varjonen
13:30-14:15 Dermatology emergencies: Patchy to diffuse erythroderma and maculo-papular eruptions in a dog (|), P. Bizikova (USA)
14:15-15:00 Dermatology emergencies: Patchy to diffuse erythroderma and maculo-papular eruptions in a dog (||), P. Bizikova (USA)
Advanced Programme | Room: Auditorium 2
AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES | Chair: Thierry Olivry
13:30-14:15 Update on human autoimmune blistering dermatoses: pemphigus, A. Payne (USA)
14:15-15:00 Update on human autoimmune blistering dermatoses: pemphigoid, A. Payne (USA)
Cutting Edge Programme | Room: Auditorium 3
MINI SYMPOSIUM ON ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY | Chair: Nina Glos
13:30-14:15 Novel treatments for food allergies in children, K. Beyer (DE)
15:00-15:15 Break
Practical Programme | Room: Auditorium 1
AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES | Chair: Diana Ferreira
15:15-16:00 Rare autoimmune diseases in dogs: four variants of cutaneous lupus erythematosus, T. Olivry (USA)
Advanced Programme | Room: Auditorium 2
JOURNAL CLUB | Chair: Peri Lau-Gillard
15:15-16:00 Ectoparasites and skin: a complex relationship possibly mimicking "allergy", P. Bourdeau (FR)
Short Communications | Room: Auditorium 3
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS | Chair: Luc Beco
15:15-15:30 Bedlington terriers diagnosed with familial footpad hyperkeratosis are carriers of an FAM83G missense variant, N. Makri
15:30-15:45 A case of environmental allergy and classical Ehlers-Danlos syndrome in a domestic shorthair cat caused by a heterozygous COL5A1 frameshift deletion, U. Mayer
15:45-16:00 Effect of a natural spot-on based on phyto-ceramides, plant-extracted essential fatty acids and essential oils on reconstructed canine epidermis, C. Darmon-Hadjaje
16:00-16:15 Break
16:15-18:00 ECVD Annual General Meeting, Zoom meeting
Only accessible via personal invitation
FRIDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2021
This session is kindly sponsored by 
Practical Programme | Room: Auditorium 1
HOST-MICROBIAL INTERACTION | Chair: Ana Oliveira
09:00-09:45 Opportunities for good antimicrobial stewardship: managing pyoderma in dogs and cats, A. Loeffler (UK)
09:45-10:30 How to deal with recurrent pyoderma – any new magic? A. Loeffler (UK)
Advanced Programme | Room: Auditorium 2
NUTRITION IN DERMATOLOGY | Chair: Claudia Nett
09:00-09:45 Review of nutrition and its role in skin barrier function, C. Villaverde (IRL)
09:45-10:30 Guide to home cooked diets for elimination diet trials, pros, cons and what mistakes to avoid, C. Villaverde (IRL)
Cutting Edge Programme | Room: Auditorium 3
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS | Chair: Tiago Carrapiço
09:00-09:15 Characterization of clinical phenotype (cutaneous lesion score and central sensitization) and comparison of serological allergen-specific IgE and intradermal testing in a colony of atopic-like cats, J. Lefrançois
09:15-09:30 Allermmune® immunotherapy in Feline Atopic Syndrome (FAS), F. Martini
09:30-09:45 Development and validation of an owner-assessed visual analogue scale (VAScat) for feline pruritus severity scoring, S. Borio
09:45-10:00 In healthy dogs, the middle ear microbiota is similar to that of the external ear canal, C. Leonard
10:00-10:15 Ear inflammation and hearing measurements: taking advantage of preclinical tools to assess the Tolerance of otic products, A. Marie
10:15-10:30 The efficacy of subcutaneous slow-release melatonin implants in the prevention of Canine Flank Alopecia recurrence: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study, M. Verschuuren
10:30-11:00 Break
Practical Programme | Room: Auditorium 1
DIAGNOSTIC TESTING | Chair: Chiara Noli
11:00-11:45 Laboratory test as diagnostic tool in veterinary dermatology, V. Bruet (FR)
11:45-12:30 In house testing for general practitioners, V. Bruet (FR)
Advanced Programme | Room: Auditorium 2
STEM CELL THERAPY | Chair: Carolina Mesquita
11:00-11:45 Regenerative medicine and cell therapy in veterinary field, A. Villatoro (ESP)
11:45-12:30 Stem cell therapy as strategy in immune-mediated diseases: indications and clinical cases, A. Villatoro (ESP)
Cutting Edge Programme | Room: Auditorium 3
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS | Chair: Manolis Saridomichelaki
11:00-11:15 Epicutaneous immunotherapy as a novel route of allergen administration in dogs with atopic dermatitis: a proof of concept study, M. Pinto
11:15-11:30 Side effects in cats treated with subcutaneous allergen-specific immunotherapy: results of a worldwide survey of 116 veterinarians, A. Zuzzi-Krebitz
11:30-11:45 Oclacitinib alternative, off-label protocol for canine atopic dermatitis: can cost be reduced? A. Bizarro
11:45-12:00 Stability of the n-acetylcysteine (NAC) with Tris-EDTA solution and in combination with dexamethasone sodium phosphate in aqueous solution for 50 days, G. Ghibaudo
12:00-12:15 The comparative cerumenolytic activity of otic preparations, an in vitro study, G. Ghibaudo
12:30-13:30 Lunch
Practical Programme | Room: Auditorium 1
DERMATOPHYTOSIS | Chair: Niksa Lemo
13:30-14:15 Dermatophytosis in dogs and cats: arriving where we started, A. van der Lee (NL)
Advanced Programme | Room: Auditorium 2
SKIN BIOLOGY | Chair: Frane Banovic
13:30-14:15 Transcriptome applications in dermatology, P. Brunner (AT)
Cutting Edge Programme | Room: Auditorium 3
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS | Chair: Diana Ferreira
13:30-13:45 Single myringotomy in the treatment of middle ear otitis in the cat : a retrospective study, P. Prelaud
13:45-14:00 Topical application of a combination of piperonyl butoxide with permethrin and prednisolone acetate for the treatment of Psoroptes cuniculi in naturally infected rabbits, R. Heredia
14:00-14:15 Comparison of scratching severity by owner completed PVAS to Whistle canine collar, A. Carson
14:15-14:45 Break
Practical Programme | Room: Auditorium 1
EXOTIC DERMATOLOGY | Chair: Ivan Ravera
14:45-15:30 How to approach feather picking in psittacines, J. Martorell (ESP)
Advanced Programme | Room: Auditorium 2
AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES | Chair: Thierry Olivry
14:45-15:30 Autoimmune subepidermal blistering skin diseases in animals: An update, P. Bizikova (USA)
Cutting Edge Programme | Room: Auditorium 3
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS | Chair: Domenico Santoro
14:45-15:00 Transcriptome profiling of spontaneous canine atopic dermatitis lesional and non-lesional skin using deep RNA sequencing, A. Blubaugh
15:00-15:15 Development of a qPCR for the detection of Chorioptes spp in equine skin scrapings, K. Bergvall
15:15-15:30 Characterization of the pro-inflammatory and pruritogenic transcriptome in equine insect bite hypersensitivity, F. Banovic
15:30-15:45 Break
Practical Programme | Room: Auditorium 1
WAVD | Chair: Susan Paterson
15:45-16:30 Equine Allergic Skin Diseases: Clinical Consensus Guidelines of the World Association for Veterinary Dermatology, R. Marsella
16:30-17:15 Canine Otitis Externa-Best Clinical Practices: Clinical Consensus Guidelines of the World Association for Veterinary Dermatology, J. Noxon
17:45-19:00 ESVD Annual General Meeting, Zoom meeting
Only accessible via personal invitation
SATURDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 2021
08:50-09:00 Welcome Speech, M. Welle (ISVD President)
Practical Programme | Room: Auditorium 1
FELINE DERMATOLOGY | Chair: Marcel Kovalik
09:00-09:45 Clinical manifestation of overgrooming: clinical implications on feline dermatology, L. Ordeix (ESP)
09:45-10:30 Diagnostic approach to symmetrical alopecia: comparative aspects between dogs and cats, L. Ordeix (ESP)
Advanced Programme | Room: Auditorium 2
ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY | Chair: Monika Linek
09:00-09:45 Pathogenesis, progression and treatments in early-onset pediatric atopic dermatitis, P. Brunner (AT)
09:45-10:30 Pathogenesis, progression and treatments in longstanding adult atopic dermatitis, P. Brunner (AT)
ISVD Annual Meeting Day | Room: Auditorium 3
SKIN BIOLOGY | Chair: Stefano Borio
09:00-09:45 Sebaceous gland: biology and physiology, G. Nikolakis (DE)
09:45-10:30 Sebaceous gland pathology, G. Nikolakis (DE)
10:30-11:00 Break
Practical Programme | Room: Auditorium 1
EXOTIC DERMATOLOGY | Chair: Silvia Colombo
11:00-11:45 Main skin disorders in rabbits, J. Martorell (ESP)
11:45-12:30 Dermatitis and dysecdysis in reptiles, J. Martorell (ESP)
Advanced Programme | Room: Auditorium 2
AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES | Chair: Thierry Olivry
11:00-11:45 Canine and feline pemphigus (I), P. Bizikova (USA)
11:45-12:30 Canine and feline pemphigus (II), P. Bizikova (USA)
ISVD Annual Meeting Day | Room: Auditorium 3
GENERAL | Chair: Monika Welle
11:00-12:00 Diagnostic dilemmas, C. Brachelente, M. Peleteiro
12:00-12:30 ISVD Grant 2019 Presentation, M. Dettwiler (SWI)
12:30-13:30 Lunch
Practical Programme | Room: Auditorium 1
EQUINE DERMATOLOGY | Chair: Sandrine Herbelet
13:30-14:15 Allergy testing in horses, K. Bergvall (SWE)
14:15-15:00 How to manage equine pruritus, K. Bergvall (SWE)
Advanced Programme | Room: Auditorium 2
NUTRITION IN DERMATOLOGY | Chair: Elisa Maina
13:30-15:00 Skin diets: what makes them special for atopic dermatitis and beyond (audience participation), C. Villaverde (IRL), R. Mueller (DE), Hilary Jackson
ISVD Annual Meeting Day | Room: Auditorium 3
SUPPORTING LECTURE | Chair: Barbara McMahill and William Craft
13:30-14:15 Skin tumour markers, what's new?, M. Dettwiler (SWI)
14:15-15:00 Mystery Slides, B. McMahill, C. Ganta, D. Wiener - Download here the instructions to preview the slides for the mystery slide cases
https://www.isvd.org/isvd-meetings/ecvd-esvd-isvd-2021
15:00-15:30 Break
Practical Programme | Room: Auditorium 1
EAR INFECTIONS | Chair: Ramon Almela
15:30-16:15 Listen up! A step-by step approach to the diagnosis of ear infections in dogs, A. van der Lee (NL)
16:15-17:00 How to treat ear infections in dogs: where do we stand? A. van der Lee (NL)
16:45-17:30 ISVD Annual General Meeting, Zoom meeting
Only accessible via personal invitation
IMPORTANT NOTE: ALL TIMINGS ARE CENTRAL EUROPEAN SUMMER TIME (CEST)
From 23 September until 31 December 2021, the lectures of the invited speakers and the oral abstract presentations will be available on demand.
The commercial exhibition area will also remain accessible until 31 December 2021.