ESCCAP has recently begun a cooperative project with European Guide Dog Federation aimed at providing an accessible advisory database for guide dog users travelling around Europe with their dogs. It is hoped that the first stage of this project will be completed by the first quarter of 2013.

The next ESCCAP annual meeting will be held at the Novotel Amsterdam Airport from 19th to 22nd March 2013.

ESCCAP has revised the GL5 Guideline "Vector-borne diseases in dogs and cats" . This was published on 1st October 2012. Press release for publication of ESCCAP GL5 revision..

ESCCAP is pleased to announce that from September 1st 2012, Prof. Dr. Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna is the new chairman of ESCCAP Germany.

The Lisbon Forum presentations are now available as free lectures on the http://www.keyskill.com: Prof. Frans van Knapen: ToxoplasmaProf. Paul Overgaauw: ToxocaraProf. Luis Madeira de Carvalho: LeishmaniosisProf. Claudio Genchi: Dirofilaria repensProf. Paul Torgerson: Public Health impact of companion animal zoonoses.

It is with the greatest sadness that we announce the death of Professor Thomas Schnieder, the Member for Germany, on 16th May 2012.  An obituary for Thomas can be found here.