Advances in the knowledge of parasite resistance of ruminant hosts and parasites

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1 Alessandro Francisco Talamini do Amarante Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, SP Main research areas: epidemiology, diagnosis and prophylaxis of parasitic diseases of ruminants Ana Carolina de Souza Chagas Laboratório de Parasitologia, Embrapa Pecuária Sudeste, São Main research areas: natural product chemistry, phytochemistry, and veterinary parasitology Aurea Canavessi Departamento de Zootecnia, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Universidade de São Paulo, Piracicaba, SP Main research areas: cellular and molecular immunoparasitology Christopher Scott Knauer Veterinary Medicine Research and Development, Pfizer Animal Health, Kalamazoo, USA. Main research areas: Animal health antiparasitic discovery, molecular pharmacology and mechanisms of action of parasiticides Collette Britton Division of Veterinary Infection and Immunity, University of Glasgow Veterinary School, Glasgow, Scotland, UK Main research areas: parasitic nematode vaccine candidate identification and expression, exploiting techniques used in C.elegans research Emily Piper School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Australia Main research areas: use of molecular and immunological techniques in animal genetics

and veterinary parasitology Aurea Canavessi Departamento de Zootecnia, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Universidade de São Paulo, Piracicaba, SP Main research areas: cellular and

2 Felix D. Guerrero Knipling-Bushland USDA, ARS/Livestock Insects Research Laboratory, Kerrville, TX, USA Main research areas: genomics of external parasites of cattle, including cattle tick, horn fly, and screwworm Fernando Flores Cardoso Laboratório de Estatística e Genômica, Embrapa Pecuária Sul, Bagé, RS Main research areas: genetic evaluation, statistical genomics, and Bayesian inference Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna Institute for Parasitology and Tropical Veterinary Medicine Free University, Berlin, Germany Main research areas: efficacy, mode of action and mechanism of resistance of antiparasiticides Gervásio Henrique Bechara Departamento de Patologia Veterinária, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Jaboticabal, SP Main research areas: host-tick interactions with emphasis in the immunopathology of the tick-host interface Isabel Kinney Ferreira de Miranda Santos Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP Main research areas: veterinary immunology, mainly in tick control with vaccines, markers and semiochemical Jeffrey G. Scott Department of Entomology, Comstock Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA Main research areas: entomology, genetics and development, and environmental toxicology

screwworm Fernando Flores Cardoso Laboratório de Estatística e Genômica, Embrapa Pecuária Sul, Bagé, RS Main research areas: genetic evaluation, statistical genomics, and Bayesian inference Georg von

3 Lane D. Foil Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA Main research areas: biology and control of dipteran pests of man and animals, including stable fly, horn fly, horse fly, sand fly, and ceratopogionid Luciana Correia de Almeida Regitano Main research areas: genomics and development and application of molecular markers in animal breeding, with special emphasis in adaptation to tropical environments Luciana Morita Katiki Centro de Pesquisa em Zootecnia Diversificada, Instituto de Zootecnia, Nova Odessa, SP Main research areas: determination of compounds with potential against parasites, use of in vitro tests Luiz Lehmann Coutinho Departamento de Zootecnia, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Universidade de São Paulo, Piracicaba, SP Main research areas: animal genetics and breeding, gene expression, embryogenesis, and biotechnology Marcelo Beltrão Molento Departamento de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR Main research areas: epidemiology, management strategies and drug resistance in helminth parasites Marcos Vinicius Gualberto Barbosa da Silva Embrapa Gado de Leite, Juiz de Fora, MG Main research areas: genetics, with emphasis on bioinformatics, QTLs, milk production, animal model and genomic selection

ceratopogionid Luciana Correia de Almeida Regitano Main research areas: genomics and development and application of molecular markers in animal breeding, with special emphasis in adaptation to

4 Mauricio de Alvarenga Mudadu Main research areas: bioinformatic analysis of large-scale SNP genotyping data from cattle and association analyses Mike Taylor Veterinary Consultant, Wildlife and Emerging Disease Programme Food and Environment Research Agency (FERA), York, UK Main research areas: anthelmintic resistance in sheep nematodes, control of parasites in sheep and cattle Peter Geldhof Department of Virology, Parasitology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium Main research areas: molecular veterinary parasitology Ray M. Kaplan Department of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, USA Main research areas: biology and molecular mechanisms of anthelmintic resistance in nematode parasites; epidemiology and control of gastrointestinal parasites of ruminants and horses; biology and control of filarial nematodes Reinaldo Otávio Alvarenga Alves de Brito Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Main research areas: phylogeography, population genetics, sexual selection, neutrality and selection, molecular evolution and evolution of complex characters Rosângela Zacarias Machado Departamento de Patologia Veterinária, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Jaboticabal, SP Main research areas: animal parasite protozoology, with research on dogs and cattle, mainly on T. gondii, T. evansi and E. canis

Geldhof Department of Virology, Parasitology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium Main research areas: molecular veterinary parasitology Ray M.

5 Simone Cristina Méo Niciura Main research areas: animal biotechnology, breeding and molecular genetics, gene expression, epigenetics and genomic imprinting Stephen Bishop Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Main research areas: animal breeding for increased resistance to disease

Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of

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