The Companion Animal Parasite Council (CAPC, commonly pronounced "Cap-Cee") is an American non-profit organization (501c3) composed of practicing veterinarians, academic veterinary parasitologists, veterinary technicians, state public health veterinarians, and staff from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who are dedicated to reducing the numbers of parasites in dogs and cats along with reducing the risk of transmitting these parasites and diseases to humans.
The group is sponsored mainly by industrial sponsors that are devoted to maintaining the health of pets through improved parasiticides and diagnostics that can be used by practitioners and clients in a safe and consumer-friendly manner.
Academic Veterinary Parasitologists Dr. Byron Blagburn, Auburn University Dr. Dwight D. Bowman, Cornell University Dr. Michael Yabsley, University of Georgia Dr. Heather Walden, University of Florida
Practitioners Dr. Jay Stewart, Oregon Dr. Craig Prior, Tennessee Dr. Rick Marrinson, Florida Dr. Scott Stevenson, Ontario
Public Health Veterinarian Dr. Emilio DeBess, Oregon
Veterinary Technician Holly Morss, Washington
Other Academics Dr. Robert Lund, Clemson University
CDC Liaison Dr. Patricia Wilkins, Georgia
Executive Director Dr. Chris Carpenter
Recent publications include a series of articles on a number of diseases that impact both animals and people developed from a workshop composed of members of CAPC along with members of the American Association of Veterinary Parasitologists and the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention. The articles appeared in February 2010 in Trends in Parasitology. This series of articles discusses giardiasis, cryptosporidiosis, toxoplasmosis, toxocariasis, hookworms disease, dirofilariasis (heartworm), baylisascariasis, tick and flea transmitted zoonotic diseases affecting people and animals. Another publication on fleas and ticks that includes authors who are present and past CAPC members is "The Biology, Treatment, and Control of Flea and Tick Infestations."
References
Bibliography Roger W Stich, I. Craig Prior, "Recommendations from the Companion Animal Parasite Council CANINE ARTHROPODS: MITES & TICKS", TODAY’S VETERINARY PRACTICE, March 2015, online. Rebecca J. Straub, "Toward the formation of a Companion Animal Parasite Council for the Tropics (CAPCT)", Parasit Vectors. 2015; 8: 271., online
Further reading
External links capcvet.org