IEE RAS staff took part in the V International Parasitological Symposium, which was held in St. Petersburg on December 3–5, 2025, at the St. Petersburg State University of Veterinary Medicine.
The symposium was dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War and the 155th anniversary of the birth of V.L. Yakimov (the first rector of the University, head of the Department of Parasitology).
The event brought together specialists from Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, and Bulgaria.
The symposium included a plenary session, sections (heroism and contribution of parasitologists during the Great Patriotic War, modern problems of teaching parasitology in medical and veterinary universities, protozoan diseases, parasitoses of animals and birds, ectoparasites and vectors (ticks), ectoparasites and vectors (insects), parasitic diseases of fish, parasites of wild animals), a round table on diseases of zoo animals, excursions to the university museums and a concert.
Sergei Eduardovich Spiridonov, Doctor of Biological Sciences and Head of the Laboratory of Parasite Taxonomy and Evolution at the Center for Parasitology, presented a report titled "Exotic Species of Helminths in Animals of the Moscow Zoo: A Retrospective Analysis."
Olga Aleksandrovna Loginova, a research fellow at the same laboratory and a PhD in veterinary science, presented a report at the plenary session on the topic of "Helminthologists and World War II," and at the roundtable, she discussed helminths in reindeer in Russian zoos.
A collection of materials was published based on the results of the work.
Current Problems of General and Specific Parasitology: Proceedings of the V International Parasitological Symposium / editorial board: K.V. Plemyashov (editor-in-chief), L.M. Belova (editor), O.N. Pugachev (editor) [et al.]; Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation, St. Petersburg State University of Medical Sciences, Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. – St. Petersburg: St. Petersburg State University of Medical Sciences. – 2025. – 386 p. DOI 10.52419/3006-2025-2-387
The symposium program can be found at the link.