Cats are prone to both anaemia and infectious diseases – let’s focus on the overlap between the two. What types of anaemia are caused by infectious agents? Which cause secondary (associative) immune-mediated haemolytic anaemia? We’ll cover the wide range of infectious anemia causes in cats with a particular focus on common causes, such as haemoplasmosis, FeLV, or diseases in which recent research has advanced clinical understanding such as feline infectious peritonitis.
Language: English
An application for CE credits was submitted.
Speaker:
Séverine Tasker
BSc (Hons) BVSc (Hons) PhD DSAM DipECVIM-CA FHEA FRCVS RCVS, Recognised Specialist in Feline Medicine, EBVS® European Veterinary Specialist in Small Animal Internal Medicine
After graduation from Bristol Veterinary School, Séverine spent time working in charity and private veterinary practice before moving to Edinburgh Vet School to complete an International Cat Care Residency in internal medicine with a focus on feline medicine. She then returned to the University of Bristol and completed a PhD in feline haemoplasmosis research. She is European boarded in small animal internal medicine and is an RCVS Specialist in feline medicine. She remained at Bristol and became Professor in Feline Medicine in 2016. From 2018 to 2025, she also had leadership roles within large veterinary organisations, overseeing quality improvement, education and clinical research. She then moved to the charity International Cat Care where she provides leadership on feline veterinary medicine and cat welfare issues across the organisation. She continues to hold a chair in Feline Medicine at the University of Bristol, where she teaches and engages in research, particularly in the fields of haematology, infectious diseases, feline medicine and longitudinal cohort studies. Séverine co-edited the BSAVA Manual of Feline Practice; A Foundation Manual and is a key opinion leader board member of the European Advisory Board for Cat Diseases. She has been awarded over £2.7M in research grants over her career and has written over 200 peer-reviewed papers and textbook chapters. She is a past recipient of the BSAVA Woodrow Award and the Petplan Charitable Trust Research Award and loves all things feline!
Booking information
Date
06.10.2026 (UTC)
Time
18:00 -
19:00 (UTC)
Speaker:
Séverine Tasker
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