Edwin Claerebout is an EBVS® European Veterinary Specialist in Parasitology (dipEVPC) and professor in parasitology at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Ghent University, Belgium, where he lectures on parasitic diseases in domestic animals. His research interests are parasitic diseases in livestock, in particular gastro-intestinal parasites. Prof. Claerebout serves on the board of the Benelux branch of the European Scientific Counsel Companion Animal Parasites (ESCCAP) since 2008.