Who we are
("Acarus" is Latin for tick) was established in May 2000 at the University of Bristol's School of Veterinary Sciences. On 1st October 2011, Acarus became part of Langford Veterinary Services (LVS) Diagnostic Laboratories, which is a subsidiary of the University of Bristol; the high quality service and customer support that Acarus provides will continue as previously. Over the coming months, you may notice changes to the submission form and website, and invoices will be issued from LVS.
Dr Séverine Tasker BSc BVSc(Hons) PhD DSAM DipECVIM-CA PGCertHE MRCVS
Séverine graduated from the University of Bristol in 1994 and worked for the PDSA before moving to the University of Edinburgh to complete a Feline Advisory Bureau Residency in Feline Medicine. She then moved back to the University of Bristol where she received a PhD investigating feline haemoplasmas. Séverine is currently Senior Lecturer in Small Animal Medicine at the University of Bristol where she is involved with the Feline Centre and the Molecular Diagnostic Unit of Langford Veterinary Services. Séverine became involved with Acarus in 2010, on the retirement of Susan Shaw who was the driving force behind the establishment of the Acarus Unit. Séverine has active research interests in infectious diseases particularly haemoplasma infections, feline infectious peritonitis and imported diseases. She is an RCVS Specialist in Feline Medicine and European Specialist in Small Animal Internal Medicine. She was awarded the BSAVA Woodrow Award in 2008 for outstanding contributions in the field of small animal veterinary medicine. Séverine is author of over 100 papers and book chapters and has been an invited speaker at conferences in Europe, USA and Australasia.
Debra Langton
Technician
Acarus, Diagnostic Laboratories, Langford Veterinary Services, Churchill Building, Langford House, Langford, Bristol, BS40 5DU UK
D.A.Langton@bristol.ac.uk