Dr. Murai Éva szerk.: Parasitologia Hungarica 20. (Budapest, 1987)

had been a postgraduate student of Professor KOTLÁN. The Commemoration Medal of the HSP was awarded to Dr. Mária JANKÓ, head of the Department of Parasitology of the Institute of Public Health (Budapest) and to Dr. István VARGA, reader of the Department of General Zoology and Parasitology of the University of Veterinary Science (Budapest) for their considerable research and teaching work as well as for their valuable contribution to the HSP activities. Dr. Emilian OSSIKOVSKI, head of the Department of Biochemistry of the Central Helminthological Laboratory of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Sofia) was also awarded the Medal of the HSP. The morning session continued by two invited plenary lectures, J. C. BORAY: "Trematodoses of ruminants and their control in Australia" and G. PIEKARSKI (Bonn, FRG): "AIDS and opportunistic parasitic infections". Then a statue of S. KOTLÁN sculptured by Richárd TÖRÖK in the style of the ancient Greek portraits was erected in the park of the University of Veterinary Science. It was unveiled by F. KOVÁCS vice-chancellor, after the inauguration address by Professor T. KASSAI. On the second day of the memorial session the following lectures were delivered: MEUWISSEN, J.H.E.Th. (Netherlands): Research on vaccines preventing malaria transmission. KOLTAI, L. : Organisation of the control of animal parasitoses. KASSAI, T. : Proposal for a uniform nomenclature of animal parasitoses. PAPP, L. : About certain ecological concepts of parasitology. JURÁNYI, R. and GERE, E. : Examination of fitness of parasite infected persons. VARGA, I. and CSIKÓ, Gy. : On the efficacy of toltraizuril against chicken coccidiosis. HORVÁTH, Gy., ALBERT, M. and KEMENES, F. : Chronic Trypanosoma equiperdum infection in guinea pigs. MOLNÁR, K. : Myxobolus infection of the eel's skin. KOVÁCS-GAYER, É., CSABA, Gy. and MOLNÁR, K. : Pathologic importance of some fish protozoa occurring in Hungary. KASSAI, T., TAKÁTS, Cs., FOK, É. and REDL, P.: Examination of the effectivity of luxabendazole against flukes, gastrointestinal nematodes and lungworms in naturally infected sheep. KASSAI, T., FÉSŰS, L., TAKÁTS, Cs., FOK, É., REDL, P., MAGYAR, A., REINWALD, P., JANSEN, J. and HENDRIKX, W. (Netherlands): Examination of the reaction to experimental Haemonchus infection in lambs of different haemoglobin types. FOK, É., TAKÁTS, Cs., SMIDOVA, B., KECSKEMÉTI, S. and KARAKAS, M. : On the occurrence of intestinal worms in dogs and cats in Hungary. REDL, P. : On the economic assessment of control measures applied against bovine subclinical gastrointestinal parasitoses. SEY, O. : Amphistomes of ruminants in Hungary. MAJOROS, G. : The laboratory cultivation of Fasciola gigantica. MURAI, É. and SUGÁR, L. : Examination of Taeniid metacestodes from the Far East: description of Taenia kotláni sp. n. MURAI, É., TENORA, F. (Czechoslovakia), MÉSZÁROS, F. and MATSKÁSI, I. : On the results of the helmintho-faunistic research initiated by KOTLÁN. HUSZÁK, P. and EGRI, B. : Anthelmintic treatment of zoo ungulates. SUGÁR, L. : Observations of the relationship between the health state and parasitic infection in three deer (Capreolus c. capreolus) populations. MERÉNYI, L., GESZTESSY, T. and MAGYAR, K. : Effect of metopren on the metamorphosis of Alphitobius diaperinus. ^ FARKAS, R. : Examination of the therapeutic effect of Ivomec injection against psoroptic mange of sheep. ^ FARKAS, R. : Larvadex : a new opportunity of fly control in poultry farms. FARKAS, R. and BÁLINT, Gy. : Laboratory examination of the acaricid effect of anti-arthropod drugs.