Veterinary parasitology is a branch of veterinary medicine that focuses on the study of parasites that affect the health of companion animals, livestock, and wild animals. The diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of parasitic diseases, including their causes, life cycles, transmission, distribution, and impact on animal health, are studied. The parasites that can infect animals include protozoa (Coccidia, Toxoplasma sp., etc.), helminths and arthropods (fleas, ticks, etc.). Helminths are phylogenetically classified into nematodes (heartworms, etc.), trematodes (Fasciola sp., etc.), and cestode (Taenia sp., etc.). Many species of animal parasites are also medically important because they are zoonotic parasites, meaning they can infect humans and cause great harm. Overall, veterinary parasitology is essential for maintaining animal health and welfare, protecting public health from zoonotic parasitic diseases, livestock productivity and food safety, and wildlife conservation.

The Veterinary Parasitology Laboratory focuses on understanding the mechanisms by which parasites adapt and survive within their hosts, predicting and validating biomarkers for parasitic diseases, and drug repurposing to develop new anti-parasitics therapies.