| Detailed program of the 9th Conference of the European Wildlife Disease Association, Vlieland, The Netherlands, September 13-16, 2010 |
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| Pre-conference workshops, Monday 13 September |
| Location: Strandhotel Seeduyn |
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| 09:00 – 12:00 |
Workshops |
For details, see workshops |
| 12:00 – 13:30 |
Lunch for workshop participants |
| 13:30 – 18:00 |
Workshops |
For details, see workshops |
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| 20:00 – 23:00 |
Ice breaker , for all participants |
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| Day 1, Tuesday September 14, Focus on public health |
| Location: Conference hall “De Bolder” |
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| 8:30 - 8:45 |
Mayor Yorick Haan |
Opening of the meeting and word of welcome by The Honourable Yorick Haan, mayor of Vlieland |
| 8:45 - 10:00 |
SESSION 1 |
Are wildlife diseases relevant for public health? |
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Prof. Dr. Ab Osterhaus |
Wildlife and emerging zoonoses: a real problem |
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Dr. Jim van Steenbergen |
Wildlife and emerging zoonoses: not a real problem |
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Prof. Dr. Herbert Prins |
Wildlife and emerging zoonoses: a reality from a conservation point of view |
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
BREAK |
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| 10:30 - 12:00 |
SESSION 2 |
Zoonotic diseases |
| 10:30 – 10:40 |
J. Alison Peel |
Potentially zoonotic viruses in straw-coloured fruit bats (Eidolon helvum) in the Gulf of Guinea Islands |
| 10:40 – 10:50 |
Judith van den Brand |
Absence of associated histopathologic changes in tissues of bats with Coronavirus infection |
| 10:50 – 11:00 |
Bob McLean |
Genetic relatedness of raccoons in Northeastern Ohio, USA: Implications for rabies spread |
| 11:00 – 11:10 |
Danny Morick |
Bartonella Species in the harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) and in seal lice (Echinophtirius horridus) |
| 11:10 – 11:20 |
Karoly Erdelyi |
The Central European expansion of lineage 2 West Nile virus during 2008 and 2009 |
| 11:20 – 11:30 |
Francisco Ruiz-Fons |
Modification of a commercial ELISA to detect antibodies against Coxiella burnetii in wild ungulates: application to population surveillance |
| 11:30 - 11:40 |
Jolianne Rijks |
Roe deer and the Dutch Q-fever epidemic |
| 11:40 – 12:00 |
Scott Newman |
FAO Embraces the One Health Challenge at the wildlife-livestock-human-ecosystem interfaces |
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| 12:00 - 13:30 |
LUNCH |
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| 13:30 - 15:00 |
SESSION 3 |
Signaling (new) risks for public health: (how) does it work? |
| 13.30 - 14:00 |
Prof. Dr. Menno de Jong |
Keynote lecture “Emerging infectious diseases in an international context, a medical perspective” |
| 14:00 – 14:20 |
Dr. Alexandra Mailles |
Cowpox outbreak through animal trade |
| 14:20 – 14:30 |
Katie Colvile |
Chlamydophila psittaci infection in garden birds in England and Wales |
| 14:30 – 14:40 |
Miklos Gyuranecz |
Investigation of the ecology of Francisella tularensis in an interepizootic period |
| 14:40 - 14:50 |
Victor Simpson |
Borreliosis in a Pipistrellus sp. bat: Is this an emerging zoonosis? |
| 14:50 – 15:00 |
R. Martinez |
Salmonella spp. and Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli prevalence in an ocellated lizard (Timon lepidus) research centre in Spain |
| 15:00 - 15:30 |
BREAK |
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| 15:30 - 17:00 |
SESSION 4 |
Debate and Teasers |
| 15:30 – 16:30 |
Panel discussion “Are wildlife diseases relevant for public health?” |
| 16:30 – 17:00 |
Why you need to come see my poster: two minute teasers |
| 17:00 - 17:30 |
BREAK AND CHANGE OF LOCATION |
| 17:30 - 19:00 |
Poster session |
Location: Strandhotel Seeduyn |
| 19:30 – 21:30 |
Barbecue |
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| 21:30 – 23:30 |
Auction |
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| Day 2, Wednesday September 15 |
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| Location: Conference hall “De Bolder” |
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| 8:30 – 12:00 |
SESSION 5 |
Environmental aspects and ecology |
| 8:30 – 9:00 |
Prof. Dr. Sarah Randolph |
Keynote lecture “Climate change and infectious diseases” |
| 9:00 – 9:10 |
Francisco Ruiz-Fons |
A broad assessment of factors determining Culicoides imicola abundance: modelling the present and forecasting its future in scenarios of climate change |
| 9:10 – 9:20 |
Adam Michel |
Infections with Babesia spp. in free-ranging wild ungulates in Switzerland |
| 9:20 – 9:30 |
Ezio Ferroglio |
The role of foxes in Leishmania infantum epidemiology |
| 9:30 – 9:40 |
Fabien Mavrot |
Occurrence of healthy carriers of Mycoplasma conjunctivae and comparison of strains and mycoplasmal loads in asymptomatic and diseased wild Caprinae |
| 9:40 – 9:50 |
Paul Jepson |
Trends in contaminant exposure and potential health effects in UK-stranded cetaceans (1990-2008) |
| 9:50 - 10:00 |
Andrew Brownlow |
The porpoise of surveillance: 20 years of monitoring disease in Scottish cetaceans |
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
BREAK |
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| 10:30 – 10:40 |
Rebecca Vaughan |
Disease risk analysis for conservation translocations: The reintroduction of the Eurasian crane (Grus Grus) |
| 10:40 – 10:50 |
Maud Marsot |
The introduced Tamias sibiricus increases the prevalence of Lyme borreliosis agent in native reservoir hosts |
| 10:50 – 11:00 |
Lucy Gilbert |
Can wildlife management be used to control ticks and tick-borne pathogens? |
| 11:00 – 11:10 |
Bob McLean |
Farm yard and rural home visitation by white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus): Implications for mitigation of disease transmission |
| 11:10 – 11:20 |
Ruth Cromie |
Developing practical guidance on the prevention and control of disease of wetlands |
| 11:20 - 11:30 |
Martin Lange |
Assessing CSF disease control measures using an individual-based model |
| 12:00 - 13:30 |
LUNCH |
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| 13.30 - 19.30 |
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES |
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| Day 3, Thursday September 16 |
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| Location: Conference hall “De Bolder” |
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| 8:30 – 17:00 |
SESSION 6 |
Wildlife disease reporting and surveillance |
| 8:30 - 9:00 |
Prof. Dr. Bruno Gottstein |
Keynote lecture “Public health aspects of Echinococcus multilocularis: wildlife crossing domestic life in Europe” |
| 9:00 – 9:10 |
Christof Janko |
Echinococcus multilocularis and habitat use of red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in villages and small towns |
| 9:10 – 9:20 |
Astrid Sutor |
Prevalence Estimation of Echinococcus multilocularis among raccoon dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides) in northern Brandenburg, Germany |
| 9:20 – 9:30 |
Katsuhisa Takumi |
Increasing risk of human alveolar echinococcosis in the Netherlands and possible control options |
| 9:30 – 9:40 |
Andreas König |
Fox tapeworm: an underestimated threat and a strategy to solve the problem |
| 9:40 – 9:50 |
Sylvain Larrat |
Preventing human trichinellosis acquired from walrus meat in the Canadian North: the successful example of the Nunavik Trichinellosis Prevention Program |
| 9:50 - 10:00 |
Marieke Opsteegh |
Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in wild boar in the Netherlands |
| 10:00- 10:30 |
BREAK |
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| 10:30 – 10:40 |
Pikka Jokelainen |
Toxoplasma gondii killing European brown hares and mountain hares in Finland: Proportional mortality rate, seroprevalence, and genetic characterization |
| 10:40 – 10:50 |
Anke Wiethölter |
The National Research Platform for Zoonoses – a novel approach to intensify zoonotic disease research in Germany |
| 10:50 – 11:00 |
Susanne Schex |
Longitudinal study reveals stable occurrence of Hantaviruses in free-ranging rodents in South-Eastern Germany |
| 11:00 – 11:10 |
Vicente Joaquin |
Field epidemiology of wild boar livestock interactions in South Central Spain |
| 11:10 – 11:20 |
Natacha Wu |
Risk assessment for pathogen transmission from wild boar to outdoor pigs in Switzerland |
| 11:20 - 11:30 |
Laura Fernánez-Sirera |
Surveillance of Pestivirus infection in wild ungulates from Andorra |
| 11:30 - 11:40 |
Josanne Verhagen |
Linking surveillance of avian influenza viruses in wild birds with outbreaks in poultry |
| 11:40 – 11:50 |
Catherine Lutton |
Estimating contact rate – density relationships for badgers (Meles meles) |
| 11:50 – 12:00 |
George Valiakos |
Results of an ongoing study on the role of wild deer as an infection source for domestic animals and humans |
| 12:00 - 13:30 |
LUNCH |
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| 13:30 – 13:40 |
Marie-Pierre Ryser-Degiorgis |
First evidence of Cytauxzoon sp. infection in Eurasian lynx |
| 13:40 – 13:50 |
Alvaro Oleaga |
New techniques for an old disease: sarcoptic mange in the Iberian wolf |
| 13:50 – 14:00 |
Andreas Koenig |
Scabies in Bavarian chamois populations and management recommendations |
| 14:00 – 14:10 |
Jolianne Rijks |
Set-up of vector-borne disease prevalence studies in roe deer |
| 14:10 – 14:20 |
Charles van Riper III |
Proximate and ultimate effects of blood parasites on the California Western Scrub Jay (Aphelocoma californica) |
| 14:20 – 14:30 |
Becki Lawson |
The spread of finch trichomonosis, an emerging infectious disease, by migrating birds from Great Britain to Southern Fennoscandia |
| 14:30 – 14:40 |
Nelson Marreros |
Lymphotropic Herpesvirus infection associated with broncho-intestitial pneumonia in alpine Ibex |
| 14:40 – 14:50 |
Orusa Riccardo |
Isolation of avian pox virus in hooded crows in Italy |
| 14:50 – 15:00 |
Trine Jensen |
Novel Aleutian mink disease virus strain found in wild mink at Bornholm |
| 15:00 - 15:30 |
BREAK |
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| 15:30 – 15:40 |
Steven van Beurden |
Possible role of pathogenic viruses in the decline of the wild European eel stocks |
| 15:40 – 15:50 |
Christos Iacovakis |
Update on genetic analysis and the epidemiology of EBHSV across Europe from 1999 to 2010 |
| 15:50 – 16:00 |
Bjoernar Ytrehus |
Bartonella in deer ked (Lipoptena cervi) in Scandanivia |
| 16:00 – 16:10 |
Benoît Lévesque |
Seroprevalence of ten zoonotic infections in two Canadian Cree communities |
| 16:10 – 16:20 |
Kristin Mueldorfer |
Bacterial diseases in free-ranging European bats |
| 16:20 – 16:30 |
Victor Simpson |
Exudative dermatitis in red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) associated with Staphylococcus aureus ST 49 infection |
| 16:30 – 16:40 |
Samoa Giovannini |
Epidemic of salmonellosis in passerine birds in Switzerland and suspected spillover in domestic cats |
| 16:40 – 16:50 |
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| 16:50 – 17:00 |
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| 17:00 – 17:15 |
Prof. Dr. Thijs Kuiken |
Closing of meeting |
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| 20:00 – 24:00 |
Banquet dinner |
Location: Strandhotel Seeduyn |
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| Please note that changes in the program might be made. |