Programme
| Monday 5th November | Rooms | |
| 07.30 – 19.30 | Registration Open | Foyer |
| 08.00 – 09.30 | Tea and Coffee | Imperial Suite and Lord Provost Suite |
| 09.30 – 09.45 | Chair: Bill Reilly, United Kingdom Conference Opening Charles Milne, Scottish Government, United Kingdom |
Cambridge Suite |
| 09.45 – 10.45 |
Prioritisation of Zoonoses 09.45 - The Burden of Zoonotic Disease S O’Brien, University of Manchester, United Kingdom 10.15 - Oral Abstract Presentation: P-2 Methodology for Prioritization of Food-borne Zoonosis in Belgium S Cardoen, Federal Agency for the Security of the Food Chain (FASFC), Belgium 10.30 - Oral Abstract Presentation: P-1 Designing Optimal Zoonoses Surveillance Systems Using Scenario Tree Modelling: Example Of Bovine TB Surveillance In Switzerland K Stärk, Royal Veterinary College, United Kingdom |
Cambridge Suite |
| 10.45 – 11.30 | Tea/Coffee and Poster Viewing | Imperial Suite and Lord Provost Suite |
| 11.30 - 12.45 |
Prioritisation of Zoonoses (cont) Chair: Paul Gayford, United Kingdom 11.30 - Oral Abstract Presentation: P-3 Recording Of British Tick Species And Determination Of Exotic Tick Species Imported Into The British Isles L Jameson, Health Protection Agency, CEPR, United Kingdom 11.45 - New Institutional Economics and Zoonotic Disease Control J Rushton, Food and Agricultural Organisation, Italy 12.15 - Diminishing Returns From Investment in Zoonoses – Arbitrary Targets and Researchers’ Vested Interests R Salmon, National Public Health Service for Wales, United Kingdom |
Cambridge Suite |
| 12.45 – 14.00 | Lunch and Poster Viewing | Imperial Suite and Lord Provost Suite |
| 14.00 – 15.35 |
Resistant Agents and Hosts Chair: Noel Gill, Health Protection Agency, United Kingdom 14.00 - Evolutionary Perspectives on Agent and Host Resistance D Haydon, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom 14.20 - TSEs: Resistant Animals and People: - Science & Policy – F Houston, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom - Policy & Practice – A Simmons, Food Standards Agency, United Kingdom 15.00 - Oral Abstract Presentation: P-9 Antimicrobial Resistance In The Enteric Bacteria Of Raccoons In Ontario, Canada – Preliminary Findings R Reid-Smith, Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Unit, Laboratory for Foodborne Zoonoses, Public Health Agency of Canada, Canada 15.15 - Oral Abstract Presentation: P-8 Prevalence And Distribution Of MRSA Within The Environment And Staff Of A University Small Animal Veterinary Clinic J Heller, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom |
Cambridge Suite |
| 15.30 – 16.00 | Tea/Coffee and Poster Viewing | Imperial Suite and Lord Provost Suite |
| 16.00 – 17.55 |
Resistant Agents and Hosts (cont) Chair: John Coia, Scottish Salmonella Reference Laboratory, United Kingdom 16.00 - Emerging Zoonotic Issues in Antimicrobial Resistance: - ESBLs: Veterinary Perspectives – C Teale, Veterinary Laboratories Agency, United Kingdom - ESBLs: Medical Perspectives – J Threlfall, Health Protection Agency, United Kingdom - MRSA: Veterinary Perspectives – A Loeffler, Royal Veterinary College, United Kingdom - MRSA: Medical Perspectives – G Edwards, Stobhill Hospital, United Kingdom - Policy – K De Smet, SANCO European Commission, Belgium 17.20 - PANEL DISCUSSION D Haydon, F Houston, A Simmons, C Teale, J Threlfall, A Loeffler, G Edwards, K De Smet |
Cambridge Suite |
| 18.00 – 19.30 | Welcome Reception and Poster Viewing | Imperial Suite and Lord Provost Suite |
| Tuesday 6th November | Rooms | |
| 07.30 – 17.30 | Registration Open | Foyer |
| 09.00 – 09.15 |
Chair: Stuart Reid, University of Glasgow, United Kindgom The Synthesis of Human and Veterinary Medicine M McWhirter, Scottish Government, United Kingdom 09.15 – 10.45 - Our Changing World: Ecosystems Services and Health 09.15 - What are Ecosystems Services and Why is Health an Issue? Malcolm Bennet, University of Liverpool 09.45 - Potential Effects of Climate and Socio-economic Change on Vector Borne Disease in Europe S Randolph, University of Oxford, United Kingdom 10.15 - Lyme Disease, Climate and Human Behaviour D Ho-Yen, Raigmore Hospital, United Kingdom |
Cambridge Suite |
| 10.45 – 11.30 | Tea/Coffee and Poster Viewing | Imperial Suite and Lord Provost Suite |
| 11.30 – 13.00 |
Our Changing World: Ecosystems Services and Health (cont) Chair: Sarah Cleaveland, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom 11.30 - Oral Abstract Presentation: P-13 Assessing The UK Public Health Risks From Vector-Borne Zoonoses J Medlock, Health Protection Agency, United Kingdom 11.45 - Oral Abstract Presentation: P-12 Menangle Virus And Fruit Bats (Pteropus Spp.) In Australia A Philbey, University of Glasgow Veterinary School, United Kingdom 12.00 - One Medicine: Animal and Public Health J Zinsstag, Swiss Tropical Institute, Switzerland 12.30 - PANEL DISCUSSION M Bennet, S Randolph, D Ho-Yen, J Zinsstag |
Cambridge Suite |
| 13.00 – 14.15 | Lunch and Poster Viewing | Imperial Suite and Lord Provost Suite |
| 14.15 – 15.50 |
Occupational/Recreational Zoonoses Chair: Mark Woolhouse, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom 14.15 - Wildlife, Exotic Pets and Emerging Diseases A Meredith, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom 14.45 - Oral Abstract Presentation P-25 Risk Of Introducing Rabies By Travelling With Pets From Rabies-Infected Areas P Have, European Food Safety Authority, Italy 15.00 - European Bat Lyssaviruses: Science and Policy in the EU T Fooks, Veterinary Laboratories Agency, United Kingdom 15.30 - HAIRS: Human Animal Infection Risk Surveillance D Morgan, Health Protection Agency, United Kingdom |
Cambridge Suite |
| 15.50 – 16.20 | Tea/Coffee and Poster Viewing | Imperial Suite and Lord Provost Suite |
| 16.20 – 17.30 |
Occupational/Recreational Zoonoses (cont) Chair: Martin Donaghy, Health Protection Scotland, United Kingdom 16.20 - The Scottish Q Fever Outbreak F Docherty, HM Inspector of Health & Safety, United Kingdom 16.40 - The Scottish Anthrax Incident C Ramsay, Health Protection Scotland, United Kingdom 17.00 - Avian Influenza: Animal Health and Welfare versus Public Health Policy? J McMenamin, Health Protection Scotland, United Kingdom |
Cambridge Suite |
| 19.15 – Late | Conference Dinner Award of Prizes to the Best Posters |
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum |
| Wednesday 7th November | Rooms | |
| 07.30 – 14.00 | Registration Open | Foyer |
| 09.00 – 10.40 |
Food Borne Diseases Chair: Bill Reilly, United Kingdom 09.00 - Food Attribution B Adak, HPA Centre for Infections, United Kingdom 09.30 - Prioritisation of Food-Borne Zoonoses E Skjerve, Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Norway 09.50 - Campylobacter: The Number 1 Priority? T Humphrey, University of Bristol, United Kingdom 10.20 - Toxoplasmosis as a Food Borne Zoonosis A Havelaar, RIVM, The Netherlands |
Cambridge Suite |
| 10.40 – 11.15 | Tea/Coffee and Poster Viewing | Imperial Suite and Lord Provost Suite |
| 11.15 – 13.20 |
Food Borne Diseases (cont) Chair: Pia Mäkelä, European Food Safety Authority, Italy 11.15 - Oral Abstract Presentation P-35 Implementation Of An Early Detection System For Salmonella In Livestock Production In Great Britain C Papadopoulou, Veterinary Laboratories Agency, United Kingdom 11.30 - Whither VTEC?: - Veterinary Epidemiology -G Gunn, Scottish Agricultural College, United Kingdom - Medical Epidemiology – J Cowden, Health Protection Scotland, United Kingdom - European Perspectives – F Scheutz, The International Escherichia & Klebsiella Centre, Denmark 12.30 - EU-wide quantitative risk assessments and baseline studies for Salmonella T Robinson, European Food Safety Authority, Italy |
Cambridge Suite |
| 13.00 – 13.20 | Conference Summary, The Zoonoses Report and Closing Remarks S Palmer, University of Wales, United Kingdom |
Cambridge Suite |
| 13.20 – 14.00 | Lunch and Poster Viewing | Imperial Suite and Lord Provost Suite |