17th International Symposium on Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics

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Room C3.5 : 11:00 13:00 Pandemic Response

Session

Session

11:00 am

11 November 2024

Room C3.5

Themes

The role of veterinary epidemiology in pandemic response

Session Description

Chairperson: Carola Sauter-Louis

Moderators

Carola Sauter-Louis

Head Of Institute Of Epidemiology

Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut - Greifswald - Isle of Riems, Deutschland

Session Program

11:00 am

Agent-based model of COVID-19 exposes public health and economic tradeoffs of infection control in the agrifood industry workforce

Renata Ivanek - Professor - Cornell University

11:15 am

Adapting the epivet toolbox for COVID-19 control. Lessons from a collaborative effort to protect nursing home residents in southern Chile

Cristobal Verdugo - Associate Professor - Universidad Austral de Chile

11:30 am

Canada’s One Health approach to COVID-19 in animals

Erin Leonard - Veterinary Epidemiologist - Public Health Agency of Canada

11:45 am

Predators and prey: does avian influenza virus show species-specific seasonality?

Michael Ward - Chair, Veterinary Public Health - Sydney School of Veterinary Science

12:00 pm

Detection of a reassortant swine- and human-origin H3N2 influenza a virus in farmed mink in British Columbia, Canada

Kevin Kuchinski - Research Scientist - British Columbia Centre for Disease Control

Detection of a reassortant swine- and human-origin H3N2 influenza a virus in farmed mink in British Columbia, Canada

12:15 pm

Using genomic signals to understand the epidemiology and transmission of highly pathogenic avian influenza within and among wild birds, poultry and mammals

Shannon Russell - Senior Scientist - British Columbia Center for Disease Control

Using genomic signals to understand the epidemiology and transmission of highly pathogenic avian influenza within and among wild birds, poultry and mammals

12:30 pm

Identifying host species of influenza H3 viruses using machine learning and potential framework for identification of variants of concern

Zvonimir Poljak - Associate Professor - University of Guelph

12:45 pm

A pilot case-control analysis assessing the risk of wetland baiting on environmental avian influenza virus (AIV) detection.

Cassandra Andrew - Phd Student - University of British Columbia

12:50 pm

Reporting avian influenza in Norway

Johan Åkerstedt - Researcher (DVM, PhD) - Norwegian Veterinary Institute

12:55 pm

Evaluation of a “destroy and let lie” carcass disposal approach to an emergency animal disease incursion under Australian field conditions

Tamsin Barnes - Industry Fellow - University of Queensland

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