17th International Symposium on Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics

Using mobile syndromic surveillance at slaughter to understand the incidence and distribution of important animal and zoonotic diseases in Kenya and Uganda

11:30 am

Development and use of mobile application for transboundary animal and emerging zoonotic diseases surveillance in Vietnam

Thang Nguyen - Researcher - International Livestock Research Institute

11:45 am

Management of animal diseases and antimicrobial use by information and communication technology to control AMR in east Africa

Florence Kanini Mutua - Scientist - International Livestock Research Institute

12:00 pm

Panel Discussion: Using Information Communication Technology (ICT) as one of solution to mitigate the burden of One Health problems

Terdsak Yano - Assistant Professor - Chiang Mai University, Annie Cook - Senior Scientist - International Livestock Research Institute, Fred Unger - Regional Rep ILRI East, South and SE Asia - ILRI, Hu Suk Lee - Professor - Chungnam National University

Panel Discussion: Using Information Communication Technology (ICT) as one of solution to mitigate the burden of One Health problems

12:30 pm - 2:00 pm - 14 November 2024

Lunch Break

Break - Break

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm - 14 November 2024

Cockle Bay Room 1 : 14:00 15:30 One Health - Rabies

Session - One Health, One World, One Planet - Cockle Bay Room 1

Chairperson: Francette Geraghty-Dusan

2:00 pm

Global perspectives on rabies control and elimination: a scoping review of dog owners' knowledge, attitudes, and practices.

Sol Perez - Deputy Director - University of Minnesota

2:15 pm

Zero dog-mediated human rabies cases by 2030: using canine rabies phylogenetics to enhance disease control and surveillance in Nigeria

marie heloury - Maser Applied Epidemiology Scholar - CSIRO / ANU

2:30 pm

Rabies control in Namibia – challenges and success

Tenzin Tenzin - Project Coordinator - OIE Sub Regional Representation for Southern Africa

Rabies control in Namibia – challenges and success

2:45 pm

Factors influencing canine rabies vaccination in Nigeria

Philip Mshelbwala - Veterinary Epidemiologist - NSW Department of Primary Industries

3:00 pm

Using spatial clustering methods to identify the characteristics of animal rabies spread in Kazakhstan (2013-2022)

Sarsenbay Abdrakhmanov - Dean Of The Faculty Of Veterinary And Livestock Technology - S.Seifullin Kazakh Agro Technical Research University

3:15 pm

Phylogenetic analyses of recent dog rabies viruses from outbreaks in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa

Mmantshuruge Miyen - Senior Research Technician - Agricultural Research Council

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm - 14 November 2024

Cockle Bay Room 2 : 14:00 15:30 Specific Species - Cattle

Session - Epidemiologic studies in specific species/topics - Cockle Bay Room 2

Chairperson: John VanLeeuwen

2:00 pm

Estimating the animal health losses of the Irish cattle sector using routinely collected data

Emma-Jane Murray - PhD Scholar - University College Dublin

2:15 pm

Productive losses of bovine abortion in dairy cattle from Costa Rica

Gustavo Monti - Assoociate Professor - Wageningen Univeresity

2:30 pm

Understanding the value and causes of mortality and production losses for beef cattle in East Java, Indonesia

Susan Noor - Senior Researcher - National Research and Innovation Agency

2:45 pm

Incidence and recurrence of bovine abortion in dairy cattle from Costa Rica

Gustavo Monti - Assoociate Professor - Wageningen Univeresity

3:00 pm

Prevalence and risk factors of keratoconjunctivitis among commercial dairy cattle in the Western Cape province of South Africa

Peter Thompson - Professor - University of Pretoria

3:15 pm

Quantifying associations between cattle health and performance metrics with estimated greenhouse gas emissions in US feedlots

Taylor McAtee - Graduate Research Assistant - Kansas State University

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm - 14 November 2024

Room C3.2 : 14:00 15:30 Epi Meets Technology

Session - When epidemiology meets technology - Room C3.2

Chairperson: Annette O'Connor

2:00 pm

Transformative solutions: on-animal sensors enhancing livestock traceability in the red meat value chain

Cara Wilson - Postdoctoral Researcher - CQUniversity Institute for Future Farming Systems, Rockhampton, QLD, 4702, Australia

2:15 pm

Integrating biosecurity and hydrological network data for risk assessment in salmonid farms: a GIS-based approach

Matteo Mazzucato - Gis Specialist - IZSVe

2:30 pm

Tracing the cage-level fish-group is key for connecting all datasources and thereby managing health and welfare through the aquaculture production

David Persson - Associate professor - NMBU

2:45 pm

Utilising open-source information for enhanced early detection of outbreak signals in animal health – development of a rumour-tracking system in Asia and the Pacific

Mugyeom Moon - Veterinary Epidemiologist (Early Warning) - Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Regional office for Asia and the Pacific

3:00 pm

Confirming suspected disease events in Indonesia: iSikhnas

Ison Idris - Animal Health Surveillance & Laboratory Group Head - Ministry of Agriculture, Indonesia, Albertus Muljono - senior veterinary epidemiologist - Prevalensi Nusantara

3:05 pm

Development of Indonesia’s integrated veterinary laboratory information management system (IVLAB-5)

Hanny Kurniawan - Junior Veterinary Epidemiologist - Prevalensi Nusantara

3:10 pm

Systematic mapping of methodology applied to epidemiological studies of animal populations

Narges Ghoreishi - Epidemiologist - German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment

3:15 pm

Developing an approach to accurately estimate disease frequencies in livestock to support the Global Burdan of Animal Diseases initiative

Mark Stevenson - Professor, Veterinary Epidemiology - University of Melbourne, Ayesha Siddiqua - PhD student - Melbourne Veterinary School, The University of Melbourne

3:20 pm

Developing a data dictionary for animal disease burden estimation

Ellen Hughes - Research Associate - University of Liverpool

3:25 pm

Costs of BHV-1 control in Germany

Jörn Gethmann - Senior Scientist - Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm - 14 November 2024

Room C3.3 : 14:00 15:30 Epi in a Socially Connected World

Session - Epidemiology in a socially connected world - Room C3.3

Chairperson: Jonathan Rushton

2:00 pm

Socially connected knowledge translation: bringing research to a broad audience

Jordan Woodsworth - Director - Northern Engagement And Community Outreach - Western College of Veterinary Medicine

2:15 pm

Health without borders: an approach to international disease monitoring

Laura Gonzalez Villeta - Risk Modeller - Animal and Plant Health Agency

2:30 pm

The human dimensions of animal disease reporting

Alwyn Tan - Director, Quarantine & Biosecurity Services

2:45 pm

Review of social, economic and psychological factors affecting decision making around biosecurity

Giovanna Ciaravino - Post-doc - UNIVERSITAT AUTONOMA DE BARCELONA

3:00 pm

Understanding drivers and barriers to stakeholder participation in syndromic surveillance for application in Australia

Marta Hernandez-Jover - Professor Veterinary Epidemiology And Public Health - Charles Sturt University

3:15 pm

Mixed methods for evaluating livestock vaccination undertaken during humanitarian crises in Africa

Wudu Jemberu - Post Doc - International Livestock Research Institute

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm - 14 November 2024

Room C3.4 : 14:00 15:30 Epidemiological principles

Session - Epidemiologic principles and methods - Room C3.4

Chairperson: Hendrik Stryhn

2:00 pm

Can we predict human cases from livestock cases? Understanding the link between livestock and human cryptosporidiosis

Jude Eze - Reader - SRUC

2:15 pm

Assessing the attribution of Campylobacter spp. AMR genes into the environment in dairy farms using a multi-site farm random-effects Bayesian model.

Javier Sanchez - Professor - Centre for Veterinary Epidemiological Research

2:30 pm

Combining dynamic generalized linear models and mechanistic modelling to optimize treatment strategies for bovine respiratory disease in cattle fattening farms

Carolina Merca - PhD Student - University of Copenhagen

2:45 pm

Evaluating the utility of pathogen whole-genome sequencing to identify likely transmission pairs for pathogens with highly variable evolutionary rates

Anthony Wood - Postdoctoral Research Fellow - The Roslin Institue, University of Edinburgh

3:00 pm

Real-time forecasting of animal disease outbreaks with a spatially explicit mechanistic model

Meryl Theng

3:15 pm

Enhancing biosecurity: a systematic review of interventions to improve knowledge, attitudes, and biosecurity practices among livestock owners

Marwa Ali - PhD graduate student - Purdue University, Wendy Beauvais - Assistant Professor - Purdue University

3:20 pm

Entry routes of African swine fever into pig farms in Korea: well-known yet lacking evidence

Hachung Yoon - Senior Researcher - Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency

3:25 pm

Optimizing environmental surveillance

Becky Smith - Associate Professor - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm - 14 November 2024

Special session: Antimicrobial resistance surveillance and dashboards

Session - Special sessions - Room C3.6

Chairperson: Kurtis Sobkowich

2:00 pm

Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance And Dashboards

Kurtis Sobkowich - Research Associate - University of Guelph

2:30 pm

Is Your Dashboard Keeping Up With Your Data?

Uli Muellner - .

2:45 pm

Leveraging Dashboards As Collaborative Tools For Antimicrobial Resistance Analysisdr. Kurtis Sobkowich

Kurtis Sobkowich - Research Associate - University of Guelph

3:00 pm

Phenotypic Resistance Data Curation, Analysis, And Visualization

Casey Cazer - Assistant Professor - Cornell University

3:15 pm

Panel Discussion

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm - 14 November 2024

Special session: From science to policy: Walking the path from research to action

Session - Special sessions - Room C3.5

Chairperson: Silvia Alonso

2:00 pm

Introduction and overview

2:10 pm

Science informed policy making during crises, the example of SARS-COV-2 in animals

Arjan Stegeman - Professor Farm Animal Health - Utrecht University

2:16 pm

Science based recommendation to control Brucella suis in domestic animals

Siobhan Mor - Professor of One Health - University of Liverpool / International Livestock Research Institute

2:22 pm

Q&A/ Audience

2:35 pm

Animal-human integrated surveillance system – learnings from Ethiopia

Abdifatah Muktar - PhD Student - Swiss Tropical And Public Health Institute And Jigjiga University

2:41 pm

Ending the milk war: scientists and government come together to transform the informal dairy sector in Kenya

Silvia Alonso - Principal Scientist Epidemiology - International Livestock Research Institute

2:47 pm

Q&A/Audience

3:00 pm

Establishment of national food safety technical working groups – experiences from Vietnam and Ethiopia

Hung Nguyen Viet - Co-leader, Animal And Human Health Program - International Livestock Research Institute

3:06 pm

Development of regional benchmarks for university food safety teaching curriculum

Florence Kanini Mutua - Scientist - International Livestock Research Institute

3:12 pm

Q&A/Audience

3:25 pm

Closing – Final remarks

3:30 pm - 4:00 pm - 14 November 2024

Afternoon Tea Break

Break - Break

4:00 pm - 5:30 pm - 14 November 2024

Cockle Bay Room 1 : 16:00 17:30 One Health - AMR/U

Session - One Health, One World, One Planet - Cockle Bay Room 1

Chairperson: Kristen Reyher

4:00 pm

Evaluating integrated surveillance systems for antimicrobial resistance: what have we learned?

Lis Alban - Chief Scientist/Adjunct Professor - University of Copenhagen

4:15 pm

Effect of veterinary feed directive rule changes on tetracycline-resistant and erythromycin-resistant bacteria (salmonella, escherichia, and campylobacter) in retail meats in the United States

Chika Okafor - Associate Professor - University of Tennessee

4:30 pm

Yeah nah to pooling: low certainty of evidence and substantial heterogeneity in systematic review of antimicrobial drug use in cattle and antimicrobial resistance in salmonella and commensal E. coli

Solenne Costard - Lead Consultant - EpiX Analytics

4:45 pm

Vancomycin-resistant enterococcus prevalence and its association along the food chain: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Benjamin Caddey - Phd Student - University of Calgary

5:00 pm

Triangulating antimicrobial resistance: a comparative study of three modeling approaches investigating antimicrobial-resistant enterococci in the beef production continuum

Kayla Strong - Epidemiologist - Global Strategy Lab & University of Calgary

5:15 pm

Quantification, benchmarking and reporting of antimicrobial usage at farm-level in Pakistani broiler production

Qamer Mahmood - PhD student - Ghent University

4:00 pm - 5:30 pm - 14 November 2024

Cockle Bay Room 2 : 16:00 17:30 Specific Species - Cattle/Sheep

Session - Epidemiologic studies in specific species/topics - Cockle Bay Room 2

Chairperson: Skye Fruean

4:00 pm

Field evaluation of carcase weight losses associated with the major health conditions of Australian lamb

Charles Caraguel - Epidemiologist at the Adelaide Veterinary School - University of Sydney

4:15 pm

The role of markets and regional variation in sheep movements in Scotland

Sue C Tongue - Reader In Veterinary Epidemiology & Public Health - SRUC

4:30 pm

Multivariate modelling of calf mortality in Sweden: a dynamic linear approach

Dan Jensen - Associate Professor - University of Copenhagen

4:45 pm

Dublin down on detection: understanding Salmonella dublin in British Columbia through bulk tank milk surveillance

Ellen Boyd - Phd Student - University of British Columbia

5:00 pm

The impact of access to outdoor living space on the metabolome of dairy cows

Jake Thompson - Clinical Assistant Professor In Farm Animal Health - University of Nottingham

5:15 pm

Monitoring pathogens in free-living heck cattle in a nature reserve in The Netherlands

Gustavo Monti - Assoociate Professor - Wageningen Univeresity

4:00 pm - 5:30 pm - 14 November 2024

Room C3.2 : 16:00 17:30 Epi Meets Technology

Session - When epidemiology meets technology - Room C3.2

Chairperson: Peter Black

4:00 pm

OpenFMD: a novel data sharing and decision-support platform to enhance global epidemiological intelligence of foot-and-mouth disease

Uli Muellner - .

OpenFMD: a novel data sharing and decision-support platform to enhance global epidemiological intelligence of foot-and-mouth disease

4:15 pm

A novel approach to data quality using multiple open datasets: measuring internal and external data consistency in livestock population data

Deb Stacey - Associate Professor Emeritus - University of Guelph and GBADs

4:30 pm

Streamlining the discovery and interoperability of livestock data and classifications using metadata-driven graph databases

Kassy Raymond - Phd Student - University of Guelph

4:45 pm

Development of dynamic and interactive dashboards for monitoring PRRS and assessment of time series regression models for predicting PRRS frequency in swine in Ontario

Zvonimir Poljak - Associate Professor - University of Guelph

5:25 pm

Dashboard for monitoring events related to rabies in media news: how the information in media can be incorporated into an early warning system for infectious diseases

Fernanda Dórea - Epidemiologist - Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine - SVEPM

4:00 pm - 5:30 pm - 14 November 2024

Room C3.3 : 16:00 17:30 Epi in a Socially Connected World

Session - Epidemiology in a socially connected world - Room C3.3

Chairperson: Jennifer Manyweathers

4:00 pm

We don't need a better rat trap: combining epidemiology and social sciences to reconceptualize municipal rat management

Ellen Boyd - Phd Student - University of British Columbia

4:15 pm

Trusting the technologies of testing? Vet and farmer views on the diagnosis of mycobacterial diseases of cattle in the United Kingdom

Philip Robinson - Deputy Head Of School, Professor Of Veterinary Public Health - Harper & Keele Veterinary School

4:30 pm

Evaluation of a data-driven youngstock rearing system in The Netherlands: perception by its users and insight in improvement options

Anouk Veldhuis - Veterinary Epidemiologist - Royal GD

4:45 pm

Pastoralists perceptions and the prevalence of livestock diseases in Karamoja region, Uganda

Maureen Nanziri Mayanja - Lecturer - College of Veterinary Medicine, Makerere University

5:00 pm

Identifying scenarios and risk factors for Q fever outbreaks using qualitative analysis of expert opinion

Jane Heller - Professor In Veterinary Epidemiology And Public Health - Charles Sturt University

5:15 pm

Integrating epidemiology with social science to revisit traditional island work practices for sheep scab control in Scotland: the benefits

Sue C Tongue - Reader In Veterinary Epidemiology & Public Health - SRUC

5:20 pm

4:00 pm

Using a stochastic process to calculate true prevalence and herd sensitivity when various sampling methodologies are used in a herd prevalence study

Miranda Medrano - PhD Student

4:15 pm

Estimating the true prevalence of fascioliasis in nomadic livestock populations from the eastern shore of Lake Chad using a latent-class approach

Salome Dürr - Group Leader - University of Bern

4:30 pm

Conditional dependence in models for diagnostic test evaluation: a comparison of methods

Matthew Denwood - Professor of Disease Modelling - University of Copenhagen

4:45 pm

Evaluation of three serological tests for the diagnosis of Brucella suis in dogs using Bayesian latent class analysis

Cathy Kneipp - Veterinarian - University of Melbourne

5:00 pm

Temporal changes in sensitivity and specificity of serological tests for multiple circulating strains of rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus

Kandarp Patel - Lecturer - The University of Adelaide

5:15 pm

Comparison of PCR Ct values from testing weekly oral fluids and air samples following multiple respiratory disease challenges

Dale Polson - Integrated Health Management - Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica

4:00 pm - 5:30 pm - 14 November 2024

Special session: Training the One Health epidemiology workforce in the post-pandemic era

Session - Special sessions - Room C3.5

Chairperson: Stacie Dunkle

4:00 pm

Development of the Competencies for One Health field epidemiology (COHFE) framework for field epidemiology training in the post-pandemic era

Stacie Dunkle - Epidemiologist - World Health Organization

4:15 pm

COHFE guidance for One Health field epidemiology curriculum development, mentorship, learning evaluation and certification, and continuing education programmes

Heather Simmons - Director - Institute for Infectious Animal Diseases

4:30 pm

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