ECVM Conference Program
Thursday 26th September 2019
| 9.00-11.00 | Registration | ||
| 10.00-11.00 | Welcome and opening of the Conference |
Chair of the 1st ICECVM Dorina Timofte President of the ECVM John Ikonomopoulos
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11.00-13.00 | Veterinary Bacteriology and Mycology | Chair: Jaap A. Wagenaar Co-chair: Patrick Butaye | |
| 11.00-11.30 | Keynote lecture | Bryan Markey, University College Dublin, Ireland | Chlamydiae and enzootic abortion of ewes (EAE): personal reflections from 30 years of research |
| 11.30-11.50 | Invited lecture | Els Broens, Utrecht University, the Netherlands | Import of Brucella canis positive dogs into a Brucella free country |
| 11.50-12.20 | Invited lecture | Urs Giger, University of Pennsylvania, U.S.A. | Hereditary Immunodeficiencies associated with infections in dogs |
| 12.20-12.40 | Invited lecture | Mihai Mares, School of Veterinary Medicine, Romania | New insights into pathogenic cryptococci affecting animals |
| 12.40-13.00 | Invited lecture | Alicia Aranaz, Universidad Complutense, Spain | Tuberculosis (Mycobacterium bovis) in animals: targets, tools and tasks |
| 13.00-14.00 | Lunch break | Poster viewing | |
14.00-17.10 | Veterinary Virology | Chair: Niciola Decaro Co-chair: George Filiousis | |
| 14.00-14.30 | Keynote lecture | Vito Martella, University Aldo Moro, Italy | Noroviruses in humans and animals |
| 14.30-14.50 | Invited lecture | Charalambos Billinis, Veterinary School of Thessaly, Greece | West Nile virus surveillance in wild birds in Greece |
| 14.50-15.10 | Invited lecture | Spyridon Kritas, Veterinary School of Thessaloniky, Greece | Control of respiratory infections and decision making in pig farms in Greece |
| 15.10-15.40 | 2 x 15 min talks selected from abstract submissions |
Alessio Bartolami: A reverse zoonotic transmission event: A/H1N1/pdm (09) in a turkey breeder flock Herman Egberink: Serological screening for coronavirus infections in cats | |
| 15.40-16.10 | Coffee break | Poster viewing | |
| 16.10-17.10 | 4 x 15 min talks selected from abstract submissions |
Chair: Spyridon Kritas Co-Chair: Evanthia Petridou Niels Dekker: Evaluation of the efficacy of bacteriophages-derived lytic enzymes (lysins) to reduce colonization and transmission of Streptococcus suis in pigs Georgia Diakoudi: Identification of a novel picornavirus from common pipistrelle bat (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) Constantinos Kyriakis: Susceptibility of swine to human Influenza A Viruses and the emergence of zoonotic viruses Filomena Fiorito: MG-132 interferes with iron cellular homeostasis and counteracts bovine herpesvirus 1 productive infection |
Friday 27th September 2019
9.00-11.00 | Diagnostic Microbiology, MALDI-TOF, Genomics & Metagenomics | Chair: Els Broens Co-Chair: Matjaz Ocepek | |
| 9.00-9.20 | Invited lecture | Georgios Oikonomou, University of Liverpool, U.K. | Studying the role of foot skin microbiome and host genetics in cattle lameness |
| 9.20-9.40 | Invited lecture | Prof Joachim Spergser, University of Veterinary Medicine, Austria | MALDI-ToF MS is a superior diagnostic tool for the identification and differentiation of animal mycoplasmas |
| 9.40-10.35 | 3 x 15 min talks selected from abstract submissions |
Panagiotis Ballas: Elucidating the role of Streptococcus uberis in bovine endometritis Antonia Mataragka: Investigation to determine variations in faecal shedding of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP) in sheep, with regards to parturition Dimitrios Papadopoulos: Campylobacter coli and Campylobacter jejuni prevalence and antibiotic resistance in Greek swine farms | |
| 10.35-11.00 | Coffee break | Poster viewing | |
11.00-17.05 | Antimicrobial Resistance, One Health and Food microbiology | Chair: Bryan Markey Co-Chair: Patricia Poeta | |
| 11.00-11.30 | Keynote lecture | Jaap A. Wagenaar, Utrecht University, the Netherlands | Topic: AMR |
| 11.30-12.00 | Invited lecture | Patrick Butaye, Ross University School of Veterinary medicine, St. Kitts and Nevis | Transfer of AMR: what have we learned from the past? |
| 12.00-12.45 | 3 x 15 min talks selected from abstract submissions |
Adriana Belas: ESBLs/pAmpC- producing Escherichia coli causing urinary tract infections in companion animals and humans in Portugal: antimicrobial resistance, pathogenicity and clonal diversity Eva Cunha: Fighting antimicrobial resistance dissemination in veterinary medicine using the antimicrobial peptide nisin Anat Shnaiderman Torban: Extended Spectrum β Lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL-E) shedding in race horses in Ontario, Canada | |
| 12.45-14.00 | Lunch break | Poster viewing | |
14.00-15.30 | Chair: Libby Graham Co-Chair: Joachim Spergser | ||
| 14.00-14.30 | Keynote lecture | Roberto La Ragione, Surrey Veterinary School, U.K. | Antibiotic resistance; A one health and food security issue |
| 14.30-15.00 | Keynote lecture | Luca Guardabassi, University of Copenhagen, Denmark and Royal Veterinary College, UK | Veterinary research on AMR: need for a change |
| 15.00-15.30 | Invited lecture | Constança Pomba, University of Lisbon, Portugal | Risk of companion animal to human transmission of antimicrobial resistance |
| 15.30-16.00 | Coffee break | Poster viewing | |
16.00-17.05 | Chair: Constanca Pomba Co-Chair: Alicia Aranaz | ||
| 16.00-16.20 | Invited lecture | Patricia Poeta, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Portugal | “One Health” approach to tackle antimicrobial resistance in Portugal |
| 16.20-17.05 | 3×15 min talks selected from abstract submissions |
Geoffrey Foster: Corynebacterium ulcerans an emerging zoonosis in Scottish dogs Lukasz Grzeskowiak: Recent findings on Clostridioides difficile in pigs: succession, infection and microbial colonisation resistance Sonja Kittl: Increasing MRSA carriage in Swiss pigs- a risk for veterinarians and farmers? | |
| 17.05-17.35 | Round table discussion and closure |