Events

Epidemiology Chapter Meeting 2009

Pre Conference Workshop: Introductory Molecular Techniques Short Course

Venue: Morton Room, Gold Coast International Hotel, Surfers Paradise, Queensland.
Tuesday 30 June 2009 - Thursday 2 July 2009.
Cost: Members AU $795 non-members AU $635.
Registration form: click here. Additional course information here.
Contact: Petra Mullner.

Scientific Program

Where: Morton Room, Gold Coast International Hotel, Surfers Paradise, Queensland
When: Thursday 2 July – Saturday 4 July 2009

Thursday 2 July 2009

Time	Speaker	Title
Chair	TBA	Emerging Infectious Diseases Symposium
1330 - 1410	Roger Morris	The next wave of emerging diseases - responding to the unknown
Chair	Ron Glanville	Hendra Virus Combined Session with Equine Chapter
1410 - 1500	Brad McCall	The public health perspective
1500 - 1530		Afternoon tea
1530 - 1550	TBA	Epidemiological features of Hendra virus in wildlife
1550 - 1610	Deb Middleton	Clinical trials on Hendra virus shedding
1610 - 1630	Ben Ledez	Hendra virus - dealing with the disease on a daily basis
1630 - 1650	Bruce Pott	Infectious disease control in equine veterinary practice
1650 - 1710	Baden Pearse	Protecting AQIS and abattoir staff from Hendra – OHS aspects
1710 - 1730	Nigel Perkins	Minimising the risks - a shared responsibility

Friday 3rd July

Time	Speaker	Title
Chair		The accepted quantitative data (indicators for assessment)
0830 - 0910	David Mellor	Physiological and other functional measures of animal welfare risks
0910 - 1000	Paul Hemsworth	Behaviour measures of animal welfare
1000 - 1030		Morning tea
Chair		Some of the tools and challenges
1030 - 1050	Kevin de Witte	Can you spot the science in welfare standards?
1050 - 1110	Clive Phillips	A quantitative approach to welfare research prioritisation
1110 - 1150	Roger Poland	Evolving New Zealand animal export policy
1150 - 1230	Tony Martin	Risk assessment framework
1230 - 1330		Lunch
Chair		A framework to address the problem
1330 - 1400	Michael Paton	Risk assessment in animal welfare - concept to practice
1400 - 1430	Andrew Fisher	Using risk assessment for lifetime welfare comparisons
1430 - 1500	Tony Martin	Practical analytical difficulties
1500 - 1530		Afternoon tea
Chair	David Mellor	A framework to address the problem
1530 - 1700	Panel discussion

Saturday 4th July

Time	Speaker	Title
Chair	Ian Langstaff	Avian influenza
0830 - 0900	Roger Morris	HPAI - are we making epidemiological progress?
0900 - 0930	Joerg Henning	The role free-ranging poultry in the spread of HPAI in south-east Asia
0930 - 1000	Albertus Muljono	HPAI in Indonesia
1000 - 1030		Morning tea
1030 - 1050	Sam Hamilton	Simulating HPAI spread between flocks using AISPREAD
Chair	Hume Field	Other emerging infectious diseases
1050 - 1110	Gerard Fitzsimmons	Outbreak of Dengue fever in Queensland 2008 - 2009
1100 - 1130	Bruce Christie	Eradication of equine influenza from Australia
1130 - 1150	Anak Agung	Rabies control program in Bali
1150 - 1210	Deborah Finlaison	An epizootic of BEF in NSW in 2008
1210 - 1230	Adrian Wayne	Investigation of Woylie (brush-tailed bettongs) population declines
1230 - 1330		Lunch
Chair	Roger Morris	Disease modelling
1330 - 1350	Sam Hamilton	Review of simulation modelling – pros and cons
1350 - 1410	Michael Ward	Artificial life models
1410 - 1430	Sam Beckett	AUSFLU: A simulation modelling environment for pandemic influenza
1430 - 1450	Petra Mullner	Molecular and modelling tools for campylobacter source attribution
1450 - 1500	Discussion
1500 - 1530		Afternoon tea
Chair	Michael Ward	General papers
1530 - 1550	Karen Skelton	Survey of Queensland cattle for bovine Johne’s disease
1550 - 1610	Annette O'Connor	Modifying the CONSORT Statement for Livestock Intervention Trials
1610 - 1630	Baden Pearse	The Australian meat plant performance rating system
1630 - 1650	Peter Rolls	Tick fever vaccine and weight gain in yearling cattle
1650 - 1700	Dicussion
1700- 1800		Epidemiology Chapter happy hour in the Moreton Room