Epidemiology & Animal Health Management and Food Safety, Animal Welfare & Biosecurity Programme

Wednesday 22 May Thursday 23 May

Location Room APW, Level 1, TSB Arena Room APW, Level 1, TSB Arena

6.30am Industry Branch 5km fun run/walk

7am Registration open

8am AMR: defining the problem Helen Crabb Clinical impact of Mycoplasma bovis in New Zealand Carolyn Hamill

8.30am AMU: how vets contribute to the problem James Gilkerson Overview and performance of national milk surveillance for Mycoplasma bovis in New Zealand Amy Burroughs

9am AMS: how vets become part of the solution James Gilkerson Epidemiological overview: Mycoplasma bovis programme Mary van Andel

9.30amA brief overview of current antimicrobial use and antimicrobial resistance in New Zealand Mark Bryan

Modelling the within-herd transmission dynamics of Mycoplasma bovis infections in pastoral cattle production systems Arata Hidano

10am Morning tea

10.30am The use of genomics in AMR Nigel French Furry whānau wellbeing: Working with communities for positive pet outcomes Rachel Forrest

11am One Health Joanna McKenzie One Welfare – a human lens for improving animal welfare Natalie Welfare

11.30am Disease and treatment across the species barrier David Hammer Applying animal welfare regulations and engaging industry Richard Wild

12pmYersiniosis in New Zealand: concerning, cryptic and costly Jackie Benschop AGM

12.30pm Lunch

1.30pmEbola virus emergence modeling – taking a One Health perspective David Hayman

Leptospirosis session:

1.30pm: Working together/effect on farming families Fiona Gower

1.55pm: Flown under the radar for too long: Leptospira from wildlife Marie Moinet

2.20pm: Long-term changes of human exposure to Leptospira in New Zealand Cord Heuer

2.45pm: Preliminary findings on risk factors for hospitalisation of human leptospirosis in New Zealand 1999-2016 Maryna Sokolova

3.10pm: Worker’s compensation for leptospirosis in New Zealand: taonga or taniwha? Jackie Benschop

2pmDescriptive epidemiological analysis of rabies in humans and animals in Thailand from 2013- 2018 Thanidtha Te-Chaniyom

2.30pmBeyond linear models: linking epidemiology with social science to effect critical change Mark Bryan

3pm Microplastics in food Jeane Nicolas

3.30pm Afternoon tea

4pm One Health Joanna McKenzie Building the business case for BVD eradication in New Zealand: updates Carolyn Gates

4.30pmEffective biosecurity response to an incursion of canine influenza Andy McFadden Transmission of FMD through livestock movements Masako wada

5pmInfectious bursal disease virus serotype 2 (IBDV-2) in New Zealand poultry and waterfowl Tom Rawdon

Post vaccination monitoring of FMD vaccination campaigns in Southern Lao PDR and Central Myanmar Art Subharat

5.30pm Happy hour

7pm Dinner - venue to be confirmed

Other streams include: Companion Animal; Equine; Sheep, Beef & Deer; Veterinary Business. See conference website for more details.