2010 Geovet program
Monday, 29 November
- Introduction to Quantum GIS … Ben Madin, Jenny Hutchison (Wallace Room, Veterinary Science Conference Centre)
- Spatial Methods in Molecular Epidemiology … Petra Müllner, Nigel French, Andres Perez, Fernando Madonnes (WP Young Room, Veterinary Science Conference Centre)
Tuesday, 30 November
- Introduction to Quantum GIS … Ben Madin, Jenny Hutchison (Wallace Room, Veterinary Science Conference Centre)
- Spatial Methods in Molecular Epidemiology … Petra Müllner, Nigel French, Andres Perez, Fernando Madonnes (WP Young Room, Veterinary Science Conference Centre)
6:00pm Barbeque, Veterinary Science Conference Centre, The University of Sydney
Wednesday, 1 December
| 9:00 |
Opening remarks, Professor Michael Ward Faculty of Veterinary Science, The University of Sydney |
| 9:05 |
Official Conference Opening, Dr. Andy Carroll, Chief Veterinary Officer, Australia |
| 9:15 |
Faculty Welcome, Dr. Rosanne Taylor, Dean Faculty of Veterinary Science, The University of Sydney |
Session 1
| Abstract |
Title / Presenter |
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| KEYNOTE 1 | |
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9:25 (1) |
The spatial epidemiologic (r)evolution: a look back in time Tim Carpenter, Department. of Medicine and Epidemiology, The University of California, Davis USA; tecarpenter@ucdavis.edu |
| SENIOR | |
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10:05 (85) |
Risk mapping African swine fever in Africa: an exercise in uncertainty William de Glanville Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, London UK; wdeglanville@rvc.ac.uk |
Morning Tea 10:30 - 11:00
| Regular papers | |
|---|---|
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11:00 (27) |
Simple spatial distribution models for vector density in a field Carsten Kirkeby National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Bülowsvej 27; ckir@vet.dtu.dk |
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11:15 (29) |
Understanding Geographic Epidemiology: The Geographic Epidemiologic Trillium Olaf Berke Department of Population Medicine, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Canada; oberke@uoguelph.ca |
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11:30 (42) |
Robert Sanson AsureQuality Limited, Batchelar Agriculture Centre, Palmerston North, New Zealand; Robert.Sanson@asurequality.com |
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11:45 (100) |
Georgette Kluiters Department of Veterinary Clinical Science, University of Liverpool, Neston, UK; g.kluiters@liverpool.ac.uk |
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12:00 (35) |
Disease emergence and spread through aquatic ecosystems: assessing the impact of the ranavirus EHNV on native fish species in the Murray-Darling Basin Richard Whittington Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, Camden, Australia; sharon.roche@sydney.edu.au |
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12:15 (58) |
Mark Stevenson EpiCentre, Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand; M.Stevenson@massey.ac.nz |
Lunch 12:30 - 13:30
Session 2
| KEYNOTE 2 | |
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13:30 (2) |
Modelling spatial data to inform the surveillance and control of infectious disease: new tools provide new insight Nigel French, Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Massey University, New Zealand; N.P.French@massey.ac.nz |
| SENIOR | |
|
14:10 (89) |
Combining spatial and molecular tools to assess the effect of interventions Petra Müllner Epicentre, Massey University, Palmerston North & Epi-interactive, Wellington, New Zealand; p.mullner@massey.ac.nz |
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14:35 (91) |
Spatial surveillance during control of infectious diseases – Salmonella Dublin in Denmark 2002-2009 Annette Ersbøll, University of Southern Denmark, National Institute of Public Health, København, Denmark; ake@niph.dk |
Afternoon Tea 15:00 - 15:30
| Regular papers | |
|---|---|
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15:30 (71) |
Use of Remote Sensing for risk mapping of West Nile Disease in North-Eastern Italy Paolo Mulatti Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Legnaro (Padua), Italy; pmulatti@izsvenezie.it |
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15:45 (111) |
Sharon Roche |
|
16:00 (43) |
Increasing the resolution of Bluetongue spatial modelling - from cattle farms to cattle in fields Kaare Græsbøl Department of Informatics and Mathematical Modelling and National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark; kagr@imm.dtu.dk |
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16:15 (54) |
Informal pig movements across Eastern Indonesia: high risk movement pathways for Classical Swine Fever Edwina Leslie Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, Camden, Australia; eles2597@uni.sydney.edu.au |
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16:30 (79) |
Spatio-temporal modelling of Campylobacter infection in Danish commercial broiler farms Sharmin Chowdhury National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, København, Denmark; shar@niph.dk |
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16:45 (41) |
Bernard Klingseisen Department of Spatial Sciences, Curtin University, Perth Western Australia; b.klingseisen@curtin.edu.au |
6:30 Reception, Nicholson Museum, The Quadrangle, University of Sydney
Thursday, 2 December
Session 3
| KEYNOTE 3 | |
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8:30 (1) |
Global surveillance using novel spatial methods Andres PerezNational Council of Scientific Research (CONICET), Argentina & Center for Animal Disease Modelling and Surveillance, University of California, Davis USA; amperez@ucdavis.edu |
| SENIOR PAPERS | |
|
9:10 (96) |
Analysis of Foot-and-Mouth Disease outbreaks in mainland South-East Asia from 2000-2009 Ben Madin AusVet Animal Health Services / Murdoch University, Broome, Western Australia; ben@ausvet.com.au |
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9:35 (55) |
Spatial and temporal outbreak dynamics of HPAI H5N1 in Indonesian poultry Matt Farnsworth USDA-APHIS-VS-Centers for Epidemiology and Animal Health, Fort Collins CO, USA; matt.farnsworth@aphis.usda.gov |
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Regular papers |
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10:00 (32) |
Understanding risk factors contributing to the persistence of HPAI H5N1 infection in China Vincent Martin Emergency Centre for the control of Transboundary Animal Diseases, Food Agriculture Organization, Beijing, China; Vincent.martin@fao.org |
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10:15 (65) |
Clusters of risk factors associated with highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak in Lagos State, Nigeria, 2006-2007 Babasola Olugasa Department of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria; b.olugasa@mail.ui.edu.ng |
Morning Tea 10:30 - 11:00
| SENIOR PAPERS | |
|---|---|
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11:00 (60) |
P.Q. Minh |
| Regular papers | |
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11:25 (109) |
Assessing the risk of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 spread in poultry market chains in Bali based on spatial disease surveillance Sharon Roche Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, Camden, Australia; sharon.roche@sydney.edu.au |
|
11:40 (57) |
Spatial differences in Paratuberculosis prevalence and in control programme participation Kristine Bihrmann Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark; krbi@life.ku.dk |
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11:55 (108) |
Santiago Corva Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina; sgcorva@fcv.unlp.edu.ar |
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12:10 (64) |
Epizootiological assessment of Peste des Petits Ruminants prophylactic programme in Akure, Nigeria, 2006 – 2008 Babasola Olugasa Department of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria; b.olugasa@mail.ui.edu.ng |
Lunch 12:30 - 13:30
Session 4
| KEYNOTE 4 | |
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13:30 (2) |
Using data and knowledge-driven approaches for spatial modelling Dirk Pfeiffer, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, The Royal Veterinary College, London UK; pfeiffer@rvc.ac.uk |
| SENIOR | |
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14:10 (33) |
Value chain and social network analysis in the planning and implementation of risk-based surveillance for avian influenza control in South China Vincent Martin Emergency Centre for the Control of Transboundary Animal Diseases, Food Agriculture Organization, Beijing, China; Vincent.martin@fao.org |
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14:35 (106) |
Fedor Korennoy FGI “Federal Center for Animal Health”, Vladimir, mkr. Yurevets, Russian Federation; korennoy@arriah.ru |
Afternoon Tea
| Regular papers | |
|---|---|
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15:30 (97) |
On the Effect of Diagnostic Misclassification Bias on the Observed Spatial Pattern in Regional Count Data: A Simulation Study Olaf Berke Department of Population Medicine, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Canada; oberke@uoguelph.ca |
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15:45 (80) |
Gillian Alton Department of Population Medicine, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Canada; altong@uoguelph.ca |
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16:00 (95) |
Assessing the movement of livestock in the Greater Mekong Subregion Ben Madin AusVet Animal Health Services & Murdoch University, Broome, Western Australia; ben@ausvet.com.au |
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16:15 (31) |
Mapping the impacts of climate change on vector-borne diseases: application to Orbiviruses Helene Guis CIRAD, Montpellier, France; helene.guis@cirad.fr |
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16:30 (49) |
Gert Boender Quantitative Veterinary Epidemiology and Risk Analysis (QVERA) group, Department of Virology, Central Veterinary Institute of Wageningen, Lelystad, Netherlands; gertjan.boender@wur.nl |
|
16:45 (101) |
Modelling the Distribution of Culicoides Bluetongue Vectors in North Wales Georgette Kluiters Department of Veterinary Clinical Science, University of Liverpool, Neston, UK; g.kluiters@liverpool.ac.uk |
6:30 Conference Dinner, The Great Hall, The Quadrangle, University of Sydney
Friday, 3 December
| KEYNOTE 5 | |
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8:30 (4) |
Spatio-temporal modelling and surveillance of wildlife diseases Christoph Staubach Institute of Epidemiology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Wusterhausen, Germany; Christoph.Staubach@fli.bund.de |
| SENIOR | |
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9:10 (102) |
Shawn Laffan School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; shawn.laffan@unsw.edu.au |
|
9:35 (34) |
FMD revisited: re-analysis using Bayesian spatial SIR models Andrew Lawson Division of Biostatistics & Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina; lawsonab@musc.edu |
| Regular papers | |
|---|---|
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10:00 (82) |
Movement patterns of feral swine in a south Texas rangeland: implications for disease spread Lindsey Holmstrom Department of Veterinary Medicine and Epidemiology, University of California, Davis, U.S.A.; lkholmstrom@ucdavis.edu |
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10:15 (84) |
Unraveling the Wildlife Livestock Interface: Understanding contact between cattle and deer for disease control Ryan Miller National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, USA; ryan.miller@aphis.usda.gov |
| Morning Tea 10:30-11:00 | |
| Regular papers | |
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11:00 (81) |
Spatial patterns of wild herbivores at the livestock-wildlife interface on the Laikipia plateau, Kenya Bernard Phiri Zambia Institute of Animal Health, Mazabuka, Zambia; bjphiri@gmail.com |
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11:15 (83) |
Grazing patterns of cattle at risk of FMD infection by wildlife near Kruger park, South Africa De Clercq, E.M. Agriculture and Veterinary Information and Analysis (Avia-GIS), Zoersel, Belgium; edeclercq@avia-gis.be |
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11:30 (107) |
What role does wildlife play in emergency diseases? The case of the feral pig Katherine Negus Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia; katherine.negus@sydney.edu.au |
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11:45 (110) |
Classical Swine Fever preparedness for Australian feral pigs: a simulation modelling approach Brendan Cowled |
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12:00 (72) |
Paolo Mulatti Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Legnaro (Padua), Italy; pmulatti@izsvenezie.it |
|
12:15 (30) |
Spatial analysis of the distribution of rabies in animals in Bhutan Tenzin The Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, Camden, Australia; tenzin.tenzin@sydney.edu.au |
Lunch 12.30 - 13.30
| KEYNOTE 6 | |
|---|---|
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13:30 (40) |
Companion animal disease surveillance: a new solution to an old problem? Michael Ward, Faculty of Veterinary Science, The University of Sydney, Camden, Australia; michael.ward@sydney.edu.au |
| SENIOR | |
|
14:10 (36) |
Simon Firestone Faculty of Veterinary Science, The University of Sydney, Camden, Australia; simon.firestone@sydney.edu.au |
|
14:35 (98) |
Fernando Mardones Center for Animal Disease Modeling and Surveillance, Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis CA, U.S.A; fomardones@ucdavis.edu |
Afternoon Tea 15.00 - 15.30
| Regular papers | |
|---|---|
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15:30 (47) |
Geographical distribution of antimicrobial drug usage in Norwegian dogs based on prescription data Madelaine Norström Department of Health Surveillance, National Veterinary Institute, Oslo, Norway; madelaine.norstrom@vetinst.no |
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15:45 (66) |
Ricardo Soares Magalhaes School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, Australia; r.magalhaes@sph.uq.edu.au |
|
16:00 (30) |
Spatio-temporal distribution of mink plasmacytosis in Denmark Gonçalo Espregueira Themudo National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark; gonc@niph.dk |
|
16:15 (74) |
Relationship between Landscape and Culicoides imicola abundance in Sardinia Region - Italy Carla IppolitiIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e del Molise, Teramo, Italy; c.ippoliti@izs.it |
|
16:30 (61) |
Community detection and animal trade between counties in the State of Mato Grosso, Brazil Grisi-Filho, J.H.H. School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of São Paulo, Brazil; grisi@vps.fmvz.usp.br |
|
16:45 (37) |
Mastitis in Swedish dairy herds – are there regions with no clinical mastitis? Cecilia Wolff Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden; cecilia.wolff@kv.slu.se |
| 17:00 | Discussion and Conference Close |
Saturday, 4 December
Bayesian Disease Mapping … Andrew Lawson (WP Young Room, Veterinary Science Conference Centre)
Sunday, 5 December
Bayesian Disease Mapping … Andrew Lawson (WP Young Room, Veterinary Science Conference Centre)
Poster Presentations
| Abstract |
Title / Presenter |
|---|---|
| 3 |
Transboundary animal disease early warning system: Use of computerized flash board technology in I.R.Iran V. Otarod Iran Veterinary Organization; ivoanimalhealth@ivo.org.ir |
| 8 |
Clusters, foci and hotspots of rabies risk factors in Ilorin city, Nigeria, 2002 - 2008 Babasola Olugasa Department of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria; b.olugasa@mail.ui.edu.ng |
| 10 |
Geospatial database development of poultry farms and markets in Bangladesh Leo Loth Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Bangladesh; leo.loth@fao.org |
| 56 |
Developing a risk-based surveillance system for the cattle production chain using spatial analyses Jonsson M E. Section for Epidemiology, National Veterinary Institute, Oslo, Norway; malin.jonsson@vetinst.no |
| 59 |
Where do dairy cows urinate? Tools to aid nitrogen emission mitigation Draganova, I. Institute of Natural Resources, Collage of Sciences, Massey University, New Zealand; I.Draganova@massey.ac.nz |
| 63 |
Demographics, movement characteristics and biosecurity practices of horse properties in New Zealand Rosanowski, S.M. EpiCentre, Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Massey University, New Zealand; S.Rosanowski@massey.ac.nz |
| 67 |
Management of the emergency oral anti-rabies vaccination campaigns in Italy (2009- 2010) by a GIS-based system Paolo Mulatti Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Legnaro, Italy; pmulatti@izsvenezie.it |
| 68 |
Understanding the clusters of HPAI outbreaks in Bangladesh; 2007-2008. S.S.U. Ahmed University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Life Sciences, Department of Large Animal Sciences, Frederiskberg, Denmark; ssua@life.ku.dk |
| 73 |
Enhancement of animal disease investigations and emergency response using a geo-referenced animal health database Marianne Ash Indiana State Board of Animal Health, Indianapolis, U.S.A.; mash@boah.in.gov |
| 76 |
GeoCREV: an example of GIS veterinary application Ferrè, N. Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Legnaro, Italy; crev.nferre@izsvenezie.it |
| 93 |
Space-time analysis of visceral leishmaniasis in Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil Souza, V.A.F. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of São Paulo, Brazil; vanessafeijo@usp.br |
| 105 |
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE IN AFGHANISTAN Andres Perez University of California, Davis, USA. and CONICET, Rosario, Argentina; amperez@ucdavis.edu |