Workshop 1: Evaluating the epidemiological and economic impact of control options for cross-border spread of foot-and-mouth disease in EU countries using the EuFMDiS simulation model. Find the workshop details here.
Workshop 2: Microbiome data analysis for veterinary epidemiologists Find the workshop details here.
Workshop 3: Mortality rate ratio’s: Challenges and solutions when calculating cattle mortality Find the workshop details here.
Workshop 4: Participatory epidemiology in veterinary medicine – powerful methods to include social aspects into research Find the workshop details here.
Workshop 5: Extraction of medical terms from non-structured (textual) data from online news and social media Find the workshop details here.
Workshop 6: Exploring drivers of change in Antimicrobial Usage (AMU) through participatory methods Find the workshop details here.
Session 1: Openning the Conference Chair: Marie McIntyre John Edmunds
Session 2: African Swine Fever Chair: Timothée Vergne 10.30 – 10.55 Younjung Kim Transmission dynamics of African swine fever virus in Korea in 2019 10.55 – 11.20 Hannes Bergmann Participatory risk mapping of African Swine Fever outbreaks in Europe
POSTER VIEWING & INTERACTIONS
Session 3: Avian Influenza Chair: Marnie Brennan 11.45 – 12.10 Lene Jung Kjær Spatial patterns of avian influenza in wild birds from Denmark, 2006-2020 12.10 – 12.35 Debapriyo Chakraborty Inferring epidemic dynamics of H5N8 highly pathogenic avian influenza in France (2016-17) integrating epidemiological and viral genomic data within a Bayesian framework 12.35 – 13.00 Billy Bauzile Unraveling direct and indirect contact patterns of French duck farms using multilayer network analyses
LUNCH BREAK WITH POSTER VIEWING & INTERACTIONS
Session 4: Dairy cow productivity Chair: Philip Robinson 14.00 – 14.25 Jake Thompson Randomised control trial shows space allowance increases milk production and changes behaviour of housed dairy cows 14.25 – 14.50 Pranav Shrikant Kulkarni Survival analysis to study replacement strategy of Dutch dairy farmers over 10 years with varying agricultural policies 14.50 – 15.15 Xiaomei Yue Evaluating the effect of a new introduction of bovine viral diarrhoea virus on somatic cell count and calf mortality based on 10 years of Dutch field data
Session 5: Policy support Chair: Luís Pedro Carmo 15.40 – 16.05 Annika Van Roon Confidence of freedom of infection with BVDV in several European countries: application of the STOC free model 16.05 – 16.30 Jonas Brock A data-driven modelling framework to support decision making under the new EU animal health law 16.30 – 16.55 Ranya Özcelik Investigating opportunities for and challenges towards establishing community-based surveillance of equines in Switzerland
Session 6: Policy support Chair: David Brodbelt 09.30 – 9.55 Daniel Mc Loughlin Monitoring antimicrobial resistance at a farm level in dairy 9.55 – 10.20 Ayla Hesp Assessing the diagnostic accuracy and benefits of whole genome sequencing to monitor antimicrobial resistance in livestock
Session 7: Drivers of disease spread Chair: Fernanda Dórea 10.45 – 11.10 Pauline Ezanno Movement rewiring among relevant herd statuses to control paratuberculosis at a regional scale 11.10 – 11.35 Charlotte Warembourg Social contact networks of free-roaming domestic dogs: what are the driving factors? 11.35 – 12.00 Collette Taylor Exploring environmental drivers for canine leptospirosis in Great Britain
Session 8: Decision support for dairy herds Chair: Damien Barrett 13.00 – 13.25 Inge Santman-Berends Evaluating the association between calf mortality and implementation of data-driven tools to improve calf rearing in Dutch dairy herds 13.25 – 13.50 Emma Adelaide Redfern Investigating the advisor and farmer relationships that influence dairy cow health and welfare in the transition period before and after calving 13.50 – 14.15 Ahmed Ferchiou Marginal cost of modifying reproduction management reasoning to define an optimal herd management strategy
Session 9: Small ruminants Chair: Gerdien van Schaik 14.40 – 15.05 Megan Eve Rawlins Financial impact of sheep and goat pox and economic viability of vaccination for subsistence farmers in selected states of Northern Nigeria 15.05 – 15.30 Charlotte Doidge Applying grounded theory and natural language processing to understand farmers' decision making around prophylactic antibiotic use in lambs
Session 10: The Gareth Davies Lecture Chair: Marie McIntyre 15.55 – 16.45 Christine Fourichon Controlling infectious diseases: how does the interplay between field problems and epidemiological research leads to success
Awards announcements and closing of the Conference