INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BOVINE MYCOPLASMOSIS

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NOTE - This program will be delivered in English only

July 7 – 9, 2009
Presentation Descriptions and Speaker Biographies

 
Monday, July 6th
Tuesday, July 7th
Wednesday, July 8th
Thursday, July 9th
7:00 to 8:30 am
Registration & Continental Breakfast Continental Breakfast Continental Breakfast
8:30 am   New and emerging Mycoplasma spp. of cattle
Dr. Robin Nicholas
 Understanding antimicrobial sensitivity testing
Dr. Roger Ayling
 Comparison of the biology of Mycoplasma mycoides subspecies mycoides SC to Mycoplasma bovis
Dr. László Stipkovits
9:15 am   Epidemiology of Mycoplasma mastitis
Dr. Larry Fox		 Antimicrobials for the prevention and treatment of Mycoplasmosis
Dr. Mike Apley		 Lung pathology in cattle with special reference to CBPP and other bovine Mycoplasmoses: Different sides of the same coin?
Dr. Guido Loria
10:00 am
REFRESHMENT BREAK
10:30 am   Epidemiology and clinical presentation of Mycoplasma bovis in young calves
Dr. Christopher Schneider
 Molecular biology
101 - What they never taught me in veterinary school
Dr. Roger Ayling
 Genome analysis and virulence genes of the Mycoplasma mycoides group
Dr. Paola Pilo
11:15 am   Epidemiology and clinical presentation of Chronic Pneumonia and Polyarthritis Syndrome (CPPS) in feedlot cattle
Dr. Eugene Janzen
 Genomic perspectives of Mycoplasma pathobiology
Dr. Mick Calcutt
 The international community’s preparedness strategy for Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia (CBPP)
Dr. Francois Thiaucourt
12:00 to 1:30 pm  
LUNCH
LUNCH and Closing Remarks
1:30 pm   Economic impact of Mycoplasma bovis on the cattle industry
Dr. John Campbell
 Genome analysis in Mycoplasma bovis : A window into pathogenicity
Dr. Ricardo Rosenbusch

TOURS:


1) Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO)

 


2) Synchrotron: Canadian Light Source (CLS)

 


3) Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM)
2:00 pm   Role of Mycoplasma bovis in bovine respiratory disease (BRD)
Dr. Jeff Caswell
 Variable surface proteins and their implications to vaccine development
Dr. Konrad Sachse
2:30 pm   Gross pathology of Chronic Pneumonia and Polyarthritis Syndrome (CPPS) in beef cattle
Dr. Ted Clark
 Antigen targets for vaccine development against Mycoplasma bovis
Dr. Jose Perez-Casal
3:00 pm  
REFRESHMENT BREAK
3:30 pm   Laboratory and investigative diagnostic techniques for Mycoplasma bovis
Dr. Hugh Cai
 Challenges in developing commercial vaccines to Mycoplasma spp.
Dr. Susan Szathmary
    RESEARCH SUMMARIES (15 minutes) ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION

Has antimicrobial usage altered the ecology of Mycoplasma spp. in intensively managed production units?

Participants:
Dr. Roger Ayling

Dr. Mike Apley
Dr. Kee Jim
4:00 pm   Factors associated with mycoplasma colonization of dairy calves in a herd with endemic mycoplasmal disease
Dr. Fiona Maunsell

  
4:15 pm   Vaccine trial results
Dr. Robin Nicholas
  
4:30 pm   Use of molecular typing in epidemiological studies
Rose Whelan
  
4:45 pm   Vaccine-enhanced pathology in calves vaccinated with Mycoplasma bovis bacterins
Dr. Ricardo Rosenbusch
  
6:00 pm   COCKTAILS
Top of the Inn (Sheraton Cavalier)
 COCKTAILS
Western Development Museum
  
7:00 - 10:00 pm REGISTRATION and
WELCOME RECEPTION
Terrace Lounge
(Delta Bessborough)
 DINNER
Top of the Inn
 DINNER
Western Development Museum