tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24176855264108486752024-03-13T12:11:34.947-07:00EWDA 2008 Conference Rovinj CroatiaEWDA 2008 Conference Rovinj Croatiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01207181873276920375noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2417685526410848675.post-41462404750656636522008-07-10T15:17:00.001-07:002008-07-10T16:31:29.615-07:00<a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_T6VSzMH4knQ/SHaPTpxyEAI/AAAAAAAAAAM/sjz1O86l4l0/s1600-h/logo+ewda+jpeg+1890x1890.jpg"><span style="font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221518385777610754" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_T6VSzMH4knQ/SHaPTpxyEAI/AAAAAAAAAAM/sjz1O86l4l0/s400/logo+ewda+jpeg+1890x1890.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">The 8th Biennial Conference of the European Wildlife Disease Association (EWDA) will be held in Rovinj, Istria, Croatia from 2-5 October, 2008. </span><a class="orange" href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=116036615887821404800.000436a30ac0d9bbecd55&om=1&t=k&ll=45.075097,13.639226&spn=0.012486,0.028925&z=15" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">45°04'23''N 13°38'28''E</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">. </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">The town of Rovinj is one of the most visited seaside resorts in Croatia, located on the west coast of the Istrian peninsula and as such is the meeting point of the Northern Adriatic offering a wide range of high-quality tourist opportunities in a picturesque ambience of an ancient town, surrounded by beautiful pine forests. </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Through the quality and the content of presentations we strive to make the EWDA Conference the leading event for the dissemination of valuable scientific information as well as an enjoyable one. The EWDA invites members and others interested in conferring wildlife diseases and in promoting wildlife health to attend the conference.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Veterinarians, pathologists, wildlife biologists, epidemiologists, ecologists, and any person interested in the wildlife health should attend and join together in a challenging opportunity to discuss the imminent issues of wildlife diseases. Those of you researching emerging diseases, zoonoses of the wildlife and "living on the edge" of the wildlife, domestic animals and the humans, as well as associates from a variety of animal and human health disciplines should also attend promoting and sharing knowledge among professionals, discussing hot topics.<br />Make your plans now to attend the European Wildlife Disease Association Conference 2008, Rovinj, Croatia, 2-5 Oct., 2008.</span> </span></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></div><div><br /><a href="http://www.ewda2008.org/"><span style="font-size:85%;">http://www.ewda2008.org/</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></div><div><a href="http://www.ewda2008.org/index.php?k=content&s=conference_home"><span style="font-size:85%;">8th EWDA Conference, 2-5. October, 2008</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><a href="http://www.ewda2008.org/index.php?k=content&s=conference_programme"><span style="font-size:85%;">Tentative Programme</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /><br /></span><a href="http://www.ewda2008.org/index.php?k=content&s=conference_programme"><span style="font-size:85%;">Focusing on Diseases of the European Wildlife </span></a><br /><a href="http://www.ewda2008.org/index.php?k=content&s=conference_programme"><span style="font-size:85%;">and Recent Changes in their Distribution</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br />Tentative Programme is created on the basis of confirmed Keynote and Plenary speakers. Confirmation pending: West Nile fever, and Avian influenza OIE experts. The information on the programme will be updated as planning progresses.<br /><br />Important notice:<br />Scientific programme of the Conference starts at 09:00 hours on the morning of Day-1 (October 2, Thursday) </span><a href="http://www.ewda2008.org/index.php?k=content&s=events"><span style="font-size:85%;">Welcome party </span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">will be held in the evening of the same day.<br /><br />Wednesday, October 1<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Afternoon<br />Registration opens<br /></span><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=116036615887821404800.000436a30ac0d9bbecd55&om=1&t=k&ll=45.075097,13.639226&spn=0.012486,0.028925&z=15"><span style="font-size:85%;">Hotel Eden 15:00 hours</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /><br />Student Mixer<br />Optional event for students<br /><br /><br />EWDA Board Meeting<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thursday, October 2<br /><br /><br /><br />DAY 1<br /><br />Morning<br />Welcome and Opening Ceremony<br />09:00 hours<br /><br />Wildlife disease reporting and surveillance<br />Session<br /><br />Important diseases in European wildlife - the past, present and future<br />Key note address:<br />Professor Torsten Morner (OIE)<br /><br />Papers<br /><br />Afternoon<br />Emerging diseases and the role of wildlife<br />Session<br /><br />Expansion of bluetongue in Europe and climate change<br />Key note address:<br />Professor Philip Mellor (OIE)<br /><br />Papers<br /><br /><br />Diseases of birds and issues of public health concern<br />Session<br /><br />Avian influenza<br />Session<br /><br />Exotic diseases of the wild fauna and West Nile fever<br />Session<br />Confirmation pending<br />West Nile fever<br />Key note address:<br />Dr Rossella Lelli (OIE)<br /><br />General discussion remarks on the European wildlife in the mutual focus of OIE and EWDA<br /><br /><br />Papers<br /><br /><br />Mycobacterial diseases, focusing on TB as re-emerging disease of wildlife<br />Session<br /><br />Papers<br /><br /><br />Disease issues at the wildlife-human-livestock interface<br />Session<br /><br />Papers<br /><br />Evening<br />Welcome Party<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Friday,<br />October 3<br /><br /><br /><br />DAY 2<br /><br />Morning<br />Wildlife handling and immobilization<br />Session<br /><br />Chemical immobilization in the 21st century: the future or back to the future?<br />Key note address:<br />Dr Terry J. Kreeger<br /><br />Diseases of ungulates<br />Session<br /><br />Papers<br /><br />Afternoon<br />Diseases and preservation of carnivores<br />Session<br /><br />Biology and health of Croatian large carnivore populations<br />Plenary speaker:<br />Professor Djuro Huber<br /><br />Papers<br /><br /><br />Posters<br />Break<br /><br />EWDA Board Meeting<br /><br />Evening<br /></span><a href="http://www.ewda2008.org/index.php?k=content&s=events"><span style="font-size:85%;">Auction - EWDA Student Presentation Award fund-raiser</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />Bring auction items with you!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday,<br />October 4<br /><br /><br /><br />DAY 3<br /><br />Morning<br />Marine mammals and health of marine ecosystems<br />Session<br /><br />Cetacean mortality along the Croatian coastline<br />Plenary speaker:<br />Professor Hrvoje Gomercic<br /><br />Papers<br /><br /><br />Epidemiology and environmental drivers of wildlife diseases<br />Session<br /><br />Papers<br /><br /><br />Posters<br />Break<br />Afternoon<br />Wildlife disease tools and techniques<br />Session<br /><br />Papers<br /><br /><br />Closing remarks<br /><br /><br />EWDA-activities discussion meeting (EWDA Business Meeting) and Best student presentations recognition awards<br />All participants<br />Evening<br /></span><a href="http://www.ewda2008.org/index.php?k=content&s=events"><span style="font-size:85%;">Banquet</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />Optional<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sunday,<br />October 5<br /><br /><br /><br />DAY 4<br /><br />Morning<br />Depending on the quantity of oral presentations<br />Session<br />Morning to afternoon<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Field trip - </span><a href="http://www.ewda2008.org/index.php?k=content&s=events"><span style="font-size:85%;">Brijuni National Park</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br />09:00 – 15:00 hours<br />(Optional)<br /><br /></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.ewda2008.org"><span style="font-size:85%;">http://www.blogger.com/www.ewda2008.org</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /><br /></span><a href="http://www.ewda2008.org/index.php?k=content&s=conference_programme"><span style="font-size:85%;">Focusing on Diseases of the European Wildlife </span></a><br /><a href="http://www.ewda2008.org/index.php?k=content&s=conference_programme"><span style="font-size:85%;">and Recent Changes in their Distribution</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br />The 8th Conference of EWDA will focus its scientific programme on the issues of diseases of the European wildlife and recent changes in their distribution. With special concern on facing the wildlife-human-livestock interface, and (re)emerging diseases of public health concern and the role of wildlife, focusing greatly on novel issues of diseases such as tuberculosis, bluetongue, avian influenza, or West Nile fever.<br />This Mediterranean Conference will also promote issues of diseases of marine mammals, and the health of marine ecosystems especially through the health and disease issues of the Mediterranean wildlife.<br />For the 2008 Conference, </span><a href="http://www.ewda2008.org/index.php?k=content&s=call_for_papers"><span style="font-size:85%;">the European Wildlife Disease Association (EWDA) has invited submissions of papers on topics concerning the wildlife-human-livestock interface; emerging diseases, avian influenza, west Nile fever, diseases and preservation of endangered species, marine mammals and health of marine ecosystems, as well as papers on general wildlife issues, diseases of carnivores, ungulates, birds, lagomorphs, reptiles, amphibians and exotics, wildlife disease reporting and surveillance, epidemiology and environmental drivers of wildlife diseases; wildlife disease tools and techniques; and training.</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /><br /></span><a href="http://www.ewda2008.org/index.php?k=content&s=conference_programme"><span style="font-size:85%;">CONFIRMED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS AND SPEAKERS FOR PLENARY SESSIONS INCLUDE:</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br />Dr. Torsten Morner<br />Important diseases in European wildlife - the past, present and future<br />Professor Morner from the Department of Pathology and Wildlife Diseases (formerly Department of Wildlife, Fish and Environment) of the National Veterinary Institute (Uppsala, Sweden) will be giving the keynote address on the topic of the current and most important wildlife diseases in Europe. Dr. Morner is an active member of the OIE group putting together the data of the disease situation in wildlife in Europe and thus has an excellent overview of diseases of the wildlife.<br /><br />Dr. Terry J. Kreeger<br />Chemical immobilization in the 21st century: the future or back to the future?<br />Dr. Kreeger from the Veterinary Services Branch of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department (USA) will be giving the keynote address on the topic of chemical immobilization and wildlife handling covering general topics on wildlife chemical immobilization and handling applicable to European wildlife species with suggested responses to animal and human emergencies in the field. Dr. Kreeger is also the author of the renowned Handbook of Wildlife Chemical Immobilization.<br /><br />Dr. Philip Mellor<br />Expansion of bluetongue in Europe and climate change<br />Professor Mellor from the School of Biological Sciences of the University of Aberdeen and the Department of Arbovirology of the Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright Laboratory (Surrey, UK) is an OIE international expert for bluetongue and African horse sickness. Professor Mellor will be giving an address on the epidemiology of bluetongue in Europe focusing on climate-change as the driving force behind the recent and unprecedented extensions in its distribution.<br /><br />Dr. Djuro Huber<br />Biology and health of Croatian large carnivore populations<br />Professor Huber and his Large Carnivore Research Team of the Zagreb Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (Croatia) have been studying the biology and health status of brown bears, gray wolves and Eurasian lynx in Croatia ever since 1981, and the yielded results were all applied in conservation and management of those species. Along with the Scandinavian large carnivores populations, the Croatian populations are probably the best studied and managed in Europe.<br /><br />Dr. Hrvoje Gomercic's Marine Mammal Research and Conservation Group (speaker Dr. M. Djuras-Gomercic)<br />Cetacean mortality along the Adriatic coastline<br />Professor Gomercic’s Group from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Zagreb (Croatia) is amongst the most active sea-mammal fact-finding assemblies on the Mediterranean focusing on whales, and dolphins primarily. They will be offering an insight into causes of death, pathomorphologic findings, species abundance, and influence of anthropogenic activity in cetaceans through retrospective studies and 20 years of observations on the Croatian Adriatic coast.<br /></span></div><div></div><div></div><div></div>EWDA 2008 Conference Rovinj Croatiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01207181873276920375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2417685526410848675.post-74492864824059861812008-07-10T15:17:00.000-07:002008-07-10T15:19:45.570-07:00EWDA 2008<span style="font-family:arial;color:#999900;"><strong>8th Conference of theEuropean Wildlife Disease Association<br />Rovinj - Croatia<br />2-5 October, 2008</strong></span>EWDA 2008 Conference Rovinj Croatiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01207181873276920375noreply@blogger.com