SUNDAY, 16 SEPTEMBER 2012
Venue: Small auditorium and lapa, DVTD
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| 17:00-19:00 |
Registration |
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17:00 till late
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Meet & greet cocktail evening
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MONDAY, 17 SEPTEMBER 2012
Venue: Old Faculty Building
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| 07:30-08:00 |
Registration |
| 08:00-08:15 |
Opening and Welcoming Address: Prof Koos Coetzer |
| 08:15-09:00 |
Motivational speaker: to be announced |
| 09:00-09:45 |
Keynote Speaker: Dr Patricia Conrad
One Health: An approach to global health challenges |
| 09:45-10:15 |
One Health DVD |
| 10:15-10:45 |
Tea break |
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SESSION 1: Zoonoses
Chairs: A. Jenkins (DVTD, UP) and C. Quembo (CIRAD)
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| 10:45-11:00 |
J. Musoke (Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, UP)
An investigation into the role of cattle in the epidemiology of tuberculosis in humans in Mnisi, South Africa and Malapati, Zimbabwe
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| 11:00-11:15 |
B. Gadaga (UZ-CIRAD, RP-PCP)
A survey of brucellosis and bovine tuberculosis at the human/wildlife/animal interface |
| 11:15-11:30 |
Z. Bugwesa (SACIDS)
Genetic and ecological drivers of tuberculosis at human/livestock/wildlife interface of the Serengeti ecosystem, Tanzania |
| 11:30-11:45 |
N. Abu Samra (Production Animal Studies, UP)
Study of the epidemiology of milk transmitted zoonotic diseases at the wildlife-livestock and human interface in the western boundaries of the Kruger National Park |
| 11:45-12:00 |
J. Coertse (Natural and Agricultural Sciences, UP)
Mokola virus pathogenicity. Searching for the reservoir host |
| 12:00-12:15 |
M. Hergert (Paraclinical Sciences, UP)
Characteristics of high risk dog populations in rabies endemic KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa |
| 12:15-12:30 |
T. Mollentze (Natural and Agricultural Sciences, UP)
Improving rabies control through better understanding of transmission pathways as determined through the combination of genetic and epidemiological data |
| 12:30-12:45 |
T. Scott (Natural and Agricultural Sciences, UP)
Critical virological factors pertaining to the infection of Namibian kudu with rabies virus |
| 12:45-13:00 |
J. Mundava (NUST-CIRAD, RP-PCP)
Avian influenza virus and waterfowl: virus maintenance in Zimbabwe |
| 13:00-13:15 |
K.E. Mwape (Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, UP)
An epidemiological study of human tapeworm infections in the Eastern Province of Zambia |
| 13:15-13:30 |
Discussion and conclusion
Interactive session leaders: TBA |
| 13:30-14:30 |
Lunch break |
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SESSION 2: Emerging diseases
Chairs: J. Crafford (DVTD, UP) and Z. Bugwesa (SACIDS)
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| 14:30-14:45 |
C. Quembo (CIRAD)
Epidemiology of African swine fever at the wildlife/domestic interface of Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique |
| 14:45-15:00 |
C. Sindato (SACIDS)
Spatial and temporal assessment of the risk of Rift Valley fever occurrence in Tanzania |
| 15:00-15:15 |
G. Monteiro (Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, UP)
Molecular basis for the Rift Valley fever virus attenuation |
| 15:15-15:30 |
M. Phosiwa (Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, UP)
Effect of mutation and reassortment on Rift Valley fever virus |
| 15:30-15:45 |
J. Fafetine (Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, UP)
Improved diagnostic tools for the diagnosis of Rift Valley fever and its use on epidemiological studies in Mozambique |
| 15:45-16:00 |
L. Odendaal (Paraclinical Sciences, UP)
Diagnostic techniques for the detection of Rift Valley fever virus and the pathology of Rift Valley fever in naturally infected ruminants |
| 16:00-16:30 |
Tea break |
| 16:30-16:45 |
J. Pienaar
To be announced |
| 16:45-17:00 |
Anapaula
To be announced |
| 17:00-17:15 |
S. Mulangu (SACIDS)
Ebola virus in the Congo basin: ecology of filoviruses in the Congo river and Nile river ecosystems (Democratic Republic of Congo) |
| 17:15-17:30 |
S. van Niekerk (Health Sciences, UP)
Alpha viruses as a cause of neurological disease in wildlife in Africa |
| 17:30-17:45 |
C. van Eeden (Health Sciences, UP)
Shuni virus: a cause of neurological disease in horses and wildlife in South Africa |
| 17:45-18:00 |
Discussion and Conclusion
Interactive session leaders: O. Ndumnego (DVTD, UP) and B. Gadaga (CIRAD) |
| 18:00-18:15 |
Closure and Narrative
Take home message: J. Crafford (DVTD, UP) |
| 18:30- till late |
Dinner and social |
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TUESDAY, 18 SEPTEMBER 2012 Venue: Old Faculty Building
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| 08:00-8:30 |
DVD: Beauty and the Beef |
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SESSION 3: Interactions between animals, humans, pathogens and the environment
Chairs: D. Knobel (DVTD, UP) and M. Zvidzai (UZ-CIRAD, RP-PCP)
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| 08:30-08:45 |
J. van Rooyen (Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, UP)
Critical analysis of the livestock production and animal health management systems in a communal farming area at the wildlife/livestock interface, Bushbuckridge district, South Africa |
| 08:45-09:15 |
D.J.C. Blignaut (Production Animal Studies, UP)
A comparative study on the impact of veterinary activities in the Mnisi community in southern Africa |
| 09:15-09:30 |
L. van Schalkwyk (Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, UP)
Development of a spatio-temporal probability model of foot-and-mouth disease risk at the wildlife-livestock interface of the Kruger National Park, South Africa |
| 09:30-09:45 |
S. Zishiri (UZ-CIRAD, RP-PCP)
Understanding socio-economic factors that influence local people’s capacity to access and manage cattle in Sengwe communal land, Zimbabwe |
| 09:45-10:00 |
L. Chitegwese (UZ-CIRAD, RP-PCP)
Movement of large herbivores across the wildlife-livestock interface: testing the effect of resource gradients on large herbivore movement in the south east Lowveld of Zimbabwe |
| 10:00-10:15 |
Discussion and Conclusion
Interactive session leaders: D. Eygelaar (DVTD, UP) and S. van Niekerk (HS, UP) |
| 10:15-10:45 |
Tea break |
| 10:45-13:00 |
Team Building |
| 13:00-14:00 |
Lunch break |
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SESSION 4: Ecosystem Health
Chairs: A. Hassim (DVTD, UP) and L Chitegwese (UZ-CIRAD, RP-PCP)
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| 14:00-14:15 |
J. Myburgh (Paraclinical Sciences, UP)
Development and validation of selected biomarkers for the sharptooth catfish (Clarias gariepinus) and Nile crocodile (Crocodylis niloticus) as indicators of pollution in aquatic ecosystems in South Africa |
| 14:15-14:30 |
J. Dabrowski (Paraclinical Sciences, UP)
Water quality, metal bioaccumulation and parasite communities of Oreochromis mossambicus in Loskop dam, Mpumalanga, South Africa |
| 14:30-14:45 |
M. Zvidzai (UZ-CIRAD, RP-PCP)
Spatial and temporal distributions patterns of water resources in the south east Lowveld of Zimbabwe: implications for wild and domestic herbivore |
| 14:45-15:00 |
A.C. Barnhard (Natural and Agricultural Sciences, UP)
Metzincins: promising anti-tick vaccines |
| 15:00-15:15 |
I. Kiper (Natural and Agricultural Sciences, UP)
Identification of all the Bm96-interacting proteins |
| 15:15-15:30 |
Discussion and Conclusion
Interactive session: B. Modise (DVTD, UP) and J. Coetzee (NAS, UP) |
| 15:30-15:45 |
Closure and Narrative
Take home message: D. Knobel (DVTD, UP) |
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