01 - 03 April 2009 - The Annual Meeting of the Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine will be held in London, United Kingdom;
This event will include sessions on antimicrobial resistance, genetic
epidemiology, animal health economics, infectious disease modelling and
network analysis.
http://www.svepm.org.uk/conferences.php?view=7
05 – 08 April, 2009
- The 7th International Symposium on Avian Influenza will be held at
the University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education, Athens, Georgia, USA.
http://www.georgiacenter.uga.edu/conferences/2009/Apr/05/avian.phtml
15-16
April 2009 - The Ministerial Conference titled “The Microbial Threat
to Patient Safety in Europe” will be held in Prague, Czech Republic;
more information on
http://ec.europa.eu/health/ph_systems/docs/ev_20090415_en.pdf
27 April - 01 May 2009
– The 2009 World Congress on Public Health organized by the World
Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA), in collaboration with
the Turkish Public Health Association will be held in Istanbul, Turkey. Registration and information can be found at: http://www.worldpublichealth2009.org/registration.html
13 -15 May 2009 – The 10th Joint CSL/JIFSAN Symposium on Food Safety and Nutrition jointly
organized by the Central Science Laboratory (CSL) in United Kingdom,
and the Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN)
of USA, supported by the EU Joint Research Centre (JRC) will be held
in Greenbelt, Maryland USA; the focus is on “Methods and systems for
tracking tracing and verifying foods through out the supply chain”. Flyer available on
http://jifsan.umd.edu/news/event_record.php?id=6
17 - 22 May 2009 – The annual conference of the Australian Veterinary Association will take place in Darwin, Australia; more information on
http://www.worldvet.org/docs/AVA2009Registration.pdf
24-29 May 2009 – World Veterinary Day Award 2009
instigated by the World Veterinary Association (WVA) in 2000 and to be
celebrated annually on the last Saturday of April will be delivered at
the 77th OIE General Assembly to be held in Paris, France on 24-29 May 2009
Theme for the year 2009 is “Veterinarians and livestock farmers, a winning partnership”. The
Award will reward the veterinary association who will best publicise
the theme by involving the livestock farmers in the organisation of
events along with all other stakeholders such as the media and the
general public.
http://www.worldvet.org/node/4880
26 - 28 May 2009 - The 21st Brazilian Poultry Congress will take place at the FIERGS Exhibition and Convention Centre in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
The Brazilian Poultry Association (UBA), the Brazilian Chicken
Producers and Exporters Association (ABEF), the APINCO Foundation for
Poultry Science & Technology (FACTA) and the Federation of
Industries for the State of Rio Grande do Sul (FIERGS) will join forces
at the event towards the common goal of Brazilian poultry farming
excellence.
http://www.worldpoultry.net/news/21st-brazilian-poultry-congress-in-may-3626.html
3 – 6 June 2009
- The 5th Med-Vet-Net Annual Scientific Meeting is planned for June
2009. The Med-Vet-Net is an European network of execellence working
for the prevention and surveillance of zoonotic and food borne
diseases; It will take place in Madrid, Spain. The meeting theme is “Microbial Communities”.
More information and topics list available on
http://www.medvetnet.org/cms/templates/doc.php?id=230
PUBLICATIONS
“Cumulative
Veterinary Adverse Drug Experience (ADE) Reports” – The Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) has posted the Cumulative Adverse Drug Experiences
(ADE) Summaries Report; The appropriate use of this website
information is to search the active ingredient of a drug to see if
particular signs associated with adverse reactions have been reported
with the drug’s use.
http://www.fda.gov/cvm/ade_cum.htm
“Shiga Toxin – producing Escherichia coli
Strains Negative for Locus of Enterocyte Effacement”; Most Shiga
toxin–producing Escherichia coli (STEC) infections that are associated
with severe sequelae such as hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) are caused
by attaching and effacing pathogens that carry the locus of enterocyte
effacement (LEE). Research Volume 15, Number 3 – March 2009
http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/3/372.htm
“Meeting the Challenge of Influenza Pandemic Preparedness in Developing Countries” by David S. Fedson. Volume 15, Number 3–March 2009
http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/3/365.htm
Animal
nutrition - “Feed preference in pigs: Effect of cereal sources at
different inclusion rates” from the Journal of animal Science by D.
Solà-Oriol, E. Roura and D. Torrallardona.
http://jas.fass.org/cgi/content/abstract/87/2/562
TRAINING / EDUCATION
Short Course in Advanced Statistics using R - This
course is aimed at helping R users become confident and proficient in
using R for some of the more sophisticated statistical analyses,
particularly multiple regression analyses, linear models and mixed
effect models It will take place on 5 – 7 of May 2009. more information and registration forms can be found on
http://www.abcrc.org.au/pages/Education.aspx?MenuID=47
Royal Veterinary College, London (RVC), UK - Senior Clinical Training Scholarship in Veterinary Public Health provided to undertake a three year residency programme in Veterinary public health jointly conducted at the RVc, Defra, VLA
http://www.ecvph.org/View.aspx?i=7
Animal
& Veterinary Public Health Research Opportunities - Applicants
sought for the Veterinary Laboratories Agency PhD programme 2009/12 -
In conjunction with a network of top ranked academic partners, VLA is
offering a series of PhD studentships in topical animal, veterinary and public health subjects.
The table linked below provides details of the research team
http://www.defra.gov.uk/vla/science/sci_phd.htm
YoungTrain E-learning Material which funding is provided by the Young Train project and the European Union FP6 programme is
a website containing learning materials in differing formats, some are
lectures by internationally renowned speakers and others are
interactive courses. The information is freely available for download
and use and it adressses to animal
and food research scientists who want further insights into meat
quality and safety, professionals in the industry who want to learn of
the technical challenges and solutions lecturers who want to use the
materials to teach their students and whoever want to learn flexibly
or people who want to find out about e-learning techniques and how they
can be used for education, research and dissemination.
http://www.young-train.net/e-Learning/00Material.htm
