EUROPEAN MEETING ON ANIMAL CHLAMYDIOSIS EMAC-4 FINAL PROGRAMME September 13-15, 2017 Zagreb, Croatia University of Zagreb Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
September 13th, 2017 Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Heinzelova 55, 10000 Zagreb, main building 18:00 20:00 Registration 19:00 21:00 Welcome Cocktail September 14th, 2017 Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Heinzelova 55, 10000 Zagreb, main lecture hall 8:00 9:00 Registration 9:00 9:30 OPENING CEREMONY IN THE NAME OF THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE (D. HORVATEK TOMIC) DEAN OF THE FACULTY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB (TO OPEN THE EVENT) HEAD OF THE LABORATORY FOR CHLAMYDIA (E. PRUKNER-RADOVCIC) IN THE NAME OF THE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE (K. SACHSE) 1 st SESSION Pathogenesis and Diagnosis of Chlamydial Infections Chairpersons: Estella Prukner-Radovcic, Konrad Sachse Main Lecture Hall 9:30-10:10 PATRIK BAVOIL, Baltimore, USA Is oral inoculation applicable to all members of the Chlamydiaceae as a method to colonize the host digestive tract? 10:10-10:30 MARTINA JELOCNIK, Queensland, Australia Diagnosing Chlamydia psittaci and Chlamydia pecorum in less than an hour using rapid novel isothermal amplification assays 10:30-11:00 Coffee break 11:00-11:20 HANNA MARTI, Zürich, Switzerland Recovery from penicillin-induced persistence and tetracycline resistance in Chlamydia suis
11:20-11:40 CHRISTIANE SCHNEE, Jena, Germany A peptide microarray for the species-specific detection of chlamydial antibodies 11:40-12:00 ANA MARQUIZA QUILICOT, Zagreb, Croatia Chlamydia gallinacea- main avian chlamydia species detected in free-range indigenous chicken flocks in Bohol, Philippines 12:00-12:20 MANUELA DONATI, Bologna, Italy Simkania negevensis and Chlamydia pneumoniae in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases 12:20-12:40 DAVID LONGBOTTOM, Penicuik, Scotland, UK Ideas about a new framework for chlamydia researchers 12:40-14:00 Lunch break (Old Hall, main building, 1st floor) 14:00-15:00 Poster Session (Poster 1-11 ) Posters will be displayed in the main building, 1st floor. Authors should stand next to the posters during the Poster Session, according to the schedule. 2 nd SESSION Epidemiology of Chlamydial Infections Chairpersons: David Longbottom, Karine Laroucau Main Lecture Hall 15:00-15:40 IAN CLARKE, Southampton, UK The chlamydial plasmid: its role in growth kinetics and tropism 15:40-16:00 PRISCA MATTMANN, Zürich, Switzerland Chlamydiaceae in wild, feral and domesticated pigeons in Switzerland 16:00-16:30 Coffee break 16:30-16:50 MARLOES HEIJNE, Lelystad, The Netherlands OmpA sequencing of Chlamydia gallinacea-positive samples from laying hens 16:50-17:10 MONIKA SZYMAŃSKA-CZERWIŃSKA, Pulawy, Poland Avian Chlamydia abortus an emerging agent in wild birds and domestic poultry? 17:10-17:30 FRANCESCA RIZZO, Turin, Italy Chlamydial infections in poultry: preliminary evidences in Piedmont, Northwest Italy 20:00- SOCIAL DINNER (Restaurant KAPTOLSKA KLET, Kaptol 5, 10000 Zagreb)
September 15th, 2017 3 rd SESSION Chlamydial vaccines and immunity Chairpersons: Nicole Borel, Maria Rosa Caro 9:00-9:40 ADAM POLKINGHORNE, Queensland, Australia New insights into the molecular epidemiology of Chlamydia psittaci infections in birds and mammals 9:40-10:00 SHARON NYARI, Queensland, Australia Therapeutic effect of a rmomp chlamydial vaccine on early stage ocular diseased koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) 10:00-10:20 MARTINA JELOCNIK, Queensland, Australia Development of a sheep anti-chlamydia pecorum recombinant protein vaccine prototype: safety and immunogenicity in pregnant ewes and lambs 10:20-10:40 SANKHYA BOMMANA, Queensland, Australia Humoral immune response against surface antigens of Chlamydia pecorum in vaccinated and naturally infected sheep 10:40-11:10 Coffee break 11:10-11:30 JIZHANG ZHOU, Qinghai, China The mice immunity experiment of the inactivated vaccine of Chlamydia abortus from yak 11:30-11:50 DANIEL ALVAREZ, Murcia, Spain Influence of estradiol and progesterone on the effectiveness of a Chlamydia abortus vaccine in a mouse model 11:50-12:10 CHENG HE, Beijing, China Evaluation of nanoparticle-delivered inactivated whole antigen against Chlamydia psittaci infection in SPF chickens 12:10-13:10 Lunch break (Old Hall, main building, 1st floor) 13:10-14:00 Poster Session (Poster 12-22) Posters will be displayed in the main building, 1st floor. Authors should stand next to the posters during the Poster Session, according to the schedule.
4 th SESSION Chlamydiaceae and Zoonotic Implications Chairpersons: Simone Magnino, Danijela Horvatek Tomic 14:00-14:40 YVONNE PANNEKOEK, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Chlamydiaceae and Zoonotic Implications: the Dutch experience 14:40-15:00 BJÖRN HERRMANN, Uppsala, Sweden Chlamydia psittaci in fulmars on the Faroe Islands: Eight decades after a severe epidemic of chlamydiosis 15:00-15:20 ERIKA ORNELAS-EUSEBIO, Mexico City, Mexico Chlamydiaceae prevalence in psittacine birds showing respiratory clinical signs from an Avian Hospital and a Wildlife Management Unit in Mexico 15:20-15:40 EVELINE STAUB, Zürich, Switzerland Novel species of Chlamydia isolated from snakes are temperature-sensitive and exhibit decreased susceptibility to azithromycin 15:40-16:00 CLOSING CEREMONY YOUNG SCIENTIST PRESENTATION AWARD POSTER AWARD CLOSING REMARKS AND FAREWELL 17:00- ZAGREB SIGHTSEEING TOUR (OPTIONAL)
POSTER PRESENTATIONS Main building, 1 st floor We kindly ask the authors to display the posters before 10:00, September 14th, 2017 (for posters 1-12) and then to remove it in the morning of September 15 th, so that the posters 13-24 could be displayed for Second poster session! Poster number 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. Poster Donati, M., Laroucau, K., Guerrini, A., Balboni, A., Salvatore, D., Catelli, E., Lupini, C., Levi, A., Di Francesco, A. Chlamydiosis in ornamental chickens (Gallus gallus) in Italy Trinkler, M., Vogler, B.R., Borel, N., Pesch, T., Prähauser, B., Hoop, R., Albini, S. Absence of Chlamydiaceae in Swiss turkey farms Raso, T. F., Aaziz, R., Laroucau, K. Chlamydia gallinacea in Brazilian layer flocks Bolotin, V., Beseda, N., Pesch, T., Solodiankin, O., Prӓhauser, B., Marchenko, N., Gerilovych, A., Pospischil, A., Borel, N. Monitoring of infection associated with C. abortus and C. pecorum in ruminants in Ukraine Špičić, S., Benić, M., Zdelar-Tuk, M., Duvnjak, S., Reil, I., Cvetnić, M., Cvetnić, Ž. Seroprevalence of chlamydial infection in abortion cases in ruminants in Croatia Mermoud, I., Rantoen, D., Meynard, L., Sansonetti, M.-H., Comtet, L. Comparison of two ELISA tests to study the seroprevalence of Chlamydophila abortus in the New Caledonian bovine herd Peisker, M., Schnee, C., Berens, C. Characterization of tetracycline resistance determinants in Chlamydia Balk, S., Schnee, C. Investigations into coinfections of the obligate intracellular ruminant pathogens Chlamydia abortus and Coxiella burnetii Kuratli, J., Pesch, T., Marti, H., Blenn, C., Borel, N. Insights into the working mechanism of water filtered infrared A (wira) irradiation on Chlamydia trachomatis serovar E Álvarez, D., Murcia-Belmonte, A., Buendía, A.J., Navarro, J.A., Schnee, C., Salinas, J., Caro, M.R. Effect of estradiol and progesterone on the developmental cycle of in vitro cultured Chlamydia abortus Biondi, R., Muthusamy, R., Rigamonti, S., Vicari, N., Magnino, S., Donati, M. Antimicrobial susceptibility of a Chlamydia avium isolate recovered in Italy from a pigeon Fritschi, J., Stokar-Regenscheit, N., Aeby, S., Greub, G., Borel, N. Chlamydiales in captive and free-living bats in Switzerland Wuenschmann A., Solmonson L., Vorimore, F., Aaziz, R., Laroucau, K. Chlamydiosis in a Red-shouldered hawk (Buteo lineatus)
14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. Gallo Vaulet, M. L., Entrocassi, AC., Uhart, M.M., Gallo, L., Blanco, G.S., Rago, M.V., Rodriguez Fermepin, M. High frequency of Chlamydiaceae spp. in penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus) samples from Patagonia, Argentina Szymańska-Czerwińska, M., Niemczuk K., Mitura A., Laroucau, K. Free-living and captive turtles and tortoises as carriers of new Chlamydia spp. Cirerol, M., Ortega, N., Álvarez, D., Murcia-Belmonte, A., Del Río, L., Salinas, J., Caro, M.R. Detection of Chlamydia spp. in captive spur-thighed tortoises (Testudo graeca) in South-east Spain Rossi-Perazza, L., Raso, T.F. Detection of Chlamydiaceae in pigeon louse flies (Pseudolynchia canariensis): a preliminary study Chisu, V., Foxi, C., Tanda, A., Masala, G. New evidence of Chlamydiales infections in Ixodid ticks removed from wildlife, domestic and livestock in Sardinia, Italy Burnard, D., Timms, P., Polkinghorne, A. Novel Ca. Rhabdochlamydia sp. associated with native Australian marsupials and their parasitising tick species: Using genomics to understand transmission events and pathogenesis Rigamonti, S., Floriano, A.M., Scaltriti, E., Vecchio Nepita, E., Comandatore, F., Casadei, G., Donati, M., Vicari, N., Magnino, S. Whole genome sequencing of C. avium and C. pecorum isolates from Italy Jelocnik, M., Guo, W., Li, J., Sachse, K., Polkinghorne, A., Pannekoek, Y., Kaltenboeck, B., Gong, J., You, J., Wang, C. Molecular epidemiological analysis of Chlamydia gallinacea reveals a high level of genetic diversity for this newly emerging chlamydial pathogen Kakha Nadiradze, K., Phirosmanashvili, S.N. Animals Chlamydiosis as Pandora Box