Future Animal Health and Welfare in collaboration with The Centre for Reproductive Biology in Uppsala Welcome to our seminar on December 4-5: Infection control in equine breeding farms How updated are you on equine infectious diseases? Do you know how to best prevent their spread in a breeding farm or how to diagnose and treat them? FUTURE ANIMAL HEALTH & WELFARE Through the programme Future Animal Health and Welfare, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) brings together and strengthens research within the area and thus supports society s sustainable relationship to animals. www.slu.se/futureanimal CeNTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY IN UPPSALA CRU is a joint body between SLU and Uppsala University. CRU s main function is to increase the knowledge about reproduction in animals and humans by applying a more comprehensive view on reproductive biology. www.slu.se/cru Healthy horses are the key to a sustainable equine industry and infection control plays a vital role in both individual horse and herd health. Preventive measures are designed to reduce the risk of introduction and spread of infectious agents on a farm, thereby lowering the incidence of disease in horses and the likelihood of outbreaks, as well as infections of horse farm personnel. This seminar will cover several areas, including endometritis, venereal-, foal-, infectious- and respiratory diseases, diarrhea, parasites and prevention and control, including vaccinations, isolation and managing horses in groups. This is a unique opportunity to get updated on infection control in equine breeding farms and a chance to exchange your own experiences with colleagues engaged in the same field. All presentations will be held in English. We look forward to seeing you! FOR PROGRAMME SEE NEXT PAGE
Programme Thursday, December 4 8.30 9.00 9.15 10.00 10.45 11.15 12.00 12.45 13.45 14.30 15.15 15.45 16.15 17.00 18.00 20.00 and registration Introduction and goal of the seminar Ulrika Grönlund, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences The role and need of infection control in equine breeding farms Nathan Slovis, Hagyard Equine Medical Institute, US Preventive measures for foals in equine breeding farms Nathan Slovis, Hagyard Equine Medical Institute, US The fear of viral acronyms (EHV, EVA, EIA, EI) in equine breeding farms Louise Treiberg-Berndtsson, National Veterinary Institute, Sweden Antimicrobial resistence - an issue that concerns us all Ulrika Grönlund, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Lunch Bacteriology: What you need to know about infectious agents and sampling techniques Anders Miki Bojesen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Evidence-based treatment of endometritis Terttu Katila, University of Helsinki, Finland How to interpret sampling results from reproductive tract of the stallion including CEM Terttu Katila, University of Helsinki, Finland Can you control Rhodococcus equi in a farm? Gittan Gröndahl, National Veterinary Institute, Sweden Roundtable: Exchange of experiences among participants End of scientific programme day 1 Dinner
Programme Friday, December 5 8.30 9.15 10.00 10.45 11.15 12.00 12.45 13.45 14.30 15.00 15.30 16.00 17.00 Handling and grouping of mares, stallions and young crops Johan Hellander, Menhammar studfarm, Sweden Hygienic measures at AI centres Kerstin Darenius, Caballa and Select Breeders Service, Sweden Handling of an outbreak of dourine Paola Gulden, private practice in equine reproduction, Italy How to control parasites in a breeding farm Eva Osterman-Lind, National Veterinary Institute, Sweden Vaccination strategies in a modern studfarm Agneta Gustafsson, MSD Animal Health, Sweden Lunch Salmonella eradication and control practical issues Sanna Sternberg-Lewerin, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Diagnostics of clinical and subclinical strangles Gittan Gröndahl, National Veterinary Institute, Sweden Prevention of strangles and handling of clinical and subclinical horses Miia Rihimäki, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Roundtable: Exchange of experiences among participants Goodbye When? December 4-5 2014 Where? Radisson Blu, Uppsala More information: Ulrika Grönlund, ulrika.gronlund@slu
Ulrika Grönlund, DVM, PhD, senior lecturer in animal nursing with focus on infection control. Expertise in antimicrobial resistance, has been working with antimicrobial resistance, surveillance, treatments and infection control for the last 8 years at the National Veterinary Institute, Sweden. Nathan Marc Slovis, DVM, Diplomate ACVIM, CHT, director of the McGee Medical and Critical Care Center at the Hagyard Equine Medical Institute located in Lexington, Kentucky. He implemented the current Infectious Disease and Equine Emergency Response Programs at Hagyard Equine Medical Institute and holds the position of Infectious Disease Officer and Equine Emergency Response Director. Louise Treiberg-Berndtsson, DVM, virologist working for 18 years with viral diagnostics especially horses and dogs. Elected to the ESP, OIE expert surveillance panel on equine influenza vaccine composition, Swedish NRL responsible for viral diseases in horses Anders Miki Bojesen DVM, PhD, Professor of veterinary microbiology, head of Veterinary Clinical Microbiology, Department of Veterinary Disease Biology, University of Copenhagen. Anders Miki Bojesen has been working with reproductive tract infections in mares since 2008. He is also co-founder and CEO of the company Bojesen and Petersen Biotech, which is marketing bactivate. The product has been demonstrated able of re-activating dormant streptococci and allow curing by antimicrobials.
Terttu Katila, professor in animal reproduction at Helsinki University since 1998, Diplomate of European College of Animal Reproduction 2000, special interest in equine reproduction. Johan Hellander, DVM, stud farm manager at Menhammar, www.menhammar.com. Kerstin Darenius DVM, Ph.D. in mare gynaecology, private practice Caballa, president of the Swedish Stud Farm Vet. Association, member of Select Breeders Services http://www.selectbreeders.com Paola Gulden, DMV. In 1992 Paola graduated with a degree in Veterinary Medicine from the University of Milan. Since 2003 Paola has focused on stud medicine, in particular on the use of frozen semen and has been especially interested in equine infective diseases. Paola has spent time seeing practice in England (Rossdales and Partners, Newmarket, Equine Fertility Unit, Newmarket), Germany (Tierklinik Hochmoor), Australia (Goulbourn Valley Equine Clinic, Goulbourn), USA (New Bolton Center, Pennsylvania, Colorado State University, Fort Collins).
Eva Osterman-Lind, DVM DVM, PhD, Diplomate of European Veterinary Parasitology College, Head of Section for Parasitological Diagnostics, National Veterinary Institute, Sweden. Field of interest; equine parasitology and diagnostics. Agneta Gustafsson DVM, PhD, Diplomate of European College of Equine Internal Medicine, Veterinary Manager at MSD Animal Health, have during recent years been responsible for the vaccines within this company in Sweden. Susanna Sternberg Lewerin, DVM, PhD, Professor in Epizootiology and Disease Control, PhD in Veterinary Bacteriology and Postgraduate Diploma in Veterinary epidemiology. Susanna has over 10 years of experience in animal disease control in Sweden and Europe. Among other things, she is involved in on-farm control and eradication of salmonella in Sweden. Moreover, she is a researcher and teaches within the field of infectious animal disease control, and is an expert consultant on EU level. Gittan Gröndahl, DVM, PhD, acting state veterinarian, Department of Animal Health and Antimicrobial Strategies, National Veterinary Institute (SVA), Uppsala. Dr Gröndahl works with equine infectious diseases: disease surveillance and preparedness; diagnosis and analysis; research and development; and communication and knowledge transfer to veterinarians, stake holders and horse owners. Current projects aim to improve diagnostics and handling of foal septicaemia, Rhodococcus equi pneumonia and in silent carriers of strangles, and to better characterize the emerging neuromuscular diseases Acquired equine polyneuropathy and Atypical myopathy
Miia Riihimäki, DVM, VMD. Doctor in Veterinary Medicine, PhD 2008, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, SLU. Clinical veterinarian in Equine Internal Medicine since 1999 at the Department of Clinical Sciences and the University teaching hospital (UDS), working with theoretical and practical supervision of veterinary students in equine internal medicine. Miia s research focus is on respiratory diseases in horses. Current research activities focus on respiratory pathogens in the horse, including antibiotic sensitivity patterns of pleural anaerobes and pathobiology of Strangles.