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17th International Symposium on Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics

The 17th International Symposium on Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics (ISVEE17) is hosted by the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists, supported by strong government, industry and academic contributions.

More information is available on the symposium website.

How is ILRI participating?

Staff and associates from ILRI will take part in the symposium through oral and poster presentations, and two special sessions.

11:00 - 13:00
Health policy and capacity building

1215–1230: Building the future One Health workforce in eastern and southern Africa – gaps and opportunities in higher education: Shauna Richards

11:00 - 13:00
Specific species – Cattle

1235–1240: Longitudinal study of abortion in dairy cattle in Nandi County, Kenya: Elizabeth Cook

14:00 - 15:30
Specific topic – Antimicrobial resistance

1520–1525: Assessing biosecurity and risk factors for antibiotic use in semi-intensive broiler farms in Kenya: Naomi Peter

14:00 - 15:30
Specific species – Dairy/cattle

1400–1415: Antibiotic quality and use practices amongst dairy farmers and drug retailers in the Central Kenyan Highlands: Dishon Muloi

16:00 - 17:30
Specific topic – Antimicrobial resistance

1600–1615: Patterns and drivers of antibiotic use in small-scale broiler production systems in Lilongwe district, Malawi: Dishon Muloi

1630–1645: Quantifying antimicrobial consumption patterns in semi-intensive broiler farms in Kenya: Naomi Peter

10:30 - 12:30
Specific topic – Food safety

1045–1100: Salmonella spp. and total bacteria count contamination in retailed pork in Vietnam: a baseline assessment from a food safety randomized controlled trial study: Thi Huyen Trang Le (co-presenters: Fred Unger, Hung Nguyen-Viet and Sinh Dang-Xuan)

10:30 - 12:30
Epi between the cracks

1030–1045: The HORN project: capacity strengthening for One Health research in the Horn of Africa: Siobhan Mor

10:30 - 12:30
Specific species – Ruminants

1030–1045: Seroprevalence and risk factors of peste des petits ruminants in different production systems in Uganda: Joseph Nkamwesiga

10:30 - 12:30
Specific topic – Vector-borne diseases

1115–1130: Linking socio-ecological transformation and arthropod-borne infections: Tatenda Chiuya

10:30 - 12:30
Special session: Adoption of digital transformation to deal with One Health issues among the LMICs

Chair: Hung Nguyen-Viet

1030–1045: One Health implementation from an ASEAN country perspective with emphasizes on ICT applications: Fred Unger

1045–1100: A web-based decision-support tool for prevention and control of Rift Valley fever outbreaks in Kenya: Bernard Bett

1115–1130: Using mobile syndromic surveillance at slaughter to understand the incidence and distribution of important animal and zoonotic diseases in Kenya and Uganda: Elizabeth Cook

1130–1145: Development and use of mobile application for transboundary animal and emerging zoonotic diseases surveillance in Vietnam: Thang Nguyen-Tien

1145–1200: Management of animal diseases and antimicrobial use by information and communication technology to control antimicrobial resistance in east Africa: Florence Mutua

1200–1230: Panel discussion: Using information and communication technology as one of the solutions to mitigate the burden of One Health problems (ILRI panelists: Elizabeth Cook and Fred Unger)

14:00 - 15:30
Epi in a socially connected world

1515–1530: Mixed methods for evaluating livestock vaccination undertaken during humanitarian crises in Africa: Wudu Temesgen

14:00 - 15:30
Special session – From science to policy: Walking the path from research to action

Chair: Silvia Alonso

1400–1410: From science to policy: walking the path from research to action: Silvia Alonso

1410–1417: Science based recommendation to control Brucella suis in domestic animals: Siobhan Mor

1424–1431: Establishment of national food safety technical working groups – experiences from Vietnam and Ethiopia: Hung Nguyen-Viet

1438–1445: Development of regional benchmarks for university food safety teaching curriculum: Florence Mutua

1445–1500: Ending the milk war: scientists and government come together to transform the informal dairy sector in Kenya: Silvia Alonso

16:00 - 17:00
Specific topic – Vector-borne diseases

1600–1615: Longitudinal observational study on the causes of trypanocide failure in cases of African animal trypanosomiasis in cattle of northern Tanzania: Shauna Richards

1615–1630: Epidemiological investigation of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Sodo district, southern Ethiopia: Lina Mego