"Wildlife diseases going viral"
2nd joint symposium BWDS-DSWH
Programme:
Moderators: Wim Van der Poel (WBVR, Nl) & Tim Adriaens (INBO, Be)
09:30 -10:00 Registration and coffee
- 10:00 - 10:05 Opening Prof. dr. A.D.C. Jaarsma (UU, Nl) & Welcome Judith van den Brand (DSWH) & Stefan Roels (BWDS)
Session 1: Viruses
- 10:15 - 11:00 Aviaire Influenza (Thijs Kuiken, Erasmus MC, Nl) (Keynote)
- 11:00 - 11:20 Sars-CoV-2 transmission to the wild fauna (Steven Van Gucht, Sciensano, Be)
- 11:20 - 11:40 Arboviruses (Reina Sikkema, Erasmus MC, Nl)
- 11:40 - 12:00 African Swine Fever (Valerie de Waele, DEMNA, Be)
- 12:00 - 12:20 Bat or Bad Coronaviruses (Lineke Begeman, Erasmus MC, Nl)
12:20 - 14:00 Lunch/Poster session (on site)
Session 2: Animal species
- 14:00 - 14:20 Marine mammal stranding (Lonneke Ijsseldijk, UU, Nl)
- 14:20 - 14:40 Wolves (Jan Gouwy, INBO, Be)
- 14.40 - 15.10 Raccoons in Belgium and the Netherlands (Vinciane Schockert, UGent, Be & Miriam Maas, RVIM, Nl)
15:10 - 15:30 Coffee break
Session 3: Urban Wildlife
- 15:30 - 15:50 City foxes (Bryony Tolhurst, University of Brighton, UK)
- 15:50 - 16:10 Urban greening and rats (Marieke de Cock, RVIM, Nl)
- 16.10 - 16.30 Rose-ringed parakeets (Diederik Strubbe, UGent, Be)
16:30 Closing remarks, Poster awards & Drinks
Registration:
Registration fee: €40 p.p. (student fee: €25 p.p.). Lunch is included in the fee.
Abstract submission deadline: September 15th, 2022.
Registration deadline: September 30th, 2022.
online registration: clik here
Venue:
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine,
Yalelaan 112, 3584 CM Utrecht
