Epidemiological surveillance and innovative systems for the early detection of diseases in swine and cattle industry
The event is organized by the Vet + i Foundation, the Veterinary Health Surveillance Center (VISAVET). Expert speakers in animal health will represent, among others, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the National Association of Porcine Cattle Producers (ANPROGAPOR) and the Spanish Association of Producers of Beef Cattle (ASOPROVAC). Next Monday, July 23, Madrid. Free access.
Main speeches will focus on the surveillance of animal diseases, from the economic and health point of view, the biosecurity and design of new diagnostic methods, the early detection systems, based on new technologies, and the innovations in surveillance of animal diseases, specifically in porcine and bovine livestock species.
Aimed to professionals of Animal Health (industry, veterinarians, researchers, etc.).
This activity is part of the Operational Group 2018 entitled "Epidemiological Surveillance and transfer: detection of diseases in swine and cattle populations".
Event date and place: Next Monday, July 23 at the facilities of the Veterinary Health Surveillance Center (VISAVET) at the Complutense University of Madrid, Puerta de Hierro Avenue, NN, 28040, Madrid, morning.
Mapping apicultural placements: key to animal health in beekeeping
The Vet + i Foundation, the Veterinary Health Surveillance Center (VISAVET), and the Association of Beekeepers of the Autonomous Community of Madrid (APISCAM), with the collaboration of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and Coordinator of Farmers and Livestock Organizations (COAG-IR) organize this workshop. July 20, 2018, Madrid. Free access.
The workshop will be carried out by bee health experts and will focus on the main problems and diseases that affect the health of apiaries, and the importance of monitoring the bee diseases, mainly associated with sanitary and environmental factors, among others.
Aimed to professionals of Animal Health (industry, veterinarians, researchers, etc.). This activity is part of the Operational Group 2018 entitled "Preparation of a suitability map for apicultural locations".
Event date and place: July 20 at the facilities of the Veterinary Sanitary Surveillance Center (VISAVET) at the Complutense University of Madrid, Puerta de Hierro Avenue, NN, 28040, Madrid, morning.
African Swine Fever- soon all over Europe?
Prof. José Manuel Sánchez-Vizcaíno participates today, 19th of June, as guest speaker at the European Parliament Seminar: African swine fever, soon all over Europe?
The African Swine Fever disease is advancing dangerously in Central and Eastern Europe since 2014. In the seminar will be discussed, together with other experts, the possible solutions and ways of cooperation to try to stop in an efficient way the advance of the African Swine Fever in Europe.
ProgramRelevant Measures to Prevent the Spread of African Swine Fever in the European Union Domestic Pig Sector
New open access research article published in Frontiers in Veterinary Science
UCM-Kansas State University Research Collaboration
This week we have the pleasure of hosting Dr. Jürgen A. Richt, Regents Distinguished Professor and Eminent Scholar for Kansas Bioscience Authority, from Kansas State University.
The visit is focused on fostering the collaboration between Kansas State University and SUAT-UCM in the exchange of knowledge concerning ASF new diagnosis methods.
PLoS One new research published
New research article published entitled "An advection-deposition-survival model to assess the risk of introduction of vector-borne diseases through the wind: Application to bluetongue outbreaks in Spain".
This work develops a methodology for estimating risk of wind-borne introduction of flying insects into a country, identifying areas and periods of high risk of vector-borne diseases incursion. This risk can be characterized by the role of suitable temperatures and wind currents in small insects' survival and movements, respectively. The model predicts the number density of introduced insects over space and time based on three processes: the advection due to wind currents, the deposition on the ground and the survival due to climatic conditions. Spanish livestock has suffered many bluetongue outbreaks since 2004 and numerous experts point to Culicoides transported by wind from affected areas in North Africa as a possible cause. This work implements numerical experiments simulating the introduction of Culicoides in 2004. The model identified southern and eastern Spain, particularly between June and November, as being at greatest risk of wind-borne Culicoides introduction, which matches field data on bluetongue outbreaks in Spain this year. This validation suggests that this model may be useful for predicting introduction of airborne pathogens of significance to animal productivity.
Fernandez-Carrion E., Ivorra B., Ramos AM., Martinez-Lopez B., Aguilar-Vega C., Sanchez-Vizcaino JM.
José Manuel Sánchez-Vizcaíno, University of Minnesota Adjunct Professor
On December 19, Professor José Manuel Sánchez-Vizcaíno was named "Adjunct Professor" of the Veterinary Population Medicine Department, at University of Minnesota, for the 2017-2018 academic year, in recognition of his academic contribution in that department.
Bovine tuberculosis update course
On December 20, Dr. José Ángel Barasona will participate in this course with the presentation: New scientific studies 2013-2016 on epidemiology and wildlife. Future perspectives.
The outline of African Swine Fever
On December 6, Professor Sánchez-Vizcaíno will visit the Hokkaido University in Japan to give the seminar "The outline of African Swine Fever".
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XIII SECEM Congress
The Spanish Society for the Conservation and Study of Mammals has held its thirteenth congress in Guadalajara from 6 to 9 December. The Viral Immunology and Preventive Medicine group has participated with the following communications:
- Situación sanitaria de carnívoros silvestres en Castilla-La Mancha: preparando el terreno para el lince ibérico.
Lima-Barbero JF., Barasona JA., Ruiz Alba JF., Mata Huete M., Triguero-Ocana R., Risalde MA., Ferreras P., Diaz Ruiz F., Tobajas J., Boadella M. y Gortazar C. - Efecto de la tortuosidad sobre las estimas del rango diario de desplazamiento: el jabalí (Sus scrofa) como caso de estudio.
Palencia P., Barroso P., Vicente J., Barasona JA. y Acevedo P. - Actualización de la peste porcina africana en la interfaz jabalí/porcino doméstico: medidas preventivas.
Jurado C., Ruiz-Fons F., Sanchez-Vizcaino JM. y Barasona JA. - El incremento poblacional del jabalí amenaza la fauna silvestre asociada a los humedales.
Barasona JA., Boadella M., Gortazar C., Pinheiro X., Zumalacarregui C., Vicente J. y Vinuela J. - Primeros datos de área de campeo del jabalí (Sus scrofa, L. 1758) en Galicia (Póster).
Pardavila-Rodriguez X., Lamosa-Torres A., Carro-Marino F., Vicente J., Barasona JA., Acevedo P. y Soriguer R. - Monitorización sanitaria del lince ibérico reintroducido en Castilla-La Mancha (Póster).
Lima-Barbero JF., Crespo E., Garcia-Talens A. y Barasona JA.