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Abstract Book Abstract Book of the 1ST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE of the EUROPEAN COLLEGE of VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY Athens, Greece, 26Th-27Th September, 2019 Abstract Book Abstract Book of the 1ST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE EUROPEAN COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY Athens, Greece, 26th-27th September, 2019 European College ecvm of Veterinary Microbiology Organiser: European College of Veterinary Microbiology (ECVM) Co-organiser: Study Group for Veterinary Microbiology (ESGVM) from the European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) ORGANISING COMMITTEE Senior Lecturer Dorina Timofte University of Liverpool, UK (Chair) Associate Professor John Ikonomopoulos Agricultural University of Athens, Greece (Member) Professor Nicola Decaro University of Bari, Italy (Member) Research Counsellor Matjaz Ocepek Veterinary Faculty University of Ljubljana, Slovenia (Member) Associate Professor Patricia Poeta University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Portugal (Member) SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Associate Professor Bryan Markey University College Dublin, Ireland (Chair) Professor Nicola Decaro University of Bari, Italy (Member) Professor Patrick Butaye (ESGVM) Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine & Ghent University (Member) Doctor Libby Graham, Honorary Senior Research Fellow School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow (Member) Abstract Book 1st ICECVM Programme Thursday 26th September 2019 9.00-11.00 Registration 10.00-11.00 Welcome and Chair of the 1st ICECVM: Dorina Timofte opening of the President of the ECVM: John Ikonomopoulos Conference ESGVM representative: Patrick Butaye 11.00-13.00 Veterinary Bacteriology and Mycology 11.00-13.00 Chair: Jaap A. Wagenaar / Co-chair: Patrick Butaye 11.00-11.30 Keynote lecture Bryan Markey Chlamydiae and enzootic abortion of ewes University College (EAE): personal reflections from 30 years of Dublin, Ireland research 11.30-11.50 Invited lecture Els Broens Import of Brucella canis positive dogs into Utrecht University, the the Netherlands –implications for animal and Netherlands human health 11.50-12.20 Invited lecture Urs Giger Hereditary immunodeficiencies and infectious University of diseases in dogs Pennsylvania, U.S.A. 12.20-12.40 Invited lecture Mihai Mares New insights into pathogenic cryptococci School of Veterinary affecting animals Medicine, Romania 12.40-13.00 Invited lecture Alicia Aranaz Tuberculosis (Mycobacterium bovis) in animals: Universidad targets, tools and tasks. Complutense, Spain 13.00-14.00 Lunch break / Poster viewing 14.00-17.10 Veterinary Virology 14.00-15.40 Chair: Niciola Decaro / Co-chair: George Filiousis 14.00-14.30 Keynote lecture Vito Martella Noroviruses in humans and animals University Aldo Moro, Italy 14.30-14.50 Invited lecture Charalambos West Nile virus surveillance in wild birds in Billinis Greece Veterinary School of Thessaly, Greece 14.50-15.10 Invited lecture Spyridon Kritas Control of respiratory infections and decision Veterinary School of making in pig farms in Greece Thessaloniky, Greece 15.10-15.25 Short talk Alessio Bartolami A reverse zoonotic transmission event: A/ (selected from H1N1/pdm (09) in a turkey breeder flock abstract submissions) 1st ICECVM 15.25-15.40 Short talk Herman Egberink Serological screening for coronavirus (selected from infections in cats abstract submissions) 15.40-16.10 Coffee break / Poster viewing 16.10-17.10 Chair: Spyridon Kritas / Co-Chair: Evanthia Petridou 16.10-16.25 Short talk Niels Dekker Evaluation of the efficacy of bacteriophages- (selected from derived lytic enzymes (lysins) to reduce abstract submissions) colonization and transmission of Streptococcus suis in pigs 16.25-16.40 Short talk Georgia Diakoudi Identification of a novel picornavirus (selected from from common pipistrelle bat (Pipistrellus abstract submissions) pipistrellus) 16.40-16.55 Short talk Constantinos Susceptibility of swine to human Influenza A (selected from Kyriakis Viruses and the emergence of zoonotic viruses abstract submissions) 16.55-17.10 Short talk Filomena Fiorito MG-132 interferes with iron cellular (selected from homeostasis and counteracts bovine abstract submissions) herpesvirus 1 productive infection Friday 27th September 2019 9.00-11.00 Diagnostic Microbiology, MALDI-TOF, Genomics & Metagenomics 9.00-11.00 Chair: Els Broens / Co-Chair: Dorina Timofte 9.00-9.20 Invited lecture Georgios Studying the role of foot skin microbiome and Oikonomou host genetics in cattle lameness University of Liverpool, U.K. 9.20-9.40 Invited lecture Prof Joachim Matrix assisted laser desorption ionization- Spergser time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-ToF University of Veterinary MS) is a powerful tool for species identification Medicine, Austria and taxonomic resolution of mycoplasmas isolated from animals 9.40-9.55 Short talk Panagiotis Ballas Elucidating the role of Streptococcus uberis in (selected from bovine endometritis abstract submissions) 9.55-10.10 Short talk Antonia Investigation to determine variations in faecal (selected from Mataragka shedding of Mycobacterium avium subspecies abstract submissions) paratuberculosis (MAP) in sheep, with regards to parturition 10.10-10.35 Short talk Dimitrios Campylobacter coli and Campylobacter jejuni (selected from Papadopoulos prevalence and antibiotic resistance in Greek abstract submissions) swine farms 10.35-11.00 Coffee break / Poster viewing 1st ICECVM 11.00-17.05 Antimicrobial Resistance, One Health and Food microbiology 11.00-12.35 Chair: Bryan Markey / Co-Chair: Patricia Poeta 11.00-11.30 Keynote lecture Jaap A. Wagenaar The Dutch approach to reducing the use of Utrecht University, the antimicrobials in livestock Netherlands 11.30-11.50 Invited lecture Patrick Butaye Transfer of AMR: what have we learned from Ross University School the past? of Veterinary medicine, St. Kitts and Nevis 11.50-12.05 Short talk Adriana Belas ESBLs/pAmpC- producing Escherichia coli (selected from causing urinary tract infections in companion abstract submissions) animals and humans in Portugal: antimicrobial resistance, pathogenicity and clonal diversity 12.05-12.20 Short talk Eva Cunha Fighting antimicrobial resistance (selected from dissemination in veterinary medicine using the abstract submissions) antimicrobial peptide nisin 12.20-12.35 Short talk Anat Shnaiderman Extended Spectrum β Lactamase-producing (selected from Torban Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL-E) shedding in race abstract submissions) horses in Ontario, Canada 12.35-13.00 Tour in the Athens War Museum 13.00-14.00 Lunch break / Poster viewing 14.00-15.30 Chair: Libby Graham / Co-Chair: Joachim Spergser 14.00-14.30 Keynote lecture Roberto La Antibiotic resistance; A one health and food Ragione security issue Surrey Veterinary School, U.K. 14.30-15.00 Keynote lecture Luca Guardabassi Veterinary research on AMR: need for a University of change? Copenhagen, Denmark and Royal Veterinary College, UK 15.00-15.30 Invited lecture Constança Pomba Risk of companion animal to human University of Lisbon, transmission of antimicrobial resistance Portugal 15.30-16.00 Coffee break / Poster viewing 16.00-17.05 Chair: Constanca Pomba / Co-Chair: Alicia Aranaz 16.00-16.20 Invited lecture Patricia Poeta “One Health” approach to tackle antimicrobial University of Trás-os- resistance in Portugal Montes and Alto Douro, Portugal 1st ICECVM 16.20-16.35 Short talk Geoffrey Foster Corynebacterium ulcerans an emerging (selected from zoonosis in Scottish dogs abstract submissions) 16.35-16.50 Short talk Lukasz Recent findings onClostridioides difficile (selected from Grzeskowiak in pigs: succession, infection and microbial abstract submissions) colonisation resistance 16.50-17.05 Short talk Sonja Kittl Increasing MRSA carriage in Swiss pigs - a risk (selected from for veterinarians and farmers? abstract submissions) 17.05-17.35 Round table discussion and closure 1st ICECVM Table of Contents Veterinary Bacteriology and Mycology 14 Keynote Speaker Markey Bryan Chlamydiae and enzootic abortion of ewes (EAE): 15 personal reflections from 30 years of research Invited Speaker Broens Els Import of Brucella canis positive dogs into the 18 Netherlands–implications for animal and human health Invited Speaker Giger Urs Hereditary immunodeficiencies and infectious 19 diseases in dogs Invited Speaker Mares Mihai New insights into pathogenic cryptococci affecting 25 animals Invited Speaker Aranaz Alicia Tuberculosis (Mycobacterium bovis) in animals: 26 targets, tools and tasks. Veterinary Virology 28 Keynote Speaker Martella Vito Noroviruses in humans and animals 29 Invited Speaker Bilinis West Nile virus surveillance in wild birds in Greece 30 Charalampos Invited Speaker Kritas Spyridon Control of respiratory infections and decision making 32 in pig farms in Greece Bartolami Alessio A reverse zoonotic transmission event: A/H1N1/pdm 33 (09) in a turkey breeder flock Egberink Herman Serological screening for coronavirus infections in 34 cats Dekker Niels Evaluation of the efficacy of bacteriophages-derived 35 lytic enzymes (lysins) to reduce colonization and transmission of Streptococcus suis in pigs Diakoudi Georgia Identification of a novel picornavirus from common 36 pipistrelle bat (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) Kyriakis Susceptibility of swine to human Influenza A Viruses 37 Constantinos and the emergence of zoonotic viruses Fiorito Filomena MG-132 interferes with iron cellular homeostasis and 38 counteracts bovine herpesvirus 1 productive infection Diagnostic Microbiology: MALDI-TOF, genomics and metagenomics 40 Invited Speaker Oikonomou Studying the role of foot skin microbiome and host 41 Georgios genetics in cattle lameness 1st ICECVM Invited Speaker Spergser Joachim Matrix assisted laser desorption
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