2nd International Disease Control Workshop
Presentations given at the workshop in Brussels, 18 October 2007.
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Programme - Brussels, 18 October 2007
- Second International Disease Control Workshop Stakeholders’ Interests in the use of Science/Technology and Decision Making: The future of science-based prevention and control of transboundary animal diseases.
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Introduction - John Bashiruddin
- Brief introduction to the FMD-CSF CA project and its Stakeholder component.
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Role and limitations of bio-containment labs in diagnostics - Martin Beer
- An insight into the functions of the high containment laboratories of the FLI.
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Role of small and family farms in Europe, their needs and mechanisms for input into policy making - Gérard Choplin
- Safer, sustainable, local family farming.
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Observations of a small scale hill farmer affected by FMD restrictions - Alistair Davy
- A personal perspective on livestock disease, the farmer's human toll and the importance of dissemination of scientific information.
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Towards a reinforced role of bio-containment manufacturing laboratories - Philippe Dubourget
- Vaccine production: biocontainment and regulation in the manufacturing industry.
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Laboratory accidents; how to prevent them - Christian Griot
- Measured risks of high security laboratories and the importance of research on emering diseases.
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Surveillance for detection of Transboundary Animal Diseases - Nick Honholt
- Surveilance and science in disease control.
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The practitioner and the research laboratory - a symbiotic arrangement? - Peter Jinman
- The practitioner as part of research and the lead role in animal side diagnostic testing.
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FMD 2007: An update from IAH - Don King
- Summary of the FMD 2007 outbreak in the UK.
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Strategic use of veterinary practitioners - Sam Mansley
- VPs - important resource that could be used in outbreak situations.
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Overview of the bluetongue situation in Europe with emphasis on the Culicoides vectors - Rudy Meiswinkel
- New insights into the behaviour of midges and the spread of BTV in Germany and the threat to Europe.
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Towards acceptable vaccination policies - Klaas Johan Osinga
- An overview of EU legislation and their relationships to vaccination and trade.
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From reaction to pro-action - Paul van Aarle
- Vaccine production: security and reaction times required by the industry.
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Participants
- Participants of the workshop.

