Inaugural Conference - June 2002

Abstracts

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• Introduction - Dr. Albert Cornelissen, Dean, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Utrecht
• Keynote lecture: The global increase of infectious disease outbreaks in wildlife (Dr. Corrie Brown, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, USA)
• Marine mammal session (Chair: Thijs Kuiken)
  • Canine distemper in Caspian seals (Thijs Kuiken, Seal Research and Rehabilitation Centre Pieterburen)
  • Brucella in harbour seals (Jaap Wagenaar, Veterinary Microbiologic Diagnostic Centre, University of Utrecht)
  • Evaluation of Phocine Herpesvirus Type 1 (PhHV-1) subunit vaccines in cats and seals (Byron Martina, Seal Rehabilitation and Research Centre Pieterburen)
• Bird session (Chair: Sjeng Lumeij)
  • Mass mortality of common eiders (somateria mollissima) in the dutch wadden sea, winter 1999/2000: starvation in a commercially exploited wetland of international importance (Kees Camphuysen, NIOZ Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Texel)
  • Transmission of viruses from wild birds to humans (Ron Fouchier, Erasmus University Rotterdam)
  • Mass mortality of eider ducks in the Wadden Sea: what is the role of parasites? (Fred Borgsteede, ID-Lelystad)
  • Mathematical modelling of wildlife disease (Hans Heesterbeek, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Utrecht)
• Keynote lecture: The effect of endocrine disruptors on wildlife and human health (Dr. Jef Vos, RIVM National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven)
• Fish session (Chair: Olga Haenen)
  • International trade in live fish: risk of disease transmission between natural fish populations and aquaculture (Olga Haenen, CIDC-Lelystad)
  • Effects of anthropogenic pollutants on North Sea fish (Dick Vethaak, RIKZ)
  • Laboratory studies in flounder: effects of different environmental contaminants (Gui Grinwis, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Utrecht)
  • Toxicologic pathology of small laboratory fish (Piet Wester, RIVM National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven)
• Ruminant session (Chair: Elsbeth Noordhuizen-Stassen)
  • Ethics of nature management using large herbivores (Elsbeth Noordhuizen-Stassen, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Utrecht)
  • A zolazepam-tiletamine-ketamine-xylazine mixture as a safe and effective alternative for immobilisation of wild and semi-domesticated cattle (Mark Hoyer, Veterinary and Immobilisation Advisory Bureau, Schellinkhout)
  • The welfare of grazers during dedomestication (Paul Koene, ZODIAC, Wageningen University)
• Carnivore session (Chair: Joke van der Giessen)
  • Distemper outbreak jeopardizes African wild dog conservation (Marco van de Bildt, Erasmus University Rotterdam)
  • The distribution of Echinococcus multilocularis in the Dutch fox population (Joke van der Giessen, RIVM National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven)
  • Bat rabies in Europe (Wim van der Poel, RIVM National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven)
  • Should zoos become more involved in wildlife conservation? Health risks and obligations (Willem Schaftenaar, Blijdorp Zoo, Rotterdam)

Poster session

• Successful rehabilitation of a monk seal in Mauritania (Jensen TH, Hart L’t., Jiddou AM, Fall KO’M, Meulen K.v.d., Osterhaus ADME)
• Isolation of Cryptococcus neoformans from feral pigeon (Columba livia) roosts in Amsterdam (AP Focker, JT Lumeij, D. Houwers, JH van Wijnen)
• Serologic survey of morbillivirus infections in marine mammals and terrestrial carnivores from Canada (J.D.W Philippa)
• Wildlife and zoonoses in the Netherlands (N.Tafro, F. van Knapen)
• Intestinal volvulus in seals, 1975 to 2001: a review of 25 cases (Alejandro Ulloa, Lies Vedder, Jan van der Kamp, Thijs Kuiken)
• Dutch Wildlife Health Centre (DWHC) (J. Rijks)

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