3rd Annual Conference - June 2004

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Saturday, June 26, 2004

Abstracts

• Introduction (Albert Cornelissen, Dean, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands) [no abstract available].
• Special Morning Session: Health of Aquatic Wildlife; Chaired by Lex Raat (OVB, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands).
  • Keynote lecture: Emerging viral diseases in aquatic arthropods: a new galaxy (Just Vlak, Dept of Virology, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands).
  • Emerging diseases as a threat to wild fish (Olga Haenen, CIDC-Lelystad, Wageningen University and Research, Lelystad, The Netherlands).
  • Parasites of commercially exploited shellfish in the Netherlands (Marc Engelsma, CIDC-Lelystad, Wageningen University and Research, Lelystad, The Netherlands).
  • Disease interactions between farmed salmonids and wild fish in Scotland (Sandy Murray, FRS Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen, U.K.)
• Afternoon Session: Other Wildlife Health Issues; Chaired by Joost Philippa (Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands).
  • Keynote lecture: Management of wildlife diseases (Gary Wobeser, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada).
  • Bacterial zoonoses and wildlife (Fred van Zijderveld, CIDC-Lelystad, Wageningen University and Research, Lelystad, The Netherlands)[No abstract available].
  • Recent avian influenza outbreaks in Europe linked to migratory birds (Ron Fouchier, National Influenza Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands).
• Late afternoon session; Chaired by Pim Leonards (RIVO, Wageningen University and Research, IJmuiden, The Netherlands).
  • Brominated flame retardants as endocrine disruptors of humans and wildlife (Sjef Vos, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands).
  • Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) at the zoo: Implementation of a HACCP-based system for the control of microbial cycles in animal feed at Amersfoort Zoo (Stijn Peters, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht, The Netherlands).
  • Successful expression of Mx1 GTPases originating from wild boar- and domestic pig-specific alleles at the orthomyxovirus resistance locus (M. Palm, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Liège, Belgium).
• Closing speech: Latest information on emerging infectious diseases (Ab Osterhaus, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands).

Poster Abstracts

• Raphidophyceae, harmful algal bloom species with elusive ichtyotoxicity (de Boer MK †, Tyl MR, Gieskes WWC, Vrieling EG, van Rijssel M;† Department of Marine Biology, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies, University of Groningen, Biological Centre, P.O. Box, 14 9750 AA Haren, the Netherlands)
• Serological prevalence of infection by a herpesvirus related to infectious bovine rhinotracheitis virusin free-living ungulates in wallonia (Grégoire F †, Mousset B, Hoyoux A, Canivet P, Keuser V, Thiry E, Linden A;† Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Veterinary Faculty, University of Liège, Sart-Tilman B43, 4000 Liège, Belgium.)
• Fungal broncho-pneumonia in harbour porpoises stranded on the belgian and french coastline in 2003 (Jauniaux T †, Mignon B *, Coignoul F †;† Department of Pathology, Veterinary College, University of Liege, Sart Tilman B-43, 4000 Liege, Belgium; * Department of Infectious Diseases and Parasitology, Veterinary College, University of Liege, Sart Tilman B-43, 4000 Liege, Belgium)
• Polybrominated diphenylethers inhibit tcdd-induced erod activity in carp hepatocytes (Kuiper RV †*#, Bergman Å , Vos JG *#, van den Berg M †;† Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, The Netherlands * Dept. of Pathobiology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands;# National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven (RIVM), The Netherlands; Dept. of Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University, Sweden)
• Cobalt deficiency in sardinian mouflon (Ovis ammon musimon) in the netherlands (Lumeij JT †, Eysker M †, Kessels BGF, van den Ingh TSGAM†, Oosterbaan J, Pieterse M, Peterson K, Houwers D †, Vellema P;† Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands)
• Estimating the impact of aquaculture on disease resistance genes in wild populations of atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) (Megens H-J †, Leon K †, Consuegra S, Jordan W*, Hindar K#, Stet RJM †; † Cell Biology and Immunology Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands; * Zoological Society of London, Institute of Zoology, London, UK; # Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), Trondheim, Norway)
• Humoral immune response to novel canine distemper vaccines in european mink (Mustela lutreola) (Philippa JDW †*, Maran T#, van de Bildt MWG †, Osterhaus ADME †; † Institute of Virology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; * Rotterdam Zoo, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; # Foundation Lutreola, Tallinn Zoo, Tallinn, Estonia)
• Life history table for harbour seals (Phoca vitulina): interim analysis ( Read FL †*, Pierce GJ #, Kuiken T †*; † Department of Virology, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; * Seal Rehabilitation and Research Centre, Pieterburen, The Netherlands; # Department of Zoology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, U.K.)
• Description of the phocine distemper epidemic in the netherlands during 2002 (Rijks JM †, van de Bildt MWG *#, Philippa JWD *#, Jensen T #, van der Meulen K# , Heesterbeek JAP , Osterhaus ADME*, Kuiken T *#; † Dutch Wildlife Health Centre, Institute of Virology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; * Institute of Virology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; # Seal Rehabilitation and Research Centre, Pieterburen, The Netherlands; Department of Livestock Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands)
• Distribution of exon 14 allelic forms at the porcine orthomyxovirus resistance locus (mx1) among west european populations of wild and domestic pigs (Thomas A†, Palm M†, Linden A†, Desmecht D†; † Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Sart Tilman B43, 4000 Liège, Belgium)
• Cetacean morbilliviruses phylogenetically divergent (van de Bildt MWG †*, Kuiken T *, Osterhaus ADME †*; † Seal Rehabilitation and Research Centre, Hoofdstraat 94a, 9968 AG Pieterburen, The Netherlands; * Institute of Virology, Erasmus MC Rotterdam, P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR, Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
• Pathology of Trichobilharzia sp. (digenea: schistosomatidae) infection in mute swans (Cygnus olor) (van Bolhuis GH †, Rijks JM †, Dorrestein G *, Rudolfova J #, van Dijk M , Kuiken T †; † Dutch Wildlife Health Center (DWHC), Department of Virology, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; * Department of Veterinary Pathology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands; # Department of Parasitology, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic; Bird and Hedgehog Sanctuary ‘de Mikke’, Middelburg, The Netherlands)
• Escherichia coli sepsis in a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatusi) calf due to failure of passive antibody transfer (van Elk CE †, Osterhaus ADME *, Kuiken T *; † Dolfinarium Harderwijk, Harderwijk, The Netherlands; * Department of Virology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
• Wildlife poisoning in the netherlands caused by deliberate abuse of pesticides: 1999-2003 (Zoun PEF †; † Central Institute for Animal Disease Control, Department of Bacteriology and TSEs, Lelystad, The Netherlands)

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