Wednesday, 10th October The 2nd Prato Conference on the Pathogenesis of Bacterial Diseases of Animals 2012
Session 2: Animal Diseases
9:00AM - 10:35AM
Wednesday, 10th October
Salone Grollo
Chair: Viveca Baverud
Sponsored by:
- Development of an ex vivo organ culture (EVOC) model of the ovine skin/hoof interface - Rebecca Davenport
- Leptospira borgpetersenii dissemination during experimental infection of golden Syrian hamsters - Richard Zuerner
- Purification and preliminary characterization of the capsular polysaccharide of Haemophilus parasuis - Thomas J Inzana
- Viability of Leptospira interrogans serovar Hardjo in refrigerated raw milk - Alda Natale
Tea/Coffee Break
10:35AM - 11:15AM
Wednesday, 10th October
Sala Billiardo, Sala Specchi & Main Bar
Session 3: Genomics and molecular epidemiology
11:15AM - 12:45PM
Wednesday, 10th October
Salone Grollo
Chair: Ben Adler
Sponsored by:
- Comparative genomics of adherent and invasive Escherichia coli associated with intestinal inflammation reveals patho-adaptive determinants of virulence - Kenneth Simpson
- Comprehensive assignment of roles to Salmonella and E. coli genes in food-producing animals - Mark Stevens
- Phylogeny of Clostridium perfringens isolates associated with avian necrotic enteritis based on microarray comparative genomic hybridization - John Prescott
Lunch at Venue
12:45PM - 2:00PM
Wednesday, 10th October
Sala Billiardo, Sala Specchi & Main Bar
Session 3 (Continued)
2:00PM - 2:50PM
Wednesday, 10th October
Salone Grollo
- Outbreak of ovine footrot in Norway is most likely caused by recent introduction of a virulent Dichelobacter nodosus strain - Marianne Gilhuus
- Whole genome sequence analysis of strains from Australia and Norway reveals that virulent and benign isolates of Dichelobacter nodosus belong to two separate lineages - Ruth M Kennan
Session 4: Host-pathogen interactions
2:50PM - 3:55PM
Wednesday, 10th October
Salone Grollo
Chair: Miia Lindstrom
Sponsored by:
Tea/Coffee Break
3:55PM - 4:25PM
Wednesday, 10th October
Sala Billiardo, Sala Specchi & Main Bar
Session 4 (continued)
4:25PM - 5:40PM
Wednesday, 10th October
Salone Grollo
Chair: Miia Lindstrom
- Colonisation of pig lymphoid tissues with avirulent Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae: competitive exclusion and displacement of virulent A. pleuropneumoniae from the respiratory tract? - Andrew N Rycroft
- Molecular insights into actin-based motility of Burkholderia species - Jo Stevens
- Intracellular pH measurements with a DNA nanosensor indicate that the cytoplasm of Salmonella Typhimurium is acidified in the macrophage vacuole (SCV) - Smarajit Chakraborty