Friday, 12th October The 2nd Prato Conference on the Pathogenesis of Bacterial Diseases of Animals 2012

• Botulinum neurotoxin - A friend and a foe - Miia Lindström
• Cytotoxin CctA, a major virulence factor of Clostridium chauvoei conferring protective immunity against myonecrosis - Joachim Frey
• Structural and functional analysis of NetB toxin from Clostridium perfringens - Julian I Rood
• The intestinal epithelial barrier function is altered by Escherichia coli STb enterotoxin - Daniel Dubreuil

• Alternative to Antibiotics: Small Cationic Peptides Provide Protection to Neonatal Chickens Against Enteric Bacterial Infections Through Enhanced Innate Host Defenses - Michael Kogut
• Immunomodulatory activities of chicken CATH-2 derived peptides - Henk P Haagsman
• Inflammatory response to footrot in sheep - Sabine Totemeyer

• Coxevac, Q fever vaccine:Vaccine production and control - Benaouda Kadra
• Immunoproteomics of Helicobacter suis and protective efficacy of a subunit vaccine in a mouse model - Miet Vermoote
• Practical pitfalls in vaccination against necrotic enteritis in broilers - Dorien Mot
• NetB-based vaccines protect broiler chickens from necrotic enteritis - Robert J Moore

A bus will collect delegates at 6:30 pm from Piazza delle Carceri for the 30 minute journey to Villa La Ferdinanda. For the return journey, the bus will depart Villa La Ferdinanda at 10:30 pm, arriving in Prato around 11:00 pm. The bus will stop off at Piazza delle Carceri for all delegates who are accommodated at Hotel Flora, Hotel San Marco, and Hotel Giardino (All hotels are very close to Piazza delle Carceri). Delegates accommodated at the Art Hotel will be dropped off directly at the hotel.