The Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses will hold its Annual Symposium on May 22nd from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. This free, virtual event will feature selected abstracts discussing current topics related to One Health, Public Health and Veterinary Medicine.
May 22 | 9 AM – 4 PM | Online
| SCHEDULE | ||
| SESSION 1: Zoonotic Diseases and Surveillance Part 1 | ||
| 9:00-9:05 | Scott Weese | Welcome |
| 9:05-9:20 | Philip Mshelbwala | Insights into canine rabies vaccination disparities in Sierra Leone: A cross-sectional household study |
| 9:20-9:35 | Shamim Sarkar | Spatial clustering patterns of rabies by animal species in New Jersey, United States, 1989-2023 |
| 9:35-9:50 | Catherine R. Belanger | Titres and Tails: Describing rabies antibody titres of imported and domestic dogs in Ontario, Canada |
| 9:50-10:05 | Ivana Blagojevic | A cross-sectional surveillance of the presence of Paragonimus kellicotti flukes in fecal samples of dogs living in high-risk regions of Ontario and possible risk factors associated with infection. |
| 10:05-10:20 | Olaf Berke | Of Lyme disease and machine learning in a One Health world |
| 10:20-10:30 | BREAK | |
| SESSION 2: Antimicrobial Resistance | ||
| 10:30-11:00 | Maureen Anderson (KEY NOTE) | Three good reasons not to eat poop (like you needed another one) |
| 11:00-11:15 | Rasaq Ojasanya | Antimicrobial-resistance of Escherichia coli in dogs and cats: A scoping review |
| 11:15-11:30 | Randa Bazzi | The role of veterinarians in the One Health approach to antimicrobial resistance perspectives in Jordan |
| 11:30-11:45 | Rebecca Flacman | The fecal resistome of healthy dogs and their human household contacts from Portugal and the UK and the fecal resistome of dogs receiving antimicrobials |
| 11:45-12:00 | Rezaul Karim Ripon | Exploring the prevalence of antibiotic resistance patterns and drivers of antibiotic resistance of E. coli in livestock and poultry-derived food: A systematic review and meta-analysis in Bangladesh |
| 12:00-12:15 | Farah Al Qudsi | Prevalence, resistance profile, and spa typing of Staphylococcus aureus isolates causing bovine mastitis in Jordanian dairy farms |
| 12:15-1:00 | LUNCH BREAK | |
| SESSION 3: Zoonotic Disease and Surveillance Part 2 | ||
| 1:00-1:30 | Andrea Osborn (KEY NOTE) | Community for Emerging and Zoonotic Diseases – One Health Intelligence to Action |
| 1:30-1:45 | Sheina Macy Manalo | Murid rodents from Caraga Region, Philippines: Their helminths and potential role in the transmission of Schistosoma japonicum |
| 1:45-2:00 | Ejeh Charity Precious | Zoonotic parasitic contamination of green, spicy, and leafy vegetables sold in major markets in Makurdi metropolis, Benue State |
| 2:00-2:15 | Ouidad Mendil | The occurrence of ESBL-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates is notably high in poultry farms |
| 2:15-2:30 | Ayush Kumar | Clinical ultrasonographic characterization of lamb lungs during inoculation with Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae |
| 2:30-2:40 | BREAK | |
| SESSION 4: Climate and One Health | ||
| 2:40-3:10 | Heather McClinchey (KEY NOTE) | A Ministry of Health Ontario – Update |
| TRACK A | ||
| 3:10-3:25 | Darryl Young/Emily Charron | Spotlight on shade: A scoping review of shade design, policy, health, and environmental impact to address shade as a design emergency in the built environment |
| 3:25-3:40 | Brenda Zai | Identification of climate-sensitive preharvest food safety risks |
| 3:40-3:55 | Keith Warriner | Non-thermal surface disinfection of raw pet food using a gas phase-hydroxyl radical process |
| TRACK B | ||
| 3:10-3:25 | Jason Sheng | The impact of meditation on quality of life among glaucoma patients: A feasibility study |
| 3:25-3:40 | Rob Deardon | Behavioural-change epidemic models: is your population alarmed? |
| 3:40-3:55 | Tsaiping Liao | Global analysis of community animal health worker programs: Strategies for sustainable community health enhancement |
| 3:55-4:00 | Thank you |