Franz J. Conraths seminar
Franz J. Conraths will give a talk entitled "Epidemiological analysis of outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, subtype H5N8, in Germany" next thurday 16th of April at 10:30 am in the Veterinary Medicine Faculty of the Complutense University organised by the SUAT team.
Position:
Head of the Department of Epidemiology of the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Greifswald-Insel Riems. Germany
Deputy of the president of the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Extramural professor, Free University of Berlin, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Professional training:
Veterinarian
Studies in Veterinary Medicine at the Free University of Berlin (1978-1983)
Doctoral thesis/PhD in Veterinary Virology (1986, Free University of Berlin)
Habilitation in Parasitology (1996, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen)
Venia legendi in Epidemiology and Animal Disease Control (1999)
FLI maintains an epidemiological advisory group that investigates disease outbreaks together with the local veterinary authority. In the case of H5N8, the advisory group was involved in the epidemiological work-up of all outbreaks in Germany and cooperated with colleagues in the UK, the Netherlands and Italy on the epidemiology of H5N8 in Europe.
Almudena Sánchez Matamoros PhD
On Thursday 26th of February, Almudena Sánchez Matamoros defend her PhD thesis with European Mention "Evolution and epidemiological control of African Horse Sickness " directed by Prof. José Manuel Sánchez-Vizcaíno, Dr. Eva Martinez and Dr. Iglesias. Deborah Kukielka Zunzunegi.
The event will take place at 16.30 in the main building of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the Complutense University.
Almudena Sánchez Matamoros PhD defense
Almudena Sánchez Matamoros read her PhD Thesis entitled "Epidemiological evolution and control of African horse sickness" on 26 February 2015, obtaining the highest qualification cum laude.
The SUAT group gives you the most sincere congratulations
New advances and insights of African swine fever (ASF) epidemiology
Prof. José Manuel Sánchez-Vizcaino, will participate in the Center for Animal Disease Modeling and Surveillance (CADMS) seminars at the University of California in Davis with the Master Lecture: "ASF: The main threat of the global pig industry. A view of its present and future".
Date: February 19th.
Seminar programNew agreement between Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) and Sardinian Government to provide scientific and Technical support to eradicate African Swine Fever on the island
The project will be carried out by the research team SUAT-VISAVET led by Prof. José Manuel Sánche-Vizcaíno. The new eradication plan, expected to be the final after 30 years of presence of the disease in Sardinia, has received the green light from the European Union which has financed it with €1.08million as initial funding. The project will be coordinated by the Directorate General of the Presidency of the Region, which includes the Health, Agriculture and Environment departments, and will be supported by the international experts: Alberto Laddomada (EU Dirtectorate General of Health and Consumers) and Prof. José Manuel Sánchez-Vizcaíno (Visavet Resarch Center, UCM).
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