This webinar will broadcast at 6:00 AM CDT (Chicago) / 12:00 PM GMT (London) / 8:00 PM CST (Beijing)
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:
- The spread of AI viruses from farm to farm is mainly by mechanical transfer, infected manure, and other vectors.
- Direct contact between wild birds and poultry is relevant but not always necessary for introducing viruses into poultry farms.
- European experience with vaccination against HPAI H5.
This webinar is sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim and presented by WATTPoultry.
Speaker Information:
Jean-Luc Guérin, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ECPVS, is full professor in poultry medicine at the National Veterinary College of Toulouse, France and Director of the “host-pathogens interactions” joint research unit (INRAEENVT), covering virology, prions, bacteriology, immunology and epidemiology of infectious diseases in animals, in a One Health perspective. His own research is focused on viruses of poultry, and for some years, pathobiology of highly pathogenic avian influenza. A priority is the development of innovative approaches of viral detection, including from environmental samples and at the wild birds/poultry interface. Since 2016, his research has been very much directed toward the emergence of H5 HPAI and recently, to the scientific support of the National vaccination plan implemented in France. Jean-Luc Guérin authored 100 original international papers, >200 communications and chapters of textbooks in the field of poultry virology and medicine.
Dr. Stéphane Lemière is a doctor in Veterinary Medicine recognized specialist in poultry pathology. A Member of the American Association of Avian Pathologists, the French Branch of the World Veterinary Poultry Association, the World Poultry Science Association Course Master Broiler Chicken Production WVEPAH. Dr. Lemiere is currently the Boehringer Ingelheim Global Head, Technical Services, in Lyon, France Leading the Global Poultry Veterinary Technical Services group.