Animal & Veterinary
Draft Agenda for the 2010 NARMS Scientific Meeting
July 15-16, 2010, Atlanta, GA
July 15, 2010 – Thursday
| Welcome and Introductions | |
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| 8:00-8:15 |
Patrick McDermott, Director, the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System, Food & Drug Administration |
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Session I: Antimicrobial Resistance Activities: FDA, CDC & USDA |
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| Activities at the FDA | |
| 8:15-8:30 | David White, Director, Office of Research, Center for Veterinary Medicine, Food & Drug Administration |
| Activities at the CDC | |
| 8:30-8:45 | Rob Tauxe, Deputy Director, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne & Environmental Diseases, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention |
| Activities at the USDA | |
| 8:45-9:00 |
Mary Torrence, National Program Leader, Food Safety Agricultural Research Services, US Department of Agriculture |
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Session II: Overview of NARMS surveillance of enteric bacteria Moderators: Patrick McDermott, Heather Green |
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| 9:00-9:15 |
NARMS Overview Beth Karp CDC |
| 9:15-9:30 |
Surveillance in humans Ezra Barzilay CDC |
| 9:30-9:45 |
Surveillance in food animals Paula Fedorka-Cray USDA |
| 9:45-10:00 |
Surveillance in retail meats Shaohua Zhao FDA |
| 10:00-10:15 |
Generation, Presentation and Application of Antimicrobial Susceptibility Test Data for Bacteria of Animal Origin: An Update from the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute Jeff Watts CLSI |
| 10:15-10:30 | Questions & Answers |
| 10:30-10:45 | Break |
| Session III: International Monitoring of Antimicrobial Resistance | |
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Session IIIa: Reports from International Programs Moderators: Ezra Barzilay, Paula Fedorka-Cray |
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| 10:45-11:05 |
Integrating surveillance systems: Activities at the WHO Awa Aidara-Kane, WHO |
| 11:05-11:25 |
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA): Pia Mäkelä, EFSA |
| 11:25-11:45 |
Office International des Épizooties Kate Glynn, OIE |
| 11:45-12:05 |
Latin America Enrique Perez, PAHO |
| 12:05-12:25 |
Canada Richard Reid-Smith, PHAC |
| 12:25-1:30 | Lunch |
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Session IIIb: Reports from International Programs Moderators: Tom Chiller, Jean Whichard |
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| 1:30-1:50 |
Korea Gun-Jo Woo, Korea University |
| 1:50-2:10 |
China Ran Lu, China CDC |
| 2:10-2:30 |
Denmark Antonio Vieira, DTU-Food |
| 2:30-2:50 |
Africa Samuel Kariuki, Kenya Medical Research Institute |
| 2:50-3:10 |
WHO activities to build laboratory surveillance around the world Danilo Lo Fo Wong, WHO |
| 3:10-3:30 |
Surveillance in Europe – challenges and pitfalls Peter Silley, on behalf of IFAH Europe |
| 3:30-3:45 | Break |
| Session IV: Roundtable Discussion | |
| 3:45-4:50 | Discussion to address monitoring programs, lessons learned, and future needs |
| 4:50-5:00 | Closing comments |
July 16, 2010 – Friday
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Session V: Molecular Epidemiology (15-20 min) Moderators: Shaohua Zhao, Maria Karlsson |
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| 8:00-8:20 |
What are we learning from Campylobacter molecular epidemiology? Collette Fitzgerald, CDC |
| 8:20-8:40 |
Ceftiofur resistance in Salmonella enterica serovar Heidelberg from chicken meat and humans Lucie Dutil, PHAC |
| 8:40-9:00 |
Salmonellosis from meat Heather Green, FDA |
| 9:00-9:20 |
Inc A/C plasmids in Salmonella enterica Rebecca Lindsay, USDA |
| 9:20-9:40 | Break |
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Session VI: Molecular biology of resistance (15 min) Moderators: Jonathan Frye, Heather Harbottle |
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| 9:40-10:00 |
Antimicrobial resistance among non-Typhi Salmonella Maria Karlsson, CDC |
| 10:00-10:20 |
Antimicrobial resistance in historical Salmonella Typhimurium using a high density microarray Heather Harbottle, FDA |
| 10:20-10:40 |
Characterization of blaCMY-encoding plasmids among Salmonella from humans. Jason Folster, CDC |
| 10:40-11:00 |
Comparative Genomic Fingerprinting (CGF) as a typing tool Matthew Gilmour, PHAC |
| 11:00-12:00 | Lunch |
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Session VII: Resistance in other enteric bacteria Moderators: Brandi Limbago, Charlene Jackson |
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| 12:00-12:15 |
Enterococcus from retail meats Johnnie Davis, FDA |
| 12:15-12:30 |
Enterococcus from food animals Charlene Jackson, USDA |
| 12:30-12:45 |
Typhi and paratyphoidal salmonellae Felicita Medalla, CDC |
| 12:45-1:00 |
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and foods Brandi Limbago, CDC |
| 1:00-1:15 |
Resistance in pathogenic E. coli from retail meat Shaohua Zhao FDA |
| 1:15-1:30 | Break |
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Session VIII: Partner Perspectives on Antimicrobial Resistance & NARMS Moderator: Patrick McDermott, Tom Chillerric |
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| 1:30-1:50 |
The Pork Industry Steve Larsen |
| 1:50-2:10 |
The Cattle Industry Michael Apley - tentative |
| 2:10-2:30 |
The Chicken Industry Tim Cummings |
| 2:30-2:50 |
The Turkey Industry Hilary Thesmar |
| 2:50-3:00 | Break |
| 3:00-3:20 |
The Animal Health Industry Tom Shryock, Elanco Animal Health |
| 3:20-3:40 |
The Infectious Diseases Society of America James Johnson, University of Minnesota |
| 3:40-4:00 |
The Consumer Perspective Steve Roach, Food Animal Concerns Trust |
| 3:45-5:00 | Session IX: Public Comment Period |







