Real time response during a highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreak in NZ

A one-day workshop using a hypothetical HPAI incursion as the scenario. 

Details

Where: Epidemiology, Food Safety, Animal Welfare and  Biosecurity stream - NZVA and NZVNA Conference,
Te Pae, Christchurch

When: 8am - 3.30pm, Friday 21 June 2024

Overview

Have you ever wondered how challenging it would be participating in a one health disease response?

This workshop will be structured on a sequence of questions and discussions together with injected informative 5- to 10-minute short talks on pertinent topics. Participants in small groups will work through some of the key elements a response team would be expected to grapple with during an outbreak, often under time and resource pressure.

This workshop will cover the fundamentals of response to a disease outbreak applied to a disease with important One Health implications and therefore will be of relevance to most veterinarians and especially those who work or have interests in the fields of disease surveillance and investigation, epidemiology, laboratory services, veterinary public health, ecology and wildlife.

Facilitators

Paul Bingham BVSc MVS ANZCVS (Epi)
Paul is a principal advisor in animal health to the diagnostic, surveillance and science branch of MPI. Paul has worked in exotic disease investigation and response, animal health surveillance and exotic disease readiness for 20 years. He graduated from Massey, has a Master of Veterinary Studies in epidemiology and is a member by examination and past president of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists epi branch.

Mark Eames
Mark is a veterinarian and exotic diseases incursion investigator for Biosecurity New Zealand, MPI. He graduated from Massey University vet school in 2012 and spent 8 years in production animal practice in the Manawatu and Horowhenua regions before transitioning to a career in biosecurity following an MPI-sponsored veterinary epidemiology course. Along with the day-to-day work of investigating notifications of suspected exotic disease he is studying towards a master’s in veterinary studies (Epidemiology), has undertaken real-time Foot-and-mouth disease training in Kenya, and is a trained snake handler.

Grant Matthews
Grant is a Massey 1998 graduated veterinarian based in the Office of the Chief Veterinary Officer at Biosecurity New Zealand,  Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI). After a number of years in large animal clinical practice, and time in the commercial world, Grant joined MPI over 5 years ago as part of the Mycoplasma bovis eradication programme, before moving to the Office of the Chief Veterinary Officer 2 years ago, and is now working across various animal disease preparedness projects.

Jon Watts
Jon graduated with a Batchelor of Veterinary Science from Massey University in 1998. After graduating, Jon spent 3 years in mixed practice in Wairoa on the East Coast of the North Island before travelling to the United Kingdom to work, where he spent 8 months working on the foot and mouth disease outbreak, followed by 7 years in small animal practice. On returning to New Zealand in 2008, Jon worked in small animal practice in Wellington, joining MPI part-time as a member of the Animal Health Surveillance team in 2010. Jon continued to work part-time in practice until 2018 where he became full time in the MPI Animal Health Surveillance team. Jon is a member of the Australia and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists epidemiology chapter, and has a strong interest in veterinary epidemiology and its role in both supporting animal health in New Zealand and continued market access for our exporters.
Toni Tana

Registration

This workshop is part of the lecture programme, however you must register for the workshop to ensure you are counted and resources are sufficient.

To register, you must register for Friday 21 June, and then select the workshop.