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Zoonotic and Vector Borne Disease: Current and Emerging Issues

March 14, 2006 Seattle, WA

Early Bird Fee: $195.00 on or before March 3, 2006
Standard Fee: $245.00 after March 3, 2006

Schedule

8:30 Registration
9:00 Welcome and introductions
9:15 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza: Could it happen here?
  • Avian Influenza Overview
  • Avian Influenza in wild birds
10:15 Break
10:30 Review and lessons from avian influenza outbreak in BC, 2004, Human health issues
11:30 Panel discussion - Avian Influenza

Noon Lunch (Provided)

1:15 Emerging Pathogen: Cryptococcus gattii - Environmental surveillance during an outbreak
2:00 Marine mammal zoonoses
2:30 Break
2:45 Tick-borne Relapsing fever - different states, different disease?
3:15 Canine Leptospirosis
3:45 Zoonoses in Washington
4:15 WNV Update
4:30 Wrap up/Adjourn

Avian influenza is a well known agricultural disease affecting poultry worldwide. While most strains of
avian influenza are not zoonotic, today’s news is filled with reports of the spread of H5N1 avian
influenza in poultry in Asia and Europe, and it’s unusual ability to cause human infection. The morning
session of this symposium brings together regional experts to describe avian influenza as a threat to the
economy and agricultural sector of the Pacific Northwest, its place in nature, and the global obligation to
manage avian influenza as potential zoonoses wherever it occurs.

Speakers

Mira J. Leslie , DVM, MPH
State Public Health Veterinarian
Communicable Disease Epidemiology
Washington Department of Health

Rebecca Baer , MPH
Zoonotic Disease Epidemiologist
Communicable Disease Epidemiology
Washington State Department of Health

Karen Bartlett , PhD
Assistant Professor
Michael Smith Foundation for Health
Research Scholar School of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
University of British Columbia

Victoria Bowes , DVM, MSc, ACPV
Avian Pathologist
Animal Health Centre
BC Ministry of Agriculture & Lands

Leonard Eldridge , DVM
State Veterinarian
Washington Department of Agriculture

James Evermann , MS, PhD 
Professor Infectious Diseases,
Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory

Joseph K. Gaydos , VMD, PhD
Regional Director and Wildlife Veterinarian
UC Davis Wildlife Health Center - Orcas Island
The SeaDoc Society, marine ecosystem health program

R. J. Lewis , DVM, MVSc
Chief Veterinarian / Director,
Animal Health Branch
B. C. Ministry of Agriculture and Lands

Kristin Mansfield , DVM, MPVM
Wildlife Veterinarian
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

Terry F. McElwain , DVM, PhD
Professor and Executive Director
Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Lab.
Washington State University

Eric Sergienko , MD
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, EIS Officer
Communicable Disease Epidemiology
Washington Department of Health

Ron Worhle , DVM
Environmental Health Veterinarian
Washington Department of Health

Who Should Attend
Veterinarians, agricultural extension specialists, public health professionals, environmental health professionals, physicians, nurses, wildlife biologists, wildlife rehabilitators, trappers, and hunters.

Accreditation
Professional credit will be available for veterinarians, nurses, safety and environmental health professionals, and industrial hygienists. Physicians may apply this course to category 2 CME credit.

Location & Accomodations
The Mountaineers,
330 Third Ave West, Seattle, WA

Hotels near the facility (please call hotels directly)

  • Homewood Suites, 206 Western Ave. W.
    206-281-9393
  • Mar Queen Hotel, 600 Queen Anne Ave. N.
    • 206-282-7407
  • Inn at Queen Anne, 501 First Ave. N.
    206-282-7357

Registration
Tuition includes course manual, handouts, and lunch. We accept checks, purchase orders, and
Visa/MasterCard. Advance registration is required and accepted in the order received. To save a place,
send a copy of the registration form to us and to your accounting office. To be eligible for the early
registration fee, the form must be post-marked or faxed on or before March 3, 2004. Cancellation must be
in writing: Refunds, minus a $50 cancellation fee, will be issued up to one week before the course; after
that, tuition fees are forfeited. Participant substitutions are permitted with prior notice.

Discounts of 15% are provided to organizations sending more than one employee to the course. All group
registration forms must be sent at the same time to be eligible for the discount. Scholarships are not
eligible for group discounts.

Partial scholarships are available. please send a written request explaining why a scholarship is needed.
The Northwest Center reserves the right to cancel courses as necessary.

 

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