Mini-Symposium: Salmonella Infantis Infections in Poultry

1:00 – 1:10 pm

Welcome
Petra Winter (Rector of the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna)
Harald Schliessnig (Managing Director of the Austrian Poultry Health Service)
Michael Hess (Head of University Clinic for Poultry and Fish Medicine, Vetmeduni Vienna)

1:10 – 1:50 pm

Keynote Lecture
Salmonella - microbiota - chicken interactions
Ivan Rychlik (Veterinary Research Institute, Brno, Czech Republic)

1:50 – 3:30 pm 

Reports from National Reference Laboratories
Epidemiological situation of Salmonella Infantis in Hungary
Erzsébet Adrián (National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih), Food Chain Safety Laboratory Directorate, Budapest, Hungary)

Salmonella Infantis in Austria
Christian Kornschober (Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, Graz)
Peter Mitsch (Tierarzt GmbH Dr. Mitsch, Vienna)
Peter Pless (Amt der Steiermärkischen Landesregierung, Graz)
Heimo Lassnig  (Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, Graz)
Harald Schliessnig (Austrian Poultry Health Service, Tulln)

Epidemiological situation of Salmonella Infantis in Italy
Veronica Cibin (Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie,Padova, Italy)

3:05 – 3:30 pm

Coffee Break

3:30 – 5:35 pm

Genetics and applied studies
Genetic characterization of field isolates of Salmonella Infantis in Italy
Lisa Barco (Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Padova, Italy)

Molecular epidemiology of the endemic multiresistance plasmid pSI54/04 of Salmonella Infantis
Ama Szmolka (Institute for Veterinary Medical Research, Centre for Agricultural Research, Budapest, Hungary) 
Judit Pászti (Department of Phage-typing and Molecular Epidemiology, National Public Health Institute, Budapest, Hungary) 
Erzsébet Adrián (National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih), Food Chain Safety Laboratory Directorate, Budapest, Hungary)

News about the „Salmonella Infantis Action Plan“in Styria
Peter Pless (Amt der Steiermärkischen Landesregierung, Graz)
Peter Mitsch (Tierarzt GmbH Dr. Mitsch, Vienna)
Harald Schliessnig (Austrian Poultry Health Service, Tulln)

Experiences gathered from the field: hygiene practices and unsolved questions: about recontamination
Giovanni Ortali (Veterinary and Laboratory Services, Veronesi Group, Quinto di Valpantena, Italy)
 

Efficacy of disinfectants against Salmonella Infantis determined in vitro
Claudia Hess (University Clinic for Poultry and Fish Medicine, Vetmeduni Vienna)
Victoria Drauch (University Clinic for Poultry and Fish Medicine, Vetmeduni Vienna)
Claus Vogl (Institute of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Vetmeduni Vienna)
Michael Hess (University Clinic for Poultry and Fish Medicine, Vetmeduni Vienna)