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Program
Plenary talks
Sessions and session organziers
Preliminary list of submitted contributions
Deutschsprachiger Postsymposium Workshop
Symposium Schedule
Banquet
Emerging infectious diseases in bats (Dr. Hume Field, Australia)
Bats and rabies (Prof. Dr. Tony Fooks, United Kingdom)
Bats and mycoses: The white-nose syndrome (Dr. David Blehert, U.S.A)
Bats and parasites (Dr. Carl Dick, U.S.A)
Bat diseases and conservation (Prof. Dr. Paul Racey, United Kingdom)
We invite speakers to present data, results or comprehensive reviews dealing with bat diseases in any region of the world. We propose the following sessions covering various topics related to bat diseases. Talks can be included within any of these sessions but need not be restricted to them. In the first case, please indicate the session in which you would like to participate.
Emerging infectious diseases in bats - Session I (Dr. Wang , AUSTRALIA), - Session II (Prof. Dr. Wood, U.K.; Dr. Gonzales, GABON)
The past decade highlighted the importance of bats as potential reservoir hosts for a number of infectious agents, some of zoonotic importance such as SARS-like virus, Henipa, Ebola and Marburg viruses. The importance of understanding the influence of bat ecology and sociality to the emergence
of diseases in other species will be the main focus of this session. In addition, we will discuss recent developments in the field of bat infectious diseases.
Bats and rabies (Dr. Fooks, U.K.; Dr. T. Müller, GERMANY)
Bats are hosts to of all currently known Lyssaviruses. While some Lyssaviruses seem to be of lesser importance others like the classical rabies virus, EBLV and ABLV present a risk of transmission to humans and other mammal species. The aim of this session is to discuss the underlying reasons for the spread of Lyssaviruses among bats, the distribution of Lyssaviruses
among bat populations, the effect of the viruses on bats and transmission routes to other species.
Bats and parasites (Prof. Dr. Kalko, GERMANY; Prof. Dr. Palmeirim, PORTUGAL)
A large variety of ecto- and endoparasites parasitize bats. The intensity of parasite loads can markedly vary among different bat species as well as among individual bats within a population/roost. This session will focus on bat-parasite associations, the relationship between ecology/sociality and parasite load and how bats deal physiologically and behaviourally
with their parasite burden.
Bat immunology/Bat immunogenetics (Prof. Dr. McCracken, U.S.A.; Prof. Dr. Sommer, GERMANY)
Newly emerging infectious diseases among bats raise the important question how the bat immune system responds to these challenges. This session will look into the new field of bat immunology and bat immunogenetics to better understand the patterns of disease emergence among Chiroptera.
Bat diseases and conservation (Dr. Jones, U.K.)
Bat diseases can have profound, sometimes even lethal effects on bats leading to decline and possibly even extinction of local bat population. In this session we will discuss the potential role of bat diseases for the survival of threatened and endangered species.
Bat diseases and the public (Dr. Voigt, GERMANY)
The public awareness of bats and their zoonotic potential has a large impact on bat conservation. Stakeholders, conservationists and politicians should all be involved when strategies against the spread of diseases are planned. This session will focus on how to address the public concern raised by bat emerging infectious diseases and how to develop a balanced strategy in the fight against bat pathogens.
Round -Table Discussion: Current Challenges and Future Perpectives (Prof. Dr. Racey, U.K.; Dr.Field, AUSTRALIA)
Pre - Symposium Workshop "Care and Medical Managment of Captive Bats" (van der Kooij, NORWAY; Dr. Müller, GERMANY)
We would like to announce a pre-symposium workshop about the "Care and medical management of captive bats". This workshop will focus on three aspects of bat rehabilitation: appropriate care for juvenile bats, rehabilitation of injured bats, and appropriate protective measures against bat diseases for people dealing with captive and/or injured bats. The pre-symposium workshop will be held between 2 pm - 5 pm on the 19th of February at the same facilities as the conference. Any participants of the conference
may submit an abstract for oral or poster presentation. The program is compiled by Jeroen van der Kooij (Norwegian Zoological Society) and Dr. Kerstin Müller (Small Animal Clinic, Dept. of Veterinary Medicine, Free University of Berlin). On Sunday the 21st of February from 4:30 pm - 7:00 pm an additional workshop on "Care and medical management of captive bats" will be held in German language.
During this workshop we will focus on the following questions:
Public awareness and conservation
Why should orphaned or grounded bats be taken care of? Are there benefits for public awareness and conservation?
Handling, housing and feeding of grounded bats
What are proper ways of handling grounded bats? What are appropriate measures against infectious diseases for people dealing with grounded bats? What are good ways of housing bats? What kind of food-items are important for short and long-term captivity of bats?
Medical treatment of bats
Which injuries are common? How can injuries be treated? What are the perspectives for injured bats?
Handling, housing and feeding of orphaned bats
When should stranded juvenile bats be taken care of? How should juvenile bats be housed and treated? Which milk formulas give good results? How are short time survival rates?
Release of hand-reared bats
When should hand-reared bats be released? How should hand-reared bats be released? What are post-release survival rates?
Post - Symposium Workshop " Pflege und medizinische Versorgung von Fledermäusen " (van der Kooij, NORWAY; Dr. Müller, GERMANY)
Der Workshop wird moderiert von Jeroen van der Kooij ((Norwegian Zoological Society) und Dr. Kerstin Müller (Poliklinik für Kleintiere, Freie Universität Berlin) und wird folgende Themen beinhalten:
- Rehabilitation verletzter Fledermäuse
- Fütterung und medizinische Versorgung von juvenilen Fledermäusen
- Umgang mit Fledermäusen
- Medizinische Versorgung von Fledermäusen
- Management von Fledermäusen in Gefangenschaft
- Fledermausauswilderung
Teilnehmer können Zusammenfassungen von Vorträgen und Postern für den Workshop anmelden. Einsendeschluß für das Einreichen von Abstracts ist der 15. Dezember 2009 ! Link zum flyer
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Symposium Program
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Friday
19th February
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Registration desk opens
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Poster set up
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Pre-symposium workshop: Care and medical management of captive bats
Organizers: Jeroen van der Kooij, Kerstin Müller
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Bat care - what are the benefits?
Jeroen van der Kooij
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14:10
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What a nice guy - bats in public relation
Ingrid Kaipf
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Improving the world of captive tropical microbats - implications for behavioral enrichment and nutritional needs
Antje Seebens et al.
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Medical management of bats
Jean Meyer
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15:20
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Coffee break and poster presentations
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15:35
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Bringing up baby bats
Jan Ragg
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Can hand-reared baby bats survive in the wild?
Maggie Brown
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Post-release survival of hand-reared pipistrelle bats (Pipistrellus sp.)
Fiona Mathews et al.
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A practical approach to the successful release of hand-reared bats
Jürgen Gebhard & Jeroen van der Kooij
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Coffee break and poster presentations
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Plenary talk "Bat and viral diseases: Reconciling biodiversity, conservation and public health":
Prof. Dr. Paul Racey
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Warm-up party
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Saturday
20th February
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Announcements
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Plenary talk "Bat ecology and infectious disease emergence"
Dr. Hume Field
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Session 1a: Emerging infectious diseases in bats I
Organizer: Linfa Wang
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Kenyan bats as reservoirs of multiple emerging zoonotic pathogens
Ivan V. Kuzmin et al.
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Bats as potential sources of coronaviruses, paramyxoviruses, and hepaciviruses
Christian Drosten
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New viruses (Rhabdoviridae, Coronaviridae, Filoviridae, Adenoviridae and Herpesviridae) in Iberian bats
Juan E. Echevarría et al.
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Novel astroviruses in insectivorous bats: an unusual virus-host interaction?
Daniel Chu et al.
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Coffee break and poster presentations
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Session 1b: Emerging infectious diseases in bats II
Organizers: James Wood, Jean-Paul Gonzalez
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Bats and health ecology
Jean-Paul Gonzalez et al.
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Widespread seroprevalence to Lagos bat virus and henipavirus in straw coloured fruit bats (Eidolon helvum) across East Africa
Alison J. Peel et al.
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Understanding the Dynamics of Nipah virus in Pteropid Bats
Jonathan Epstein et al.
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Experimental Tacaribe virus infection of Jamaican fruit bats (Artibeus jamaicensis)
Tony Schountz et al.
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Lunch and poster presentations
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Plenary talk "Arthropod parasites of bats"
Dr. Carl Dick
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Session 2: Bats and parasites
Organizers: Elisabeth Kalko, Jorge Palmeirim
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How did bat parasites evolve to successfully adapt to their hosts?
Sofia Lourenço & Jorge Palmeirim
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A comparison of genetic population structure in host and parasite (Myotis bechsteinii and Spinturnix bechsteini) and related system
(Myotis myotis and Spinturnix myoti)
Jaap van Schaik & Gerald Kerth
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The possible effect of water pollution on patterns of infestation of desert-dwelling bats by ectoparasites
Shai Pilosof et al.
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Trypanosomes provide first evidence for movement of bats between the Old and New Worlds within the last 10 million years
Fiona Mathews et al.
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Coffee break and poster presentations
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Session 3: Bat immunology / bat immunogenetics
Organizers: Gary McCracken, Simone Sommer
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Leukocyte dynamics in the blood of hibernating animals: a role in the pathogenesis of white-nose syndrome in hibernating bats?
Hjalmar R. Bouma et al.
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Immune system models and dynamics of infectious diseases: Rabies as an application
Thomas Hallam et al.
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Characterization of variation at exon 2 of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) DRB gene in big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus) and its association with intestinal helminth load
Maarten Vonhof & Mary Adams
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MHC class II polymorphism and its relevance to ectoparasite defence in a neotropical bat species, Noctilio albiventris
Julia Schad et al.
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Official poster session
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Departure to Museum of Natural History
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Banquet
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Sunday
21th February
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08:30 |
Announcements
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Plenary talk "Bats and rabies",
Prof. Anthony Fooks et al.
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Session: Bats and rabies
Organizers: Anthony Fooks, Thomas Müller
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Surveillance for lyssaviruses in bat species in South Africa
Wanda Markotter & Louis Nel
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Rabies is the mother of insights to other bat viruses
Charles Rupprecht et al.
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RABV exposure, nursing behavior, and contact rates in maternity colonies of Brazilian free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis)
Gary McCracken et al.
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Lagos bat virus dynamics in naturally infected Eidolon helvum in Ghana
David Hayman et al.
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Active bat lyssavirus surveillance - value and limitations
Thomas Müller et al.
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Coffee break and poster presentations
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Roosting ecology, reproductive dynamics, and rabies virus exposure in natural colonies of Brazilian free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis)
Amy Turmelle et al.
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Control of rabies caused by haematophagous bats (vampires)
Elizabeth Loza-Rubio
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Can bat genetics tell us anything about Lyssavirus presence in GreatBritain?
Graham C. Smith et al.
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11:45
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Inter-genotypic replacement of lyssavirus matrix proteins demonstrates role of lyssavirus M proteins in intracellular virus accumulation
Stefan Finke et al.
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Lunch and poster presentations
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Plenary talk " White-nose syndrome: An emerging fungal pathogen"
Dr. David Blehert
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Session: Bat diseases and conservation
Organizer: Kate Jones
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Impact of White-Nose Syndrome on ecosystem services provided by insectivorous bats
Thomas H. Kunz et al.
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The White-Nose-Syndrome situation in Europe
Gudrun Wibbelt et al.
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Rabies risk management: a UK approach
Helen Miller et al.
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Back to the wild: testing survival performance and habitat use in rehabilitated bats
Maria Tiziana Serangeli
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15:30
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Round table discussion
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End of Conference
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Departure to post-conference tours (no return bus available)
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Post-conference tours
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16:30 - 19:00
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Post-symposium workshop: Care and medical management of captive bats (in German language only!)
Organizers: Jeroen van der Kooij, Kerstin Müller
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We will close the scientific session of Saturday's program with an exceptional banquet held at the famous dinosaur hall of the Museum of Natural History in Berlin. You will be offered a buffet with mostly Mediterranean dishes, and while enjoying your meal you may take a journey 150 million years back in time. Look up, and you will be greeted by Brachiosaurus brancai, the largest reconstructed dinosaur skeleton on earth. And while enjoying your dessert you may visit the Archaeopteryx,
not a fake replicate, but one of the original fossils. This unique experience comes at a very reasonable price of 45 € (30 € for students).
 
This event is co-hosted by the Berlin Museum of Natural History
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