The 2015 TriNation meeting was held at Trinity college in Dublin on June 3-4th. Below is the program, with links to upoaded presentations (Some presentations can not be published due to sensitive information).
Welcome & Situation updates:
Welcome Charles McGurk, Chairman of TriNation
PD HSMI & CMS update from Norway Brit Hjeltnes & Anne-Berit Olsen, NVI
Diagnostic trends in PD, HSMI etc. in Scotland and Ireland over last 5 years Filipe Nunes & Paul Savage, AFBI
Pancreas disease update from Ireland and Scotland Hamish Rodger, Vet-Aqua International & Angela Ashby FishVet Group
Industry perspectives:
Experiences from Scotland Iain Berrill, Scottish Salmon Producers organisation
PD in Norway – Can we prevent further spread? Tore Hovland, MSD Norway
Situation of PD, HSMI & CMS in Shetland Isles David Sutherland, Shetlandvets
PD Mapping Study – Scotland and Ireland Dafydd Morris, MSD
Functional feeds with krill meal reduce heart pathology and viral load in heart of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) Ralph Bickerdike & John Tinsley, BioMar AS
Workshops:
A: Practical aspects about PD-management. What measures are effective against PD and what are not? Chair: Chris Mitchell, Pharmaq
B: Current and future challenges of PD-diagnostics. Chairs: Marian McLoughlin, Fishvetgroup and Anne-Berit Olsen, Norwegian Veterinary Institute
New research: Disease control (Incl breeding):
PD strategy and control measures in Norway Martin Binde, Norwegian food and safety authority
A simplified approach to assessing economics of alternative Pancreas disease (PD) control policies Alexander Murray, Marine laboratory Scotland
Experiences with PD Bård Skjelstad, Salmar Norway
Genomic selection for PD resistance, what can we expect? Ashie Norris, Marine Harvest
Marker-assisted selection for increased resistance to PD in Atlantic salmon & Marker-assisted selection for increased resistance to CMS in Atlantic salmon Vibeke Emilsen, Aquagen AS & Sissel Kjøglum, Aquagen AS
Breeding towards resistance for PD Borghild Hillestad, Salmobreed
New research: Immunology, virology and vaccination:
Function of proteins in piscine myocarditis virus Karine Lindmo, PHARMAQ AS
Experimental co-infections of PRV and SAV in Atlantic salmon Morten Lund, Norwegian Veterinary Institute
Atlantic salmon post-smolts are more susceptible to SAV infection during the initial phase after seawater transfer Sonal Patel, Institute of Marine Research
PD vaccination protects against SPDV subtypes 2 and 3 Kristian Ulven, MSD Animal Health Norway AS
Effect of PD-vaccination on shedding of SPDV post challenge Ingunn Sommerset, MSD AH Norge AS
General discussion and identifying gaps and priorities Chairs: Charles McGurk & Britt Bang Jensen
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