The Tuskegee University World Rabies Day Symposium will bring together an audience comprised of veterinary students, faculty and practicing veterinarians and will focus on the importance of rabies prevention and control at the global, national, state and local levels, as well as human and animal rabies epidemiology, and diagnosis and surveillance issues.
WHEN: Saturday, October 18th, 2008 from 8:00AM to 6:00PM
WHERE: Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center on the Campus of Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Alabama, USA
AGENDA
8:00 AM
Registration
8:45-9:00 AM
Welcome to the Venue
Dean Tsegaye Habtemariam (Tuskegee Univ)
Dr. Cathleen Hanlon (Kansas State Univ)
Dr. Joanne Maki (Merial)
9:00-9:30 AM
World Rabies Day: Working Together to Make Rabies History!
Dr. Cathleen Hanlon
Kansas State University
9:30-10:00 AM
Merial's Commitment to the World Rabies Day Initiative
Dr. Joanne Maki
Merial
10:00-10:15 AM
World Rabies Day Initiative at North American Colleges of Veterinary Medicine
Mylissia Stukey
Global Alliance for Rabies Control
10:15-10:30 AM
The World Rabies Day Initiative at Tuskegee/Auburn
Candice Bailey and Stefanie Clay
Tuskegee University SCAVMA
10:30-10:45 AM
Break
10:45-11:00 AM
World Rabies Day Projects
Peter Costa
Global Alliance for Rabies Control
11:00-12:00 PM
The US National Perspective
Dr. Charles Rupprecht
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
12:00-1:00 PM - Lunch
Rabies Eradication: A Hemispheric Mission
Dr. Lloyd Webb
Pan American Health Organization
1:00-2:00 PM
Rabies Prevention Practices and Responsibilities at the State Level
Dr. Dee Jones
Alabama Department of Public Health
2:00-2:30 PM
Wildlife Rabies Control
Dr. Dennis Slate
United States Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
2:30-3:00 PM
Pathogenesis, Exposure and Implications for Animal Management
Dr. Cathleen Hanlon
Kansas State University
3:00-3:15 PM
Break
3:15-4:15 PM
Rabies in Practice: A case study about Johnny the Puppy
Dr. Bob Weedon and Dr. Jean McNeil
University of North Carolina Wilmington
New Hanover County Animal Control
4:15-4:45 PM
"On-the-Ground" Prevention Practices: Roundtable Q&A
4:45-5:00 PM
Concluding Comments
5:00-6:00 PM
Reception - light refreshments
