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Scientific Session: ‘Emerging Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Diseases’
Sponsored by The National Center for Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease Defense during the 2009 ASDA-CSAS-ASAS Joint Annual Meeting in Montreal, July 2009.
Three leading authorities in high-consequence animal diseases shared their insights in a scientific session sponsored by the FAZD Center at a major conference in Montreal in mid-July.
The center's associate director, Dr. Gary D. Snowder, chaired the session held during the 2009 ASDA-CSAS-ASAS Joint Annual Meeting.
- Dr. Alfonso Clavijo, assistant director of the Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, discussed the potential threat of emerging foreign animal and zoonotic diseases.
- Dr. Thomas McKenna, director of the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, talked about the prevention and detection of these diseases.
- Dr. Matt Cochran, emergency management veterinarian with the Texas Animal Health Commission, outlined measures for responding to outbreaks.
Slides from the presentations are available online for download as secured portable document files by clicking on the links below: