Conference talks and posters
Talks (presenting author):
International and plenary:
1. The on-farm epidemiology of virulence factors from strains of verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli in a cohort of calves. 10th International Symposium for Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics (ISVEE) (Viña del Mar, Chile) 2003.
2. CRED/EMDAT Global Emergency Database Structure : uses and pitfalls of disaster databases. Global Disaster Information Network (GDIN) Conference (Canberra, Australia) 2001.
3. Host macroparasite abundance and aggregation. Evolutionary biology of host-parasite relationship: reality meets models. European Science Foundation Workshop (Banyuls, France) 1999.
4. Geographical and age-related distributions of human schistosomiasis in the Senegal River Basin. Centre de Biologie et d’Écologie Tropicale et Méditerranéenne (Perpignan, France) 1998.
5. Gastrointestinal nematode infections in first-grazing season calves in Western Europe and the role of chemoprophylaxis. 16th World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology (WAAVP) Conference (Sun City, South Africa) 1997.
6. The control of gastro-intestinal nematode infections in cattle: chemoprophylaxis or metaphylaxis? VII European Multicolloquium of Parasitology (EMOP) (Parma, Italy) 1996.
National:
1. The change in age-related patterns of Schistosoma mansoni infections with different levels of infection in the Senegal River Basin. British Society for Parasitology (BSP) Spring Meeting (Exeter) 1998.
2. Geographical and age-related distributions of human schistosomiasis in the Senegal River Basin. BSP Spring Meeting (Manchester) 1997.
3. Comparative parasitological patterns of gastro-intestinal nematodes in first grazing season calves. BSP Spring Meeting (Bangor) 1996.
4. Migratory hosts and heterogeneity in macroparasite burdens. BSP Spring Meeting (Leeds) 1993.
5. The impact of host population movement on the frequency distribution of macroparasites. BSP Spring Meeting (York) 1992.
Local:
1. The epidemiology of verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC) on a Scottish cattle farm. Invited talk to Division of Life Sciences (Heriot-Watt University) 2005.
2. Epidemiological consequences of the mis-diagnosis of FMD. Research Emphasis Day (R(D)SVS) 2004
3. Regional variation in the cyclic dynamics of red grouse. Invited talk to ICAPB (Edinburgh) 2002.
4. Schistosomiasis in Zambian cattle: what comes out vs. what stays in. Scott Seminar (R(D)SVS) 2000.
Talks (non-presenting co-author):
International:
1. Welfare implications of different culling methods for shooting red deer [M Cockram] 43rd Congress of the International Society for Applied Ethology (Cairns) 2009
2. Geographic and topographic determinants of Foot and Mouth Disease transmission. [P Bessell] GISvet Conference (Copenhagen) 2007.
National:
1. The application of pulsed wave Doppler tissue imaging and conventional echocardiographic techniques in the evaluation of cardiac function in normal geriatric and aged cats with primary cardiomyopathies or disease states linked to specific cardiomyopathy. [K Simpson] 49th Annual Congress of the British Small Animal Veterinary Association (BSAVA) (Birmingham) 2006.
2. Accuracy of rectal compared to pulmonary arterial temperature and core-peripheral temperature difference as an indicator of cardiac output in anaesthetized sheep [J Mansell] Association of Veterinary Anaesthesia Autumn meeting (Santos) 2006.
3. Edinburgh 2004 and 2005 graduates’ placement assessments during extramural studies. [P Scott] Association of Veterinary Teachers and Research Workers 59th Annual Conference (Scarborough) 2005.
4. Comparison of Edinburgh 2004 and 2005 graduates’ placement assessments during extramural studies and their Final Year Examination grade. [P Scott] Association of Veterinary Teachers and Research Workers 59th Annual Conference (Scarborough) 2005.
Posters (presenting author) :
International:
1. Risk factors for Mycobacterium bovis infection in cattle in Tanzania. 10th International Symposium for Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics (ISVEE) (Viña del Mar, Chile) 2003.
2. A five month study of the on-farm epidemiology of strains of Verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli in calves. VTEC 2003-5th International Symposium on 'Shiga Toxin (Verocytotoxin)-Producing E coli infections' (Edinburgh) 2003.
National:
1. Epidemiological consequences of the mis-diagnosis of foot-and-mouth disease. Society of Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventative Medicine (SVEPM) annual meeting (Cambridge) 2002.
Posters (non-presenting co-author) :
International:
1. An analysis of primary and secondary cases in E. coli O157 outbreaks in Scotland, the United States, England, Wales, Canada, Japan, Ireland and Scandinavia. [K Snedeker] VTEC 2006-6th International Symposium on 'Shiga Toxin (Verocytotoxin)-Producing E coli infections' (Melbourne) 2006.
2. Geographic and topographic determinants of short range foot and mouth disease transmission. [P Bessell] 1st OIE International Conference : Use of GIS in Veterinary Activities (Silvi Marina, Italy) 2006.
3. A retrospective survival study of boxers with left heart base murmurs due to aortic stenosis or physiological in origin. [R Woolley] Proceedings of the 16th European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ECVIM-CA) Congress (Amsterdam) 2006
4. Evaluation of objective behavioural indicators of chronic digital pain in the horse. [R Eager] International Association for the Study of Pain 11th World Congress on Pain (Sydney) 2005.
5. Requirement for adjunctive treatments in dogs with atopic dermatitis undergoing allergen-specific immunotherapy [S Colombo] 20th Annual Congress of the European Society of Veterinary Dermatology-European College of Veterinary Dermatology (ESVD-ECVD) on Veterinary Dermatology (Chalkidiki, Greece) 2005.
6. Fitness costs of apramycin resistance plasmids conferring cross-resistance to gentamicin and tobramycin. [C Yates] 14th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (Prague) 2004.
7. Does tryptase contribute to the pathogenesis of equine heaves. [K Dacre] European Respiratory Society Annual Congress (Glasgow) 2004.
8. Distribution of genes associated with pathogenicity in strains of verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli of human and bovine origin. [C Jenkins] VTEC 2003-5th International Symposium on 'Shiga Toxin (Verocytotoxin)-Producing E coli infections' (Edinburgh) 2003.
9. Interactions between preventive anthelmintic treatment and acquired resistance to gastrointestinal nematodes in artificially infected cattle. [E Claerebout] 16th World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology (WAAVP) Conference (Sun City, South Africa) 1997.
10. Faecal egg examination as an indicator of the worm burden and morbidity in early Schistosoma mattheei infections in cattle. [J De Bont] 16th World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology (WAAVP) Conference (Sun City, South Africa) 1997.
11. Serum pepsinogen levels and measuring the exposure to gastrointestinal nematodes in first-grazing season calves. [P Dorny] 16th World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology (WAAVP) Conference (Sun City, South Africa) 1997.
12. Immunity development against Mecistocirrus digitatus (Nematoda: Trichostrongylidae) in calves. [D Van Aken] 16th World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology (WAAVP) Conference (Sun City, South Africa) 1997.
National:
1. A preliminary investigation into possible relationships between environmental geochemical parameters and equine grass sickness in Scotland. [C Wylie] British Geological Society Medical Geology Conference (Nottingham) 2009.
2. Molecular detection of leptospirosis in UK wildlife. [S Cutler] Society for General Microbiology Spring Meeting (Edinburgh) 2008.
3. Neighbourhood control of locally spreading infectious disease. [L Matthews] Society of Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventative Medicine (SVEPM) annual meeting (Cambridge) 2002
Local:
1. Synaptophysin immunolabelling of ileal neurons from horses with grass sickness, colic, neuroparalytic botulism and control horses. [B Waggett] R(D)SVS Research Student Day (Edinburgh) 2009.
2. Evaluating the potential of carnivore and scavenger species as sentinels of new and emerging diseases in the UK. [A Meredith] Centre for Infectious Diseases, University of Edinburgh Annual Symposium (Edinburgh) 2008.
3. Modelling the population dynamics of E. coli VTEC in a calf cohort. [J Liu] Centre for Infectious Diseases, University of Edinburgh Annual Symposium (Edinburgh) 2004.