| 8.30 a.m |
Welcome / Registration |
| 8.45 a.m |
Invited speaker: Kurt HOUF (Ghent University, BE)
Neglected bacterial foodborne pathogens in pork: what are we not detecting?
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| 9.15 a.m |
Session # 3: Food safety and meat inspection
Chaired by Bojan Blagojevic (Serbia) and Madalena Vieira-Pinto (Portugal)
Oral interventions:
- What makes meat inspection of intact male pigs different from castrated? – a risk assessment for Brucella suis biovar 2 – Lis Alban (Denmark), Annette Dresling, Maybritt Kiel Poulsen
- Symptoms that characterize typical disease progressions towards recovery or death – Julia Kschonek (Germany), Tina Grabau, Maria Hartmann, Lothar Kreienbrock, Elisabeth Grosse Beilage
- Modernisation of meat inspection should include flexibility for sustainability, with focus on environmental, economic and working environment factors for both food business operators and competent authorities – Ingrid Medin (Sweden), Elise Hansson, Viktor Almqvist, Aemiro Melkamu Daniel, Agnieszka Hunka, Ivar Vågsholm, Arja Helena Kautto
- From welfare to food safety: non-invasive monitoring tools at pig abattoirs – Maria Francisca Ferreira (Portugal), Márcia Nunes, Madalena Vieira-Pinto
- Enhancing risk-based meat inspection: evaluating the effectiveness of ante-mortem inspection and its potential as a predictor of post-mortem lesions in slaughter pigs – Marcia Nunes (Portugal), Abbey Olsen (Denmark), Rui Cordeiro (Portugal), Madalena Vieira-Pinto (Portugal)
- Examination of Salmonella prevalence in pigs during rye-based feeding and a coarser feed structure as well as vaccination against Lawsonia intracellularis under field conditions – Clara Berenike Hartung (Germany), Jens Gerrit Lindhaus, Karl Rohn, Christian Visscher
Posters:
- Views on challenges and next steps in Brazilian meat inspection – Daniel Brandão Alves (Brazil), Jalusa Deon Kich
- The three legged stool approach: an innovative approach for improving meat safety in the informal sector of low- and middle-income countries – Getachew Dinede (Ethiopia, United Kingdom), Abdi Keba (Ethiopia), Aderajew Mekonnen (Ethiopia), Stacey Duvenage (United Kingdom), Dennis Makau (USA), Kebede Amenu (Ethiopia), Hung Nguyen-Viet (Vietnam), Delia Grace (United Kingdom, Vietnam)
- Meat inspection findings of slaughter pigs in Finland 2016-2023 – Maria Hautala, Riikka Laukkanen-Ninios (Finland)
- Evolution of Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards specific hygiene requirements for certain meat, fishery products, dairy products and eggs by the commission delegated regulation (EU) 2024/1141 of 14 December 2023 – Alain Le Roux (France), Sabine Jeuge, Clémence Bièche-Terrier, Nicolas Rossi
- Pig carcasses show improved hygienic quality following risk-based inspection – Giovana Rigolon da Fonseca (Brazil), José Augusto Ferreira de Queluz, Arlei Coldebella, Jalusa Deon Kich
- Exploring Dermatitis trend in Italian heavy pig production through abattoir data, – Camilla Allegri, Matteo Recchia (Italy), Lucia Scuri, Federico Scali, Federica Guadagno, Antonio Marco Maisano, Giovanni Santucci, Giorgio Bontempi, Adriana Ianieri, Sergio Ghidini, Giovanni Loris Alborali
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| 10.45 a.m |
Break and poster session |
| 11.45 a.m |
Session # 4: Use of antimicrobials, biocides, metal, resistance and residues
Chaired by Richard Smith (UK) and Catherine Belloc (France)
Oral interventions:
- Consequences of phasing out the use of medical zinc oxide on antimicrobial use, vaccination and productivity in Danish weaner herds – Amanda Brinch Kruse (Denmark), Leonardo Víctor de Knegt, Lis Alban
- Salmonella Typhimurium in the pig and pork industry, characterization of strain’s adaptation, diversity and potentials of persistence – Hugo Grandjean (France), Nelly Peracchia, Karol Romero, Vincent Leclerc, Nibangue Lare, Robin Portant, Karine Capitaine, Arnaud Bridier, Christophe Soumet, Vincent Pous, Romain Briandet, Carole Feurer, Valérie Michel, Sophie Roussel, Pierre Emmanuel Douarre, Sabrina Cadel-Six
- Reducing Antimicrobial Use and Resistance Risks in Pig Production: Insights from the Economic Impacts of Antimicrobial Resistance in Food-Producing Animals Case Study. – Birhanu A. Adami , Holy T. Akwar, Montserrat Arroy, Heather Bayko, Marco Hafner, Stella Harrison, Morgan Jeannin, Deborah King, Sohwon Kweon, Nohkyum Daniel Kyeong, Fifi Olumogba, Ishmeala Rigby, Shinae Joy Song, Erez Yerushalmi, Javier Yugueros-Marcos, Sana Zakaria
- Ineffectiveness of amoxicillin delivered in drinking water for treating respiratory pathogens in pigs: does dosing based on peak of water consumption improve exposure and treatment efficacy? – Marine Lacampagne (France), Marlène Lacroix, Gwendoline Hervé, Béatrice Roques
- Mapping Antimicrobial Use at Farm-Level for the Validation of VetStat Data – Kimmie Kyed Lyderik (Denmark), Amanda Brinch Kruse, Lis Alban, Leonardo Victor de Knegt
- Evolution of Heavy Metal and Antibiotic Resistance in Salmonella from Pig Farming to Human Infections in France – Nelly Peracchia (France), Hugo Grandjean, Pierre Emmanuel Douarre, Karol Romero, Carole Feurer, Alexandra Moura, François Xavier Weill, Robin Portin, Nibangue Lare, Vincent Leclerc, Karine Capitaine, Christophe Soumet, Valérie Michel, Sophie Roussel, Benoît Doublet, Sabrina Cadel-Six
Posters:
- Efficacy assessment of an antibiotic-free semen extender enriched with biomolecules as an alternative to antibiotics: impact on bacterial load and sperm motility – Diana C. Angel (Italy), Maddalena Tamburini, Luigi Maglie, Ruggero Bettini
- Ecology of Salmonella Typhimurium 4,[5],12:i:- and antimicrobial resistance in a pig slaughterhouse –Pierre Lemée, Alain Le Roux, Carole Feurer, Paméla Houée, Patricia Le Grandois, Christophe Soumet, Arnaud Bridier (France)
- Study of farm factors and changes in practices regarding the use of antibiotics for digestive purposes in piglets – Arnaud Buchet (France), Vivien Samson, Bastien Riera, Mathieu Gloaguen
- Preliminary assessment of the veterinary and public health risk of antimicrobial resistance due to the increased use of neomycin in Danish pigs – Leonardo Víctor de Knegt (Denmark), Amanda Brinch Kruse, Lis Alban
- Husbandry practices that impact on the antimicrobials use during the nursery, growth, and finishing phases of swine production – Andressa Rotta, Armando Amaral, Luiz Carlos Bordin, Arlei Coldebella, Jalusa Deon Kich (Brazil)
- Role of swine artificial insemination in the spread of AntiMicrobial Resistance (AMR) – Raúl C. Mainar-Jaime (Spain), Claudia Martínez (Spain), José I. Martí (Spain), Victoria Luño(Spain), Sara Andrés-Barranco (Spain), Jorge H. Calvo (Spain), Kwang Cheol C. Jeong (USA), Yuting Zhai (USA)
- Natural bioactive compounds as sustainable alternatives to antibiotics in boar semen extenders: a preliminary study on Serratia marcescens contamination – Maddalena Tamburini (Italy), Diana Carolina Angel Alarcon, Luigi Maglie, Ruggero Bettini
- Assessment of dioxin and dl-PCB contamination of food of pig origin using biological screening method, – Ewelina Bigoraj (Poland), Paweł Małagocki, Beata Furga, Joanna Cebulska, Magdalena Gembal, Ewelina Milczarczyk, Małgorzata Warenik-Bany
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| 12.45 a.m |
Lunch |
| 1.45 p.m |
Invited speaker: Nicole PAVIO (Anses, INRAE, EnvA, FR)
Controlling human exposure to the zoonotic hepatitis E virus requires a one-health solution.
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| 2.15 p.m |
Session # 5: Risk mitigation in the pork value chain
Chaired by Fred Unger (Vietnam) and Lis Alban (Denmark)
Oral interventions:
- Evaluating the Food Safety Performance Tool (3s-FSPT) in the Informal Meat Value Chain in Malawi: A Pilot Validation Study – Joe Hamilton Magombo (Kenya, Malawi), Florence Mutua (Kenya), R. Mkasosya (Malawi), Chisomo Msefula (Malawi), D. Banda (Malawi), Fred Unger (Vietnam), Max Korir (Malawi), Delia Grace (Kenya, United Kingdom)
- Compartmentalisation as a tool for day-zero business continuity in the face of transboundary disease threats: opportunities and challenges – Angus Cameron (France), Céline Faverjon, Catriona Mackenzie
- Controlling pathogen movements throughout the entire value chain – Tara Prezioso (USA), Karine Talbot (Canada), Jean-Pierre Vaillancourt (Canada), Tim Nelson (Canada), Franck Foesser (France)
- Enhancing U.S. swine farm preparedness for infectious foreign animal diseases with rapid access to biosecurity information – Christian Fleming, Kelsey Mills, Nicolas Cardenas, Abagael Sykes, Jason A. Galvis, Gustavo Machado (USA)
- Same System, Different Prevalence: Investigating Variability in Listeria monocytogenes Prevalence Within Equal Husbandry Systems – Ting-Ting Li (Germany), Diana Meemken
- Development of a surveillance tool to mitigate African swine fever risks to pork production – Joao Romero (France), Céline Faverjon (France), Audrey Cameron (Canada), Jeff Clark (Canada), Krista Howden (Canada), Angus Cameron (France)
Posters:
- Impact of Mannan rich fraction supplementation on sow reproductive performance, piglet growth and gut microbiota – Hazel Rooney (Irland), Aoife Corrigan (Ireland), Per Lausten (Denmark), Morten Hansen (Denmark), Jules Taylor-Pickard (United Kingdom), Richard Murphy (Ireland)
- Modeling the costs of care until recovery or timely euthanasia of lame pigs – Julia D Kschonek (Germany), Henrike Maiti, Nicole Kemper, Karl-Heinz Toelle, Lothar Kreienbrock, Elisabeth Grosse Beilage
- Pre-weaning comingling and post-weaning litter mixing effects on productive performance and health – Adriana Pulido-Villamarín (Colombia, Argentina), Edgar García Manzanilla (Ireland), Monica Pérez (Colombia), Leonel Beltrán (Colombia), Yackeline Martin (Colombia), Irina Barrientos (Colombia), Luca Guardabassi (Denmark)
- Evaluation of an environmental sample collection device to determine Salmonella status of swine transport trailers, – Casondra Snow, Melissa Farber Billing, Zoe Wolfe (USA), Joshua Duff, Fernando Leite
- Factors influencing implementation of biosecurity by French pig breeders – Isabelle Corrégé (France), Mylène Petit
- Challenges and solutions from hygiene intervention targeting traditional slaughterhouses in Western Kenya and Vietnam – Sinh Dang-Xuan (Vietnam), Kiarie Alice (Knya), Trang Le-Thi-Huyen (Vietnam), Delia Grace (Kenya, United Kingdom), Cook Elizabeth (Kenya), Lian Thomas (Kenya), Fred Unger (Vietnam), Hung Nguyen-Viet (Kenya)
- Carnobacterium in microbiota management and control of ground pork meat – Linda Saucier (Canada), Pascal Laforge, Xavier C. Monger, Amal Touahri, Eric Pouliot, Sylvain Fournaise, Antony T. Vincent
- Quantitative risk assessment for human Taenia solium exposure from consuming pork produced in Burundi – Salvator Minani (Belgique, Burundi), Katja Polman (Belgique), Anastasie Gasogo (Burundi), Jean-Bosco Ntirandekura (Burundi), Chiara Trevisan (Belgique), Sarah Gabriel (Belgique)
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| 3.45 p.m |
Break and poster session |
| 4.45 p.m |
Session # 6: Foodborne pathogens and one health perspectives
Chaired by Martine Denis (France) and Georges Daube (Belgium)
Oral interventions:
- A decade of efforts in Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) to make traditional pork value chains safer– approaches, what worked, and policy pathways – Fred Unger (Vietnam), Hung Nguyen (Vietnam, Kenya), Huyen Le Trang (Vietnam, Kenya), Xuan Dang Sinh (Vietnam, Kenya), Pham Duc Phuc (Vietnam), Pham Van Hung (Vietnam), Huyen Le Thi Thanh (Vietnam), Delia Grace (United Kingdom)
- Impact of dietary diformates on the E. coli status of sows – European case studies – Christian Luckstadt (Germany), Christoph Hutter, Stevan Petrović
- Identifying potential management practices to control Hepatitis E Virus in UK pig farms; the results from a risk factor analysis and intervention trial – Chelsea Voller (United Kingdom), Sylvia Grierson, Wakaya Islam, Falko Steinbach, Bhudipa Choudhury, Richard Smith
- Scientific background for the decision to terminate the Salmonella-surveillance in pig herds in Denmarkx – Jan Dahl (Denmark)
- Genomic insights into Salmonella enterica serovar Choleraesuis, var. Kunzendorf: analysis of isolates from wild boars, domestic pigs and humans in Northeastern Italy, 2011-2025 – Laura Bortolami (Italy), Sara Petrin, Silvano Salaris, Carlo Citerio, Denis Vio, Carmen Losasso, Alessandra Longo, Paola Zavagnin, Elisa Marafin, Lisa Barco
- Soil fitness and genetic diversity of Listeria monocytogenes from pigs to land spreading – Jean Lagarde (France), Pierre-Emmanuel Douarre, Martine Denis, Evelyne Boscher, Anne-Marie Pourcher, Pascal Piveteau, Sophie Roussel
Posters:
- Dynamic of MRSA (Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) transmission in a farrowing pen and possible intervention measures – Tobias Lienen (Germany), Büsra Sardogan, Alina Heiseler, Jens Andre Hammerl, Bernd-Alois Tenhagen
- Antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella spp. and E. coli in Colombian pig farms: a One Health approach – Adriana Pulido-Villamarín (Colombia, Argentina), Iliana Chamorro (Colombia), Irina Barrientos (Colombia), Seyli Gómez (Colombia), Fidson-Juarismy Vesga (Colombia), Deyci Rodríguez-Cordero (Colombia), Adriana Matiz-Villamil (Colombia), Beatriz Ariza (Colombia)
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| 7.00 a.m |
Gala at “Picadilly”, Place de la Mairie, Rennes centre |
