PRRS Diagnostics and Control Workshop

Thursday, 17 October 2013
17:00-19:00 Management Committee meeting
19:00-21:30 Arrivals - Dinner

Friday, 18 October 2013
08:50-09:00 Opening
Welcome Address: Spiros Kritas (Veterinary Faculty, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki-skritas@vet.auth.gr) Tahar Ait-Ali Coordinator of the COST FA0902 EuroPRRS.net (The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Roslin, Scotland)

Session 1
PRRS eradication session in Central Europe. Lars Erik Larsen (National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark)
09:00-09:30 Keynote speech:
The Practical World of Pathogenesis on Diagnostics and Control of PRRS Hans Nauwynck (Veterinary Faculty, University of Ghent, Belgium)
09:30-10:30 Session speeches (max 15 min)
1. PRRS pilot eradication strategies in Denmark (Pol Baekbo)
2. PRRS pilot eradication strategies in Belgium (Dimitri De Meyer)
3. PRRS pilot eradication strategies in The Netherlands (Tom Duinhof)
4. PRRS pilot eradication strategies in Germany (Mathias Ritzmann)
10.30-10.45 Coffee break
10.45-12.00 Discussion on session topic
12.00-13.30 Lunch
13:30-15:30 Guided tour to Archaeological museum

Session 2
PRRS eradication session in Western and South Europe (Ireland, France, Spain, Italy). Chair: Giampietro Sandri, Direzione Sanitaria Suini , Agricola Tre Valli - Quinto di Valpantena, Italy
15.30-16.00 Keynote Address:
The cost and consequences of being PRRS free (Per Walgreen)
16:00-17:00 Session speeches (max 15 min)
1. PRRS pilot eradication strategies in UK (Jesús Borobia Belsué, Northern Ireland, UK). 
2. PRRS pilot eradication strategies in France (Jeanne DUPUIS, Vétérinaire conseil en production porcine).
3. PRRS pilot eradication strategies in Spain (Albert Finestra)
4. PRRS pilot eradication strategies in Italy (Carlo Lasagna)
17:00-17:15 Coffee break

Session 3
PRRS eradication session in Eastern Europe (Poland, Russia, Romania, Serbia, Croatia). 
Chair: Tomasz Stadejek
17:15-18:45 Session speeches (max 15 min)
1. PRRS pilot eradication strategies in Poland (Pawel Wrobel) 
2. PRRS pilot eradication strategies in Russia (Sergey A. Kukushkin)
3. PRRS pilot eradication strategies in Romania (Poldanor or Cristina Nathues?)
4. PRRS pilot eradication strategies in Hungary (Guyla Balka)
5. PRRS pilot eradication strategies in Croatia (Dinco Novosel)
6. PRRS pilot eradication strategies in Bulgaria (Mihail Chervencov)
18:45-19:45 General discussion on the session topic
20:30-22:30 Dinner (seafood) next to the sea

Saturday, 19 October, 2013
Session 4
09:00-10:00 Differences between USA, China and European situation in PRRS eradication strategies-
Estimating the cost of PRRS in Europe (Excel sheet presentation) (Bob Morrison-Spiros Kritas)
10:00-12.00 Meeting with the industry people –Open discussion with veterinary practitioners from farms of different European countries expressing their problems and their opinions/ requirements from practice. General conclusions
11:00-11:15 Sandwich break
11:15-19:00 Leaving for Knossos archaeological site. Lunch- Return to Heraklion