Bovine Mycoplasma vaccines and immune responses

23 March 2022
Online
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Join the International Veterinary Vaccinology Network (IVVN) and the United States Animal Vaccine Research Coordination Network (USAVRCN) for a joint webinar on bovine Mycoplasma vaccines and immune responses.

The webinar will consist of presentations from three invited speakers, a panel discussion, and a Q&A session with participants. The event will be chaired by IVVN Network Management Board Member Professor Brian Perry and Director of USAVRCN, Professor Steve Geary.

The event is free to attend, however attendees should be members of the IVVN and/or USAVRCN.

Programme

The times set out below are in North American Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) and Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) – please see this page for your local start time.

Time Title Speaker
11:00–11:05 EDT / 15:00–15:05 GMT Introduction Professor Brian Perry and Professor Steve Geary
11:05–11:25 EDT / 15:05–15:25 GMT Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia: current vaccines and future perspectives Professor Jörg Jores, University of Bern, Switzerland
11:25–11:45 EDT / 15:25–15:45 GMT Current challenges for the development of a vaccine for control of Mycoplasma bovis disease in cattle Dr Jose Perez-Casal, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO), Canada
11:45–12:05 EDT / 15:45–16:05 GMT Evaluation of the immune response for protective immunity Professor Cynthia Baldwin, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA
12:05–12:35 EDT / 16:05–16:35 GMT Panel discussion
12:35–12:45 EDT / 16:35–16:45 GMT Round up of discussion and closing remarks Professor Brian Perry and Professor Steve Geary