STEC Workshop - presentations available on-line

by Dr Nigel French

Ministry for Primary Industries.

• STEC and regulation - the issues and future directions (Roger Cook).

 

Meat Industry Association.

• STEC from an industry perspective (Kevin Cresswell).

  STEC_Workshop_KevinCresswell.pdf (4.16MB)

 

STEC clinical research.

• HUS in New Zealand children: epidemiology, clinical aspects and outcome (William Wong)

  STEC_Workshop_WilliamWong.pdf (2.29MB)

 

Massey University STEC research.

• Epidemiology and evolutionary studies on STEC O157 and O26 in cattle and humans in New Zealand (Patricia Jaros)

STEC_Workshop_PatriciaJaros.pdf (3.14MB)

• The application of new molecular and genomic technologies to understand the epidemiology of STEC7 in dairy cattle in New Zealand (Springer Browne).

STEC_Workshop_SpringerBrowne.pdf (11.06MB)

• Comparative genomics of E. coli O26 (Patrick Biggs).

STEC_Workshop_PatrickBiggs.pdf (4.72MB)

• Supershedders - how ‘super' are they? (Nigel French).

  STEC workshop_NigelFrench.pdf (1.06MB)

 

AgResearch STEC research.

• Understanding the cycling of STEC7 on dairy farms (Delphine Rapp).

  STEC_workshop_DelphineRapp.pdf (16.30MB)

• On-farm/pre-harvest control strategies for the reduction of STEC (Adrian Cookson).

STEC workshop_AdrianCookson.pdf (7.89MB)

• Antimicrobial interventions against STEC used on New Zealand meat plants (John Mills)

 TBA

 

ESR STEC research.

• Increase in human non-O157 STEC (Muriel Dufour)
• Trials and tribulations of STEC detection (Angela Cornelius)
• Bio-control of STEC (Craig Billington) From PFGE to WGS (Brent Gilpin)

  STEC_workshop_ESR.pdf (3.47MB)

 

Discussion 

• STEC whole genome sequencing in the post PulseNet landscape.
• New technologies for STEC detection.
• Emerging trends with human STEC infection in NZ.
• Phylogenetic analysis of NZ STEC.
• On-farm STEC transmission dynamics - is there a ‘source'?
• Best-practice farm management to reduce bovine STEC carriage.
• Post-farm gate/on-plant STEC interventions.
• Environmental transfer of stx-encoding bacteriophage.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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