12th European Vertebrate Pest Management Conference

Mon. 09

Tue. 10

Wed. 11

Thu. 12

Fri. 13

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10:00

11:00

12:00

13:00

14:00

15:00

16:00

17:00

18:00

19:00

20:00

21:00

22:00

23:00

Reception and registration of participant

8:00 - 10:00 (2h)

Reception and registration of participant

Welcome Speeches

10:00 - 10:30 (30min)

Welcome Speeches

Amphitheater

Plenary Conference

10:30 - 11:30 (1h)

Plenary Conference

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› Challenges for vertebrate pest management: Can ecology help? - Herwig Leirs, University of Antwerp 10:30-11:30 (1h)

EVPMC, You said Pest?

11:30 - 13:10 (1h40)

EVPMC, You said Pest?

Amphitheater

› Negotiate between all actors to decide how to live with pest - André Micoud, MOndes et DYnamiques des Sociétés 11:30-12:00 (30min)

› Social perception of invasive cats: learning from an inhabited islet - MARTA LOPEZ-DARIAS, Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiología CSIC 12:00-12:30 (30min)

› How water vole outbreaks perceptions influence local farmers strategies for controlling these rodent populations in French mountains : an agro- anthropological perspective - yves michelin, VetAgro Sup - Metafort 12:30-13:10 (40min)

Lunch

13:10 - 14:30 (1h20)

Lunch

EVPMC, You said Pest?

14:30 - 15:20 (50min)

EVPMC, You said Pest?

Amphitheater

› Economics of pest management: example of voles' outbreaks in Auvergne, France - Romain Dureau, VetAgro Sup- UMR Territoires 14:30-14:50 (20min)

› Species Diversity and Population Abundance of Field Rodents at Different Rice Cultivation Zones in Sri Lanka - Siriwardana Rampalage Sarathchandra, Rice Research and Development Institute 14:50-15:10 (20min)

Wild boar and deer management

15:20 - 16:30 (1h10)

Wild boar and deer management

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› USDA/APHIS/WS' National Feral Swine Damage Management Program: National Strategy 2014-2018 - Michael Marlow, USDA APHIS Wildlife Services 15:20-15:50 (30min)

› wild boar management in Baden-Württemberg, Germany in front of a potential ASF outbreak - Coralie Herbst, Wildlife Research Unit of Baden-Württemberg 15:50-16:10 (20min)

› Preliminary observations on breeding biology of wild boar in the area of Islamabad, Pakistan - Shahid Hafeez, university of agriculture , faisalabad, Pakistan - Khayyam Anjum, university of agriculture , faisalabad, Pakistan - Junaid Naseer, university of Agriculture, Faisalabad 16:10-16:30 (20min)

Coffee break

16:30 - 17:00 (30min)

Coffee break

Wild boar and deer management

17:00 - 18:00 (1h)

Wild boar and deer management

Amphitheater

› Nonlinear relationship between deer density and their pressure on forest ecosystem - Zbigniew Borowski, Zbigniew Borowski 17:00-17:20 (20min)

› The Adaptive Management of British Deer - Suzanne Richardson, University of Hull [United Kingdom] 17:20-17:40 (20min)

› Population density of wild boar (Sus scrofa) and farmland damage in the south-western Poland – present trend and future perspectives - Boguslaw Bobek, Marta Wojciuch-Ploskonka, Jakub Furtek, Boguslaw Bobek 17:40-18:00 (20min)

Cocktail

18:00 - 19:00 (1h)

Cocktail

Human/animal conflict

9:00 - 10:40 (1h40)

Human/animal conflict

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› The pastoral damage caused by the wolf in France: actual predation versus perceived predation - Anne Lalo, TRANSITIONS NUMÉRIQUE MÉDIAS SAVOIR TERRITOIRES, Centre d\'étude et de recherche sur les risques et les vulnérabilités 09:20-09:50 (30min)

› The Wolf as an Agent: Using Animal Agency Theories to Boost Societal Acceptance of Wolf Management - Lisa Märcz, Michael Gibbert 09:50-10:10 (20min)

› One is not born a pest, one becomes one / On ne nait pas nuisible, on le devient - Rémi Luglia, Histoire, Territoires & Mémoires, Maison de la recherche en sciences humaines 10:10-10:40 (30min)

Coffee break

10:40 - 11:00 (20min)

Coffee break

Human/animal conflict

11:00 - 11:40 (40min)

Human/animal conflict

› From smarter models to stinky mustelids: research to underpin landscape-scale predator eradication in New Zealand - Chris Jones, Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research 11:00-11:20 (20min)

› The administration of the animal living in the 19th century in Paris: how rats became pests - Hécate Vergopoulos, Groupe de recherches interdisciplinaire sur les processus d'information et de communication 11:20-11:40 (20min)

Presentation of the European main tools to support European collaborative project

11:40 - 13:15 (1h35)

Presentation of the European main tools to support European collaborative project

Amphitheater

Jennifer Richardson

Lunch and Poster Session

13:15 - 14:30 (1h15)

Lunch and Poster Session

Innovative tools for pest management

14:30 - 16:20 (1h50)

Innovative tools for pest management

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› Stereochemistry as a way to reduce ecotoxicity associated to anticoagulant rodenticides. - Virginie Lattard, Rongeurs Sauvages, Risques Sanitaires et Gestion des Populations - UR 1233 14:30-15:00 (30min)

› Increasing capture efficiency to combat the invasion of Californian kingsnakes in Gran Canaria - MARTA LOPEZ-DARIAS, Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiología CSIC 15:00-15:20 (20min)

› Is Darwin's natural selection theory at it again - selecting resistant rats to win the challenge of survival? - Brandy Pyzyna, SenesTech 15:20-15:40 (20min)

› The demographic consequences of fertility reduction in rats - Stephen Shuster, Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University 15:40-16:00 (20min)

› Developing and delivering oral contraceptives for grey squirrels - Rebecca Pinkham, Animal and Plant Health Agency 16:00-16:20 (20min)

Coffee break

16:20 - 17:00 (40min)

Coffee break

Innovative tools for pest management

17:00 - 18:40 (1h40)

Innovative tools for pest management

› Exploring the broad scale use of mechanical trap types in brown rat management - Frank Huysentruyt, Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO) 17:00-17:20 (20min)

› Histopathological effects of a biorodenticide, Ricin communis extract on adult wistar rats - Oladele Abiodun Olaniran, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology 17:20-17:40 (20min)

› Re-development of the rat specific toxin norbormide - Lee Shapiro, Boffa Miskell Ltd 17:40-18:00 (20min)

› Novel methods to assess bait uptake patterns and densities of small mammals for wildlife management - 18:00-18:20 (20min)

› The role of olfaction communication in the reproduction of the vole Arvicola terrestris. - Matthieu Keller, UMR PRC 18:20-18:40 (20min)

Reflexions on the organization of European research programs.

18:40 - 20:00 (1h20)

Reflexions on the organization of European research programs.

Meeting rooms will be available.

Populations

9:00 - 11:00 (2h)

Populations

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› The importance of spatial scale during population structure analyses examining the genetics, evolution and spread of rodenticide resistance in rats and mice - Michael Kohn, Rice University [Houston] 09:00-09:40 (40min)

› The effect of habitat connectivity on recolonization of forest fragments with rodents - Diana Alexandra Below, Julius Kühn-Institut, Institute for Plant Protection in Horticulture and Forests, Vertebrate Research 09:40-10:00 (20min)

› Population dynamics of Rattus rattus in Cotonou, Benin - Jérémy Lesueur, USC Rongeurs Sauvages Risques Sanitaires et Gestion des Populations, RS2GP 10:00-10:20 (20min)

› Rodent trapping as a complementary method to the chemical control to fight zoonotic diseases: A case study of Lassa fever in Upper Guinea. - Mickael Sage, Faune INNOV' 10:20-10:40 (20min)

› Moose population density and forest resources in explaining browsing damages in seedling stands –regional analysis based on Finnish National Forest Inventory data and moose population estimates - Juho Matala, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) 10:40-11:00 (20min)

Coffee break

11:00 - 11:30 (30min)

Coffee break

Populations
Lunch and poster session

11:30 - 13:15 (1h45)

Populations

› Project AmphiMove: Habitat selection of common toads (Bufo bufo) in a intensively used agricultural landscape - 11:30-11:50 (20min)

› Water vole population dynamics: highlights from seasonal models - Adrien Pinot, INRA- UMREP 11:50-12:10 (20min)

› Interactions between plants and voles - Etienne Ramadier, VetAgro Sup INRA- UMREP 12:10-12:30 (20min)

› For a better regulation of water vole populations, why and how modernizing the monitoring: the example of the French Massif central program - yves michelin, VetAgro Sup - Metafort 12:30-13:00 (30min)

13:00 - 14:30 (1h30)

Lunch and poster session

Resistance to rodenticides

14:30 - 16:30 (2h)

Resistance to rodenticides

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› Tools to study the resistance to rodenticide – overview and advances - Etienne Benoit, Rongeurs Sauvages, Risques Sanitaires et Gestion des Populations - UR 1233 14:30-14:50 (20min)

› Project ResRaMa: Management of resistant brown rats (Rattus norvegicus) - Monitoring and strategy development for the prevention of rodent-transmitted diseases - Sabine Hansen, Julius Kühn-Institut, Institute for Plant Protection in Horticulture and Forests, Vertebrate Research 14:50-15:10 (20min)

› Resistance to anticoagulant rodenticides in Martinique – a crucial issue for the leptospirosis prevention program - Rami Abi Khalil, Rongeurs Sauvages, Risques Sanitaires et Gestion des Populations - UR 1233 15:10-15:30 (20min)

› RRAC: Progress in the interactive advice on rodenticide resistance management - Stefan Endepols, RRAC - Rodenticide Resistance Action Commitee 15:30-15:50 (20min)

› VKORC1 polymorphisms in Mustelidae - Alexandra Esther, Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI), Institute for Plant Protection in Horticulture and Forests, Vertebrate Research 15:50-16:10 (20min)

› Influence of successive anticoagulant rodenticides treatment on susceptibility of Mastomys natalensis to these treatments. - Abdessalem Hammed, Rongeurs Sauvages, Risques Sanitaires et Gestion des Populations - UR 1233 16:10-16:30 (20min)

Visit of Clermont-Ferrand city

16:30 - 20:30 (4h)

Visit of Clermont-Ferrand city

Gala Dinner

20:30 - 23:00 (2h30)

Gala Dinner

Ecotoxicity of pest management tools

9:00 - 11:00 (2h)

Ecotoxicity of pest management tools

Amphitheater

› Hazard and Risk of Anticoagulant Rodenticide Exposure to Non-target Wildlife: A Global Issue - Barnett Rattner, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, U.S. Geological Survey 09:00-09:40 (40min)

› Baiting strategy affects anticoagulant rodenticide exposure of non-target small mammals - Bernd Walther, Julius Kühn-Institute, Institute for Plant Protection in Horticulture and Forests 09:40-10:00 (20min)

› Endangered raptor in the Réunion Island: Stereochemistry can help to reduce anticoagulant rodenticides secondary exposure. Are stereoisomers all persistent? - Isabelle Fourel, Rongeurs Sauvages, Risques Sanitaires et Gestion des Populations - UR 1233 10:00-10:20 (20min)

› Toxico-kinetics of fungicides in common voles as a basis for risk assessment in plant protection - Christian Imholt, Julius Kühn-Institute, Institute for Plant Protection in Horticulture and Forests 10:20-10:40 (20min)

› Chlorophacinone exposure in milking ewes – residues in milk and human health issues. - Meg-Anne Moriceau, CNITV, Rongeurs Sauvages, Risques Sanitaires et Gestion des Populations - UR 1233 10:40-11:00 (20min)

Coffee break

11:00 - 11:30 (30min)

Coffee break

Regulatory issue

11:30 - 12:30 (1h)

Regulatory issue

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› Fetal Warfarin syndrome, what about others vitamin K antagonist? Impact in regulatory issues of rodenticides in Europe. - Thomas Chetot, Rongeurs Sauvages, Risques Sanitaires et Gestion des Populations - UR 1233 11:30-11:50 (20min)

› Maintaining and advancing new registrations - Charles Eason, Cawthron Institute 11:50-12:10 (20min)

› Rodenticide bait trials: how to conciliate scientific relevance and 3R principles. Comparison between European and USA regulatory requirements - Sébastien Lefebvre, Rongeurs Sauvages, Risques Sanitaires et Gestion des Populations - UR 1233 12:10-12:30 (20min)

Lunch

12:30 - 14:30 (2h)

Lunch

Infectious risks

14:30 - 17:10 (2h40)

Infectious risks

Amphitheater

› Towards surveillance of rat-associated zoonosis - Florence AYRAL 14:30-14:50 (20min)

› Human animal disease interface in a Lassa fever endemic area in Upper Guinea - MOUSSA DOUNO, University of Conaky 14:50-15:10 (20min)

› The role of muskrats in the spread of Echinococcus multilocularis in Flanders, Belgium. - Emma Cartuyvels, Research Institute for Nature and Forest 15:10-15:30 (20min)

› Urban brown rats (Rattus norvegicus) as possible source of multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus spp. - Amélie Desvars-Larrive, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna 15:30-15:50 (20min)

› Rat experimental model for a better knowledge of Leptospira infection - Zorée Djelouadji, Rongeurs Sauvages, Risques Sanitaires et Gestion des Populations - UR 1233 15:50-16:10 (20min)

› Impacts of rodent leptospirosis on domestic animals and man in Europe - Florence Ayral, Agnès Benamou-Smith and Marine Hugonnard 16:10-16:40 (30min)

› Cat and leptospires: victim or reservoir ? - Zorée Djelouadji, Marine Hugonnard and Florian Taraveau 16:40-17:00 (20min)

Coffee break

17:10 - 17:30 (20min)

Coffee break

Reflexions on the organization of European research programs.

17:30 - 19:30 (2h)

Reflexions on the organization of European research programs.

Meeting rooms will be available.

Visit Clermont-Ferrand Region

9:05 - 18:25 (9h20)

Visit Clermont-Ferrand Region