Seventh DISCOVER Conference on Food
Animal Agriculture:
Is There a Future for Antibiotics in
Animal Agriculture?
September 21-24, 2003 Abe Martin Lodge Brown County State Park Nashville, Indiana
Tentative Program Outline as of 08/20/03 from v.10.0
Sessions will
be primarily mornings and evenings, with afternoons free for further discussion
or recreation.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER
21, 2003
Registration (4:00 – 6:00
p.m.)
Evening Session: Welcoming
Reception, Dinner, and Keynote Address
(6:00 – 9:00 p.m.)
Moderator: Kathryn Boor, Cornell University, Ithaca
Keynote Address: Review of
successes achieved against infectious disease and in animal production
efficiency, as well as the emerging associated problems. David Reeves, University of Georgia, Athens
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER
22, 2003
Session I Setting the stage for discussion
Moderator: Tom Shryock,
Elanco Animal Health, Greenfield, IN
Antibiotic
usage practices in food animal production. Alan
Mathew, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Surveillance strategies: antibacterial resistance monitoring among bacterial isolates from
animals, humans and foods. Paula
Fedorka-Cray, USDA-ARS-RRC, Athens, GA
The role of risk assessment in assessing the future
of antimicrobials in food animal production:
an overview. Tony Cox, Cox
Associates, Inc., Denver, CO
Session II Regulatory
and business climate conditions that will affect production agriculture and
antimicrobial use in animals
Moderator: James Lauderdale,
Pharmacia (retired), Augusta, MI
CVM Draft Guidance 152. Sharon R. Thompson, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
The Public Health Action Plan (domestic and international strategies). Liz Wagstrom, National Pork Board, Des Moines,
Iowa
OIE recommendations. Jacques Acar, OIE, Paris, France
What are the prospects for discovery, development
and commercialization of new antibiotics? Richard
Carnevale, Animal Health Institute, Washington, D.C.
Session IIIA Reducing antimicrobial use:
innovative approaches for meeting consumer demands while maintaining healthy
animals and safe foods.
Moderator: James Lauderdale,
Pharmacia (retired), Augusta, MI
Overview of the AVMA Judicious Use Guidelines. John Waddell, American Veterinary Medicine
Association, Sutton, NE
Developing and delivering effective educational
programs for producers: New York State
Cattle Health Assurance Program as a model. Bruce Akey, New York State
Department Agriculture & Markets, Albany, NY
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2003
Session IIIB Reducing antimicrobial use: innovative
approaches for meeting consumer demands while maintaining healthy animals
and safe foods. Case studies in animal
production industries.
Moderator: Kathryn Boor, Cornell
University, Ithaca
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Swine Industry.
Robert Morrison, University of Minnesota, St. Paul
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Poultry
Industry. Bruce Stewart-Brown, Perdue
Farms, Inc., Salisbury, MD
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Dairy Industry. Ann
Wells, National Center for Appropriate Technology, Fayetteville, AR
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Beef Industry.
John VanOrman, Meyer Foods, Lincoln, Nebraska
Session IV The view from abroad
Moderator: Ynte Schukken,
Quality Milk Promotion Service, Ithaca, NY
The view from abroad: the European perspective. Johan
van Hemelrijck, Food and Pharmaceuticals Public Affairs, Keerbergen, Belgium
After the ban: the
Danish experience. Niels Kjeldsen, The National Committee for Pig Production
in Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
A
comparison of US and Danish animal production practices. John Waddell, American Veterinary Medicine Association, Sutton, NE
Session V Alternatives to conventional
antibiotics
Moderator: Kathryn Boor,
Cornell University, Ithaca
Overview
of novel ideas, attempted strategies, successes and failures. Norman Stern, USDA-ARS, Athens, GA
Products
that are currently available:
- Overview. Edward Robb, Pfizer Animal Health, Kalamazoo, Michigan
- Competitive exclusion/colonization resistance.
Kenneth Genovese, USDA, College Station,
TX
What’s
on the horizon?
- Phage research. Andrew Brabban, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington
- Novel vaccine strategies. Andrew Potter, Veterinary Infectious
Disease Organization, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Immune system stimulants. Marcus E. Kehrli, Pfizer Animal Health, Terre Haute,
Indiana
Session VI Panel
discussion
Panel Moderator: Thomas
Jeffers, Auburn University, Auburn
1) Where do we go for new ideas? What research gaps exist that, if filled,
would give us new ideas for products/alternatives?
2) What would motivate companies to produce new
antibiotics? Regulatory changes? Creative incentives?
3) Are there
any prevention/intervention/mitigation strategies currently in use that reduce
antibiotic use, and that we can learn more from?
Chad Risely, Chr. Hansen Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Peter Karnezos,
Alltech, Inc., Nicholasville, Kentucky; Douglas Feller, Elanco Animal Health,
Greenfield, Indiana
WEDNESDAY,
SEPTEMBER 24, 2003
Session VII Putting it all together
Moderator: Kathleen
O’Donnell, Wegman’s Food Markets, Inc., Rochester, NY
Facilitator: Ron Hagan, Carmel, IN
The future for animal-based food products: what retailers want. Andrea Greaves, Understanding Unlimited, Zionsville, Indiana
Case study:
Wegman’s Food Quality and Safety Program. Kathleen O'Donnell, Wegmans Food Markets, Rochester, NY
Summary presentations from previous sessions and
open discussion. Tom Shryock, Elanco
Animal Health, Greenfield, IN
LUNCH AND ADJOURN AT 1:00
p.m.
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