2019 • 13th International Symposium on the Epidemiology and Control of Biological, Chemical and Physical Hazards in Pigs and Pork

Berlin, Germany (August 26–29, 2019)

One Health–One World


Evaluation of the Implementation of One Health in Kenya: A Case Study of the Zoonotic Disease Unit

B. Häsler, E. Fèvre, K. Momanyi and N. Anderson

2019-08-27 2019 • 13th International Symposium on the Epidemiology and Control of Biological, Chemical and Physical Hazards in Pigs and Pork • 60

One Health–Antimicrobial Resistance


Resistance to Colistin and Production of Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamases and/or AmpC Enzymes in Salmonella Isolates Collected from Pigs in NW Spain between 2008 and 2009

A. Sevilla, B. González-Zorn, I Martín-Burriel, J. F. Delgado-Blas, J. P. Vico, R. Bolea and R. C. Mainar-Jaime

2019-08-27 2019 • 13th International Symposium on the Epidemiology and Control of Biological, Chemical and Physical Hazards in Pigs and Pork • 69–70

Characterization of a Multidrug-Resistant (MDR) Salmonella enterica Serovar I 4,[5], 12:i:- Isolate Associated with a 2015 Foodborne Outbreak from Pork

B. Bearson, B. Brunelle, B. Kerr, C. Loving, D. Holman, D. Shippy, G. Tillman, H. Allen, J. Johnston, J. Trachsel, J. Wasilenko, M. Simmons, Nicholas K. Gabler, S. Bearson, S. Curry and S. Sivasankaran

2019-08-27 2019 • 13th International Symposium on the Epidemiology and Control of Biological, Chemical and Physical Hazards in Pigs and Pork • 67–68

Quantitative Investigation of ESBL Resistance in the Danish Pork Meat Chain with Estimation of the Full Burden of ESBL Resistance Carried in Other Bacteria than E. coli

G. Bjerager, K. Lundsbye, L. B. Jensen, M. Nauta, S. Aabo and T. Birk

2019-08-27 2019 • 13th International Symposium on the Epidemiology and Control of Biological, Chemical and Physical Hazards in Pigs and Pork • 71

Antimicrobial Resistance and Antimicrobial Stewardship in Food Producing Animals

D. Speksnijder and J. A. Wagenaar

2019-08-27 2019 • 13th International Symposium on the Epidemiology and Control of Biological, Chemical and Physical Hazards in Pigs and Pork • 35

Handling of Cases Where a Pig Producer Calls In Regarding Delivery of Slaughter Animals Prior to the End of the Withdrawal Period

A. Dressling, A. M. Olsen, J. V. Peterson and Lis Alban

2019-08-27 2019 • 13th International Symposium on the Epidemiology and Control of Biological, Chemical and Physical Hazards in Pigs and Pork • 76–77

Patterns of Antimicrobial Use in Heavy Pig Production

A. Amicabile, A. Ianieri, A. Maisano, E. Giacomini, F. Scali, G. L. Alborali, G. Belluzzi, G. Santucci, J. Dewulf, L. Candela, L. Giudici, Lis Alban, M. Lazzaro, P. Pasquali, S. Borrello and S. Ghidini

2019-08-27 2019 • 13th International Symposium on the Epidemiology and Control of Biological, Chemical and Physical Hazards in Pigs and Pork • 74–75

Antibiotic Resistance in E. coli from Pigs Is Associated with Their Antibiotic Treatments and with Resistance in E. coli from Their Dams

A. Käsbohrer, A. Rotalksi, B.-A. Tenhagen, E. Burow and J. Harlizius

2019-08-27 2019 • 13th International Symposium on the Epidemiology and Control of Biological, Chemical and Physical Hazards in Pigs and Pork • 72–73

Reduction of Antimicrobial Use in the Pork Food Chain—Did It Reduce Antimicrobial Resistance?

A. Käsbohrer, A. A. Weiser, B.-A. Tenhagen, J. A. Hammerl, M. Flor and M. Grobbel

2019-08-27 2019 • 13th International Symposium on the Epidemiology and Control of Biological, Chemical and Physical Hazards in Pigs and Pork • 64–65

Evaluating Average MIC over Time Using a Baysian Latent Class Mixture Model: Examples from a Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium and S. enterica Serovar 4,[5], 12:i:-

A. Krull, Amanda Kreuder, Annette O'Connor, Chong Wang and M. Zhang

2019-08-27 2019 • 13th International Symposium on the Epidemiology and Control of Biological, Chemical and Physical Hazards in Pigs and Pork • 66

Animal Welfare


EU Pig Welfare Priorities: Castration, Tail Docking and Beyond

N. De Briyne

2019-08-28 2019 • 13th International Symposium on the Epidemiology and Control of Biological, Chemical and Physical Hazards in Pigs and Pork • 36–39

Animal Welfare at Transport and Slaughter

Rebecca Holmes

2019-08-28 2019 • 13th International Symposium on the Epidemiology and Control of Biological, Chemical and Physical Hazards in Pigs and Pork • 40–41

Meat Inspection and Slaughter Solutions


Meat Inspection and Interventions to Control Biological Hazards in Pig Abattoirs in the European Union

Bojan Blagojevic, Lis Alban and Sava Buncic

2019-08-28 2019 • 13th International Symposium on the Epidemiology and Control of Biological, Chemical and Physical Hazards in Pigs and Pork • 42–45

Pork Safety Assessment and First Results from Pilot Interventions Targeting Slaughter and Retail in Selected Provinces of Northern Vietnam

B. Häsler, D. Grace, F. Unger, H. Nguyen, K. Makita, M. Hennessey, P.-D. Phuc, P.-V. Hung, S. Kim and T. Huyen Le Thi

2019-08-28 2019 • 13th International Symposium on the Epidemiology and Control of Biological, Chemical and Physical Hazards in Pigs and Pork • 80–81

Handling of Lesions Indicative of Prior Septicemia in Sows

J. V. Petersen and Lis Alban

2019-08-28 2019 • 13th International Symposium on the Epidemiology and Control of Biological, Chemical and Physical Hazards in Pigs and Pork • 82–83

Statistics of Meat Inspection: How to Standardise the Assessment of Ante-mortem and Post-mortem Inspection of Pigs Nationwide?—Development of an Educational Concept for Germany

D. A. Brüggemann, L. Ellerbroek, M. Koch and Patric Maurer

2019-08-28 2019 • 13th International Symposium on the Epidemiology and Control of Biological, Chemical and Physical Hazards in Pigs and Pork • 84

Interactive Meat Inspection: Do We All Decide in the Same Way?

D. Meemken, J. Dzierzon, N. Langkabel and V. Oswaldi

2019-08-28 2019 • 13th International Symposium on the Epidemiology and Control of Biological, Chemical and Physical Hazards in Pigs and Pork • 85

Assessing the Food Safety Risk Associated with Federally Regulated Pork Establishments in Canada Using the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s Establishment-Based Risk Assessment Model

A. Leroux, A. Mackay, G. Comeau, H. Shi, M. Racicot, R. Zanabria, S. Ng and S. Quessy

2019-08-28 2019 • 13th International Symposium on the Epidemiology and Control of Biological, Chemical and Physical Hazards in Pigs and Pork • 87-88

Safe Pork or Safer Pork? What Has Been Changed and Is to Be Changed in the EU Hygiene Legislation?

E. Ernst

2019-08-28 2019 • 13th International Symposium on the Epidemiology and Control of Biological, Chemical and Physical Hazards in Pigs and Pork • 89-90

Zoonotic Pathogens


Hepatitis E Virus: An Investigation of Within-Herd Transmission and Factors Affecting Risk of Infection in Slaughter Age Pigs

B. Choudhury, F. Martelli, R. P. Smith, S. Grierson and S. Withenshaw

2019-08-29 2019 • 13th International Symposium on the Epidemiology and Control of Biological, Chemical and Physical Hazards in Pigs and Pork • 107–108

The Entry of Listeria monocytogenes into the Food Chain via Slaughter Pigs

D. Meemken, J. Dzierzon, R. Merle, S. Thieme and V. Oswaldi

2019-08-29 2019 • 13th International Symposium on the Epidemiology and Control of Biological, Chemical and Physical Hazards in Pigs and Pork • 109

Population Genetic Structure of Listeria monocytogenes Strains Isolated from the Pig and Pork Meat Production Chain in France

A. Boscher, A. Kerouanton, A. Maillet, B. Félix, C. Feurer, L. Guiller, M. Denis and S. Roussel

2019-08-29 2019 • 13th International Symposium on the Epidemiology and Control of Biological, Chemical and Physical Hazards in Pigs and Pork • 110–112

Assessment of the Relative Role of Meat of Domestic Pigs, Sheep, Cattle, Wild Boars and Moose for the Exposure of Humans to Toxoplasma gondii

A. Lundén, A. M. Olsen, C. Rune Stensvold, G. Deksne, H. Houe, H. Larsen Enemark, H. Vedel Nielsen, H. Vigre, J. Ranta, K. Must, Lis Alban, M. Sandberg, M. Tagel, M. Vang Johansen, P. Jokelainen, R. Berg, S. Monteiro Pires, T. Birk and T. Rosendal

2019-08-28 2019 • 13th International Symposium on the Epidemiology and Control of Biological, Chemical and Physical Hazards in Pigs and Pork • 96–98

Zoonotic Pathogens in the Pork Supply Chain—What Should Be the Responsibilities of the Preharvest Sector?

P. R. Davies

2019-08-28 2019 • 13th International Symposium on the Epidemiology and Control of Biological, Chemical and Physical Hazards in Pigs and Pork • 46–51

The Successful Control of Salmonella in Pigs in Norway

B. Lium, E. Skjerve and T. Nesbakken

2019-08-27 2019 • 13th International Symposium on the Epidemiology and Control of Biological, Chemical and Physical Hazards in Pigs and Pork • 91-92

Applying Salmonella Vaccination at the Top of a UK Pig Production Pyramid

C. Oastler, F. Martelli, J. M. Bettridge, M. Velasova, R. H. Davies, R. J. Gosling and R. P. Smith

2019-08-27 2019 • 13th International Symposium on the Epidemiology and Control of Biological, Chemical and Physical Hazards in Pigs and Pork • 93-94

Effect of Group Vaccination of Sows and Gilts against Salmonella typhimurium on Salmonella Serology and Excretion in Sows and Their Offspring

C. Brossé, D. Maes, F. Boyen, F. Pasmans, G. Rasschaert, J. Dewulf, L. Peeters, M. Cargnel, M. Heyndrickx and T. Vandersmissen

2019-08-28 2019 • 13th International Symposium on the Epidemiology and Control of Biological, Chemical and Physical Hazards in Pigs and Pork • 95

Risk Factors for the Occurrence of Antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii in Organic Pig Fattening Farms in Austria and Prospect for Their Control

F. Schmoll, K. Kreinöcker, T. Sattler and W. Hagmüller

2019-08-28 2019 • 13th International Symposium on the Epidemiology and Control of Biological, Chemical and Physical Hazards in Pigs and Pork • 99–100

Occurrence of Trichinellosis in Indigenous Pigs of Ethnic Minorities in Hoa Binh Province, Vietnam

A. Mayer-Scholl, D. Meemken, F. Unger, Hung Nguyen-Viet, Lan Anh Nguyen, Maximilian Baumann, Sinh Dang-Xuan, Thi Ngoc Pham and Vu Thi Nga

2019-08-28 2019 • 13th International Symposium on the Epidemiology and Control of Biological, Chemical and Physical Hazards in Pigs and Pork • 101–102

Reduction of Sporulating and Non-sporulating Pathogens during Anaerobic Digestion of Livestock Manure in Biogas Plants

A. Boscher, A.-M. Pourcher, B. Nagard, C. Druilhe, C. Le Maréchal, E. Repérant, L. Martin, M. Denis, S. Rouxel and T. Poezevara

2019-08-28 2019 • 13th International Symposium on the Epidemiology and Control of Biological, Chemical and Physical Hazards in Pigs and Pork • 103–104

Hepatitis E—Analyzing the Occurrence in Slaughter Pigs for a Risk Assessment of Raw Meat Products

D. Meemken, J. Dzierzon, N. Langkabel, R. Merle and V. Oswaldi

2019-08-29 2019 • 13th International Symposium on the Epidemiology and Control of Biological, Chemical and Physical Hazards in Pigs and Pork • 105–106

Monitoring and Surveillance Systems


The Smartphone Based PCR Lab in a Bag

C. Engemann, C. Gaunitz, C. Schroeder, D. Herrmann, F. Ullman, K. Schramedei, L. Moussi and O. Sasse

2019-08-29 2019 • 13th International Symposium on the Epidemiology and Control of Biological, Chemical and Physical Hazards in Pigs and Pork • 118

Risk-Based Surveillance in the Pork Chain—Requirements and Challenges

Lis Alban

2019-08-29 2019 • 13th International Symposium on the Epidemiology and Control of Biological, Chemical and Physical Hazards in Pigs and Pork • 52–56

Establishing a Serum Bank of Confirmed Cysticercosis Positive and Negative Samples

E. Cook, E. Fèvre, L. Falzon and M. Murungi

2019-08-29 2019 • 13th International Symposium on the Epidemiology and Control of Biological, Chemical and Physical Hazards in Pigs and Pork • 119–120

Salmonella in Pigs from Weaning to Slaughter

B. Lillie, M. Ainslie-Garcia, R. Friendship and V. Farzan

2019-08-29 2019 • 13th International Symposium on the Epidemiology and Control of Biological, Chemical and Physical Hazards in Pigs and Pork • 113–114

Detection of Salmonella Antibodies in Oral Fluid Samples from Pigs: A Tool for Easier Monitoring of Fattening Herds?

A. Tschentscher, C. Erdmann, C. Lambrecht, J. Harlizius, K. Strutzberg-Minder and S. Schütze

2019-08-29 2019 • 13th International Symposium on the Epidemiology and Control of Biological, Chemical and Physical Hazards in Pigs and Pork • 115

A Biomolecular DIVA-Strategy for Salmonella spp.—Diagnostics in Swine

C. Helmer, H. Bischoff, H. Lindhaus, J. Haneke, K.-P. Behr, M. Högemann and T. Menke

2019-08-29 2019 • 13th International Symposium on the Epidemiology and Control of Biological, Chemical and Physical Hazards in Pigs and Pork • 116–117

Change of Livestock Trade Networks during Epidemic Outbreaks

H. H. K. Lentz and L. Köppel

2019-08-29 2019 • 13th International Symposium on the Epidemiology and Control of Biological, Chemical and Physical Hazards in Pigs and Pork • 121

Decomposition of Wild Boar Carcasses

C. Probst, F. J. Conraths and J. M. Gethmann

2019-08-29 2019 • 13th International Symposium on the Epidemiology and Control of Biological, Chemical and Physical Hazards in Pigs and Pork • 122

Pre-Harvest Food Safety Concepts


Water Pipe Deposits in Swine Nursery Units as a Possible Reservoir of Salmonella?

D. Meemken, G. Schaule, I. Hennig-Pauka, J. Uphoff, J. Vogels, J. Wingender and K. Aumann

2019-08-29 2019 • 13th International Symposium on the Epidemiology and Control of Biological, Chemical and Physical Hazards in Pigs and Pork • 124

Assessing the Role of Private Haulage Companies in the Spread of Swine Infectious Diseases in Great Britain (GB)

B. M. D. C. Bronsvoort, C. Correa-Gomes, G. J. Gunn and T. Porphyre

2019-08-26 2019 • 13th International Symposium on the Epidemiology and Control of Biological, Chemical and Physical Hazards in Pigs and Pork • 129

Lipid-Caused Antagonism of the Bactericidal Activity of Thymol and Thymol-β-Dglucopyranoside Is Not Overcome by Emulsifiers

B. Petrujkić́, D. J. Nisbet, G. Levent, H. He, K. J. Genovese, R. C. Anderson, R. C. Beier and R. B. Harvey

2019-08-06 2019 • 13th International Symposium on the Epidemiology and Control of Biological, Chemical and Physical Hazards in Pigs and Pork • 127-128

Evaluation of the Efficiency of Novel Orally Administered Subunit Vaccine to Reduce the Prevalence of Salmonella in Swine under Field Conditions

A. Coldebella, A. Heck, C. Reichen, J. D. Kich and M. Meneguzzi

2019-08-29 2019 • 13th International Symposium on the Epidemiology and Control of Biological, Chemical and Physical Hazards in Pigs and Pork • 125–126