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CLOSTRIDIA - CONFERENCE 5
 
5. Clostridium perfringens: Diagnosis, Control and Prevention
Date: December 2008
Organiser: Prof Rick Titball
Location: Torquay, Devon, UK
Funded places: 40


Committee:
Rick Titball - University of Exeter
Nigel Minton - University of Nottingham
Jacque Minton - University of Nottingham


Aim:
To bring together European researchers with an interest in Clostridium perfringens and compare existing and emerging diseases caused by this pathogen. Lessons which can be learnt from researchers working outside of the EU will be gained.

Topics to include:
Environmental sources of C. perfringens, Molecular pathogenesis of disease caused by C. perfringens (gas gangrene in humans and animals, food poisoning in humans, necrotic enteritis in fowl), emerging diseases of animals which may be caused by C. perfringens (necrotic enteritis in piglets, sudden death in calves and horses).

Key Speakers to include:
Julian Rood
Francisco Uzal
Michel Popoff
Rick Titball
Bruce McClane
Kathie Grant
Magne Kaldhusal
Filip van Immerseel
Keith Redhead
John Prescott
Joachim Frey


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