Posters: 11th International Symposium on Avian Influenza

Avian influenza in mammals, pandemic preparedness, and one health

Name	Presenter
Preparedness tools for managing avian influenza in the Danish cattle population	You Chang, University of Copenhagen
Mortality among wild mammals in Denmark were caused by mammalian-adapted clade 2.3.4.4b H5Nx high pathogenicity avian influenza viruses	Yuan Liang, University of Copenhagen
A systematic literature review analysing the economic impact of High Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) globally	Zahraa Emambocus, Royal Veterinary College
Transmission and evolutionary dynamics of H9N2 avian influenza virus in the inactivated vaccinated chickens	Zhen WANG, China Agricultural University

Biosecurity, mitigation, control, and post-epidemic considerations in poultry

Name	Presenter
Evaluation of transmission metrics in a slow spreading highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreak in a commercial upland game bird system	Amos Ssematimba, University of Minnesota
Biosecurity practices affecting avian influenza virus H5 and H9 virus circulation in backyard poultry farms in Bangladesh	Ariful Islam, Charles Sturt University
Husbandry Practices Affecting Influenza Vulnerability?	Janet Held, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Assessing the risk of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) spread associated with the permitted movement of duck hatching eggs out of or within control areas in the United States	Kaitlyn St. Charles, University of Minnesota
Simulated evaluation of the time to detection for highly pathogenic avian influenza infected table egg layer houses	Peter Bonney, University of Minnesota
Giving Science a seat at the table – targeted learning modules for responders and the poultry industry on highly pathogenic avian influenza	Sylvia Wanzala Martin, University of Minnesota

Diagnostics, vaccination, or other mitigation strategies for poultry and wildlife

Name	Presenter
Optimized competitive ELISA for the detection of H5 antibodies including new clades.	(not set)
Validation of Pre-Barcoded Primer Sets for High-Throughput Nanopore Sequencing of Avian Influenza Viruses	(not set)
High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza H5N1 Outbreak in a Layer Flock Vaccinated with Multiple H5 Vaccines	Ahmed H. Salaheldin, Department of Poultry Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
OFFLU Avian Influenza Vaccine Matching (AIM) project	Amelia Coggon, Royal Veterinary College
Development and validation of a novel point of care system for the rapid detection of Avian Influenza Virus	Beatrice Grasland, Anses Laboratory of Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort
The unmatched potential of tobacco plant-expressed virus-like particle vaccines to combat avian influenza	Celia Abolnik, University of Pretoria
Tackling highly pathogenic avian influenza using vaccination: sorting out among novel vaccine technology options	Christophe Cazaban, Ceva Animal Health
Duration of immunity of a self-amplifying RNA H5 vaccine against highly pathogenic avian influenza H5Nx 2.3.4.4b clade in mule ducks	Christophe Cazaban, Ceva Animal Health
Current Technologies in the Development of Poultry with Enhanced Resistance to Avian Influenza Virus	Darrell Kapczynski, USDA-ARS
Establishment of Vector System Harboring Duck RNA Polymerase I Promoter for Avian Influenza Virus	Eun-Kyoung Lee, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency
Field serological monitoring of mule ducks vaccinated against highly pathogenic avian influenza with a self-amplifying mRNA vaccine in France: importance of the quality of vaccination and vaccine uptake	Florent Lavigne, Ceva Animal Health / Toulouse Veterinary University
Evaluation of vaccination strategies against highly pathogenic avian influenza in several countries: impact of the EVACS tool application	Gwenaelle Dauphin, Ceva
Developing and accelerating new and efficacious animal influenza vaccines	Gwenaelle DAUPHIN, Ceva Animal Health
LPAI H9N2 outbreak at vaccinated HPAI H5N1 flocks	haris setiadi, Vaksindo Satwa Nusantara
Optimization of Influenza A Whole-Genome Sequencing Protocol for short- and long-read NGS platforms	Iryna Goraichuk, USDA
Serological monitoring of avian influenza vaccination in duck flocks, France, 2023-2024	Jean-Luc Guérin, National Veterinary School of Toulouse (ENVT) and INRAE
COMPATIBILITY AND PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE IN COMMERCIAL LAYERS IMMUNIZED WITH rHVT-H7 AND rHVT-F VECTOR VACCINES APPLIED SIMULTANEOUSLY	Jessica Tung Moi Lee, Ceva Animal Health Francisco Rojo, Ceva Animal Health Mexico
Evolution of H7N9 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in the context of vaccination	Jianzhong Shi, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, CAAS
Validation of Filter Strips for Avian Influenza Virus Antibody Detection: Comparative Analysis with Serum Across NP, H5, and H7 Targets	Jolene Giacinti, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Efficacy of Inactivated RG H5N2 Vaccination Strategies in Pekin Ducks: Implications for HPAI Control and Transmission Mitigation	Leticia Frizzo da Silva, Zoetis
Immunization with HVT-H9 increased survival rate and production efficiency of broilers in the field after natural infection of H9N2 avian influenza virus	Litao Liu, China agricultural University
Avian Influenza Vaccines: Challenges and Solutions	Munir Iqbal, The Pirbright Institute
Would Influenza A virus be circulating silently at a public market in Brazil?	Thaís Larissa Lourenço Castanheira, Federal Institute of Northern Minas Gerais
Egg drop induced by H9N2 low pathogenic avian influenza virus infection can be controlled using a single recombinant turkey herpesvirus vaccine in layers	Timea Tatar-Kis, Ceva-Phylaxia Veterinary Biologicals Co. Ltd Scientific Support and Investigation Unit
A turkey herpesvirus vectored vaccine protects commercial turkeys against highly pathogenic avian influenza H5 clade 2.3.4.4b	Timea Tatar-Kis, Ceva-Phylaxia Veterinary Biologicals Co. Ltd Scientific Support and Investigation Unit
Antigenic Evolution and Landscape of Avian Influenza	Xiangjun Du, Sun Yat-sen University
Development of avian influenza (H5+H7) trivalent DNA vaccine	Yongping Jiang, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute,CAAS

Mortality estimations, impacts on harvest, conservation considerations, and potential mitigation strategies in wild birds

Name	Presenter
From trace to treasure. Optimizing RNA extraction for Avian Metagenomics	Ane López Morales, NEIKER
Dispersion of mallard feces and implications for avian influenza transmission in aquatic systems	Binbin Wang, University of Missouri
A Proposal for Increasing Local Capacity for Monitoring, Early Detection, Reporting, and Action to Reduce HPAI risk at Key Sites and Wild Bird Populations in the East Asian-Australasian Flyway	Diana Boon, International Crane Foundation
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in wildlife: the conservation consequences and urgent response needs	Ruth Cromie, CMS FAO Scientific Task Force on Avian Influenza and Wildlife
Avian Disease Working Group in the East Asian Australasian Flyway	Simba Chan, Japan Bird Research Association
HPAI H5N1 in Eastern Canadian Wild Birds: Mortality, Population Impacts, and Advances in Mortality Assessment	Stephanie Avery-Gomm, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Experimental infection of House Sparrows (Passer domesticus) with low pathogenic avian influenza H7N9: effects of urbanization and interactions with natural avipoxvirus infection	Ursula Höfle, SaBio working group, IREC (CSIC-UCLM)

Notable outbreaks, field and molecular epidemiology, and surveillance in poultry

Name	Presenter
The changing face of clade 2.3.4.4b H5N1 - a focus to Europe	Alice Fusaro, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie (IZSVe)
Using serological approaches to investigate incursions of non-notifiable low pathogenicity avian influenza virus into UK poultry over a 10-year period	Cecilia Di Genova, Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA)
Avian influenza at the wild bird and poultry interface in Australia	Frank Wong, Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness
The Hidden Hurdle: Laboratory-Unconfirmed Poultry Diseases May Hinder HPAI Surveillance in Resource Constrained Settings	Girum Ejigu, CDC
Recent reports of avian influenza in Europe	Ian Brown, The Pirbright Institute
Detection and whole-genome sequence-based analysis of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b viruses isolated from chickens and quails from 2022-2024 in the Philippines	Jimwel Bryan Christopher Ferrer, BioAssets Corporation
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI H5N1, Clade 2.3.4.4b, genotype C2.1) in Commercial Ring-Necked Pheasants During the 2022 Outbreak in the United States	Kayla Niel, Pennsylvania State University Animal Diagnostic Laboratory
Species-Specific Differences in Innate Immune Responses of Chicken and Duck Embryonic Fibroblasts to Avian Influenza Virus Infections	lamyaa Al-dalawi, Agresso/ University of Nottingham/Veterinary Medicine and Science
The Role of Turkes in Influenza A Cross-Species Transmission	Lara Cavicchio, Istituto zooprofilattico sperimentale delle venezie
Track clade 2.3.4.4b H5 virus genotypes in Europe using GenIn	Lara Cavicchio, Istituto zooprofilattico sperimentale delle venezie
A unified phylogenetic classification and nomenclature system for H9 Influenza viruses	Luca Tassoni, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie Alice Fusaro, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie
Understanding High Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) Entry into Alberta’s Poultry Operation	Muhammad Farooq, University of Calgary
A Comprehensive Characterization of the 2004 British Columbia H7N3 Avian Influenza Outbreak	Patrick Lloyd, University of Manitoba - Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Origin, spread, and interspecies transmission of dominant epidemic H9N2 avian influenza viruses with increased threat	Yudong Li, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University

Notable outbreaks, field and molecular epidemiology, and surveillance in wild birds

Name	Presenter
Highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses in Mississippi Flyway dabbling ducks: a multi-season perspective	Rebecca Poulson, University of Georgia
HOPE FOR THE FUTURE: NORTHERN GANNETS DEMONSTRATE DEMOGRAPHIC RESILIENCY FOLLOWING MASS MORTALITY DUE TO HPAI (H5N1)	Rebecca Wiseman, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Examining avian influenza virus exposure in seabirds of the northwest Atlantic in 2022 and 2023 via antibodies in eggs	Robert Ronconi, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Using sequence data to quantify spatial scales of interactions driving spread of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Great Britain	Rowland Kao, University of Edinburgh
Outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 in California condors: emergency response and mitigation	Samantha Gibbs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
High Diversity of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Viruses in the Arctic Territories of Svalbard and Jan Mayen, 2022-2023	Silje Granstad, Norwegian Veterinary Institute
ECCC’s Multi-Pillar Approach to Avian Influenza: Surveillance, Mortality Assessment, Population Impact Assessment, Research, Policy and Guidance	Trevor Thompson, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Utilization of a Raptor Rehabilitation Center for Longitudinal Disease Surveillance Using Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Testing and Serology During the Ongoing Outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus in Minnesota, USA (2022-2024)	Victoria Hall, Oiled Wildlife Care Network at The University of California Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
Unveiling Field Secrets: Using a Double Challenge Model and RNA Transcriptomics for Deeper Insights into Avian Influenza Surveillance	Walter Harrington, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Ongoing incursions of HPAI into the North Atlantic are associated with seabirds and seaducks and demonstrate a strong winter pulse.	Wendy Puryear, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University

Transmission pathways, pathobiology, immune responses

Name	Presenter
Use of a high-throughput microneutralisation assay for large-scale serological analysis of avian sera against avian influenza viruses	Abi Lofts, Francis Crick Institute
Infection dynamics of avian influenza A virus in mallards: implications for environmental contamination and disease spread	Bac Le, University of Missouri-Columbia
Evaluating how infectious bursal disease virus influences influenza A virus transmission in chickens	Carol Cardona, University of Minnesota
Role of host factors in the fusion and nuclear import of vRNP complex of influenza virus	Chengjun Li, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Genomic Analysis of Avian Influenza in Chile: Identifying Pathways of Transmission and Distribution into and within the Country	Franco Vega-Macaya, Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero (SAG) Carolina Aguayo, Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero (SAG)
Synergy between HA cleavage site sequence and NA-mediated plasminogen recruitment as a virulence mechanism for low pathogenic avian influenza	Hui Min Lee, University of Edinburgh
Avian Influenza is a Social Network Problem	Jamie Dunning, University of Leeds
Decoding Wild Bird Immune Response: A Transcriptomic and Immunological Assessment of H5N1 in Lesser Scaups	Johanna Harvey, University of Rhode Island
Different Patterns of Pathogenicity and Transmission of Infection with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5Nx) Virus in Herring Gulls	Jolene Giacinti, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Pathobiology and variable genetic determinants for virulence, transmission and tissue tropism of H7N7 avian influenza virus in chickens, turkeys and ducks	Juliane Lang, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Pathobiology and transmission pathways of clade 2.3.4.4b in birds and mammals	Kateri Bertran Dols, IRTA-CReSA
Host antiviral responses and tissue distribution of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A (HPAI) Clade 2.3.4.4b isolates in wild waterfowl	Katharine Magor, University of Alberta
Avian influenza HxN5: Evolution, Characterization, and Pathobiology in Different Bird Species	Maryna Kuryshko, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Selective Disadvantages of Neuraminidase Stalk Deletion in Non-H5N1 Avian Influenza Viruses in Chickens, Turkeys or Ducks	Maryna Kuryshko, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Evaluation of susceptibility and resistance to avian influenza viruses infection in chicken tissues	Miria F Criado, Auburn University
H9N2 avian influenza viruses: Evolutionary Dynamics and Risks to Poultry and Humans	Munir Iqbal, The Pirbright Institute
Structural Characterization of Mallard Secretory Immunoglobulin A Provides Insight On Host Response To Avian Influenza	Rebecca Schneider, Univeristy of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Internal genomic segments contributed to the fitness advantage and spread of the panzootic H5N1 2.3.4.4b lineage of influenza A virus	Rute Pinto, The Roslin Institute - The University of Edinburgh
Identification of early markers of chicken adaptation of H3Nx avian influenza viruses: from waterfowl to epidemics	Sami Ramzi, European Union Reference Laboratory (EURL) for Avian Influenza and Newcastle Disease/University of Padua (UNIPD), Department of Animal medicine, production and health
Amino acids in the polymerase complex of shorebird-isolated H1N1 influenza virus impact replication and host-virus interactions in mammalian models	Yaqin Bai, The university of Hong Kong