08h00

Registration desk open

08h00 - 08h30

Welcome and coffee

08h30 - 09h00

Introduction
Dr. Anneleen De Visscher,
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine,
Ghent University, Belgium

09h00 - 10h00

CNS identification: Maldi-TOF MS
Prof. dr. Jeff Lewis,
Department of Pathology and Microbiology,
University of Prince Edward Island, Canada

10h00 - 10h30

Coffee break

10h30 - 11h30

CNS identification: Whole Genome Sequencing
Prof. dr. Jeroen De Buck,
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine,
University of Calgary, Canada

11h30 - 12h00

General discussion

12h00 - 13h00

Lunch on your own

13h00

Registration desk open

13h00 - 14h00

Welcome and coffee

14h00 - 15h00

Keynote presentation "CNS in meat industry"
Prof. dr. ir. Frédéric Leroy,
Research Group of Industrial Microbiology and Food Biotechnology (IMDO),
Faculty of Sciences and Bioengineering Sciences,
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

15h00 - 15h15

Effect of processing conditions on the community dynamics of coagulase-negative staphylococci during meat fermentation
Van Reckem E., D. A. Stavropoulou, L. De Vuyst, and F. Leroy

15h15 - 15h30

Amino acid-derived metabolite production by coagulase-negative staphylococci
Stavropoulou D. A., W. Borremans, L. De Vuyst, and F. Leroy

15h30 - 15h45

Bacteriocines of bovine non-aureus staphylococci
Carson D., H. W. Barkema, S. Naushad, D. B. Nóbrega, L. Condas, and J. De Buck

15h45 - 16h00

Intramammary inhibition of major mastitis pathogens by non-aureus staphylococci, a mouse model
Monteiro A. P. A., D. Carson, J. De Buck, and H. W. Barkema

16h00 - 16h30

Coffee break

16h30 - 16h45

Coagulase-negative staphylococci species impact biofilm formation of other coagulase-negative and coagulase-positive staphylococci
Goetz C., Y. D. N. Tremblay, D. Lamarche, A. Blondeau, A. Gaudreau, J. Labrie, F. Malouin, and M. Jacques

16h45 - 17h00

Biofilm formation by different species of coagulase-negative Staphylococcus isolated from animals with bovine mastitis
Conesa A., C. G. Raspanti, L. P. Bohl, P. Isaac, V. Felipe, C. C. Bonetto, C. I. Bogni, C. A. Morgante, L. Odierno, and C. Porporatto

17h00 - 17h15

Inflammatory markers for intramammary infection with Staphylococcus chromogenes in a murine model for bovine mastitis
Geeroms C., K. Breyne, A. De Visscher, S. Piepers, S. De Vliegher, and E. Meyer

17h15 - 17h30

Experimentally induced S. simulans intramammary infection assessed by PCR and plate counting
Hiitiö H., S. Taponen, S. Pyörälä, and H. Simojoki

17h30 - 17h45

The host-pathogen response in intramammary infections caused by ecologically diverse CNS
Piccart K., J. Verbeke, A. De Visscher, J.-F. Beckers, N. M. De Sousa, S. Piepers, F. Haesebrouck, and S. De Vliegher

17h45 - 18h15

General discussion

19h00

Dinner @ "Gruuthuuskelder" @ Novotel Ghent

08h00 - 08h30

Welcome

08h30 - 09h30

Keynote presentation "Whole genome sequencing"
Prof. dr. Jeroen De Buck,
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine,
University of Calgary, Canada

09h30 - 09h45

Comparison of two different genes for determining the species of non-aureus staphylococci from bovine intramammary infection
Luby C. D., C. E. Walpole, H. W. Barkema, S. Naushad, and J. De Buck

09h45 - 10h00

Prevalence and risk factors for antimicrobial resistance in non-aureus staphylococci isolated from Canadian dairy herds
Nóbrega D. B., J. De Buck, V. Saini, L. Condas, D. Carson, A. Naqvi, L. Gang, S. Naushad, and H. W. Barkema

10h00 - 10h15

Virulence genes of bovine mastitis-associated Staphylococcus isolates
Taponen S., S. Åvall-Jääskeläinen, R. Kant, L. Paulin, J. Blom, A. Palva, and J. Koort

10h15 - 10h45

Coffee break

10h45 - 11h00

Coagulase-negative staphylococci and antibiotic resistance
Østerås O., L. Sølverød, and H. Oppegaard

11h00 - 11h15

Resisto and virulotyping of staphylococci from bovine milk samples in Belgium and Norway
Fergestad M., T. L’Abee-Lund, A. De Visscher, S. De Vliegher, D. Thiry, J. G. Mainil, and Y. Wasteson

11h15 - 11h30

Antimicrobial resistance among coagulase-negative staphylococci from mastitis in dairy cows
Chehabi C. N., L. B. Astrup, M. Farre, and K. Pedersen

11h30 - 11h45

The effect of intramammary infection with non-aureus staphylococci in early lactation on udder health and production
Liu G., J. De Buck, A. Naqvi, D. B. Nóbrega, B. Han, and H. W. Barkema

11h45 - 12h00

Effect of intramammary infection with coagulase-negative staphylococci in early lactating dairy heifers on the quarter somatic cell count and milk yield
Valckenier D., S. Piepers, A. De Visscher, and S. De Vliegher

12h00 - 12h15

Associations between udder quarter findings of different coagulase-negative staphylococci and somatic cell count
Nyman A.-K., C. Fasth, and K. Persson Waller

12h15 - 12h30

CNS isolation in Colombian dairy herds
Velasco-Bolaños J., C. Cobo, A. Valencia, L. Lasso, and A. Ceballos-Márquez

12h30 - 13h30

Lunch

13h30 - 14h30

Keynote presentation "Human CNS"
PD Dr. Wilma Ziebuhr,
Institute for Molecular Infection Biology (IMIB)
University of Würzburg, Germany

14h30 - 14h45

Coagulase-negative staphylococci in quarter milk samples in Norway
Dalen G., O. Østerås, O. Reksen, H. Nørstebø, A. C. Whist, and L. Sølverød

14h45 - 15h00

Distribution of coagulase-negative staphylococci species on teat skin and in milk samples from dairy cows in automatic milking systems
Mahmmod Y., L. Svennesen, K. Pedersen, and I. C. Klaas

15h00 - 15h30

Coffee break

15h30 - 15h45

Phenotypic, genotypic and biochemical identification of coagulase-negative staphylococci in milk samples from cows with chronic mastitis in Wallonia (Belgium)
Ngassam C., A. S. Rao, D. Thiry, J.-N. Duprez, L. Theron, C. Hanzen, and J. G. Mainil

15h45 - 16h00

Coagulase-negative staphylococci isolated in bovine subclinical mastitis in dairy cattle in Rwanda
Ndahetuye J. B., M. Persson, Y. Person, A. Nyman, and R. Båge

16h00 - 16h15

Characterization of coagulase-negative staphylococci present in fecal samples of dairy cows
Wuytack A., A. De Visscher, S. Piepers, F. Haesebrouck, and S. De Vliegher

16h15 - 16h30

CNS species in milk from ewes with clinically healthy udders - associations with beta-lactamase production and somatic cell count
Persson Y., A. Nyman, L. Söderquist, N. Tomic, and K. Persson Waller

16h30 - 16h45

Short break

16h45 - 17h00

Comparison of coagulase-negative staphylococci causing subclinical mastitis in cows, sheep and goats by whole-genome sequencing
Blum S. E., and G. Leitner

17h00 - 17h15

Minor pathogens, big troubles: damage to dairy production due to mastitis caused by mucoid coagulase-negative staphylococci
Leitner G., and S. E. Blum

17h15 - 17h30

Findings of coagulase-negative staphylococci in milk from camels with clinically healthy udders in Kenya
Goncalves D., I. Gluecks, A. Nyman, D. Seligsohn, and Y. Persson

17h30 - 18h30

General Discussion