15 th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Conference Information

Host: Japanese Society of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Date: September 3-6, 2009

Venue: University of Toyama, Gofuku Campus (3190 Gofuku, Toyama City, Toyama Prefecture 930-8555, Japan)

Chairperson of the Meeting: Dr. Yasushi Yokohata (Associate Professor in Graduate School of Science and Engineering, University of Toyama; yokohata＠sci.u-toyama.ac.jp)

Support: Ministry of Environment, Japanese Society of Veterinary Science, Japanese Association of Zoo and Aquariums, Toyama Municipal Family Park Zoo, Executive Committee of Earthday Toyama 2009, Tateyama Association for Nature Conservation, Simin Ikimono Mate, Kintaro Club, etc.

Schedule (LH: Lecture Hall, CR: Conference Room)

Executive Committee: Ms. Yuki Akiba, Ms. Mika Anada, Mr. Ryo Ikegami, Dr. Mitsuhiko Takahashi, Mr. Mitsuru Nishioka, Mr. Shigeyuki Yamamoto, and Dr. Yasushi Yokohata（Chairman）

Open Lectures and Symposium

●Open Lectures“Wildlife Problems in the Hokuriku District”
6, September 12:30〜15：30, Lecture Hall
Chairperson: Yasushi YOKOHATA (University of Toyama)
Lecturers: Hisaaki AKAZA (Toyama Prefectural Government), Eikichi NOZAKI (Ishikawa Prefectural Government), Hisao NAMBU (Toyama Science Museum) and Yuji YAMAZAKI (Graduate School of Science and Engineering, University of Toyama)

●General Symposium 1“Wildlife Rescue for a New Era: Discussion toward Sorting Out and Resolving the Issues”
　　4, September 12：30〜15：30, Lecture Hall
　　Chairpersons: Masatsugu SUZUKI (Gifu University) and Akiko SUDO (Eaglet Office)
　　Special Lecture“Suggestions from the Field of Biodiversity Conservation”
　 　　Lecturer: Ryuichi YOKOYAMA　（The Nature Conservation Society of Japan）
　　Lecture 1“Biosecurity Measures to Wild Animal in the School of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University”
　　　Lecturer: Junji SHINDO （Laboratory of Wildlife Science, Kitasato University）
　　Lecture 2“Act for the Conservation of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora in Wildlife Rescue”
　　　Lecturer: Tsukasa OKANO (Research Center for Wildlife Management, Gifu University)
　　Lecture 3“Utilization of Rescued Wildlife as Educational Resource for Ecological Health”
　　　Lecturer: Daisuke FUKUI (Asahikawa Asahiyama Zoo)
　　Lecture 4“The Placement of Confiscated Wildlife −General Introduction of IUCN Guidelines and Case Report of Sarawak Forestry Department, Malaysia−”
　　　Lecturer: Manabu ONUMA＊ (LIFES, National Institute for Environmental Studies)
　　Lecture 5“The Volunteer Activity in Wildlife Rehabilitation”
　　　　Lecturer: Hisayo HAYAMA　(Kanagawa Wildlife Support Net Work)

●General Symposium 2“Animal Welfare in Wildlife Medicine”
　　5, September 13：00〜15：30, Lecture Hall
　　Chairperson: Hajime ISHIKAWA (Institute of Cetacean Research)
　　Lecture 1“Introduction”
　　　Lecturer: Hajime ISHIKAWA (Institute of Cetacean Research)
　　Lecture 2“Euthanasia of Wildlife”
　　　Lecturer: Makoto ASANO（Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University）
　　Lecture 3“Lethal Research”
　　　Lecturer: Hajime ISHIKAWA (Institute of Cetacean Research)
　　Lecture 4 “Welfare in Exhibited Wildlife 〜 Health Management Applying Wildlife Medicine as a Tool to Attract Visitors”
　　　Lecturer: Daisuke FUKUI (Asahikawa Asahiyama Zoo)
　　Lecture 5“Wild Animal Welfare in the Practice for Education”
　　　Lecturer: Yasushi YOKOHATA（Graduate School of Science and Engineering, University of Toyama）

●Special Symposium“How to Deal with the Infectios Diseases Based on the Conservation Medicine”
　　4, September 15:45〜18:45, Lecture Hall
　　Chairperson: Yuichi OSA (Hokkaido Institute of Environmental Science)
　　Introductory Explanation
　　　Lecturer: Kazunari TAKAMI (Osaka Municipal Tennoji Zoo)
　 　Lecture 1 “Wildlife Infectious Diseases and Conservation Medicine”
　　　Lecturer: Koichi MURATA (College of Bioresourse Sciences, Nihon University)
　　 Lecture 2 “How Do the People Think about Swan's Bird Flu Infection ?”
　　　Lecturer: Nobuo KOIZUMI (Epidemiological Research Team, National Institute of Animal Health)
　　 Lecture 3“Koi Herpes Virus Disease as a Model for Human-induced Infectious Diseases”
　　　Lecturer: Zen’ichiro KAWABATA (Research Institute for Humanity and Nature)
　　 Lecture 4“Introduction of Cases of Conservation Medicine in the US”
　　 　Lecturer: Yasuko NEAGARI (National Institute for Environmental Studies)
　　 Lecture 5“West Nile Virus Monitoring in Migratory Shorebirds”
　　　 Lecturer: Manabu ONUMA (LIFES, National Institute for Environmental Study)

Workshops

●Workshop I“Satoyama −the Land where Humans and Wild Animals Coexist−”
　　3, September 16:30〜20:30
　　Chairpersons: Yumi KUKIDA (Rakuno Gakuen University) and Chikako ISHIBASHI (Gifu Unibersity)
　　Lecturers: Yasushi YOKOHATA (University of Toyama), Shigeyuki YAMAMOTO (Toyama Municipal Family Park Zoo) and Toshiki OZAWA (The Society for Reseach of the Golden Eagle)

●Workshop II“Wildlife infectious diseases and International Wild Animal Disease Notification System”
　　5, September 15:45〜17:45
　　Chairperson: Koichi MURATA (College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University)
　　Explanation of Aim of the Meeting
　　　Lecturer: Yasuhiro YOSHIKAWA (Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo)
　　Lecture 1“The OIE (World Organisation for Animal Health) and Its Mission for an International Wild Animal Disease Notification System”
　　　Lecturer: Tomoko ISHIBASHI (Coordinator for Zoonosis Control, Animal Quarantine Service, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF))
　　Lecture 2“The Action of Our Country for Zoonoses of Domestic and Wild Animals”
　　　Lecturer: Minoru YAMAMOTO (Director of International Animal Health Affairs Office, Animal Health Division, Foodsafety and Consumer Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF))
　　Lecture 3“The Action for Zoonoses among Human and Wild Animals with the Countermeasure for OIE”
　　　Lecturer: Kensuke NAKAJIMA (Director, Infectious Diseases Information Surveillance Office, Tuberculosis and Infectious Disease Control Division, Health Service Bureau, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW))
　　Lecture 4“Wild Bird Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Surveillance in JAPAN”
　　　Lecturer: Hiroyuki TOKUDA (Wildlife Division, Nature Conservation Bureau, Ministry of Environment (MOE))
　　Lecture 5“Pilot Study of Wildlife Disease Notification System in Japan”
　　　Lecturer: Yasuhiro YOSHIKAWA (Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo)
　　General Overview
　　　Lecturer: Yasuhiro YOSHIKAWA (Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo)

●Workshop III“Promotion of the Relationship among Students Who Are Majoring Zoo and Wildlife Medicine in East Asia”
　　　5, September 15:45〜17:45
　　　Coodinators: Maho SUNITA (Third-year Veterinary Student, Osaka Prefecture University) and Momoko TANIGAWA 　(Third-year Veterinary Student, Nihon University)

Free meetings

●Free meeting 1 on Basic studies in zoos
　　4, September 15:45〜18:45, Conference Room
　　Chairpersons: Motoki SASAKI (Obihiro University) and Hideki ENDO (The University of Tokyo)

●Free meeting 2 on Cetacean biology
　　 5, September 9:30〜11:30, Conference Room
　　 Chairpersons: Yuko TAJIMA and Tadasu K. YAMADA (National Museum for Natural Science)

●Free meeting 3 on Animai use guideline
　　 5, September 15:45〜17:45, Classroom 333
　　 Chairperson: Hajime ISHIKAWA (Institute of Cetacean Research)

●Free meeting 4 on Import of foreign wild animals (Open meeting)
　　 6, September 9:30〜11:30, Conference Room
　　 Chairperson: Susumu NAKATSU (Nakatsu Animal Hospital)

●Welcome Reception by Students
　　 4, September 19:00-21:00, COOP Restaurant

●Welcome Reception
　　 5, September 18:00-20:00, COOP Restaurant

General Oral Session（１）−Clinical wildlife medicine and conservation
　　5、September　10：00〜11：15、Lecture Hall

General Oral Session（２）−Infectious diseases and marine mammal phisiology
　　５、September　10：00〜11：00、Lecture Hall

Poster Session
　　Classroom 217、218、219；　Core Time：5・6、September 11：00〜12：00