The 7th International Symposium on Avian Influenza will be held at the University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education, Athens, Georgia, USA, on April 5-8, 2009. Oral and poster presentations will focus on poultry and wild birds including pathobiology, virus reservoirs and ecology, molecular basis of virulence, vaccines and diagnostics, phylogenetics and molecular epidemiology, risk assessment, transmission, national and international control strategies, economics, updates on recent highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreaks and impact on human health with a focus on occupational and exposure risks. Important Dates

* Online registration begins : August 1, 2008 * Deadline for Abstract submission : November 30, 2008 * Proceedings papers due : March 16, 2009 * 7th International Symposium on Avian Influenza : April 5-8, 2009

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Dr. Erica Spackman USDA-ARS, Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory, 934 College Station Road, Athens, Georgia 30605 USA Phone : 706-546-3434 ; FAX 706-546-3161 Abstract Submission

Abstract submission deadline November 30, 2008.

More informations : http://www.georgiacenter.uga.edu/conferences/2009/Apr/05/avian.phtml