Detailed program
Monday 4th of July 2022
08h00: Welcome coffee
08h30-12h30: Lectures
08h30-10h15: Introduction to medical and veterinary entomology, Prof Richard Wall
10h15-10h30: Coffee break
10h30-11h30: Bio-ecology and pathogenic role of sandflies, Dr Carla Maia
11h30-12h30: Bio-ecology and pathogenic role of Culicoides spp., Dr Claire Garros
12h30-13h30: Lunch break
13h45-18h00: Practical work
13h45-16h00: Principles of Culicoides identification and trapping in the vet school facilities
16h00-16h30: Coffee break
16h30-18h00: Principles of morphological identificationand dissection of sandflies, Dr Jorian Prudhomme
19h00-20h30: Private tour of the Natural History Museum of Toulouse, 35 All. Jules Guesde
21h00: Diner at “Chez Navarre”, 49 grande rue Nazareth
Tuesday 5th of July 2022
08h30-12h30: Lectures
08h30-10h15: Mosquito-borne diseases: a one health perspective, Dr Anna-Bella Failloux
10h15-10h30: Coffee break
10h30-11h30: Mosquito control and public health, Dr Fabrice Chandre
11h30-12h30: Mechanisms of insecticide resistance in mosquitoes, Dr Sylvie Cornélie
12h30-13h30: Lunch break
13h30-17h30: Practical work
13h30-17h30: Principles of morphological identification of mosquitoes, Nil Rahola
Training on the recognition of the main European mosquito species of medical and veterinary significance.
Participants need to bring their laptop with them so as to install the software “MoskeyTool”, and will be taught how to use it.
19h00-20h00: Guided tour of Toulouse City Center
20h00: Dinner at “Le Florida”, Place du Capitole
Wednesday 6th of July 2022
08h30-12h30: Lectures
08h30-10h15: Bio-ecology of Glossina spp. and African trypanosomiasis, Prof Steve Torr
10h15-10h30: Coffee break
10h30-11h30: Bio-ecology and pathogenic roles of stable flies, Dr Emmanuel Liénard
11h30-12h30: Principle of alternative control tools against stable flies and tabanids, Prof Philippe Jacquiet
12h30-13h30: Lunch break
13h45-17h00: Field work
13h45-17h00: Principles of morphological identification of stable flies and tabanids, Prof Gérard Duvallet
18h00: Private tour of the Capitole
19h30: Diner at “Brasserie chez Flo”, 1 quai de la Daurade
Thursday 7th of July 2022
08h30-12h30: Lectures
08h30-09h30: Fleas and flea-borne pathogens, Dr Emilie Bouhsira
09h30-10h30: Sarcoptidae: bio-ecology and pathogenic roles in human and animals, Prof Jacques Guillot (online)
10h30-10h45: Coffee break
10h45-11h45: Bio-ecology and pathogenic roles of bedbugs and principle of laboratory rearing, Jean-Michel Bérenger
11h45-12h30: Demonstration of bedbugs detection by dogs – Eco-Flair company (to be confirmed)
12h30-13h30: Lunch break
13h30-17h30: Practical work
13h30-14h00: Role of hematophagous flies in the transmission of African Swine Fever Virus, Dr Timothée Vergne
14h00-17h00: Field word in a pig farm in the vicinity of Toulouse
Free evening
Friday 8th of July 2022
08h30-12h30: Lectures
08h30-10h15: Ticks: Biology, Ecology and Phylogeny, Prof Lorenza Beati
10h15-10h30: Coffee break
10h30-11h30: Zoonotic tick-borne diseases: Lyme Disease and Bartonellosis, Prof Richard Birtles
11h30-12h30: Ticks and tick-borne diseases in companion animals, Dr Magalie René-Martellet (online)
12h30-13h30: Lunch break
13h30-18h30: Practical work
13h45-17h00: Principles of tick morphological identification, Prof Lorenza Beati
17h00-17h30: Coffee break
17h30: Final examination
18h00: Hands-over course certificates
End of the course
20h30: Gala dinner at “Le Pois Gourmand”, 3 Rue Emile Heybrard, Toulouse