Exploring Bovine Tuberculosis: Challenges and Opportunities in Understanding and Controlling the Disease

Presentation at the Bovine Tuberculosis Workshop 2015 focused on mathematical models, epidemiological insights, and 'omics technologies to address key problems related to bovine TB persistence. The workshop aimed to offer scientific overviews, practical examples, and foster discussions to identify research opportunities and drive future directions.

• Bovine Tuberculosis
• Workshop
• Omics Technologies
• Mathematical Models
• Epidemiology

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1. Bovine Tuberculosis Workshop 2015 Exploiting opportunities generated by new (and old) technologies Rowland Kao Boyd Orr Centre for Population and Ecosystem Health

2. Introduction Slide (Rowland Kao) Mathematical models of multi- host pathogens Spatial spread of epidemics Statistical inference using mathematical models Network analysis Network based alternatives to coalescent-based models Epidemiological Model-based phylodynamics AgResearch-NZ (mathematical models of bTB in cattle and possums) IAH (Compton) some work on mathematical models of experimental shedding data Oxford livestock movement networks including role of movements in bTB Glasgow integration of bacterial sequence (and hopefully host transcriptome) info into models used to fit data (cattle and badgers)

3. Why are we here? Identification of key problems in understanding bovine TB persistence in livestock Interactions between the within-host (immunological) and between-host (epidemiological) scales Challenges presented by multi-host pathogens (wildlife in particular) Opportunities presented by 'omics technologies (in combination with others) Increasing ability to generate dense datasets

4. What are we aiming to do For me to talk as little as possible! Series of presentations General presentation of two subject areas (broader perspectives) Bovine TB specific talks Scientific overviews of approaches to analysis "Practical" examples of analysis Group discussions and synthesis Identification of problems and opportunities

5. What are we aiming to do Day One Scientific Challenges and Opportunities What do we most need to know to understand/control disease in livestock and wildlife? How difficult is it to know them, and what are Day Two Technical Approaches and Requirements Practical and specific Pitfalls and assumptions

6. Aims and outcomes? KE for two research projects Generate new interactions Education (for us too) Looking to the future for possible research directions (One or more reviews?)

7. Social Media Tweet using #boydorr_btb If you do not want your contributions on twitter, etc., do let us know

8. Social events Whiskey tasting at end of today (here at Hilton, on us) Dinner at Stravaigin Restaurant (on you)

9. Acknowledgements Daniel Balaz and Liliana Salvador Boyd Orr Centre for Population and Ecosystem Health