Regional
Training/workshop
7th – 10th November 2011
Rodent survey: from trapping to pathogen screening
Localization: Kasetsart University (Faculty of Veterinary Sciences)
Local co- organizers: Prof. Sathaporn Jittapalapong, Dr. Marc Desquesnes, Dr. Serge Morand
GREASE assistant: Jintana Thanarotewatana
Supported by CERoPath (www.ceropath.org) and GREASE network (www.grease-network.com)
Teachers at the training: Frédéric Bordes, Kittipong Chaisiri, Yannick Chaval, Jean-François Cosson,
Marc Desquesnes, Vincent Herbreteau, Sathaporn Jittapalapong, Noppadon Kitana, Alice Latinne,
Serge Morand, Pornpan Pumhom, Alexis Ribas, Sungsit Sungvornyothin
Speakers at the WS: Prof. Boris Krasnov (University Ben Gouriou, Israel), Prof. Yupin Suputtamongkol
(Mahidol University), Dr. Ratree Takhampunya (USAMC-AFRIMS), Alice Latinne (University of Liege,
Belgium), Dr. Noppadon Kitana (Chulalongkorn University), Dr. Hsi-Chieh Wang (CDC Taiwan), Dr.
Hsuan-Wien Chen (Academia Sinica, Taipei), Prof. Liang-Kong Lin (Tunghai University), Prof. Tan Boon
Huan (DSO Singapore)
Public: students (PhD, MsSc), faculty staff, researchers
Maximum 30 participants for the training days
by invitation to projects’ partners: Institut Pasteur in Cambodia, Rodolphe Merieux Laboratory in
Phnom Penh, NAFRI in Laos, DSO in Singapore, Mahidol U, Chulalongkorn U, Kasetsart U, Maha
Sarakham U, Khon Kaen U, Chiang Mai U, Songkhla U, AFRIMS, CDC (Taiwan, Thailand, US) Kunming
U (Yunnan, China), Ben Gourion U (Israel)
Fees: no
Inscription: mail to serge.morand@univ-montp2.fr and fvetspj@hotmail.com
Information: mail to jintanatha@gmail.com
1st day: 7th November (Introduction to training and workshop)
Welcoming speech: Prof. Sathaporn Jittapalapong, University of Kasetsart
Opening lecture: Biology and Ecology of Rodent-borne Diseases, Dr. Michael Kosoy, US CDC
Presentation of the Rodent protocols’ book (given to each participant): Dr. Vincent Herbreteau
Lectures on rodent trapping, identification, genetics, parasites
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Rodents in Southeast Asia: their diversity and ecology
Rodent identification: from morphometry to molecules
Rodent trappings: what design for which purpose?
GPS use in the field and online mapping with Google Map
Genetic investigation: phylogeny, phylogeography and population genetics
Parasites and pathogens of rodents
2nd and 3rd days: 8th – 9th November (practical training)
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Rodent anatomy, anesthesia, dissection, biohazard and security
o Specimen preparation, skulls
Parasitological investigation (dissection, observation, coprology, serology)
o Internal investigation: endoparasites
o External investigation: ectoparasites
o Parasitological investigation and serology and microscopy: blood parasites
o Parasitological investigation and cropology and microscopy
4th day: 10th November Workshop
Ecotoxicology and wild animals
“Animal as sentinel in ecotoxicology”, Dr. Noppadon Kitana, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Landscape and distribution
“The Distribution and Phylogeography of The Greater Bandicoot Rat (Bandicota indica) in SE Asia”
Prof. Liang-Kong Lin, Director of the Centre of Tropical Ecology and Biodiversity and Dean of the
Office of Research and Development Tunghai University, Taiwan
“Phylogeography and evolutionary history of Leopoldamys neilli, a Murinae rodent endemic to
limestone karsts, in Thailand”, Alice Latinne, University of Liège, Belgium
“Habitat suitability modeling of murine rodents in South-East Asia: use of high resolution data at a
local scale”, Dr. Vincent Herbreteau IRD, Espace-Dev, Montpellier
Rodents and disease transmission
“Ecological characteristics of a vector as indicators of the ability to transmit pathogens: A story of
fleas and plague”, Prof. Boris Krasnov, University Ben Gourion, Israel
“Ecology of bartonellosis and plague”, Dr. Michael Kossoy, CDC Fort Collins, USA
“Leptospira”, Prof. Yupin Suputtamongkol, Mahidol University, Thailand
"Rodent-borne disease surveillance in Thailand with a focus on scrub typhus disease in reservoir
hosts and vectors", Dr. Ratree Takhampunya, USAMC-AFRIMS, Thailand
“Surveillance of rickettsial infections in rodents and their ectoparasites in Taiwan” Dr. Hsi-Chieh
Wang, CDC, Taiwan
“Rodent-borne protozoa diseases” Prof. Sathaporn Jittapalapong, Kasetsart University, Thailand
“The applications of network analysis on parasite diversity and transmission” Dr. Hsuan-Wien Chen,
Biodiversity Research Centre, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
“to be given“ Prof. Tan Boon Huan, DSO and National Singapore University, Singapore
“Zoonotic diseases at TUC”, Dr. Sumalee Boonmar, Thailand MOPH-U.S. CDC Collaboration (TUC)